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Show Ills Ilest Han .--jr ttltll lltm. A sliort time ngu Henry C. rilouey, n lliiiluKlcal atuduit nt Victoria college, l-iniebt nccbti rUmrd al.ilt. Aoecmiianiexl by Mr. W. 1', Herrnn, a college friend, he Svcnt down tho ljko to take -Mho Tint sail of tbo rcaem!," as lie ambitiously cla-il.m-1. Tlio water insllo Iho harlior reeinc-1 cmururatiiely placid, but rallore coull fee tint u tniuendou-ly hl-;ll sen was lnnnlng oiilslJo llio shelter of tbo Iol r ii rs. Sumo men em tho shoro w ho saw him embarking siuko of tho danger of I'olng unt In such a sea, but bo Ignorcel tbelr cnutlon, ultliough his comiuulou rcfnwil lu go out ltli blm. Willi a small fall up ho glided inlu thft bay cist of Iho Itnrbor. A few miiiutca afterward tlm Mind, which was bwch pint- down tbo lal o from tho west, c-uuglit tho bout hi a squall mid aline.. unt It. Tho uu-fortunato uu-fortunato student escipeil l.j-iettlug by lilting lucnio tho shiM-'t, nnd coming tip in tho wiuil tbo fkllt einiikly ran out tub) tbo o ii Liko before an lnvsistlblo eellid, wide li Increased violently tho further fur-ther out ho wont. It soon lcutno ci-elent ci-elent td jicritolia on shoro that tbu frail bolt, with ita uccujiaiit, waa drifting helplessly upuii bugo waiea which threatened to orcrwhclm It cicry ino-nicut- Au alarm won soon raised, and Mr. D. Uoouey, cupbtln of tlio lifeboat crew, hastened bown to tbo lake. Four stub w art fishermen enmo to hU assistance, and they mad an heroio attempt to res-cuo res-cuo tlio -sior fellow, who hud becouio Blurt for Iho relentless y. nt en. Tho life-burt life-burt crow worked with iIl-m ration tu oicrhaul tho runaway eleliT. but after pulling hard nnd gaining cm her tiorccp-tlbly tiorccp-tlbly tho wind would catch her sail and Bend, her acurrying Mouthenstnanl further fur-ther out Into tho lake, rurmileatho cliaso was belt up, and after being out three hour Captain lloonoy and lili crew cam within about sixty arda of tho littlo lio it. They could Boo the unfortun-atoyoutli unfortun-atoyoutli knooling In tho bow, upcirently trying with all his might to pull tho mast. Then, with his rescuers in eight, a wnlt of water roeo and burled him bo-ncath bo-ncath tho wans. Ho waa Been to full out of tho Iwnt, arid that waa tbo last Been of him. Cor. Toronto Glubo, |