The sun., 1901-07-07
Ay E4SYGOIVG HERO.
students Dive From Harvard Fridge for .
Pretty but Cnarsteful Girl.
From N, Boston Dniiy GLbe.

From the Boston Daily GIbe.
young and pretty woman. dark o. COM
pleyion and neatly dressed in dark akirt,
a light shirt wais., Il dark lacket and a hat
with a lot OF flowers on It, yes passenge. in
an open Cambridge bound car which started
across Harvard bridge at II 30 Inst night.
She was so pretty that She attracted more
than ordinary attention froul the male pas
sengers ani even the women felt impelled
to look at her more than once.
They had done all that before the car
reached the bridge, and there was some specu-
lation in the minds Of the passengers as to
how IL hanpened that so pretty "A girl should
be out alone at that hour OF the night She
was perfectly self-contained. however, and
seemed to know her own business. so no one
ventured TO speak 20 her but the passen gers
kept regarding her with the interest with
which passengers on late cars are wont TO
regard unattended young women who are
fair 10 look upon.
The car had proceeded about three times
its length on the bridge. and was running
rather slowly. when the young woman under
consideration jumped up from her seat.
stepped down on the running board. and
handing on the driveway of the bridge ran
without a moments Hesitation to the railing
on the westerly side Of the bridge and with
no word or q look behind jumped over into
the river
The moment she jumped such a shout
a. caused the motormau TO put the brakes
hard down went up from the horrifed pas
seuger-. aad then all hands. including pas.
senser-, motorman and conductor, leaped
from tho car and ran 10 the raiIinS over
wAic the young woman had JUMPED
There was a car close behind hi. ono.
ana the passengePs on u hdd seen The leap
into the waters IN the ddrk, and they, too,
raL to tho she of the briige and looked over
All OF them saw The rfet,y, arr Gtoat, but
she WASH strIrei!n1 ana lnoesd. sre seetned
to bo trying to aInx h'rSe!i Ghttr tno Ed,ar,
for he throw nrr arms straight Cp and didn't
try 20 heip herself bit.
re tlda w,- slowly a5bIng and the young
woman wss being carried Incer ghe bri.Rs
and toward the arh0r.
just rs Jhe disappeared from The view
Of the yatcncrs n tIe yes'eriE '!de OF ths
u passengers hQatJ cnmc ~ the crowd
and topped. and the ptssens'rs aboard "
It Joined tbs others VINO were watching fer
the feEpcedrdnce Uf ~ g.tl.
Among the IgsseuI,.s on the car which
was CCning toward BCs'on there was clean
cut you.,,s man w"srirs straw hat with a
| cf lIaIN ard he had tag fu,l OF golf ciub;,
rnd lie locked bored when the car stopped,
but he appeared to take Sor1a interest n
what was soigg on when he learned the cause
OF the bio, kHdP,
lie got ~ IL. car ps one who has all the
time there is az his iii pos1l sbGntercd over
To- the "a itcriy eide 81 tho bridge and natchod
With the rest o! the ovid for the body OF the
young womsn to emerge on RE tide, which
war ahbing -pS ward
He Z. .dn't s,em much excited or very deeply
in'erested, bat when the HonnE woman foatod
Into Wow. ss -he q presently, the young
man laid his hai with ~, crimson ban? down
on the raining of the bridge, took OF his coat.
and with The precision Of a man woo was
used t9 that sort ot thrs, and hsd done L.
thn raiiiHg of tn. bridge, raised himself with
! tho grace q trained athicto and diver. anf
wen, hsadforengst irto tho rivcr
The young athlete came up near tAe young
woman. who wa, thrn fosiing In nearly
! upright position. where she wa' heid by her
skitt>. ard reae he'd ont 70 hep her. ,.
| screamed 10 him 60 20 away, 20 no dig-1
| Rrair ard came .up schnd her, vherr ne,
! not .alianily hut IN a bg-inesS-iikc way, got
| harG "a OF her back nair. turned hct over on
| her bact aad then swan leisureiy To tho
Boston shore with her
| Being on her back the yonng, woman
| couldn't bite or scratch or kct. and she had
| To 20 along Wheh the young man got her
| To the shore there were scores OF willing
| and no sooner had the assistant rescuers got
| the young woman onto her feet ashore than
shs began 10 fight with feet. hands and teeth
| to gct away from then crying out Weanwhile
| that ske wanted to-die
Tho assistant rcscucrs laid the Young
woman down On :omf srasS' ana police
| bv tho crowd. CALLED an ambulance and sent
| her 20 m" station house The Young oman
| rofu-rd 10 tell thr lieutenant IN CharyU her
name whnre sho lived. how old -he va or
| lny tlinE about terseu
| The young man VIA tho cri in~on-bRNded
| straw hat. tnn rolf clubs and the rrnch1lant
mir who made tho rs-Ci.e. in't ~" y"ung
| wo,.an a. soon 20 ho had landed her, ro,lcc'Hi l
| hts goif c.ba HI cont and hat. and took
| tlr ilr-t car into Boston ono of N" o'her
| pass.nper. 1si,"i han who le was, and n"
| said hc rnally didn't care 10 say, don't you
| know. Old man. and nobody found out.