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VOL. VII.
THE MESSENGER,
LA FAYETTE, - - - GEORGIA.
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Dick Wentworth’s
Swim.
THE TfiUE VTORY OF A BItAYR
BOY’S DEED.
BY GEORGE CARY EGOLRSTON.
I.
Dick Wentworth was the poor
est youth in the university, and
the proudest. Without a dollar to
be in with, and without any kir.d
cf help, he had made his way
through the first two years of his
college course, and meant to make
his way to the end. He did it by
wonting Hue a blave and living like
! a pauper, as be himself said ; but
he did it proudly, with his head
erect. When anything like help
was offered him, he refused it al
moet resentfully ; but 110 was not
tco proud to earn money by sawing
wood for those who could pay, or
by doing any other honest work for
wages ; and he was not too proud
to cook his own food and wash his
own dishes.
At first there were students who
turned up their noses at Dick
Wentworth, and called him a pau
per, but after a while they began to
see that while Wentworth was as
poor as a pauper he had not a trace
of the pauper’s spirit. He was a
hard-working independent gentle
man, who respected himself ami
was soon respe ted by his fallow
students.
Still, nobody thought much
about him. H 6 had no intimat
friends, and wa« nobody's hero. He
was the best swimmer in the uni
versity, and was Captain of thestu
dents’ life-saving crew—to which
the govcrnmtnt had furnished a
life-boat for use on the lake—but
that d’d not count for much in col
lege life.
IT.
There was a hurried running
through co’lege at daybreak one
morning, and a loud knock at
Wentworth’s door.
‘What’sup?’ he asked leaping
out of bed.
‘Steamer ashore 1 Were going to
man the life-boat I’
‘l’ll be with you in half a raio
ute,’ answered Wentworth; and
hastily drawing on his troy sera and
undershirt, be ran toward the lake
shore, where all the students and
half the towns-people were gather
ed. '• '
The ecene on which the people
looked was applling. Alar ,e pas
senger steamer lay stranded
about lour hundred yards out, and
the sea was hefting her to piece-*.
Ilei upper worKS were already a
muss of splinters, and shattered
(1 >< ra and bits of painted bulk
heads were every minute thrown
up by the billows at. the very fe< t
of the people on shore, telling the
sad story ot what was happening
out there beyond the furious surf
The pelting rain and the driving
spray reorly hid the vess-l from
view, but in such glimpses as were
to be bad of it the peop’e on shore
coil'd ee the ps.-sengers and crew
clinging to the wreek. Fragments
washed ashore showed plainly
enough that the ship’s boats had
been beaten to pieces, probably in
the attempt to launch them, and
ihe vhole ship company were now
hopelessly awaiting death. '
Til - etjdu.ts es the life saving
crow, wth "Wentworth at their
head, brought t! eir life-beat to the
bench and prepared to launch it
lhev placed thea,se'ves it two
tines, every fe low stripped to ti e
waist, and at the word pushed the
boa*, into the water. Thb Im>w was
.instantly swung around by an in
coming wave, and the boat was
driven beamways on the shorn
A second effort was made, with
greater care arc! a n'cer ca. elution
Ibf .w'en 'he waves. The boat rose
upon the crest of the billow, and
the vinj-ig athletes dent to their
i,arr ; LiU-t the wat r was too str-r g
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1883.
foi them. Tke surf tossed the boat
back upon the beach capsizing it
and seriously injuring one of the
crew.
‘We want a volunteer to take
Stokes ’b place,’ cried Wentworth,
whereupon three Btalwarts young
fellows offered themselves. ‘l’ll
take you, Mason,’said Wentworth;
‘you’re the best oar. Take your
place.’
Tho boat was righted, and a
third attempt to lunch her ifras
made. For a moment it seemed
that this time success had been at
tained. The boat rose upun the
wave, and two vigorous strokes of
the oars carried her beyond the
curling crest. Then an oar broite;
a rower felt backward. There was
a moment’s pause in tbo stroke,
and the life-boat was duslied upon
the beach by the angry sea. This
time, alas! the good life-boat’s ribs
were crushed tc a shapeless mass,
and several of tne crew were stunn
ed by the fall.
A murmur *rf terrified despair
ran through the crowd, which now
included every man and woman ol
the college town. It was evident
“to aU that nothing more could be
d ne. Nothing frailer than a life
boat could live for a moment in
such a sea, and there was now no
lifeboat tube had. The people
were dumb with horror as they
realized that there was nothing to
do but stand there in tbe pitiless
storm and wait for the bodies of
•tbe ship’s company to come aehore.
They were already beginning to
come, indeed. Two men and one
woman —all dead, and all more or
less bruised and broken—bad been
dtawu out upon tho sand. These
were tbe first swept overboard, but
others wou’d follow, and but one
fate awaited all that company of
people who could be seen clinging
to tbo ehip, unable to help them
selves, and without hope of help
from others.
“Let us pray!”
It was tbe college President—a
venerable man, loved Bnd revered
throughout tbe town —who spoke.
The people knelt at once, and the
old man p-ayed fervently, with his
white head hared to the storm. As
he ceased, Wentworth approached
and said to bira.
‘Send the women up the beach,
sir, if you please.’
‘Why, Wentworth?’
‘Because I must strip; tho lca6t
rag of clothing may be fatally in
my way.’ ,
‘Why, what are you going to do,
my boy?’ asked tbe President, in
astoniihment.
‘l’m going to try to carry a line
to the steamer,’ said tbe youth,
ralmly.
‘lt is impossiblel—it is madness
to try!’ exc’airoed tbe President.
‘So it is,’said an old fiiheraaan
woo stood by. That sea will beat
you to a jelly in two minutes.’
‘I soppo«e it is impossible,’ re
plied the boy ; 'but I'm going to
try. sir.’
The President looked into tbe
youth’s face, and catching some
thing of the enthusiasm of his he
roic purpose, laid liis hand upon
Wentworth’s bead, saying:
•When God gives it to j ou to at
tempt such a se r vice to your fellow
men. it is not. for me to interfere.
Msy he strengthen and Keep you I'
Wentworth bowed bis heed to
receive this borer iction, and then
stripped himself at once, while the
people 'ooked on in awe-struck ad
miration at such heroism, and
shuddered at the (bought of its
seemingly certain ei d. The sym
metry of the you h’s person, his
superb beauty cf body, seemed to
make tbe matter worse; for was it
not a special pi*y that a youth so
perfect of limb and so foil of life
should be gi\eo a sacrifice to the
fury of the storm ?
‘Now, then, Thorpe,’ said "Went
worth, after tying a slenderco d
about his body, ‘I want you to pay
tl is out carefully. Remember ibat
a single c-uace of unnecessary pull
ing may c>st ail these people their
lives.’
I ‘And your life too,’said Tho:pe.
‘Yes, I suppose so; but I wasn't
thinking of that.’
• After giving his fellow-student
careful directions r.» to the mv
-1 sgement of the line, Went' oi.h
stood sos a moment eyeing tho wa
ter. Then following a retreating
wave, he plunged head-first into
the wt 11 of water, his purpose being
to dive under tbe wave, and come to
the surface beyond the t reax of the
surf.
A moment’s suspense followed;
thon the pspple saw the lad’s body
lifted up and borne in on t lie crest
of the wave. lie had failed, but at
least he was uuhurt Takjng time
to recover breath, lie plunged in
again, and disappeared in the bank
of in-coming water. The slow seo
onds pass with no sign. Men f< It
their hearts beat violently as tl c-y
waited. The wav9 came in and
broke upon the beach, but still the
diver did hot re-appear.
‘That ended him, poor fellow,
said the fisherman.
‘No, there he is 1’ crjed Th >rpe,
as Wentworth’s head came to the
surface. Unfortunately tbe di"e,
long as it was, was nst quite long
enough, and as the diver came up
he was caught by tbe next wave
and Gashed upon tbe bench.
For a time Wentworth seemed ex
hausted ; but the breath came
again, and looking toward a lum
ber yard near at hand, he bade the
people bting lumber and make him
a spring-hoard.
‘Put it on the edge of the bluff
down there where it overhangs tie
water—as near the edge as possi
ble
The students obeyed, shudder
ing, for they knew that to bedash
ed ashore against the bluff would
be certain death to their comrade.
‘He can’t try that more than
once,’ said the old fishrrmau ; but
somehow nobody thought it worth
while to beg Wentworth not to try
it all. There was a resoluteness in
his look which made them feel that
persuasion would bo useless.
When the spring-board was in
place he examined it, and then,
walking back a dozen yards, ran
rapidly up tho board, wade a great
leap forward, and went down among
the waver. There were seconds of
breathless waiting and eager scan
ning of the w iter. Then:
‘Hurrah ! I see him,’ shouted a
s'udent, ‘and he’s beyond the bnak
of the surf.’
‘Y*s, and he’s swimming steadi
ly,’ said another; hut lie’ll never
make the ship in such a sea as
this.’
‘He’s the strongest swimmer I
ever saw,’ said Toorpe.
‘That may be, but this is an aw
ful swim, It is a quarter of a mile
to the ship, and with such a Sea on
it might as well I>p ten ir.ihs.’
It Was impossible now to see the
smimrner, buried ns be was in a
raging sea, and blinded as the peo
ple were by the mist and spray.
But tbe line was slowly drawing
out, ar.d that sliowsd that Went
worth siill had strength to swim.
Students climbed trees for a bet
ter view. The women came baeK
and crowded tbe bluff ij their
eagerness to leurn how matters
went with the swimmer. One
your g woman ran cut upon the
spring-board. She stood there,
watching the bold swimmer
through a la-g-! spy-glass. He!
hair wis blown loose, and tossed
abi ut by the wind. A gust car
ried away the shawi she had worn
about her shoulders. But she
kntw nothing of these things, Or of
the pdilese pelting of tl eetorm up
on her. She knew on'y that there
mu, a young hero out there among
the mad waves, "daring dea'h in an
effort to save the lives of others.
After a while the paying out of
line came to a stop. The cord
bung limp in Thorpe’s hands, and
even began to drift back upon the
be eh Five minutes, which seem
ed live hours passed away. Then
the hue stretched again, and tbe
paying out whs resumed. Not for
long however. The intervals of
rest increased in friquency and
length, while the spurts of swiail
--irig grew steadily briefer.
He was still alive, however, and
that win e-irnething. Alter a wliHe
the swimm r seemed to have re
coJere.J strength, for the line drew
out slowly ai.t! steadily for a ve r y
lorg iiip.e, and by the amo-iiit of
cord left it was ja ’ged il:ai he
mart l-c wi'hina hi.nond yi r fs
the ship Then be ceased to draw '.be
line. Minute nf'or minute passed
without »• sign. That long swim,
they were now sure, bad been s
Inst despera'e effort to reaoh the
ship, and when that failed the
swimmer had sunk to the bottom.
There was a low murmur emong
the people as this thought was
f reed upon them. Then there
was a twitch at the lino in Thorpe's
hand, and a luomoit later it began
again to run out.
‘We give Thee thanks!’ said the
President, reverently haring iiis
head and looking upward, and not
another word waa spoken fiy any
of tile people ou the shore. Tnere
was no need of speech. The line
still drov, Wentworth was still
swimming.
The young TOinan on the ep iug
board had not lowered her glass
for a moment, bine had stood
thc.re like a statue, ecalcaly mov
in' a '-Miscle. Now she changed
her altitude a little, and in a vo’ce
quivering with excitement, she
said, ‘T’ocy see him, and are get
ting a line ready 1’ Then, afier a
pause: ‘They are throwing-the
line! lie has caught—in, he has
missed it! He is drifting past tire
thip aud out of retch! He has
caught a line thrown from the how |
They are hauling him up! Ho is
on rle:;k! Hurrah! hurrah! hur
rah!’
/nd the gill, wild jov, threw
down tier spy-glass, and waved her
arms as she sLouted.
j A large curd was now attached
and drawn on board. Then n
cable was carriul out, and a little
nft sr noon the first load of passen
gers -wom-n and children —was
brought ashore. When u'l the
women aud children wtre saved
tho men fei lowed, and with the
last earful came Wentworth and
the Captain. The youth was
great'y ixhnustcd, and . much
bruised fr-un being luulcd aboard
the ship, hut no hones were !>ro
k-n, and a day's rest in bed was
all that he needed.
111.
No, Wr.nlwortb did not marry
the “py-glais girl. If this were a
made-up story that is thb way it
would end; but it is not a made-up
story at ail. It is simply u true
account of something that actually
happened, though I have changed
the names of the real persons
somewhat. Wentworth was the
hero of tho college and the town.jof
coitrs -, and when it was known
how poor lie was there" was an ef
fort made to raise some money for
him. There were wealihv men
who wanted to subscribe liberally
to a fund for his bentfit, but t e
proud fellow refused to receive a
cent, saying, when the matter was
mentioned to him:
‘l’m not an olject of charity.
Clive your money Iff tho poor.’
And so Wentworth went on
“working life a slave and living
like a paoper,’ hut in truth being a
self-respecting genii* lijfl’n. He
made his way through coliege, ar.d
as matter of course suc h a young,
man made a plare for himself
among men. If I were to mention
his real name here, many readers
would recognize it at that of a dis
tinguished clergyman and scl olar,
who in spi e of added years, is still
strong for th« doing of bis duty.—
Harper's Young People.
A WVIOK TO MOTHERS.
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your rest by a sick child suffering
and crying with pain of cutting teeth?
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p u r Children Teething Its value
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Deperd upon it, mothers, there is
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an Amencanrn t u ion.
NO. 8.
A ('HACK SHOT.
The Wonrteif.il Murk-ninn Tlml lilts
Nall Hearts In Reveller Prselice.
In West Virginia among the
i-pure of tlv Itlue Ridge Mountains
lie the Capron Springs. At one
time those springs were owned iind
run by Mr. J. M\ Waddle, the fa
ther of Johns 3. Waddle, of w''ntn
l write. Waddle wag brought bp
to use the old-time Icing a* or' rig
ritle, identical, except for its per
cussion lock, with those used hy
tho Cul|)epper Minute MVn in the
Revolution and by all of ti e cl ar*
ncter-in Coopers
Joining a party one day in tho fall
of 1875 a long drive waa made.
For the benefit of tiin-xporfing
it may he explained that “a driya’’
for deer is about the same as a
•‘heat for tigers.” A mountain or
a scope of country is s«lected*nnd
a large party of men start in the'
same direction and fi r a givon
point, keeping ipiito it 1 distance
apart and tiy noise, c'e, drive every
nnfhi ll before tl em. the ground
being li'w.vis select'd rO that a 1
garde, to keep under cover, will
have to p ss through a nerrew ho
lly of \v» ds nr eonio such natural
rpad. H. re the best shots aio iti
variahly stationed to do the exe
oution of the dav. It was at one
of those cros.iings that Mr. Waddle
was standing on one occasion men
tioned when tho drivers h b a-d him
rboot five times with wonderful
npiditv. When they cane up to
place where this fusilitdbMia! taken
place it was found that Mr. Wad
dle Imd had four deer to take his
erfl’ing, three does and a buck;
und being on the side of a ravine,
the season late in 'lie fall, h'e 1 I ad
an uninterrupted view, except fo''
the trre trunks and limbs. A- s ion
as the in M„.ht at d at
long range he opened fiiv and drop
ped oiio; another —the brei —
as h y pas-ed him, a third was
shot IK) yards fur.her o i and the
fourth,stopping to smell t ie wi lan
ded one and in’ confusion, was
shot in the head and fell dead
while the one it was smelling g t
up and attempted to run, but was
stopped by the fifth “hut f ern Mr.
Waddle’s unerring'rifle. Thus he
Completed bis work of killing four
deer without nlbving out of his
tracks. The timo consume! could
have been but litMe over a half
minute. This I believn to have
beeen one of the great—if not the
greatest—piece of shooting ey»r
done in the fluid of actual sport.
I have aho known this gentle,-
man to kill a hoc that wa;-. standing
behind a tree with only her head
in sight at a'distance of 200 yards.
Oil another occasion I knew him
to strike a buck in the bba I four
times in an many shots. It was
swimming tbe South liraicli Riv,
er, near Romney, at a distunes of
about 150 yards from where M : r.
Waddle was standing when he
sank, iiut was gotten with a bout.
Mr. Wad lie is also a prodigy with
the pistol, having to my certain
knowledge killed a buzzard that,
was setting in a tree 400 j’arils off
with aSuiiili <fc Wesson navy, and
also two crows on the wing, m e
fa ling d'ad 125 yards fr.m him.
While hunting on Chesapeake Bay
I kne.y him to kill two wi!dgt«xe
that were out ot .‘tinge ofshdt-gui s
andnyaii tliof, probably 200yurds.
Oid was shot from t! e blind and
t is other from t fie'shore, with this
suue reiarkuble pistol. There
may hive hem and was, in sit
probability, some luck .n these
last tew shots, hut I have seen him
Stride a largo mil oil the head roy
peitidly, in a friendly pistol prac
tice, at tneusureJ di-tiocd of I<K)
feet.--Corrispcndentw Philadelphia
Times.
Hopeless Epilepsy Cured.
‘•'lhe Doctors pronounced my
(use tote- oneof hopelessepilepiy,”
says our correspondent,W Oil own
iog, Attorney at Law, Judeo-iia,
Ark.,‘‘and declared death to be iuy
only re icf. Stmnrafm Nenknt has
turd me.” Let at druggists.
81.00!
■
To approximate i| e real value of
plopci tv in titorgia; Go' tlie sgi re
sale rooms in 'be Cota um'ier’a
i liicc and mu iply by 2, and tie
nsuit v ill mil l e h r fri.n IwtiU '
•.•■».ue —Lcci'iuij 'leh'plmiit.
What Nukes £ (im»rt Helen* iHW* 1 .
M) i you tiaye many appl cations
, f.ir work from saleswomen!’ a-ksT
, a reporter of the manager of a largd’
up-tow i A r#'
i ‘We cun get ml we ne»d st short
i not Ci',’ he rep'bd, Sf w't of the
ladies like to hull from alurgeebd
oern like ours. But it is not so"
f *»r to find imitiy who are fully up'
to oiir standsrd.’
‘Whet is the stsndard?'
‘Tbs que-iiow is not easy to srf
swer. We expect a lady to he
quiet, yet confident; alert snd'
wide-n take, yet polite snd agreea
ble; dHitV nr.d fra rk.'yt possessing
a t iucll of firmness, and not so nub'
isp (so r) in to Injure trad*. In' fucf,-
a good anlmd.idv is rather a com
plex article under a simple exteri
or. Patience and coolnecs are
nulling the host noints they can
possess. I sometimes feel oblige !
in h‘ doobPul case, to'tes* an
cant upon this pop t of eqnani-
I mity by trying the i ffect of some'
little aggravating remark. If she
r.nisins 000 l and plkiurfcn', her
j chances arc good; ifishe colors or
! bites her lips, I sm forced to regard’'
her ns inexperienced, and put, hlsr
In sorhh simple diparturient—bogle
ry, for example. One of the io
st inets that an inexperienced girl
has to cor let <1 with is! the tenden
cy to stiff n up if a customs/
i beceiuei ■»' little diskgreenhle. But’
1 c<>.ld pick tint a' good saleslady
much inor'i eadly than I can did-'
scribe h‘ir,’
‘ls health - a desirable prin'?’
‘Oil the whole, I think it* Wk
port-nce is overrst d I should
prater, from a hu-ii.ess poh.t of
view, wniit is called an attractive*
girl, who IS graceful and has a l'»n‘
figure. Many of our snlesludtei/
arc not remarkable-' for physical
charms, though all nre agreeable in'
manner. Home houseg make a
point oflnaitty. It is thoUgbt to
he useful at,counters frt quer,t>d by
gentlemen; hut we have often beeir
cbligoil tq displace salesladies for 1
ku -ping gentlemen in conversation. •
The art is to say just enough to
effect the sales ami dispose of the
customer when tUainbfcs' commen
ce.- to degcnJhite into chatter.
Bu.uties uro hard to tuko care of;
we often have to ‘ttollplhcfr.—thrtt
is, tend them on a message to a
distant part of the establishment
as a hiul. 1 think it quites poesi-i.
ble that larger sales at higher prof
its are souiet iibeif made in the de
partments of men’s furnishing
goods by having good looking girls
behind the showcases. Nevethe
h as, I do not think that, as a whole,
wo consider the value of a firstly
g rl, iu ths iVigos' market, to he
greater than that of a plainer girl
who is as attrativein other.raspects.
Wo .!o not pay more for beauty
unless it is combined with other
high qualities. In the cloak and
other departments personal charms
are of great value, of course, and
command high wages; but, event
hue it is mure a mattir of figurW
uiid graceful uiovtrilant than of
Ihco. It ik perhaps a Ivantageous
to huve hudsome, refined rooking
girls in the late and embroidery
departments. In the silk and
trimmings departments We requitd'
good taste, faculty fur nice draping,
and'a quick eyd lor to'ors, united
w ill. a genihs for mulching fab
rics. We pay will iff there depart
mei tH, and in suit cling ladies for
them loi ks have oniy asecoii
dury place. Home of the ladies, us
you will uo'ice, are quite plain',
but nil nre ni'ro louokiug.
‘Women p rficily suitable lor
the irimnieil-hut de| urlmeiit are
certainly burn, not made. I assure
you that few of the line arts uro
mots diilicult than that of Lelttng
ladies’ hats. Toe huts, with their
voivets, ti’.ksj Uiccs, fli'tveis, f«afli
ers and pauseu.euteries, ate very
complex articles. To be able t>
choose the particular one from’
eto.ii that is most'auitable anil be
coming to a customer’s features,
complexion, age and style, rrqinies
natural gilts if a high order. Is*-
dies are lilways studying dress
more or lea*, hm tlioi u-utier who
can trim a hat lusttlully, and who
! know what.is u.o-t becoming try
I tnem, is xiiull. Th y fe.l tins, and
although llivy tire often very o|,iu
ionntcl in oilier mailers of dres,
are quite apt to d 1 p»ml much up
jon any saleslady iu this depart*
: rnr-ut wliorn they believe to lw re*
! nilv c nipstn t. Iteocs tho IIS* if
lof the her', ta'ent hi re, and ns
; the best talent i* always In de.
uint'il. the priiee for it are I krh '
‘Why do they o' jeet to I" in#
called s ihx«oilier V
‘ I iton'r k • vv.”*'
B»’df- us lor na'l-’o fiv irf
tdiould > iiinCe aiih wkgty.