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Show NOT MEANT FOR DIVERk Nature Seemingly Had Neglected to Fit Young- Scotchman for Profession Pro-fession He Desired. Not a'll men 'are fitted for all things Tho fact that an Individual, shines lr ' ono profession is no proof that h may adopt any career with equal success. suc-cess. Rob, whoso adventures aro recorded re-corded In Mr. Whltmarsh's "Th World's Rough Hand," was a good fellow, and doubtless played his part In tho world with credit to himself but he Was not born to bo a diver ns his experiences show. One of the greatest dangers in diving Is that ol panic. Tho quality a diver needs moro thar. any other Is presenco ot mind. A lyoung Scotchman, six fcot tall, b) the namo of Rob, applied to mo fot a position as diver. Ho had a sweetheart sweet-heart at home, apd, tempted by the High wages, was anxious to learn the business. Ono time, when work was Blnck, I let lilm go down, I told him minutely how to manage screwed on his faco glass and sent hlm under. I felt hlm land on the bottom and signal that all was right Then ho walked away from tho boat paying out most of tho lino. After a llttlo ho stopped. I Imagined hlm resting, and thought ho was doing remarkably re-markably well. All nt onco I noticed a dark bind-der-llko object floating at soma distance dis-tance from tho boat. At first 1 thought it was a turtle. Somothlnu made mo look at It moro carefully and then I began to haul, tho lino lu Tho "turilo" was Rob. Ab ho drew nearer wo could hear hlm screaming his loudest Insldo tho swollen dress. I got him alongside, unscrewed the escnpo-valvo, and hnuled hlm on deck All tho tlmo ho was crying: "Let mo out!" " When Rob, camo to his senses, we learned thnt ho had becomo frightened fright-ened lest his dress should hurst, nnd had screwed tho escape-valvo the wrong way, keeping In the air Instead of letting It oacope. Ho'lost his prcH-enco prcH-enco of mind altogether, and fejl down. Tho confined air accumulated In tho bulkiest part of tho dross and floated him. " Tho second attempt Rob niadn as n dlvof nearly cost him his llfo. He mndo tho very samn mlstnko with the valve. Then, crazed by fear, ho began be-gan to unscrew his faco glass. Fortunately For-tunately for his sweothcart, ho lost consciousness beforo ho got It off. Ha kms dollrloua for somo hours after wo had hauled him up. We decided ho was wl fit for n diver, nud thnt his road to fortuno lay In soma other direction. Youth's Companion, |