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Whitby Chronicle, 22 Jul 1892, p. 8

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ýat i a. rm. mbc o TRET SAILED JOUT TO D"=T. The. bo*t WUs heavily laden whth the camping outfit anrd the, four robnst feflows wbo, coms*tuted the. crew, and, as tiere *88 quit. iaeses ou the.boat rocked un- cornffotably. Tiie wlnd vas (rom. i southwest, or dead against theur, and tbey had to tack sevétra miles out into the, lake. Wbeu about four atms rom short, and, wlth everythlug worig u1 icely, a sutiden squal,,cam e , Ti boat careen-, ei and' as she diti so a blg vwave slruck her broatiside suad, ln a second the four- men were,.clinglng to, her uýptùrded keel. H~ere they wtt. four miles frim land, with no help lai sighl andi the lcy water almost fr-eexing the bloodi their veina. Tbey encouraged and tahorteti oaci cther tb holti on, and lthbey hqdrlfted-for two hours. Mtii. end o*fitu lime Macuder began to weken. ,Ris lugera vere cramp ed andhbis faceook on a look ofdespulr Suddenly bis companions- vere startled to hear hlm chattr anti laugi, aud their sur- brror as8 wilhb1 bdathe.looketi on t1be countenauce of tUreir comrade andi eaw the wildly starlng eyes..ýiË lstted face o a wnlac. Macnlde was ravlug mad4 Tulklog uuinteigibly, bis beuumb- ed figenstraighlentd out I h. hivereti convufslvely, andt ten smuk beneth the dark wtrs TUiE T-OUILLE B -flLIT,#ESS During the. next Ion mint not a word wvàs poke by the rmllntreThen Broughal's reasonor Re d.H.acteti in tht -mane way a s .co e, who haci just been engulfeaai Kir .atrlk and Ricketts, Utterly powerless aid hlm, saw hue disappear benealb ewhite-cap- peci waves wirch ran along ai broke wlth a duil roir on the rugged beà ch in the dis tance. The two remaining men lookeci after hlm, but he never app ared andtheii billows roled on as before. The situation and -feelings -of the. two reinaining' men cannot vvéII b. descrlbed.[ More dead than aive they cl pfInesration to the andi the heartrendig sights théat they bâti witnessed dld riot effct their mincis as the hardship alone haci aftected their compn-' ions. PROVIDENTIÂL INTERPOSITION. For an hour they remalned linttis cou- diion, and then Ricketts told Kirkpatrick that lie coulti fot bolti on' any longer. Here came a-trylng scene. Kirkpatrick looketi aI' burtand sali, «'For *God's sake, Harold, don't let go andi leave me 'bere aion.- At hits juncture Prov*d.*nce in- terferee . Rkke=tsslipped ftooitht boat. Kirkpatrckk (ii off also a4 the two iu trylng tb> clAmbei- on again ot onpposite sides andi rghted tht boat «Mdweteuiaved. Klrkpatrlck, Who hati more 1eglt1àsf Ricketts- Cdimbet itbthe tioît.an pulleil inacommrde after hl=m. The n a- a mf. unconsclous state Kirkbatrkk tstdedto landi with bis bauds. -He w g dreat- ly by the favorable wln, #dfter being about 6 bours lenthtwatr. eboat vent ashoie at a point aboutb< miles west of OPort union. TROUB14S NOT - EB"ED, Tht côast herm -s roky4 the tvo men crawled Up ti ncline t e et trri -and i brused by the shart - At tis tîme they must hae beco unconscious, -for neithet remembere 0 curIetfor smre lime. Then bh , . ,e siUghtly re- -fresheti and, cravied or, miles to a fibermans but. te teaciret this placeoh. effg kq, Iy toa.- Sumer Dri brays, Delà 11 IF YOUJ W) és Goode, Printsl', S--teeflsMuenCharn. ues, EmbroideryF1ouu&inge PraolLa-e, oves, Straw Hats', etc. ~NT A BARGAlN.IN-tANY. DEPARIMENT, -YOU *ýW=LLGET 1? AT-ab ODDFELLOWS" xv NEW PRIN MER'C ~GLE Theé'nersigned dollar: the st&ck of the I, f0 fi11 ail ord-I rs fort loi neweand will ,be sold at sal-e. Order4 solicited. F back fýr [

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