. The falls of Niagara . boat upon it, he sprang out,and, being a good swimmer, by a vigorous effort suc-ceeded in getting ashore. Certain of having a lonely ifnot an unpleasant night, and being the fortunate pos-sessor of two stray matches, he lighted a fire and solacedhimself with his thoughts and his pipe. Next morning,taking off his red flannel shirt, he raised a signal of dis-tress. Toward noon the unusual smoke and the red flagattracted attention. The situation was soon ascertained,and Robinson informed of it. Not long after noon,the little red skiff was carried across Goat Island andlau
. The falls of Niagara . boat upon it, he sprang out,and, being a good swimmer, by a vigorous effort suc-ceeded in getting ashore. Certain of having a lonely ifnot an unpleasant night, and being the fortunate pos-sessor of two stray matches, he lighted a fire and solacedhimself with his thoughts and his pipe. Next morning,taking off his red flannel shirt, he raised a signal of dis-tress. Toward noon the unusual smoke and the red flagattracted attention. The situation was soon ascertained,and Robinson informed of it. Not long after noon,the little red skiff was carried across Goat Island andlaunched in the channel just below the Moss then pulled himself across to the foot of themiddle Sister, and tried in vain to find a point where hecould cross to the outer one. Approaching darknesscompelled him to suspend operations. He rowed back toGoat Island, got some refreshments, returned to themiddle Sister, threw the food across to Allen, and thenleft him to his second night of solitude. The next day. Opposite page 86. Jocl R. RobillSOll. LOCAL HISTORY AND INCIDENTS. 87 Robinson took with him two long, light, strong cords,with a properly shaped piece of lead weighing about apound. Tying the lead to one of the cords he threw itacross to Allen. Robinson fastened the other end ofAllens cord to the bow of the skiff; then attaching hisown cord to the skiff also, he shoved it off. Allen drewit to himself, got into it, pushed ofif, and Robinson drewhim to where he stood on the middle island. Then seat-ing Allen in the stern of the skiff he returned across therapids to Goat Island, where both were assisted up thebank by the spectators, and the little craft, too, whichseemed to be almost as much an object of curiosity withthe crowd as Robinson himself This was the second person rescued by Robinsonfrom islands which had been considered wholly inacces-sible. It is no exaggeration to say that there was notanother man in the country who could have savedChapin and Allen a
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