New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-24
TWO HEROTNES or THE SEA.
NELLIE BOYIE AND IDA LEWIS FOUGHT
WITH TIE WAVES AND WON

WITH TIE WAVES AND WON.
'.whoe,er has seen the betting ci.na and echo
Ing caves that nre 'hlndercd upon hy the raging
waters az the Alant, on 'he western coast OF Ire
land" says an Irish traveller "can comprehend the
weird charm that will. dceoia.c coast holds ror
the simple FOLK born Within sound = The hoarse
surges OF tho fierce and hungry son Scattered over
the moss upon the cl~s arc small sion" heaps
which the graves Of the namcless ones whose
bodies have been from time 10 time cast upon those
lonely crags The plying natives hay" made them
n grave IN the FIRST sof' earth aai laii them away
VITA n ceremonial other than the peasants prayer.
Tho people cling anertlonnisly to their matched
and ropc1 cottages. with walls % mad and earthon
floors which arc crouched bohird tho huge round
backed rocks and look out across tho Wide black
hogland. In the hollows planted little patches
Of potatoes and the black boz gives untailins fuel
for the peat FIRE aa burns cheerly upon tie hearth
Tho women Of this wild coast skilful as the
men in handling oar and rldder They know every
Islands ana tho mainland. and take their bon,s In
and out in All sorts OF weather"
For many years tho daughter OF pilot VINO liyei
on Fights Island went out VITA her old father
and faced widest gales md nerces. storms.
anchorage Many ships crew beating about be-
tween Aran and Owey DYED their lives 10 Nellie
Boyle. the brave Grace Darling OF this dcsOlatc
coast. and her name is held in great affection
among them.
friend writing about our own Ida Lewis.
said: Life on tho lighthouse AT Lime Rock did not
seem at all dreary Miss Lewis had her six
roomcd house ana the housekeeping cares 10 at
tend to- papers and magazines 70 read. and letters
TO write for she a very busy woman. 1t was
great pleasure 10 mo to stand nj the end OF tho
long wharf that from the mainland Of New
port into the side OF Is harbor. and watch Miss
Lewis run down the narrow ladder that fast
ened to the stone wall. jump quickly In the boat
cast OF tho rope and take the heavy easily
IN her hands. She had N especially beautiful
stroke and pulled with long. strong pull that sent
her boat flying over the water. always looked adj
mringly at her firm round wrist when she reached
ont her hand in greeting, as bright smile passed
over her face that seemed 20 sweep away the very
few teltae lines that belong to Il woman OF mid
die age
In 1853 when she eighteen years old. Ida
Lewis rescued four men who were upset In the har-
Dor and brought them safely ashore in her skin
4 little later she saved drunken sailor from
drowning, and in 1867 saved three men who
battling FOR their lives with the waves. small
boy who had chung 10 the mast OF sailboat
from midnight uni. morning was snatched from
death By her in 1865 and the next year. assisted by
her brother Hosea. she went 10 the aid Of two
sailors who had capsized in n sailboat, and added
them 10 the heroic list In 1870 she married Will
lam II. Wilson. OF Black Rock. Conn. and
so hi2Aly esteemed by the people Of Newport that
they presented her n little while ago with hand
some boat in token Of their appreciation OF her