Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-14
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA-.

Lighthouse Keepers Daughter Plunged
Into Settling Waters to the Rescue of
Two Mon Who Had Fallen Overheard
-Dove Hunters Exciting Experience.
A Bridgeport (Conn.) correspond
ent of the New York Herald says that
Stratford Light shelters heroine.
Agnes Judson, the pretty daughter of
the light keeper, late on arecent after
noon dashed into the waters that
seethe and boil off the base of the
light, and with the help OF her brother
brought ashore two men who, while
fishing, had fallen from their boat.
One Of the men was about to give up
the struggle for life when the girl
reached him with a rope and brought
him ashore.
Agnea Judson is scarcely seventeen
years old. She lives with her parents
and her brother Henry in the light
house, and Mt times assists her father
and brother in attending to the light.
She is noted swimmer, and has won
prizes in amateur swimming contests
along the shore.
The water of the Sound off STRAIT
ford Light is always rough, and under
the influence of any high wind is
broken into waves which, because of
the shoals and the rocks in the vicin-
ity, become dangerous. At times it
is almost certain that any boat anchor
ing in the vicinity will be dashed to
pieces. Yet Notwithstanding the we'll
known dangers of the spot, it is q
favorite resort for fishermen, the weak
fish and bluetish running in great
numbers in the vicinity.
Miss Judson was up in the tower of
the lighthouse. A strong wind was
coming in from the south, and the
surface of the sound was broken into
choppy waves, which were every hour
growing more difficult for any small
boat to contend against. AS the
plucky girl was looking off shore she
saw a small yawl which had anchored
off the reef earlier i'll the afternoon
pitching and rolling ominously. In it
were two men who had been fishing
and who did not seem to appreciate
the danger of their situation. While
Miss Judson watched them she saw
one of the men arise from one of the
thwarts, and, going forward, attempt
to raise the anchor.
There is considerable wreckage at
this locality, and the man seemed to
be unable to dislodge the anchor,
which hal apparently become entangled
in some of the sunken iron and rocks.
His companion, noticing his difficulty,
aud being summoned by the fisher
in the bow, started forward to help, but
he was unused to the constant shifting
OF the boat, and as he reached the for
ward part his companion gave pull,
which threw him over on one of the
gunwaIes. The sudden roll made the
man in the bow lose his foothold, and
head first he went overheard into the
seething current. His companion was
unable to recover his balance and
quickly followed the other fisherman
into the Sound.
All this happened in minute. Miss
Judson at once appreciated the peril
of the two men. Selling the rope of
the alarm bell, which is used only in
cases of the greatest emergency, she
rang M alarm. Then, rushing down
the winding stairs of the tower, she
called to her brother, who was in
room OH one of the lower stages, to
follow her, and dashed out ON the
rocks facing the scene OF the accident.
Miss Judson was clad in light
gown. Seizing rope which
had been fastened to timber of the
tower, she again called to her brother
and plunged into the waves.
The men were struggling in the deep
water hundred yards from the light
house. One of them seemed scarcely
able to keep himself atioat. He had
already shown signs of distress when
Miss Judson neared him. She called
to him at the top of her voice to keep
his courage up and then she struck out
to his rescue.
Henry Judson also had gone into
the water and was following his brave
sister with as sturdy strokes. The
weaker fisherman seemed just about to
sink for the second time when Miss
Judson succeeded in getting the end
of the rope within his reach. He was
so dazed that Mt first he did not seem
to know what to do, but the plucky
girl commanded him to 'catch hold"
and by sheer force of her determine
tion compelled him to grasp it.
Then with her assistance the mau
was gotten into shallow water, while
Henry attended to the other fisherman
and succeeded in landing him at the
platform.
Once within the lighthouse, the man
whom Miss Judson had saved aud
whose name is Edward Lowe, was
overcome by his experience, but re-
storatives were administered and soon
he and his companion, Herman Chase,
were able to leave the lighthouse and
go to their homes in Bridgeport,
where they related their experience
and the tale of the pluck of pretty
Miss Judson, who had saved both
their lives.