Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-14

determined to run bit Of risk in his favor
OF course, burst not get on my feet; bu
working myself on my hands got TO him
and putting my arm arouud his waist, ant
telling him as cheerily as could TO keel
cool, got him with his arm around the rod
1t had, however, sprung the staPling for five
yards down, and was SO loose that it sway
ed with him, and expected every minute
to see him falling head and heels down, ane
the rod tearing away with him.
There was great hustle down below, and
people were rushing around the yard, and
pushing to get in, Sut as yet there was some
score of men at the foot of the chimney,
and by close looking saw them put some
body on board, and carry him gently away
toward the engine house. One of the men
walked after with ha; in his hand; then |
knew that somebody had been hurt by the
filling cradle. and that il must be pour Mr..
Staining, as noLe of our men wore hats. -
Not face was turned up to us. learned
afterward that our men were so taken up
with sorrow that SO good man and kind a
master should be killed, that for a while
they had never thought about US; and the
people outside imagined that we had come
down with the cradle, so thus we were left
in total isolation for full twenty minutes.
While was watching them below, feel
ing very sorry for my poor master. | was
startled by wild laugh from! Collv, who
began making catcalls, and yelling ss if he
7 nf
that he was gone mad.
Even now trenbIe when think OF that
time; it was horrible to peer down the shaft,
black, and sooiy, and yawning, and scarcely
less so to lock outside and see flock Of
pigeons sweeping round at considerably
less hight than we were. Then Colly-he
was SO dazed that he could not see me-
called nv name three times, as | sat fairly
cringing in dread that his sight might clear,
and with ghas,ly grin, and chewing with
his mouth, he began working himself toward
me. worked myself away from him as
noiselessly as could, with every hair o:my
head standing on end. He followed me
twice around that hofrid coping, making
most hideous noises, and then having come
a second time to the rod. he got an idea in
his muddled head that was fallen over, for
he never lost sense OF where he was thro'
all this trying time. Then he tried to get
to his feet; but. at the risk of my own life,
| could not let the poor fellow rush on toI
certain death without one more effort; and
cried out for him to sit down, and be cow
cred down like a whipped dog ALI trembling.
| suppose it had been put into his head that
| was dead man speaking to him.
Tha; morning my wife had got letter
from her sister in Canada, and as there were
parts we could not make out, had put it in
my pocket, intending to get our time-keeper
to read it for me. 1t had a scrap of uncover.
ed paper at the bottom; and by another good
providence, | happened to have bit of red
lead pencil in my pocket. wrote on the
paper, "Get US down-Colly's gone mad;"
this shut in my tobacco-box, and was for
tunate enough just to drop at the feet of o
couple of men who were standing by the
engine-fouse door.
Directly all was hustle TO rescue US!
They got the kite up again, and | watched
it mounting slowly-slowly; and when the
slack liae fell between Colly and myself, |
took it in nv hand and could have kissed it.
Poor Colly, with his teeth chattering, still
fancied was spirit, and did all ! could
to favor that idea till they got another cradle
up to US. Then, having got him in, scram
bled in myself, and cluiching him fast. |
shouted for them to lower; and SO we were
got down. he wrestling and fighting with me
all the way.
He was in mad house for some months.
and then went to scavengering for he never
could face any hight again; and never
had the same clear head since that adven-
lure.