The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-11-25
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you tlo it, IS
The car swiftly descended, ana, an, I ere i i,
on safely. 4 Sss - q
do you DO lba. often'l inquired he he ii il
one of The laPorers at.the4sla,ioti house.
Oh: yes, ,tontinnally,,' was he .,sag eisf
answer, "you know most all The bpalmer,
are single men, and as theysofteri Il nav q or.
ders for .faniily toal.swe . ways send down
q married man will, every car;of the kind,
To let 'em know !. 8 y B s.
"Wal nov, du teIl,'' uttered the eastern
The more the Yankee ooked al Tie IN.
paratus. the more dl,l he become convinced
thatit would be great thing 10. 20 down
the steep in that way somsiiing That ia
could tell stu hum 5 :. :.
superintendent. 80 :'S $50
..That =. beats sleddin down hill, don't i.,''
81 'spose il does" s. :. - / q it.g.s
"You 7, couldn'. lie. a fellergo down; could
why, do YOU think you could jump i 81
"Oh yes. I'm reconed considerable OF !
!umPer-jumPin' does me good; once
jumped off a hay nov thirty feet high, ani,e
Il made me SO supple ,ha. I'm given IN 10 Be
the best dancer in the hull township.'' s
"WelE get ton. and take care of ofsyourself,
Suddenly theS moved off and ou,
friend found The speed SO fearful, and The
declivity sosgreat, that he was forced Il
stoop down and grasp the sides OF the We
h'cie for .s'oc4rr'support. The place where the
laboEer had leaped off was resched, bu, iht
Yankee wns not in a position 10 iump: he
had 10 hold on, and running down q de
scent three times as steep as that " bich he
had come. sudden clink shot the bolt
and, with violent force, out went the con.
tents, Yankee included, into the hopper.
Murder! get me out! stop the consarny'
shouted our hero. as he felt himself sliding
down The hopper TO the cylinder. "Mur.
der! stop The c0nsarn-I'li be killedI,
But the motive power Of s.ihe conaa rn'' WINS
water. which hnd no sympathy with those
VINO pursue knowledge under difficulties,
aud those who saw were top distant and 10 q
much convnlsed with laughter 10 Weld as.
slstance. lnlo The screen he slid, lsnIlinp o
on the top, and as he felt himself revoly.
ing with the coal, he graspcd the wires il,
desperation, 10 prevent himself from being
70 M lied To the boi,om----around, the whe el he
I'VE ent, and our friends sensibilities were
iouchedup BY plentiful shower OF fine
coal dust ridded lhroug all The chnmbe RS
lie managed 10 get one eye open, and saw
with deligh!that the cylinderwaso only about
fifteen feet in length, andhe; forced his way
forward to The opening with despera,ion,
but it was not altogether successful; ano,h,
er revolution Of the wheel had We, to be
borne, and The next time he reached SHE
bottom he was shot out of the scul,per into
The boat beneath. To the screams OF lang h
ter with which his advent was hailed, ou,
hero said not. word, but, getting on. an
old handkerchief, rubbed the dust out 81
his eyes, and, surveying his torn apparel
and bruised, battered, scratched and Gu,
limbs, he raised his vein,' to know us wha,
quality Of ontrdcitc. he had been delivered
when, smashing his remnant Of hal
over his eyes, he stumped OF. mu,terinp
broken and screened, by thunder" ?
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