The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-01-29

intellect enough in his head to enable him to
look dignifed. The boss must bo respected,
and--we must get on that boat
Ding! There goes the BELL which says
"Mcn, unhook those chain. Pilot. do your
duty Engineer start those wheels"
Chatter! clatter Hurry hurry! Run run
Such hustle!
"Out of my way here! Let me get through
the ga,e!"
"Dont be in such deuce Of hurry
! Clink! 90 the chains on tho bridge! Now
she's loose! Now she's off!
No! Tho walking beam don't move
Legs make long stretches
Now the wheels are in motion Only the
length Of the bridge! Well get on that boat
anyhow!
Strides long and rapid! Only chance for
stopping! On we must 60, or in we must
60! A desperate leap!
W-h.e.w! That was devil Of stretch |,
But we are safe! W-hew!
Splash!
what was thatT
"A man ovcrboardf
His legs were not quite long enough
wonder If he can swimf
Don't know. There hc isl!
lie spouts like whale"
Down he goes again! He can't swim moro
than n stone!
Hell soon be up again, when the men on
the bridge will fling him that corA> with n
rope tied TO il.
why don't the boat stopl The pilo, o gbt
to have little humanity
True But he is in tho pilot. house at the
other end Of the boat, and probably did not
see any one jump overheard Besides, il he
did, what good would it do to stop the boat
1t would only delay five or six hundred pas.
senger., each of whom is ia enough hurry to
baye made just such desperate leap at the
risk of losing / is life!
Good! He's safer
He nabbed the cork rs trout would an
angle worm, and h9 hung to it like shark
TO uigger. Thank fortune, he isn't hurt
only ducked nice y-and had better 90 home
and put on dry clothes, il he's got any, or dry
the ones he has on, If he hasn't got a change.
what fool he was to jump 50! says
man who just succeeded in catching on the
boat by his toes.
Ycs-I never run such risks 1t is sheer
madness says another whose abdominal mus.
Gle will be sore week from the strain he
gave it to reach the boat.
There ought TO bc some kiad Of rcgua
tons to prevent snch thiOgsH says the man
who swore at us at the gate, and jumped on
our heels as we landed on board.
There ought to be law compelling the
company to stop such proceedings. says
phthlscy man, whose race down the bridge
L., I,f. ho.J I,oa T.,
him to speak aloud.
And thus the matter is discussed and dis.
posed OF, as the excitement subsidies, AMI the
crowd rolls along to the forward end, to lie
ready TO jump ashore rs soon ms the boat
comes within ten feet of the bridge perhaps
to crawl over or through the sides Of the slip,
if the boat happens to come in little obliqnc
ly.
Il wonder wi.at the pilot is stopping ou:
here for! Why don't he 20 on!
Don't you sec! He's waiting for the other
boat to come out. She can't get out till tn t
sloop gets away!
Just my internal luck | ought to be
the Office now, and hero ~ TO le kept an
hour in tho middle Of the river, waiting to get
into tn, slip!
by don't the DO come out of the slip
aud run the ID sloop down! Sh,'d no
business to We there
They're hauling her out as fas. as they can
l, can't DO helped. The tide is so strong
that it washed her right across the mouth Of
the slip
why don't our pilot run up to ber, hitch
on, and haul her out into tho stream. That's |
tue way they do on other ferries"
Thi. sort of conversation goes on for ten or
fifteen minutes, when at last tho cause OF 10
much III nature and unkind, if not uuwise
comment is removed, and the pallles of boat !
in the slip are il motion.
In the meantime. the steam. whistle has
been keeping up an uneasy and unearthly
scrccching, in accompaniment to the conver-
salon on deck.
We begin to move again. Blu, the tide
has carried us clear out Of all calcuable bear.
ings and we are coming into the slip crsb
fashion.
Crash We go against the side Of tho slip.
on board bounds again. The
horses hoofs stamp confuscdly on the deck,
and drivers shout, Whoa Whoa in all sorts
Of keys Men jostlc and jam against each
other, and step on each Others corns. Some
augh, some swear, some growl, and many
ook surly! There is WY enough in the "a
,es Of some TO make loaf Of bread - and
vinegar enough iu others for barrel Of pick.
es
But zee the reckless scamps clambcring O.
yer the tops Of the rickets! Some Of them
will surely get their nccks broken. or fall 10.
% the water anil get drowned Well, it will
.arvv them right II ihev DO learn ,hanr