Milford chronicle., 1903-07-31
RIGHT WAY TO RESCUE.
How 20 Prevent Drowning Persons
From Taking Swimmer Down.

TIovv 20 Prevent Drowning Persons
From Taking Swimmer Down.
II banpenod at one Of the Long Is
hnd sound resorts one afternoon
week or so ago The day was bot, and
scores of batlers were enjoying the
sailL cool water. Suddenly there was
c.y from lle crowd Of spectators on
rbs wharf and a crdn..- OF hecks
IA ..aqp.. tiis& zee ont in the sound
! sgf... .asr WHO had been d3ius stunts
FER half an hour had suddenly begun
splasA!ng about furiously.
Help, H-c-l-p." he cried in fright
ened sLriel, when lie came TO the sur
face after sinking once.
"A shark must be after him. said
frightened woman.
NO sharks in the sound corrected
man Of the crowd. Hes got a
cramp and is frightened to death
"Why does not some one save hing
nsked the woman as there came another
agonizing cry from the struggling man.
Even as she spoke a strong l.mbcd
youth threw of his coat and tore away
the fasteninys at lis shoes. O2c more
glance to assure him that none Of IL"
men in bathing suits was going TO the
rescue and he plunged into tie water
Get a boat" cried some one. ba;
as usual in such cases at that particu
/ lar moment there was no boat around
The rescucr was swimming out and
the drowning man still splashed. Til"
crowd checrcd and cheercd again. II
was plain that he would arrive in time
"That young chap isla hero" said an
I elderly woman.
He ought to have a medal for tt!'
cried another.
"Where is heY' demanded q girl who
Just worshiped heroes on or of the
stage.
Then change came over the crowd.
The rescuer was loatng. With another
stroke he could have grasped the
drowning man. but he held back. Was
he going to let him drown after all?
The man with the cramp struggled and
! fought his way toward the rescuer and
seized his outstretched arm.
The rescuer struck ont with his
clinched fist and hit the man in the
face. 1t was an awful blow, and the
drowning man sank like Il shot.
Brute. cried the crowd Muir
dcrer. He's trying to kill the poor
follow. lie ought to be hanged. Just
wait until he gets back to shore.
These and other eXclamations came
( from the frcnzicd crowd.
Then came another change. The head
of the drowning man reappeared- He
! had ceased to struggle. The rescuor
was all action Two strokes brought
him within reach Of the sinking head.
/ He grasped the hair. rolled over on his
back and started for the shore.
The crowd which a moment before
had been reviling him began to cheer
again. They made for the point of land
to which he WAS heading that they
/ might receive him with open arms
/ Some Of them worried because the
! head of the unconscious man OCCASION
( ally went under the surface. They
were told that it dill not matter.
: "That was the ceanest, most sEi!lfuI
rescue I've ever sgen," said man
] who seemed to know what he was talk
ing about. THE lig fellow that was
! drowning was SO frightened over his
! crainp that he would have taken the
/ voungster under with him had he not
held of. He lid just the right thing
when he hit him, and now he's bring
ing him ashore in the best possible
way. He'll have to he resuscitatcd amy
way. and little more water in his
I lungs 1T, this stage Of the game will
not hurt him."-New York Tribune.