t him.
There was a heavy fog and the excursionists were so eager to see him,
the boats pushing close around, that before he could bear into the city,
he was carried over the falls, and was picked up five miles below.
The newspaper men were also carried over and rescued by the life saving
crew.

Leaving Louisville next morning, he intended to make the run to
Cloverport, over one hundred miles below, without leaving the water.
There was a strong head wind all day, turning the yellow waves of the
Ohio over his face, and night closed in with dark, low hanging clouds.
An electric storm began to rage about him. Flashing sheets of lightning
ran over the surface of the water, cracking and sputtering as though
angry at his presence. It was a grand, though fearful sight. Tree
after tree along the shore was splintered by the sharp flashes and peals
of thunder added to the terrific grandeur of nature's display. Fearing
that his copper bugle would attract the lightning, he lowered it as far
under the water as he could. All night he ran through that fearful
storm, arriving at Cloverport very tired. He rested there several
hours and ran to Owensboro. The mail boats, Idlewild and Morning
Star, steamed up from Evansville to meet him, lashed together for the
occasion, carrying a large crowd of people, and flying Boyton's
colors, the Geneva Cross, which is the international life saving
standard. Miss Maggie Morgan, one of Evansville's fair daughters,
stepped off the Idlewild into the press boat and presented Paul with his
colors.

An amusing incident occurred just as the flag was being presented. The
commander of the steamer Hotspur, with an eye to business in running a
little speculation of his own, loaded his steamer at so much per head,
holding out the inducement that Boyton would give an exhibition up the
river and that would be seen better from the deck of the Hotspur than
from any other boat. As the young lady finished her presentation, the
Hotspur steamed up, her deck black with people eager to witness the
exhibition. Boyton had been told about the Hotspur by his agent who was
on the other steamers and so, despite all the efforts of the captain and
pilots of that boat, Paul kept the Idlewild and Mayflower between
himself and her, in such a way that the people aboard of her could see
nothing. For an hour or more, this amusing dance around the two
steamers continued, until the Hotspur's captai