OCR Text |
Show j&TVES CHILD FROM DROWNING & g jl wsJ JASMINE SMITH IS HEROINE MISS JASMINE SMITH, whose ready nerve saved an un-, un-, known child from drowning at Liberty park yesterday. Jumps From Auto Into the Lake at Liberty Park Just in Time. A SPLASH, a futile uplifting of baby hands, a blending of golden gold-en hair with foaming water and ' ' Teddy, ' ' a boy of 2 years, was gone from the bank to the bottom of tho lake in Liberty park shortly before be-fore noon yestorday. The emergency brake of an automobile automo-bile clicked, the door "of the car swung open and a handsomely gowned young woman leaped to the bank and struct the water m the graceful dive of the practised swimmer. She was Miss Jasmine Jas-mine Smith, daughter of G. K. Smith of 91i) East First South street. At the bottom of the lake Miss Smith found the struggling child, its hands catching hers with the grip of the drowning. It was several seconds before be-fore the two returned to the surface, Miss Smith holding the child in one hand and swimming with the other. It was a dozen feet to the bank and the water, was too deep for wading. Recently Re-cently Miss Smith suffered an injury to one of her wrists. She waB holding the boy with her good arm and swimming swim-ming with the lame one. Onoe both went under, but again they were up and the young woman skillfully gained the bank in spite of the handicap of her clothes and the lame arm. The mother, having mi6sed her son, discovered a moment before he was lifted out that he had illen into the lake. Frantically she caught the strangling strang-ling child to her breast. Then Bhe turned to the young woman, who had saved the babe. "How can I thank yout" uhe exclaimed. ex-claimed. ''What can I do for you? You risked your jife. " "Oh, no, smiled Miss Smith. "I was in no danger. I am accustomed to the water and it was fortunate that I was in time. ' ' Smiling still, the rescuer climbed back into the automobile with the young woman friond who had been driving her about the park and was rushed home for dry clothing. Carrying her little son, the hysterically happy mother hurried hur-ried away without anyone having learned her name. That "his pet name was ' Teddy ' ' those who were near knew because the mother gasped the name when she reached out her arms to receive the dripping form. |