The Opelousas courier., 1898-02-12
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
A Lighthouse Keepers Daughter Plunged
Into Settling Waters to the Rescue of
Two Men Who Had Fallen Overheard
-IlnUn IInntcr,S I,xni4tnr Irxnorioncn

-Do'c AhSltiHS ASiti1ShSSs
A Bridgeport Comm correspond
ent of the New York Herald says that
Stratford Light shelters a 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, anN 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.
Agnes Judson is scarcely seventeen
years old. She lives with her parents
and her brother Henry in the light
house, and at times assists her father
and brother in attending to the li,',ht.
She is a noted swimmer, and has Non
prizes in amateur swimming contrsts
along the shore. ::
The water of the Sound off Srat-
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 ,fmes it
is almost certain that any boatnnchor-
ing in the vicinity will be dashed to
pieces. Yet Notwithstanding the we'll
known dangers Of the spot, it is a
favorite resort for fishermen, the weak
fish and bluefish 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 q small yawl which had anchored
off the reef earlier in the afternoon
pitching and rolling o~minously. 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
me of the men arise from one of the
.hwarts, and, going forward, attempt
to raise the anchor.
There is considerable wreckage at
Ibis locality, and the man seemed to
be unable to dislodge the anchor,
.hich had apparently become entangled
n some of the sunken iron and rocks.
His companion, noticing his difficulty,
md being summoned by the fishermen
=, thu how c%or+o1 foru,or1 IN holy, l11f
he was unused to the constant shifting
If the boat, and as he reached the for
ward part his companion gave a pull,
which threw him over on Il Of the
gunwales. The sudden roll made the
nan in the bow lose his foothold, and
head first he went, overheard into the
seething current. His companion was
Unable to O his balance and
quickly followed the other fisherman
INTO the Sound.
All this happened in q minute. Miss
hudson at once appreciated the peril
If the two men. Selling the rope of
he alarm bell, which is used only in
.ases Of the greatest emergency, she
,ang an alarm. Then, rushing down
he winding stairs Of the tower, she
,alled to her brother, who was in O
Dom on one of the lower stages, to
ollow her, and dashed out on the
:ocks facing the scene of the accident.
Miss Judson was clad in q light
yummer gown. Selling a rope which
lad been fastened to a timber of the
over, she again called to her brother
md plunged into the waves.
The men were strugglingin the deep
water a hundred yards from the light
house. One Of them seemed scarcely
lble to keep himself afioat. He had
dready shown signs of distress when
Miss Judson neared him. She called
% him at the top of her voice to keep
lis courage up and then she struck out
10 his rescue.
Henry Judson also had gone into
The water and was following his brave
lister with as sturdy strokes. The
weaker fisherman seemed just aboutto
sink for the second time when Miss
hudson succeeded in getting the end
If the rope within his reach. He, was
10 dazed that at first he did not seem
10 know what to do, but the plucky
girl commanded him to 'scatch hold"
md by sheer force Of her determine
ion compelled him to grasp it.
Then with her assistance the man
vas gotten into shallow water, while
Henry attended to the other fisherman
md succeeded in landing him at the
lighthouse platform.
Once within the lighthouse, the man
whom Miss Judson had saved and
whose name is Edward Lowe, was
overcome by his experience, but re-
,toratives were administered and soon
he and his companion, Herman Chase,
we're able to leave the lighthouse and
90 to their homes in Bridgeport,
where they related their experience
md the tale of the pluck of pretty
Miss Judson, who had saved both
their lives.
A Dnve Hnnterss Excitinr E1nerience.