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Mr. Clare Vyner, who was a strong swimmer, succeeded in 

 reaching the overturned boat, and was able to help Sir George 

 Wombwell, who was fortunately carried near, by a friendly 

 current in the midst of the swirling, boiling water, and was no 

 longer able to help himself, being thoroughly exhausted. 



Thus in that brief hour in the midst of their pleasure all was 

 changed to woe for those left to mourn them, the sun gone out 

 of the lives of the wives, children, and lovers ; but perchance 

 those who had gone had found the Sun. 



The subject of this chapter, the Rev. Charles Slingsby, was 

 born at Raskelfe in Yorkshire, and was educated at Rossall 

 School and St. Edmund's College, Oxford. A story told of one 

 of the boys at this school amused me. 



While doing his gymnastic exercises he fell and bit his tongue 

 nearly in two, so several stitches had to be put in to keep the 

 unruly member in order. When the time came to have the 

 stitches taken out the lad sent them home to his mother in a 

 letter, asking her to be sure and keep them ! 



When at college two of Mr. Slingsby's greatest friends were 

 Arthur Lloyd, afterwards Bishop of Newcastle, and the Rev. 

 A. Suckling, who was later vicar of St. Albans, Holborn ; it is 

 therefore not surprising that he developed into a Churchman with 

 pronounced views and was one of the earliest supporters of the 

 English Church Union, being chairman of the local branch at 

 the time of his death. 



In 1860 Charles Slingsby was ordained, and became assistant 

 curate at Helmsley and later rector of Horswell, where he 

 worked for thirteen years, during which time he devoted himself 

 to the rebuilding of the church. Following this, in 1880, he 

 became rector of Kirby-Sigston, where he remained for more 

 than twenty years ; here he restored the church, collecting 

 £1,000 for the purpose from amongst his neighbours and friends. 



He had married in 1873 Susan, daughter of Charles Reynard 

 of Beverley, another well-known Yorkshire family. They were 

 a brave couple, for when first they married their united incomes 

 did not come up to £300 a year ! Notwithstanding this 

 they contrived to keep a couple of hunters, with the helping 

 hand of Mrs. Slingsby's sister, who was a well-known sports- 

 woman and often lent them mounts. 



I have observed that the sport enjoyed by members of some 



