The Washington times., 1925-11-04
The Authors Own
Fascinating Story
of His Long But
Losing Battle
For Freedom
and Health


EVEN in my excitement and
~ alarm couldn't help feeling
admiration for the way she re-
manned In that one spot, and I
wondered what she was thinking
about. She had sen under water
some time, with only her hair
marking the place Surely she
must be terrified.
At last reached her and got
my free arm down under her
shoulders. It was an awkward
position and required some effort
TO raise her so that her head came
above the surface / was sub
merged up to my own neck. with
eust my toes on the bottom. and
Donnie. on my shoulder, was be-
coming frightened and beginning
TO squirTn. fully expected Mil
dred to throw her arms about me.
as drowning persons are said
nearIv always to do. but she
didn't.
20 my establishment and relief.
she just let me support her. and
actually tried to smile. If could
only keep my balance and not top
pie over al would be well. !
knew the floor Of the pool sloped
upward toward the sides. and I
began working my way slowly
across.
remember was thoroughly
angry that no one among the
many persons In the pool noticed
our predicament. It seemed in
credible.
I had managed to progress sew
eraI feet along the bottom toward
the side. and was just beginning
20 be able TO walk on the flats of
my feet when q young fellow came
20 our rescue. and. at the same
moment. the men who had been
PLAYING with the rope let it
come up.
we got ashore. but Mildred had
swallowed 8 Ion of water and was
III. Back home an hour later I
asked her what had passed
through her mind while she had
been held under that way. was
much gratified at her reply.
Il just knew you'd get me If /
hung on, she said. II held my
breath as long as I could and /
was IN awful distress, and just
about to let go when you lifted
me up. They ought to fix that
rope so II can't be showed down
that way.
Love for Each Other
OF course this incident may seem
trivial and inconsequentiaI to
many persons. There was moth
ing very dramatic or heroic about
1t. have told OF II solely be-
Mildred really loved me. and had
confidence in me, and that
really loved her and was IN ex-
treme anguish for her during the
time feared she would be
drowned
Ny weakness. my apparent In
difference to her, my selfishness
ALI seemed to indicate that I
couldn't really love her. yet, In
spite Of everything. / did. It
was a sort Of revelation satisfy
ing, encouraging.
lay awake a long time that
night thinking about her and re-
solving that I would make q
final and victorious stand against
my enemv drink. know we
seemed drawn closer together
than ever. though joshed her e.
lot about being so little, telling
her il couldn't have happened had
she not been such a midget.
The following week received an
offer from the chairman Of the
Salvation Army budget drive to
take over the publicity. for that
campaign, and he asked me to
prepare an estimate of what pub
Hcity and advertising. including
my fee, would cost.
Communities Raise Own Quotas
I learned that the Salvation
Army. profiting by the methods
employed by the Government to
s'put over bond campaigns dur
ing the war, had abandoned its
old practice Of raising funds by
the personal solicitation mode
and had adopted the budget sys-
tenn, with intensive publicity
drives instead.
A Crew from the national
headquarters was covering the
country, organizing local COM
mittees in each city and letting
each community, through aroused
home interest, raise its own quota.
/ attended luncheon Of the
executive committees, present
ed my estimate, and was given
the work. The campaign lasted
week and the budget was COM
pleted.
This was followed by a some
what similar campaign by the
Associated Charities, though on a
much larger scale, the drive. as
remember, being for $161 900.
In this campaign we used bill
boards, window cards, newspaper