Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-25
YOUNG WELLS RECOVERING.
wife, Child, Parents, Physicians aud
Friends Encourage Him.

Ross Wells will recover He is rest
ing nicely at the family home. with
wife child, parents, friends, physicians
and others to encourage him. His
story, as told Ia detail, Is full OF thiil-
ing interest ana proves that his fierce
fight with wind and wave was quite
as bad as was anticipated. He declared
that there was time when he was
not afraid TO die but he said there
never was "A time when II appeared to
him that life was so sweet AS II was
far out from shore on Thursday night
Then he praised Miss Pomeroy, his
sster-in law, and described her as the
brayest girl he had ever seen. He
said she remained with himself and
Roy until IL appeared that she would
share the same fate that they did And,
he further declares that she would
have gone with them instead Of fight
ing her way back to the shore II he
had not protested. Speaking of the
boy he said
After she left us we kept getting
further out. ] had the boy between
my legs part Of the time and part Of
the time ! held his head out Of water
by the back hair. He couldn't swim
a particle and had to support him.
The waves were high and we kept
swallowing water until We were raw
inside. The water Was cold and my
suit was tight across the waistband.
The first cIamp came In my foot,
and at FIRST | Kept them away by rub
bling the soles OF my feet Soon they
began to come up my calves, then 10
the groin and on upto my stomach. |
got a sort OF collie. too. Then my legs
lost feeling from the cramps and the
tight grip Roy kept on them. Next
my arms gave out and became numb
so | could not tell when they were
moving or when they were out Of wa
! ter. The waves were high and oc-
! casionally We caught glimpses OF big
! star In .he north. ! said to Roy Am
| | looney or does that star look as big
| as a moon? He said II looked big to
' him. too Then we saw the bonfire
on the beach and the boiler fire on q
lantern on the launch. We kept los
| ing our directions, and one minute We
| were going toward the light and the
next away from II Before this we had
! seen lights a, the bathing houses. but
| they seemed "a move all around ana
we couldn't Keep headed toward them.
Time land again | tried Tor bottom
ana went way under, but didn't get u.
The boy was pretty fresh, but was
| worn out by the struggle.
~ thought II over and decided that
the boy had a better chance alone.
| was all cramped mp aud could not
swim. / was fun OF brine and my arms
were numb So ! gave the boy direc-
| tions as 70 what 10 do, told him to keep
his nerve and 70 tell certain things 10
| the folks II he got ashore. Then We
said goodbye and ] dropped.
Il expected 10 go over head down,
but instead | sank straight down and
my knees touched bottom. With a
! great effort | rose TO my feet and
| erasped for the boy, but he was gone.
| II was horrible. The Dawn was a dis
nal gray. the wind was cold and the
waves were breaking high. | couldn't
see the boy anywhere 80 | crawled
ashore and lay down exhausted on the
! rocks. Then | orawled TO my feet and
| tried 70 walk down the shore to see II
the boys body rad come ashore. II
hadn't and ] gave It up Then the
launch came and they fixed me up, and
| Won know the rest"