The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-20

he mad tumbled into the irrigating
pipe and was at that moment being
rapidly Whirled away under ground.
Patsy rushed to the mouth of the
standplpe. Far down in the darkness
ne could hear the rushing waters
Nothing could be seen of the baby.
Then Patsy remembered the pool in
to which the wafer from the lateral
pipe is discharged. His baby brother
was being swept toward the pool. If
Patsy could get there first he might
possibly save him.
Without hesttating the little fellow
raced away toward the pool, passing
his mother, where she stood in ignor-
ance of the awful accident as he ran.
Mrs. McAlonan caught sight of Patsy's
terror stricken face and heard some
thing about "Baby-pipe!"
1nStinctively she rushed to the stand
pipe where her baby had been left.
Then, screaming and crying for help
as she realized it all, she followed Pat
Sy to the pool
There the Little fellow had commenc-
ed his vigil and would not leave. Mrs.
McAlonan called to him to help her
shut off the water, but he tried to
calm her, insisting that the current
would bring his little brother through
all right The excited mother would
not believe it, and. running around
to the roadway in front of the house
rushed back to the other end of the
pipe, still screaming and throwing her
hands wildly in the air.
Reaching the standpipe, she grasped
the heavy iron gate and tried to swing
it down, shutting off the water Fortu-
nately it was bent and would not re-
spond to her repeated efforts to close
it.
Saved BY An Accident.
Had she succeeded in shutting off
the water John Alexander would have
been drowned beyond doubt
But Mrs. McAlonan did not think of
that. Grasping the handle, she put
all her strength into an attempt to
bake it give way, her agonizing cries
going out over the valley as she call
ed Help! help! help!"
Peter Revers, a Mexican laborer
employed on the ranch, was the first to
hear the eommotion. He followed Pat
sy 70 '<he lower end of the pipe and
took his position at another opening,
where a portion of the flow discharges
as 1t passes down in the direction of
Ell Monte.
About seven minutes had passed, as
nearly as can be calculated from the
speed of the current, when Patsy's
watching was rewarded by the sight
of two tiny feet protruding through the
waters as they came rushing and tum-
bling through the dark recesses of the
dark, underground main.
{ With q howl of joy that brought
Mrs. McAlonan from her unsuccessful
efforts at the head gate, Patsy plung-
ed into the pool where the pipe empties
and, grasping the infants limbs in
his small, strong hands, hauled the
baby out and bore it to the dry
ground.
AS he was getting his footing upon
the bank, he saw the waters throw
out the little hood which the baby had
been wearing.
The Mexican, who had some expert
ence in reviving drowning persons,
took the baby from the boys arms and
began to roll it carefully upon his own
big arm, slowly forcing the water
from his stomach and lungs.
Mrs. McAlonan and some of the
neighbors had arrived by this time
and the work Of endeavoring to resus-
citate the child was continued. The
baby was black in the face and appar-
emily lifeless, it's little hands and feet
hanging limp by its side.
Placing his hand upon the little