TALL TALKING
"Help! Help!" Io a panic the passengers rushed to the side of the ship, and cazcd helplessly at those struggling in the waves. It was, indeed, a perilous situation. What was to be done? There seemed to be no rope at hand, and there was trouble in lowering the lifeboat, and. as is usually the case, none of the sailors could swim. A lawyer suggested a writ of habeas corpus, but that whs found impracticable, ma there was not a judge on board, and no one to serve such a writ, anyway. At this instant a man of commanding presence pushed through the frenzied crowd Btid struck an attitude, close to the rail. The drowning ones recognized him us a famous political orator, and their spirits rose. " Fellow-citizens," he began, " we face a crisis!" The next moment a ciy of joy went up. For the people in the water were hanging on his words, in which position they con* tinned till the boats were lowered. The gift of oratory is truly blessed.
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Lake County Press, Issue 1064, 14 May 1903, Page 6
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174TALL TALKING Lake County Press, Issue 1064, 14 May 1903, Page 6
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