Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-17

backs; the oarsman stood up. The dis
turbance was so near, so unexpected, that
it alarmed them. They looked aloft,
thinking that rock had fallen; they
looked TO the small eddy caused by
Philips disappearance to see if any sign
would be given explanatory of an un-
usual occurrence.
Were Philip thrown from such a height
when in full possession of MS senses, in
all likelihood such breath as was in his
lungs at the moment of his fall would
have been expelled by the time he reached
the water.
He must have resisted the rush of air,
uttered involuntary cries, struggled wild
ly with his limbs.
But, as it CHANGED, Mason's rough
handling in carrying him to the balcony
made active the vital forces that We're
restoring him to consciousness.
He was on the very threshold of re-
newed life when he FELL and the down.
ward flight helped rather than retarded
the process Indeed. the rush of air was
grateful He drank in the vigorous
draught, and inflated his lungs readily.
His sensations We're those of man inn
mersed in a warm bath, and the shock
of his conclusion with the surface of the
sea in nowise retarded the recuperative
effect of the dive
OF course he was fortunate after fall
ing from such a height, in striking the
water with his right shoulder. No poT-
ton of the human body il so fitted to
bear heavy blow as the shoulders and
upper part of the back Had he dropped
vertically on his head or his feet he
might have sustained serious injury. As
| it was, after Il tremendous dive, and a
curve of many yards beneath the sea, he
bobbed up inside the salmon net within
few feet of the boat
Instantly the fishermen saw that it was
| a man, an absolutely naked man, who had
thus dropped from the sky.
They were amazed, very frightened in
deed, but they readily hauled at the
dragging net and brought Philip nearer
the boat Even at this final stage of his
adventure he incurred terrible risk
Unable TO help himself in the least de-
gree, and swallowing salt water rapidly
now, he rolled away inertly as the net
rose under the energetic efforts of his
| rescuers. There was grave danger that
| he should drop back into the depths, and
then he must sink like a stone
Wearing their heavy sea boots, none
of the fishermen. though each was an ex-
| pert swimmer, dared to Jump into the
water. But the oarsman, being person
of resource, and reasoning rapidly that
not the most enthusiastic salmon bailiff
| in England would pursue him in such
manner, grabbed a boathook and caught
| Philip with it beneath the arm.
He only used the slight force needful
| to support him until another could grasp
| him.
| Then they lifted the half drowned man
| on board. turned him on his face TO per-
nit the wafer 10 flow out of his lungs,
! and, Instantly reversing him, began to
raise his elbows and press them against
his sides alternately
Soon he breathed again. but he re-
manned unconscious, and a restored cir.
cultaion caused blood to flow freely from
the back of his head.
| OF course the men were voicing their
surprise throughout this unparalleled ex-
perience.
| "Whea is he?
Where did he COON frae?''
| "NObbut a loony wad haze jumped off
yon crag'
Hes neaked as when he was BORN
At last one of them noticed his broken
scalp. He pointed out the wound to his
companions
| That was never dean by fallin' i T
waiter" he said
| They agreed The thing was mys.
teriously serious. Philips youth, his
stature, his delicate skin, the texture of
his hands, the cleanliness Of his teeth
and nails. were quick token TO the fisher.
! bu
common run of seaside accidents had
taken place. The oarsman. man of
much intelligence, hit or an explanation.
| He was swarmin' doom 4 cliff after
{ BIRDS he cried. "Mebbe fotygrafin'
'em. I've heerd o sike doin's."
Man alive" cried ore of his mates. che
wouldn't strip tie t skin for that job"
| This was unanswerable. Not one gave
II thought to the invisible Grange House.
They held a hasty consultation. One
man DOTTED his Jersey for Philips benefit,
and then they hastily covered him with
oilskin coat and overalls.
| 1t was now nearly dark. go they ran
out a marking buoy for their net, shipped
oars, and pulled Justify to their remote
fishing hamlet, three miles away from
the outlet of the river which flowed
through Scarsdals
Arrived there, they carried Philip to
! the house of one who was the proud
owner of spare" bed.
And now fresh difficulty arose. A
doctor, and exc a policeman. should be
summoned. A messenger was dispatched
at once for the nearest medical man
who lived a mile and half away. but
the policeman. who dwelt in the village,
was bird Of another color.
These men We're poachers, lawbreakers,
At various times they had all been fined
for Illegal fishing The policeman was Of
an inquiring turn Of mind He might
fail to understand the mystery of the
cliff. but he would most certainly appre-
ciate every detail of their presence in that
particular part OF the sea which Tapped
its base.
SO they smoked, and talked, and tried