Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-12

when something happened. A young
fellow on the short who didn't know
what was coming off saw the little
curly-haired girl fall out of tho bont.
EHe ripped off his coat and struck
into the water after her at the same
time the dog did. He took our yells,
which were meant to flag him and
Sheer him off, as cries OF encourage.
ment. He reached the child Just
about the same time the dog did, and
made a grab for her But the dog
wasn't going to stand for any inter-
terence In his resculng work. He re-
garded himself as the main squeeze
In the rescuing line at that particu.
lar point along the Lake George shore,
and, moreover he had been so thor
oughly rehearseG in his job of picking
up the little girl for the moving pic.
ture stunt that he meant to carry 1t
through or bust.
E Just as the young fellow reached
for the little girl. therefore, tho dog,
ugly over his job being taken away
from him, snapper at the young man.
The young fellow made the mistake
of trying to fight the big dog In the
water This worked the dog UP so
much that he forgot all about his
stunt WHEEL he got n swift poke be.
tween the eyes from the young fel.
lows fist, and he promptly dlved and
seized the young fellow in mighty
firm tooth grasp by the slack Of his
trousers.
And 1t wasn't all trousers that tho
dog got hold OF, at that, SO that tho
young man found himself quite some,
liberated when 1t was all over. Tho
dog was SO sore on tho young man
that he seemed to be doing his best.
to drown him, and one of my men
had to row out In Loaf and pry the
dog loose from his fine hold by using
an oar on him, while tho little girl
Il clever swimmer. made her way
ashore. That slam-in OF the young
mans spoiled a lot of films for MS,
and he was the most sheepish-looking
summer resorter l ever clapped an
eye on when we explained the 8itun-
ton to him.
In taking motion sets everything
is in the break as the saying runs.
mean that n fine set of Views of
a burning mattress factory in Gin.
cinnatis Our office In Cincinnati hap
pened to be directly across the street
from a big mattress factory that
Sou6hS iilC MulS Was III
our plant, at midday. There were
scores of girls working on the upper
floors of the factory, and, while most
of them scrambled down the fire es-
cape, many of them were overcome
by the smoke and had to be taken
down the ladders by the firempn.
Well, got n ripping set of views of
that fire right from our office win
.dows
81 had another piece OF luck last
year, though / really shouldn't refer
to 1t in that way, for 1t involved the
serious injury of two mon. wanted
to get set of views of n steeple.I
chase at tho Sheepshead Bay rAcet,
track. In order to have set of steel
9plechase views perfectly REALISTIC
some of the horses and Jockeys should
he seen going down ut the jumps. l!
had machine planted alongside
every jump in the field. There were
fourteen horses. Seven of the horses
went down in the progress Of the
race, four at the Liverpool and three
at the water jump. / felt mighty
sorry for the two steeplechase jock
eys who got hurt-but the break sure
came my way in that race, and III
got the finest and most realistic steSi
plechase set that's ever been made
In this or any other country
Washington Star.
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