| Show HE SWIM but lie ile kept hold of the nii when while 11 at down they talking about swimming at the city ii hill ill the other day and among those cag aged in the discussion was jim the well known deputy n sais the washington star has charge of the CIRO cage at the city hall where the prisoners are before being taken into cobit and also has charge ot of ther transportation to and from tho the jail ile he la Is 1 a I mm inin of many stirring adventures and of remarkable ph steal powers therefore his i emark that he cannot swim his own on length was waa heard beard with not a little but although I 1 cant swim I 1 vo no been over bond several times explained ind and have et to be drowned however I 1 came near it one ona time dining the war when I 1 was ass cm as an lion worker down don on the iha wharves tint thit day I 1 wis cai lying a civo pound anvil on my shoulder along tile the wh af when the first tiling thing I 1 knew I 1 was in about twenty foot fet of water I 1 went right doi down n to the bottom bottwin hut but I 1 didn dian t stay there bu but t a I 1 an I 1 up I 1 came I 1 j hid sanse vilo enough ligh to hold ot of a pile and thele I 1 hung until tacy fished me out with a rope I 1 S did they emr eer get the anvil jim 1 asked one of the crowd dill did they remarked T why man ou maa nia belleve me or i not but I 1 ne leei ei lot let go of that anvil lou int on agnor 1119 the smiles of the crowd I 1 was wasy ng along with tile the ivil on my left shoulder an I 1 when I 1 wint down I 1 shot 90 quick tint I 1 liri in in t time to let RO 90 of it so when I 1 bobbt bobba d up tip the thing cimo up with nie me right on my shoulder too just bhele lt it wag wa when I 1 dropped overboard oNer board 1 ou bee it was all done so quick thit I 1 inda t time to think or else I 1 1 d I let go of it and but the crowd ivull hid |
