The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-31
, s TOWNSEND SMITH.

ward his wife suspected my feelings
for her ! did not know. But ] did
know that after her marriage she treat
cd me in much more friendly man
nor than before.
/ About the time we HulShed School
| and were ready 10 90 to work snip
| was sunk in the harbur on which we
| lived. aud divers were sent down to
put the chaiuS under whereby To raise
her There can he nothing more IN
| tcrestinS to u hoy than inan dressed
! jn a diving suit going under water,
willie those above pump air down Ia
him. We boys were constantly oD
hand watching the process. aud the
consequence ct il all was that several
az ne determined to adopt diving as
trade.
This hriu.S ne TO INV telegram. II
was from Mabel Granger. Ia" wife oi
Alec Granger the two IN whose child
tsh CompauouShlp | hHd iutcrfercd
uiauy years before To my discontinue.
Alec aud had been divers ever since
We left school. aud now he, having
been caught in u dangerous position.
his wife bad called on me ia save him
Durius my iourucy Ia CGpham ! could
not drive from my mind HAT Sccuc in
the school. Mabel standing with her
hpadlcSs doll huggcd tu her bosom.
making q face at me rs ! moved away.
while Alec was brushing the dirt off
uis clothes with his lmudS
Furthermore, there was every reason
to hrljcvc that what | was called mon
tn do | would do at the risk of my
life. lf il were IN easy uuttpr to res
enc Alec Granger | would not have
been summoned | saw IN Mahc,'S tclc
gram n cry for hclp IN her distress
I can give uo idea Of m, Feelings nj
such y call Lot any one rcadiu: my
rt"ry put himsclr in my pacc and try
to conceive how he woult rrcl eau
only say that aulou% tl,c rcurusiou
within me there was one predominant
'entirucui was Eager to give ccm.
fort TO the woman | still loved by re.
storing her husband 10 her
When ! reached Clapbam fouvd
man waiting FOR mo at the station
with n carriage. in which we drove
at n gullup to the reservoir. On tue
way he told me that Granger had been
sent down To examine the outflow OF
water from beneath aud while doing
SO had got caught in the powerful sue
ton az the urifice through which the
food was escaping, Air was being
pumped To him. but il had not been
possible 10 draw him up. Two differ
Cnt men had been sent down to Tx
about him rope strong enough 20
bear his weight and overcome the size
ton. but neither Of them had dared go
near him Tor fear OF being sucked
iuto the same position as he. IL was
upon this Information that ! realized
fully that Mabel had called upon inc
To probably sacrifice my life IN at.
tempting 10 save that of her husband,
On reaching the scene of the trcu-
BILE the group there all turned toward
NC. Mabel was present, aud when
my eyes met hers | was at q loss TO
understand the expression there was
in them. | had expected 10 see pa
thctiC appeal Whether she realized
that such an appeal would bc asking
me to risk my own life. perhaps give
II. for her husband. | did not know,
nor do know now She simply looked
ri me Perhaps she considered her
| telegram an appeal which should not
, bc repeated
nut on u divers outfit and two
! inch cable was Topped under my arms
| was lowered some distance FROM the
hole through which the water was flow
! ing aud walked toward IL till I began
| 10 slightly feel the suction I stopped
and saw Granger lyin. partly across
/ the hole After n few moments
! thought I signalcd TO lie brought 10
| the surface. ON reaching II ! called
for anut her two inch rope--bcsldes the
one under my arms Hoped ~ the end
would have preferred wire rope, but
| it WIS not ~ baud
What are YOU going to doF' ! was
asked
"'rlcres No way to save him hut tu
20 into tie suction myself, place the
rope under his arm and signal YOU 10
| draw us both NJ
You'll both perish was the re
: spouse.
Mabel was looking ~ me. aud my
| eyes met hers. We understood each
other, though not a,word was spoken
But what passed between usl All
that only We and the Lord know
Hanging the ionp ~ he duplicate rope
on my shoulder. ! went down again,
had advanced but II few inches nearer
to Granger than before when ! was
caugb, in the suction, aud il seemed
that mountain was on me was
pulled down on TO him. and so strong
was the current that could not move
the rope from my shoulder to put il
around bin. The only motion ! could
make was lateral one with the cur.
rent Placing my hands and knees
against bin. ! managed Ia move my
body so that my shoulder, on which The
rope rested, was near the top of Gran
gers head. ! moved so that n slipped
of. and by great effort guided II 81
that II went down over his head HewaS
| living on bis back, and il would 90 ma