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Show OF1EAT PRESENCE OF MIND. II Is ' i'ayrliolnglrnlly Inlarratlng" from Annllirr I ..In I or llrw. Describing tho accident to a party ot tourists whllo ascending tho Schneeb-Icg Schneeb-Icg In Austria when a ropo railway wagon ran off iho lino nnd fell, with Its occupants, about slxt) feet, Herr von Omptcda, tho German novelist, who broko n rib, wroto to a friend as follows, says the Ixmdon Dal!) News: "It Is psychologically Interesting that none of us screamed as we fell, I knew exactly what to do I waited until tho wagon was In tho middle ot Its fall and then, crossing my arms otcr my head. Jumped oft sldewas, for my first thought was before nil, don't get under un-der the wagon) Tho violinist (who was killed) was stnndlng near me, clinging convulsively to tho wagon and I was Just about to cry to him, 'Ijot looselMlut It was too late. Singularly, I felt sure that my wife was safe. I somehow believed she had not fallen and I wanted to stand up and give her a sign Hut I could not move All at ojice she bent oter me, with blood running run-ning out of her mouth, nnd cried' 'Mon petit, es-tu mort!' I said, 'No, I can move,' but I could not move. My glorious wife thought only of mo and not tor n moment ot herself. Her left sldo Is frightfully torn nnd bruised, but she is brao nnd keeps up I am obliged to Ho still. So, enough " la this not "ps)cholog!cally Interesting' from another point of vlow? |