Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-03-28

I was Ill ana CeioplOuluS AOA AS.F' - =,
man was known to Shaw ana over
1.-THE line of wire which m1gnt "
broken any minute voice IN Ins
|, lighthouse said to the men saIe OF
land:
George, may have been poisoned
by the canned tomatoes. I'm IN Ter
rible pain and have raging leVer
I don't believe shall live two nours
longer. Get help to mel"
Shaw went down to the SHORE
)among the fishermen.
"Only dory can land there, aho
what dory ever built can race ina,
sea! There's hundred OF us Woui0
20 If there was any chance.
Shaw walked back to the telepnohe
and said to the man In the Ngnt
house:
"Jim, I'm going to make try for
1t. There's one chance In tnou'
sand, and I'm going to take it,"
DON'T. George was the reply
There's nothing can live IN sucn
gale and sea. Only-only, George,
there'll be no light tonight, and Goo
help the vessels driving in"
.z~"But 7 tell you I'm going to try ~
and, I'll have medicines for you u
/, can get there Brace up and. try
to weather 1t out"
!. Back to the, shore, and among tne
crew Of the Laura B.
Some OF them nodded In d1stan'
way. but none had word. !,
"Tm going to try 1t in dory-wlll
you go along?" asked the man unoel
the ban. . -,
"No!s No! No! Why, man, yot
are stark crazy! That sea ana tnls
wind would beat the biggest manor
war in the navy!"
(, To the mate whose quick actor
had saved the schooner Shaw said:
~ finched at sea when that DIE
wave came roaring down astern. Arc
these waves larger?
''By third. mani" !
"But Pm going to try them, and y
a dory at that. VIII you go along ahe
pull an oar?"
81 will mott" "a -
. shaw went to the doctor and the
drng store for a remedy for the mar
at the lighthouse, and then 10 eht
telephone to say: :,
elm, old man, I'm coming!
you'll never make it! I'm CROWNS
worse all the time, and the light.
the light tonight! II won't-Wont--
And then the line went dead, ane
It seemed as if there was note O
satisfaction in the gale. When the
crowd on the shore saw dory MADE
ready and understood that Shaw was
- venture where no other man
dared to, great shout OF protes'
went tup, and men laid OBTAINING
hands on him. 81 n
81 left the wheel Of the Laura B
Won know!" he said In tanntlne
voice. II want company on TINS TIP
Who will 60 Z"
a will!', answered voice after q
moments silence Jennie Larklns
came pushing her way through tne
nress. Then men swore and shouted
and women wept and exclaimed. Ine
girl walked straight up to Shaw ane
laid "a hand onshis arm and said:
auIf we; can't make it we'll 90 adowl
ftogetherYsa air -.sn
The November afternoon was van
hing. In an hour the great Lantern
mist be, lit Or there would be wrecks
on the shore. Twice-thrice the dor.
was beaten back. z Then she got away
10 be lost almost at once In tht
driving spray. When q sea liftet
her up she seemed to be forty fee
in. the air. 1t was Of no use to 90 t
the telephone for news. The crowds
must wait. They waited with the
dusk coming on-with the gale tear
ing away at roofs and trees-witf
the crews Of ships at sea daring ano
Draying, and men and women stooc
elbow to elbow and did not speak
Thus it was until the lamps began e
shine in the cottages on the hillsides
and then mighty shout went up
The lantern in the tower of the light
house was shining over twenty miles
Of troubled sea.
The landing had been made
mans life had been saved and the
man who had once lost his nerve
had redeemed himself in the eyes o.
all men, and Of the girl who was tc
be his bride.