The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-07-29


'ne ol"ck. spFanS up, and catching the rope
Climbed hand over band to the coping. Colly
TOO, SPfang up and followed me- He too, 90
up sale and still they went on winding up
'Iii the rope sung again with the strain ther,
was upon 1t.
e Then It snapped, and the cradle, hauling
$ line, and the man rope with lis block Tell down
nus were wetwo men left in a most desperate
: situation.
Poor ColIy was completely dazeJ with ac
fright and the moment he GOT upon the coping
, which was only foot and half broad. he
called ONT Where can pray where can [
kneel and pray 2 and 50 said very solemnly
SIT down Jem, God viii hear Us if We pray TO
him sitting down.
The color OF his face was a transparent blue,
and it was distorted and twching. as if he was
IN fit. His eyes were very wild, and drawn
INTO squlnt, and he couldn't sit steady, but
SwayIng his body backward and forward, so
that felt certain that he must topple over.
Come, Jem, ad,' said, thinking to take
the flight of him, 'it's bad enough, but it can
be mended. Hitch up bit, and put your arm
round the rod-may be it will steady YOU
( 'Where are you, and where is this rod he
asked IN hollow voice, though he was looking
straight at me, and the rod was only foot or
two to bis left By this knew he was gone
blind with the fright, and self preservation said
Don't go near him > but then remembered
has new ly welded wife, and that taking him all
through ne was always a very decrrt fellow,
and thought how should have liked him 10
heve done if had Jeen his case SO | de-
terfnlned to ran bit of risk in his lavor.-
VI course, burst not stand on my feet but
working myself on my hands, | got TO him, and
putting my arm round his waist and telling
hlm as cheerluly as I could to keep cool [ got
hm with his arm round the rod. 1t had. how
ever,sPrung the saPing for five yard down, and
was 50 loose :hat it Swayed with hlm and / ey-
pected every minute to see him falling head
and heels down, and the rod tearing away with .
him.
There was great hustle down below reo-
pie were rushing round The yard and pushing
to get IN, but as yet there We're but some score
OF men at the foot OF the chimney, and, by close T,
looking, saw them put somebody on a board,
and carry him gently away toward the engine
house. One Of the men walked after them
with ha; in his hand then knew somebody
bad heen huIt with the fallen cradle and that
It must oe poor Stunning, as none of our men
harmed aaner#8ruS tnGP Uq Itt,,ll '! ,ir 80 'r,I
up with sorrow that 50 good a man and 50 kind
master StOuQ Be kltitt iildL d tllit tllFy
had never thought about us, and the people
outside imagined that We had come down with
the cradle, 50 thus we were left in total isola-
ton tor iuil twenty minutes.
While I was watching them below, feeling
very sorry for my poor master, l was startled .
by wild laugh from Colly, who began making
catcals, aad yelling as if he was possessed
Then knew, OF course, that he was gone mad /
Even now I trerble to peer down The shaft
black and sooty and yawnng, and scarcely less
50 TO look outside at the flight of pigeons swee-
ping round at considerable less height than we
were. Then Coliv-thank God he was SO
dazed that he could not see rue-called my
name three times, as | sat fairly cringing in
dread that his sight might clear, and with 4
ghasllv grin, and chewing with his mouth, he
began working himself towards me- | worked /
away from hlm noseessly as ! could, with
every hair on my head sanding on end. He
followed me twice round that horrid coping.
making most hideOus noises, and then having
come a second time 10 the rod, he got an idea
in his muddled head that had fallen over, for
he never lost a sense Of where he was all
through this trying time. Then he tried TO get
on hlS feet bat at the risk OF my own hte,
could not let the poor fellow rush on certain
death without one more effort and | crlcd ont
for him to sill down, and he covered down like
a whipped dog, all trembling. | supposed It
had been put into his head that ! was a dead
man speaking TO him.
That morning my wife had got ? letter from
Canada, and as there were parts we could not
/ make out, [ had put it in my pocket, intending
! to get our tine-keeper 10 read II ior me. had
a scrap Of uncovered paper at III" bottom ana
/ by another good providence, | happened to
have bit OF red lead pencil in my pocket
I | wrote on the paper. Get US down-Colly's
gone mad, this | shut in my tobacco box, and
was fortunate enough to drop it just at the feet
of a couple Of men who were standing by the
engine-house door.
Directly all was hustle TO rescue Us. They
rot the Kite up again, and watched II mount
ing slowly-sowly and when the slack twine
lell between Coliy and myself, took it in my
hand and could have kissed ii. Poor Coily, with
his teeth chatterng, still iancied was spirit,
and, did all | could to favor that idea until
they got another cradle up to US. Then having
got him IN, scrambled in myself, and clutch
inc 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 madhouse for some months, and
then went TO scavcngeTlng, tor he can never
face any height again and have never had the
same clear head since that adventure.
WHIT IS BLACK REPUBLIG.ANISyN? F.?
Those who desire an answer to the above
interrogatoly are referred to Massachusetts, the
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