Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-07-21

Our StronRJ1 was Well-n1gl spent.
It's no use, cried Steve.
Well be swamped if we get
broadside, said some one else.
They say fortune favors the brave
and think it may be so, for suddenly
our old dory seemed to careen and al
most capsize and then, righting itself
in spite of the waves, swept down
straight toward the vessel. The men
on board her, watching us as their last
hope of life, began to cheer heartily at
this, and in moment more our boat
was in the lee of the great hulk and
close under her bows.
"The sailors began to Chamber down
from the rigging, watching the seas
and holding on all the time lest they
should be swept away while reaching
the boat.
''Jess shouted his orders to them as
they came in sight, leaning over the
rail. By his directions they found
and brought coil of rope, one end OF
which they with some difficulty made
fast to the iib-boom, where it would
have a good height above the water.
Now, four of you crawl out and
lower yourselves on the rope. Boat
| won't hold more than four at once,
Jess shouted.
"Those boys didn't have to be told
twice what to do, like some boys I
know" said grandpa, looking mean.
ingly at Kent
''But, grandpa, do tell how you got
back to the shore"
''Well, the men carried the coil OF
rope over into the boat, leaving the
end fast to the iib- boom, and we rowed
away, allowing the coil to unroll as we
went. This proved of great service
to us in making the second trip after
the other four men who were still left
on the wreck.
"We landed the half-frozen crea.
lures on the beach and charged them
to keep moving that they might not
sink down and freeze in their exhaus
tion before we returned. Now they
were ON terra iirma. they seemed com
pletely unnerved.
Rowing back, partly held to our
course by the rope that we had made
fast ON shore, we soon reached the
wreck the second time. The other
four men were soon in the dory, and
with little cheer at our success we
set ont again for the shore.
''But cneered little too soon fol
my part. For when we were about
half way in 1 stepped into coil of
rope that was lying in the bottom OF
the dory and that had somehow be-
come twisted with the line by which
we were helping to guide her, which
the sailors had brought aboard. was
thrown from my balance and the next
instant found myself in the icy bill
lows.
'B.ns overheard = nab himr
somebody called out.
''Robert Jordan, at the risk of goine
over himself and of upsetting the
whole boatoad of US, reached over be.
fore l could be swept off and 'nabbed'
me, indeed, as l struggled in the icy
water. I was pulled in without upset.
ting the boat, which was miracle al
most, as she was overloaded, and the
sea was like yeasty tumult of bill.
lows. They pulled me over the rail,
dripping with brine, with very little
ceremony.
" Got ''sousing" that time, didn't
We, Benz? asked Steve, glad enough
that it was no worse. Give him the
oar or he will freeze"
"Were you much scared?" asked
Kent. He had been listening with
breathless interest to ascertain if
grandpa really got drowned, forgetting
that he was at that moment telling the
story.
"Not so much as your grandma was
an hour or two later, when l told hei
about it, sitting by hot fire in dry
clothes, slipping hot ginger tea," an
swered grandpa.
"And what did you do with the
shipwrecked men, grandpa?"
''An organization for the relief OF
sea, called the Humane society, took
charge of them and gave them new
clothes. They were then sent home
by land. They lost everything they
had, though, on the brig"
Sand what became of the brig? Did
she really go to pieces?"
"Well, / guess she did? And we
were none too soon making up oul
minds to attempt to rescue, either. 1t
wasn't Is minutes after we left hel
before the ship settled against the
sands and parted in the middle. Then
the sea soon did the rest. The masts
toppled over, and the rigging to which
the men hal been clinging went drag
ging over into the sea. :"
"Oh, let's put the medal away and
keep it then, grandpa, says Kent, quite
seriously. Don't let's give it to baby
to play with any more. 1t might get
lost.
''All right. We will put it awsy.
The time may come when you, my
boy, will want to take it out and show
it to your grandchildren, and tell
them the story have told to you-oi
how Grandpa Newcomb helped tt
save the crew of the brig Zilica. -
New York Ledger.
Dewey Not Heroic in Appearance.