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Show ' Rtsc lt d. esterday af;ernoou a ooup'.o of young gentlemen repirsenling the chivalry ol 'alt Ltke, were enjoying iheir .mer-dinuer ride. when, dnvii.i' j up Est Temple street, along the I Temple block, they ot served a child Jjust able Ui walk, Uidling on the ; coping ot the new open culvert there. Tne mother of tiie cherub followed jclt-sely, watching with pride the unsteady un-steady ctepi of .ier htllo (H't. One of i the gentlemen s nd to his companion j ! the child would tall io l.io water, and i as if Ui verify Ins words, tho infant tumbled into tae sec, which w. is full of nvifi - runtiii.g water. The jCuireiilwas so rapid that the child j wss carritd down us though it had j l-ecu a ivrk. Twu or three linn the friglitcmd mother rea -bed out .'or her Ust drowning baby, but each i time she failtd to catch it. Finally j wild wiln derpvrat ion, the brave little woman ran down me stream and jumping into the juvenile liver intercepted and rescutd the infant from its perilous situation. Tne ilittie tiling hai alrea.lv t wallowed considerable water, and had lost con-ecousness, con-ecousness, bat by the a.s;stance 1 of the you lis gentlemen who,by-the-by, had alighted and were gallantly trying to wve the child the mother soon rvsuscit-tUd her infant. One of the young nu n gave his seat in t!io btigjy to the lady, who was taken to I her home in tiie l'.'lh ward. |