Cloverdale courier., January 11, 1917, Image 6

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A DIVER’S
STORY
Cíoverdale’s New Presbyterian Pastor
By HOWARD C BEACH
T h e re a re tw o situations either of
which is calculated, when one is in it.
to chill one's blood. One is up in the
air, th e other u n d er water.
I have never been tip in the air. hut
I have been under w a te r m any times.
1 ain. or, ra th e r, I was, a professional
diver. I d id n 't adopt tlie calling l»e-
cause I considered it dangerous, for
when properly done diving in a rm o r is
not dangerous. T h e sam e may be said
of aviation. I became a diver in order
to m ake a living. I ceased to be u
div er a f te r receiving a shock under
water.
I was hired to go down to exam ine
a y a c h t th a t had been overturned a n d
sunk In a gale with a view to learning
w h e re the ( liains were to go tinder tier
to lift Iter. I was told th a t the o w ner
was n scientific man. a great student,
an Investigator,
li e had Invented a
n u m b er of scientific devices that laid
m ade him a great reputation. T h e
w recking com pany b id me th a t he was
determ ined to go down with me. r a th ­
er for '.no sensation of breathing u nder
w ater than fo r being o f service
When wo stood < 1 1 tin* wrecking boat
p u ttin g on th e d iv e r’s uniform I enst
a glance nt*iuy diving companion, on
whoso head they were about to put
ilie helmet. Why I did not then and
there refuse to go down with him I
don't know. I suppose it was a dis­
like to do som ething unpleasant. Sin­
gular th a t I should have been willing
to risk a horrible death ra th e r than do
som ething unpleasant
However, I
presum e it is the sam e feeling t h a t
compels a m an to expose him self in
b attle to certain d e a th because he Is pulling bis knife from his belt, cut the
rope connecting my w n1 t with the
expected to do so.
men
above. T hen he began to dance
Mr. Cheney, my diving companion,
went dow n by one ladder, I by a n ­ «bout on tlie deck, evidently delighted
oth er some tw e n ty feet d i s t a n t from th a t he could Jum p so high and come
ills
Tito w a te r was clear, and tlio down so gently.
I w as si me th irty feet under water,
sun was shining upon it, so th a t I
with
n e ith e r life nor signal line, a t the
could see iilsmt me to a com paratively
mercy of a m ad m an , for his actions
long distance. I kept an eye on Mr
Cheney, w ho struck the yacht at th e confirmed th a t glitter In his eye 1 had
bow, I am idships. She had settled on noticed j u s t before Ills helmet was put
lier keel, and her m asts w ere muirly oil. W hy tlie others had not noticed It
perpendicular.
I was about to drop I do not know, except th a t th ere aro
over thg side to limit for a place lo tilings which, though plain to some,
get a support under lier when my a t ­ a r e invisible to others. T h e only a r t i ­
tention was a ttra c te d to Mr. Cheney, cle connecting me with the world
ili* liad m ounted the g unw a le and above was t h e a ir pipe. I was getting
stood w ith one hand en th e ratlines. plenty o f air. but tin* m aniac had prov­
T hen lu» began to go up hand over ed him self s tro n g er th an I —probably
hand.
l i e stopped a sh o rt distan ce on account of Ills m adness and if he
from the s u rfa c e and began to drop, Interfered with the supply of air I
sliding Ids liant! along th e upright would suffocate.
ropes.
H av in g danced to his satisfaction,
Tills w as certainly not m aking In­ Mr. C heney s ta rte d for me again. I
vestigations.
it seemed to me th a t
could see by th e way he held bis head
lie w as am using him self a s a child
th a t lie was observing my a ir tube to
m ight do going up and down, being
see when» lie could cut It. for hp held
nearly balanced by the density o f the
w ater. Not liking Id s actions, 1 s t o o d Ids knife still In Ills hand, evidently
when» I was, und when he liad gone quite pleased whenever a beam of s u n ­
up and dow n a few times he let h im ­ light glittered on it through the water.
self down on th e deck and cam e to ­ I d re w niy own knife, determ ined, if
necessary, to save my life by killing
w ard me.
Divers usually carry n knife, since him. W hen he cam e within a few feet
th e re Is a probability of needing one. of me he Jumped and. catching the
At any rate, I bad one In a pocket In tube above my bead severed If.
He m ust have pulled on his signal
my d iving suit, a n d Mr. Cheney had
I »een provided with one
H e was | line, for I saw him rise rapidly. T here
obliged to move slowly through Mie was enough n ir in my helmet to pre-
I saw alnive
w ater, and m e an w h ile I w as w onder­ ; vent In s ta n t suffocation
ing w h a t Ids Intention was in coming me one chance for escape, the feet of
to me. As soon as he reached me lie my would be destroyer. I was Just in
, g a v e m e a push and a t the sam e time time, by a spring, to rcnch mi ankle
m ad e a g ra b for m y signal line. In Mie with one hand, lie t ’ ied to kick me oft.
tussle th a t followed I lest it. and he hut I not only hung on. I clutched the
grns|M»d it.
other an k le w ith my other hand. With
I w ould net h av e tadlcvcd th at so a death griji I was d ra w n to the stir-
m uch s tre n g th a n d agility could be face.
utilized tinder w a te r. My antagonist
T hat is ail I knew till I came to my­
g»>t Ills arm*} aro u n d mv body und. self on the dock of the w recking boat,
Making a Friend
Often you come across people who
! com plain th a t they have but few
j friends. They will point to oth er per-
■ sons w ho have m an y a n d w onder w hy
] such a distinction is made.
T h e m a tte r is easy enough to explain,
; for, as some one has well said, the only
; way to have a friend is to be oue.
F o r friendship cannot possibly be a
one sided m atter. J u s t a s it ta k e s tw o
to /u ak e a bargain or a quarrel, so does
it ta k e tlie sa m e n um ber to m ake a
! friendship.
! No one can s ta n d aloof from others
j w aiting to be sought w l t h o u f e x p e r l -
enclng keen disappointm ent, this be-
! cause friendships a r e not m ade th a t
way. .People do not look you over as
you s ta n d oil' by yourself a n d say:
“ Now, th ere 's some one I’d like to
know. I'll m ak e a point to d ra w him
1 or her out a n d ta k e all the pains possi­
ble to establish a friendship.”
T h a t's not th e w a y it happens in
real life, although some still im agine
that it is.
W h a t really happens is
lids: T w o persons meet, and gra d u ally
they find points of congeniality, grad-
| ually each does little favors for the
other, gra d u ally a feeling of affection
takes root in each heart. N either one
is th in k in g of w h a t can be gained from
the ac q u ain tan ce ; ra ther, each is think-
j ing and p lan n in g to give in stead of
j take. In o th e r words, each, is try in g
to be a friend unselfishly. And, lo, it
is* the very thing which m akes th eir
j friendship.
B ear th a t in m ind if you happen to
Rev. Joseph A. McVeigh.
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be among those who lament their
my helm et removed and a
anxious faces bending over
Mr. Cheney is now in an
lum. I am a retired diver
e r since been under w ater
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gram.
n um ber o f
me.
insane ns.v
I im venev
Hens WiJ Lay En W afer
if Properly Handled
Why d o n ’t hens lay a t this tim e of
the yea r?
They do tf th e ir o w ner is on to Ids
Job.
It Is about ns n atu ra l for a hen to
lay in th e fall a n d w in ter as it is for
roses to bloom a t the sam e season.
But th e ex p e rt poultrym an now adays
w ith his m o d em m ethods of breeding,
of feeding, of housing and of handling
has Ids hens to lay L‘<U) or m ore eggs
per y e a r ami to lay a goodly n u m b er
o f those In the w inter, s ay s th e K a n ­
sas F a r m e r
F a n an ordinary fa rm e r or sm all
poultry keeper get a good w in ter yield
of eggs?
He can if he will have a properly
built house, not m eaning nn expensive
one, bu t a house th a t poultry use and
live in nm l c a n ’t I k » kept ou t of.
Ho can If lie will feed th e modern
way or feed all grain In litter; feed
lK*ef scraps, fish scraps or nil!k-»nni-
nml p ro tein —heavily; feed dry m ashes
and p erhaps wet m ashes
F e 1 plenty of grit nnd o y ster shells.
T he digestive a p p a ra tu s of a chicken
d e m a n d s grits. T h e feeding is the big
elem ent In governing the egg yield.
N ew \ o r k dele-
A Man's Work.
A m an 's w r r k —to be honest, to be
kind, to e a rn a little and spend a little
loss, to m ake, upon the whole, a fa m ­
ily h appier for Ids presence, to re-
conn: e when th a t shall he necessary
and not to lie em bittered, to keep a
few friends, hut these w ithout c a p itu ­
lation. and above all, on th e sa m e grim
c< ndition to keep friends w ith lfimself
—here is a ta s k for all th a t a m an has
of fortitude and d e lic a c y .— Robert
I.oids Stevenson.
Miske Looks Like a Comer.
Billy Miske of St. Paul, who recently
outpointed B attling Le- insky of P h ila ­
delphia in a ten round bout in New
York, is a rangy y oung chap, strong.
gatae and a good, clever, aggressive
boxer. His .showing ag a in s t th e v et­
eran I.evinsky w as th e more re m a rk ­
able for th e fa c t th a t he w as o u t­
weighed m ore th a n ten .rounds. He
■ scaled 170' j pounds, I.evinsky 1S1. In
In*,ght Miske was the taller, a n d he
also had a corresponding a d v a n ta g e in
roach. Ills tight shew e d th a t lie is
w orthy of a r a tin g w ith ail th e licht
heavyw eights. He is a factor In the
division th a t m u s t be reckoned with.
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T he Ideal Is In thyself. T h e ❖
inipedinient. too. Is in thyself. 1»
T h e conditimi is bnt th è stufi #
THE IDEAL.
tliou a r t to sh ap e tliat sanie
Ideal out of.
W b a t m a tte rs
w b e tb e r suoli stufT be of tlds
* sort or tliat. «o th è forni th mi
* gl vosi it In* hernic. ! k » poeth*?—
* Carlyle.
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Two Foes.
T w o well know n but unheeded fact-
a r e th a t an x iety Is no b a k e r a n d bake«
no b read; t h a t worry is no tailor and
m akes no clothes.
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