| OCR Text |
Show NIAGARA'S ST.CHRISTOPHER Giant Tom Conroy, Who Braves the Terrible Rapids to Snatch Men From Death. While there In talk of eatnhllahlnK n I life Having atntlou nt Nlngnru rail the nllrt Inhnhltnnt nf thnt town pin ken 1 hla In id nt tin nuggeHtlon mi 1 nngely , nhere thnt all th. life avlng vtatlon I they nee.1 i big 1 nm ( onruy j Now who l Tom Conroy'' lie In the ft rhrlalnplitr of Nlngarn the giant who think It a in. le nothing I to wnlk Into the mpld nnd pick up 11 drowning iieranii lake him on hla I bruwny bnek nnd walk udinn Klve rirue me rhalk. d U to Tnm I onroj h .relit In the rum Is ulnu are k. nt the name if thoi uhn loe their fillnvi men I'lve' Well ou nj h.n In n lift mvir who Im lghten 10 hi nt, III nnd still another who hna Ihlit) lie 1 That dirferent Thoee reacliea were nnt mnde In tin Niagara rlur It la one thing to plunge Into n Hmnith eur-i. eur-i. nt with perhap n boat or n launch at hand un I -ninny willing hand unx-loua unx-loua tn help near h It la quite another lmy tn cilinl) walk llllo that awful hell nf water with the leirllle ueier-eudlilK lour of the innnater b. low engir fur It lellni fine niue from Mngnra uelf,h quite a much 11 lite In nny other bidy of water It would need the 1 en of a writer of eph to fill, diierlbe the ul lime ex ploil of this unplelenlloll ln-io uhn 111,1,1. ll Buy that In think nothing uf lelaunl Minlllng ab mt In the 1 iplitn iiboee th. fHlla, eeuilally If he mil HUM 11 life Conroy Ih n line nioclm.n of the elol-wart elol-wart lilh inerhmi lolned ulth hi nupi rli 1 h) Hlqii. mid muarlea nf ateal are n tiemonitoiia will nnd un ihenlute fieedoui friuii fear HI fnie Ih that of thi t 1 1 nl llf. finer lt Ih the Hint fat 1 that ha In ninny rltii nf thh land fought tlrin nnd fnred mnhH It la the Mime fun lh it l aeill In the bow nf lh. boil thnt Hlioot ut from the life nlng tntloii along the coat through the nurf tl the el poun I-lug I-lug to pit 1 en on the roika- Htendfnst daunilt the face thnt UthtH nnd neier film In h 1 onio un for man enra n guide who took pnitba uiiilii the Aineiliun fHll to the 1 nie of the Wind one of tin moHt treHcheroiiH and ilaiiKeroiiH IKilut of Intireat nhout thi great uitn riet One dij when he un gulling II pint) along Hi. 11111 low path mer lolling blueing unt.i mil Jagg. 1 bin. k link u Idenl) nhnti' the loom of the dt i Hiding fall om rhend rung 11 mlght elinut SoiiKoii. lled 10 him from the lop of the tl ft thnt mut fearful me. aage Mnn In lh. inllil.' Tho pmty limtuntlv lull 1 lei up tho HtalrH ,,11101 looking like nn old N it hi liking In lit itiulnt ollekln eoa-tume eoa-tume an 1 wlngetl . ap went up tn the top of the bnnk walked hantily mound the lower end f Ount inlin 1 mid nnu out In the rapid jhoto Ilnrn.Hlioe fall 1111 old 1111111 . Iltmlng dcperntet to n roc k tun fit t Hqunie float iHlnnil mid the Three Slater were hlaek ulth ngonlrel peranna, HlKutlng wringing their hnnda In Im-pntino Im-pntino of difpiilr . uralug groining nnl 1 i-i tag IiiKlantly fonrnt hear I the toi painter, Mei"ulliugli by name mi elderly nun, hlghl eHteemrd In the i 111 in,, if Nlngnru Kail hnd lei 11 u 01 king on the hillge lea ling from th. aeiond to the third SlHter Inl- , an 1 had Hmnll u onclergi ou n dlzav hmiRlng tn hla l.idd.r our th it roaring tumbling initix nllpiitd gone swept t)wm.l thut filgtiiriil tune bclnn 1 lught In uimi mer Iful Inti rnosltlon 1 1 th tiny ri, k n few rod nbove de-Htiiullnn de-Htiiullnn rillful light Inleed una tin Rim In id out time In th it awful unati of water ililful the holpleH-niKS holpleH-niKS of the frcnilcd imud along tho ehoie Hald Conroy nulet, harl-hcaded cool "Hnt e e n mi 1 ? Si ven huiidud fet of line una In-Htnnllv In-Htnnllv thrum into hi hand He calm ly tteiiint the ripe around one brawny I aim irosrcd to the foil of the Ilrat Fleter 11 111 1 i v.k ono look about him, ! nnd the ill t hilinopher' walked out Into the 1 lipids. I Folk nnt tint along the ahnre ran one deip moan Tin n ill wna alhnee Up ind low 11 up and down went thla hern 1 the 1 a il la alnliklng In hi em trlk-ing trlk-ing it him pulling nt him from be. I 111 ttli lutmimi ua Ho I alone know how he uam down nnd nround the ro.k tn uhl.li .lung the little frail old man he Ind tome to ne What n meeting that' Two noula on the t.ry in Ink of eternity Inokel Into inch other e No uor.lH tpoken, onl the quick h up command bj the Blunt mil the whlnpereil ics of tho iilinont exhnuHieil painter The rope wa mnde fat nround the latter nnd then enme that hemic baikwnrd wlm nguliiHt the current until eager han.ln drew the two In and men fell upon ench nilnra neck mil wept nlond nnd chimed nnd Hhouted nnd anng the Dox ologj And then 'loin' Conroj qulell) went bnek nnd took another pnrtj down the Illddle talr In the i nie of Ihe Wind Sot long nft. r that one bright moon, light night tint elnim. r try 'Mnn In the rip! la' again i, Hounded through tin Mreel of tin lllige Then up again i-ne the Riant t f hrlrtopher of Mni,nrii Thl time hi tik hi' Btair, nn Iron drill I'lnntlng it abend nf him, ho unlked up the i Her until he found the man cllngl is to n roik nboie Omt lalnnl He tink him nn hi hick nnd lining Ihe linn drill nn hi nlnrr forged hi uay bnik lo the merlean hoie Hluee them he hnH m ule three similar ri HClle ( nngienH uoke up nnd sent Conroy i mednl nf whlih he 1 Juntli prnud nnl the great Trof Ttndnll wrote him nn npireclntlie letter uf which ho la quite n h pinud One of Onnroj a mnt clrimatle re, men a deneilpllnu of which In herewith l,lun for the first time wan thnt of rither Monohan a Cnthollc I riest Just In low the Aniirlcmi falls There l a Iul thtre niuih nlfeeted b dirlng hither lt uttrntted tho i riest whom Conro uhh guiding The latter wnined the priest agiinnt enlurlng be. Jim 1 n cortnln point I ill he dlsobejed i onioj saw hln extn mils and plunke I to hU nld He tuimht tin priest a he wiih Hlnklng for thi third time ' N'ever mind mo Tom 'Hill tho gool fuller, Ictmego Snejiurself Hut C'nnro) U not made nf that sort of nutil Holding up the priest he p am through that tremendou current leliw the fall to the fen Hoth men u.re exhausted when help reached them 'e mnj know," snld Conro hi grn ejea twlkllng, 'thnt I una prett far gone when I tell je that I arrived at the ferrj'wlth the priest In one hand and one of inj felt shoe In the other Clod know whit I una doing ulth thit Hhoe Of late jenr some loril Jeilousy hon kept Conro off the reseriatlon Hut the giant must be righting something so he went Into the fire riepirlment of tho clt He can be seen nn dn sitting out In the aim before the hosehouse looking dreamllt off down the street In tho direction of the Stite park ' M plice Is fighting wnter not fire" he snjs somewhat adlj 'I could be hnppj If I were down on the bank 'If 30U were down there and some ono fell or Jumped Into the nplds would nu go after him'' 'Just iih quick na I tould ' wis the nnnucr ' Don t oti know what fear Is" ' '.No ' una the calm repl ou see Un like thl I am nt home In the railds Ho Hill an coolly an If he werp talking of giilng a G o clock tea orf Goit Island ' Hut how la thin possible' ' 'Oh I was alwa wading nrounl those Island from n lio he said hn I hid nothing particular to do I d take a stout pole nnd walk fiom one Ulan 1 to nnother Why bless sou there a was to do oeersthlng, If ou onli know how to go to work 'I lemember,' he continued with n amllo of quiet amusement how nston. Inhed Mr, Bimons the agtnt of the Tor-ter Tor-ter estate, wan when one da he waa saving tint he wished tlure ua some nnj nn enrth for him ti find out If It waa possible to build n bridge from one of those Islands Just hi iw the paper mill tn nnother nnd I sild tn him ' Well sou bo there nt 4 n tloek tomorrow tomor-row afternoon nn 1 1 11 take nu from one Island to another mid I did ' ' HnuT" 'On ms. Inck laconically answered St Christopher ho It would n.em thit the olIet In-hnhllant In-hnhllant I In the light nf It when stnndlng dnnn bj the bink discussing tho prospect of a llfesnilng stntlon aboo the fill he pile a snort of de rlslnn nnd said dellintl) Idfe nitlng station nothing' I tell je Tom Conroy Is nil the lle mi lug station this here place n.ed 'New lork Herald |
