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Show A I-lllIc Hrrutar. Jeanne Victolre- Snooke, ten ears pt age, the daughter of (.'. SiTooke, vf l'uitsiiiMitli. 1' ngland, was on Al-rll , 1S8J, wild her broUier Jsmes, aged four years, on the lauding laud-ing stage of the old MlIw,ort at Portsmouth a j4acv which is s favorite retort of children. Hud Jen ly Jeanne was startled by the fact Dial hi r brother had fallen Into the water, which was then 12 feet deep. Witliout a moment's tht,u jht aloul lirrself, Jeanne sprang Into the tea to ihar.-scue Tim straggle was great, anl bollf of the little ones sank aud rj-u to the surfasu continually, but tho brave elder child never quitted quit-ted her hold of her brother. Hie tide was runnlugslrong and carried them away from the stage, anJ both must liave been droancd had nul II. Craven, of (he chamberlain' ofllce, I'ortsnioulh, who was coming out of the harbor In a boat, gone to their rctcuo and got the half-drowned, half-drowned, struggling clilldien out ol the water. I 'or this act of bravery Mlrs gnooke was, on the Suth of May following, awarded tho honorary honor-ary lint cla's certincateof the Itoyal Humane society. Philadelphia 7Iniea. |
