The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-29

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D. Fever Leads.
II had taken the shotgun from
D Power and followed ont neKt.
0eoree Larkin followed M and
I.araon vas lat II Yh0 line. We
kere n ! etralaht 1lno and D.
Power KENT testing the Ice. When
1 ~ IN abort midvny hetveen the
lslnnd the nosth ahoea / went
fhrourh the re-. althoaeh 1 had
foilUved direcffy heNlnd % Powers
leed and 10 M heaytor thar /,
IA had passod safely, H was
ahout thirty foet ahood OF me when
I vent down. De Power looked
hack INIT Tarkin cana M 10 i've
me Ala Larkin rot too close and
he fell IN the same hole with me.
Ne power NORTH of n. kent going
for the north shore. ma Larson,
hehind ~ stared hack 10 Carr,e
hmm An 4 rood avinmer. but
IArkin could NOT svim. Larkin be-
came excited and grabbed me. He
eanaeA ~ NTH n n ,fl,dAr twice.
hut vas shlo "A hrine mvaelf and
MIN m each time After coming
up the second time / grabbed hold
OF the Ice and began to talk to Lar
Kin. ! soothed his fears tne oest
! could and ne became caietef. !
saw to It that ne got 2 good nold
on the Ice, but both MS ana my
holds would break loose rom tne
main ice ana We were !eIt nounoef
Ing TOT new nolds. Eacn ume
swan 70 Larkn ana made sule ne
got announcer nold. nad tnlown
the shotgun upon the main ice. ana
seeing that there was no cnance
Tor the ice about us 70 nold OUT
weight, l swan 10 wnere the gun
was and grasped It. ! began 70
wieid II IN breaking q nne l1waIu
the norm snore. ! asked Aarkin 70
follow IN the pain was making.
he sald ne coulo NOT make II. Dut
toio MIN tne pasn was naIIow
ana ne could noio on 10 tne ICE a.
eitner s'de witnout Danger OF gong
unoer. he refused 70 I0low me-
ana l came PACK 70 the MAN noie
IN the Ice 10 stay WIN MN.
De Power Goes Under.
"De Power had continued on to-
ward the north shore. hit when he
got some thirty feet of the hank he
went through the ice. l could have
gotten to where De Power was. but
Iarkin would not follow. l began
yelling for helm and De power ioin-
Cd IN Larkin was getting calmer
and he soon io;ned in the yelling
Not daring IN nut too mich weight
on the thin ice I kent nv feet NOV
inr To helm sunnort me Iarkin
was not experienced in this way
and his weight continually caused
the ice to give way about him. l
don't know how many trips l made
to get MIN safeiy set, but as the
ume wore on l Iound IL more ana
more almcuit 10 move my Arms ana
legs IN swimming. ana l nad TO
worA my way towaro Larkln Wy
chhsins 10 tne ice as l went. l
SOON saw . oost putting OUT from
,4e nortn snoie .o"sru ne rose,'
ne was taAen IA ,ne ooat anu ldnu,
Gu salely. Inc ooat .nen sArteu
W. towara Lafkln anu l. nu' .ne
uSI s.nSn aau " nreaA MS way
s sniv1 no., 'n ~ I've. ~ was soTus q
nN,,c .. aitel La ALI anu n~u
la,Ien through tne lce ina. .ne OUat
soe ~ , Ls We I, pu.leu .n.o 'ne
Us ."nn h.,r "S s,,,1 " =, ga tss m, ~
oe~srer oc..1a ,aaL. ~" Sa.annr
snd had - 40. IT. t;r n - ha;,;ns
soon ~ . w .na.h.. 49,. y. nn..;n,.
ont +nv.rd - NJ ,o.t 49, ao, ras.e
noes hesora ~ rsschod Cd nc
49, a..S.a- sr. -
i u AS of'ss SnOsts'
BEFORE this, l had heard Ray
Larkin and Carl Anderson, who
had left us at the dam to 60 east
on the south bank before attempt
ing a crossing, answer our shouts
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