Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1912 — Expected Spanking, Acclaimed Hero [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Expected Spanking, Acclaimed Hero

Atlantic city, n. j.—The troubled conscience of Harold Isaac, twelve years old, of 23 Bartlett avenue, led him to make a confession to hia mother the other day. He fully expected to be spanked. Instead, he was acclaimed a hero. Harold went over to Linwood park, ten miles from here, 6n the annual picnic of the St. Nicholas church. Before he left his mother admonished him not to go near the water. He gave his solemn promise. The youngster is an expert in the water and later in the afternoon he left the picnic grounds and strolled about to Bargaintown lake. Several of his boy chums were disporting in the water. Harold, although he cast longing eyes at the cool water, remembered his mother’s warning and his promise. He sat down on the bank as near the water as he could without touching it, resolved not to violate the promise. A few minutes later, George Kloris, a boy of twelve and his particular "pal,” got into deep water and could sot make land, despite his game fight. He started to drift away and the other youngsters, badly frightened when they saw he was drowning, scampered ashore, grabbed their clothes and started on a run to summon help.

The drowning boy called to Harold to save him. Then he could stand it no longer. He kicked off his shoes, plunged and battled for ten minutes and had just succeeded in dragging the unconscious form ashore when some of the other boys returned. Then he led the work of resuscitation and was finally rewarded. George opened his eyes and gradually became himself once more and by the time Harold’s clothes had dried he was almost recovered. Right there young Isaac made every one of his chums swear that they would not tell about hiß plunge in the wats. They promised and kept “mum.” But finally the youngster’s conscience troubled him, and he could hold in no longer. He told his mother he had been in the water, and stopped there ready to take his punishment. But young Kloris overheard the confession and told the real story. Now Harold is the happiest kid in town.