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Show rtlSKCD LIFC FOrt A CHILD. IH Willie llrooker, an S-ycar-old' lid, H living In JrfTersonvllle, Ind., was res jH cued from a watery grave tho bjher H day by the heroic and daring efforts H of CapL Matt Dugan. engineer ot the H ferryboat City of Jerfersonvllle. Tho H boy, In company with some friends, H had been pla)lng on an old wharf boat H at tho foot of -Wall street, when he jH either fell or was thrown luto tho H water His companions nt once set up H a cry for help nlid u number of per H sons were attracted to the spot. Tin H llttlo fellow wss struggling heroically H In tho waves, but none dsted risk the H plunging Into the Icy cold water to jH save blm The Clly of Jerfersonvllle tM was Just landing at the ferry, a short H distance from whero tho lad fell luto H tho river. Melvln Hknggs, an em- H ployo ot tho ferry company, was tho H first to venture to the buy's assistance. H He bad, however, swam only a abort IH distance when ha was selicd with H cramps and was compelled to return H III il $& Wk I CAIT. MATT nyfJAN. H for his own safety lly this time all H was excitement, and being conscious H that somo swift action wds necessary, M CapL Dugan, as soon as lis landed bis boat, seized a, Ufa preserver, and, run H nlng to the river's edge, plunged Into M the water Just at ho reached the M drowning boy's sldo the latter began M to sink for tho third and lait.llmo. M Capt, Dugan seized tho almost lifeless M body, and, placing it on tho llto pre- M server, swam to short, amid the shouts IH ot the witnesses on the bank. Ifsd M not the lltt,le fellow been full ot deter- M ruination he would have surly drown M td. All the time ho battled with th wares, managing to keep abovo the H water, but bis strength was fsst tad H Ing awsy when ho was rescued, H |