| Show A 1 BRAVE OLD MAN A PERILOUS undertaking OF CAPTAIN JAMES he saved the clief of tho the crow crew op 0 a schooner Scho scio oner under cuder very difficult 18 seventy years old and nj very vigorous arr 1 evening during tile the winter the british schooner ulrica stranded on ft Siyi Nan nantasket beach afi mass about three smiles from point I 1 allerton life sav S edg station A tel H ephone ephano message to W the keeper of 0 this ass station capt joshua a james informed him ot of the accident and a special train was vas dimmed immediately placed at his disposal leaving two of his big crew to bring the sn gun and tackle over the road capt james wi with th the other under ills his command hurried to tile the scene of the calamity the keeper lost not a moment in attempting to force the life boat off shore two efforts were nere ineffectual at the third a huge breaker caught the little craft and tossed it twenty feet in air tile the seasoned oarsmen oarsman held their seats but by some mischance capt james who was at the stern lost his balance and fell into the surf the instant that it touched the sand the crew spir sprang ang to their feet and rushed to the rescue of their chief who was up and making a brave fight for his life when one ot of the giant surf men reached him by this time the gun had arrived and capt James who though bruised and chilled through 55 10 RV 1 1 P 01 X I 1 I 1 I 1 il W R P km I 1 IX I 1 I 1 nil N V P I 1 1 I 1 CAPT JAMES w was as not the least unnerved took aim and fired the shot line the hawser was hauled on board but the halt half frozen sailors were too exhausted to mount to the rigging and make it secure they made it fast to the anchor chains which left the rope so slack that the breeches buoy could not be run upon it the poor fellows must have perished had not a brilliant though perilous pei ilous scheme occurred to the keeper A rope was tied to the life boats stern the other end of the rope was placed in the hands of the crowd that had collected on the beach the took their places beside the oars but each grasped the hawser instead and the slow heavy work commenced ot of pulling the boat through tile the surf by main strength the ulrica was reached the despairing sailors were assisted into the gallant little boat and capt james signaled to haul ashore it was a moment of suspense and then a loud shout of joy and triumph went up on nantasket Nan beach whose echoes were caught and repeated with enthusiasm all over the state of massachusetts but while the boston papers were lavish in their praise of the indomitable keeper who organized and led this rescue in the face of a terrible tempest not one of them once mentioned the fact that captain james is seventy years of age now the physical examination before a surgeon of the marine hospital service required of every applicant to ell enter the government employ as a lifesaver Is severe in the extreme yet since oct 22 ass the vigorous old man has stood the test annually to prove not only that he was physically sound but able to perform the hard work ork demanded by his calling |
