Evening star., 1926-08-06

what stood until today as record time.
But Tiraboschi had no such wind to
fight.
South Goodwin hight had been seen
a long time, Trudie was now approx
mately 13 miles in @ straight line from
Gris.Nez. but she had traversed some
1s miles OF the toughest sort OF
water.
The nearest English land now was
Hope Bay, five and half miles away
across the third tide she had
encountered.
Cheered by Message.
Trudie was cheered by a long mes
sage from those of her family In
greeting from the New York Daily
News Office, where they were receiy-
ing bulletins of her progress She
drank hot cocoa and also ate q block
of chocolate. Pop Ederle asked his
daughter IL she wanted to rest and
she replied mot yet; just want choc-
olate" She showed no signs Of weak
ening then Lewis Timson, an Ameri-
can swimmer, boarded the Alsace
from q small boat which had come,
out from England. Trudie was intro
dleced to him over the side OF the
tug.
At 4:30 Trudie asked how near she
was to the Goodwin lights. When told
they already had been sighted she was
plainly much encouraged. Burgess
showed her our chart over the side of
the tug and she padded water while
studying It,, then asked how long we
thought she might require to reach
England.
The ultra-conservative Burgess said
1t perhaps would take five hours and
Trudie countered with; you mean
we maybe will reach 1t by o'clockr
When Burgess replied In the aff1rma-
| tive, Trudie shaking her fist In the
air, said; do not let me ever give
up" At this stage, tide and current
again were favorable. and rain fiat
tened the waters somewhat, but the
wind was still very high.
Everybody on both tugs agreed
Trudie was indeed marvel for pluck.
Timson, a breast stroke swimmer,
| swan a. few minutes with Trudie, but
she was much too fast for him.
Timson Praises Girl.
When Timson regained his breath
from his exertion OF trying to keep
up with Trudie. he exclaimed he had
never seen q. swimmer like her. She
was now being carried south OF q
westerly directions, south Of Foreland,
and the English cliffs were plainly
visible through the rain haze.
Miss Cannon related that when she
Joined Miss Ederle in the rough
water, Trudie greeted her with, Hello,
Lillian; we seem to be 80 miles from
nowhere" To which the Baltimore
| woman replied, why, my dear, you
are almost there. Keep it up"
AS rivals at Griz-Nez, there was
not much love lost between the two
swimmers. Together, in this hour of
| trial, they behaved as long ng-separated
nearkinsfolk might. Miss Cannon's
splendid sporting spirit won her
plaudits on every side.
The proximity of the English coast
now afforded some little protection
| from the penetrating wind.
Refuses to Leave Water.
Capt. Corthes decided that in such
| weather 1t would be impossible to land
| the tug at Dover, but he might be
| able to put in at Deal, though this
would require some four hours sail
| ing and maneuvering.
Burgess shouted, Come out" but
| Trudie paid no heed If she heard him
over the tumult of the seas. At sos
| o'clock, when she had been in the
| channel IL hours the sea was a
LTlSHIkul LuAIlSB Will tIlc WuuSSt VI
| unfavorable winds blowing now, Bur-
CESS suggested to Pop" Ederle and
Margaret that it would be well to
| take Trudie out and abandon the
attempt, but Margaret objected.
Citing that there had been no objec-
ton from Trrudie as yet. With great
waves dashing over the Alsace, Bur
CESS insisted that she should come
out, but Trudie was still unaware of
his advice and she smiled to her
cheering friends on the boat.
AT I'll pm. Gondon time) Burgess
said to me Miss Harpnan) ''she must
come out, but I will not take the
responsibility of waiting for a sign
from her indicating that she wishes
| to come OUT some one yelled "Gertie,
you must come out"' Trudie looked up
| in amaZement and said what for?"
while those aboard the tug cheered
her wildly for her gameness.
| tCopyright, 1926. by Chicago Tribune News
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