Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-19
PERELOUS HEIGHT.
4 Thrilling Adventure on Chimney
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lowing story from a London magazine, en-
titled the Culver:
4 man will go blind, and mad too, frou
fear; have seen it happen, and if yOI
don't mind listening, will tell yon tn
story. l was apprenticed to a builder whel
left school, aud soon got to like the trad
very much, especially when the work wal
perilous. aud gave me chance to out-dC
the other lads in daring. "Spider" was
my nickname in those days, given partly
on account of 10Y long legs, for / had out
grown my proportions, and partly because
they said could crawl along a roof like
!. my namesake When | was three-snd'
' twenty was working with the famous Mr.
-, and went down 10 Swansea with his
picked hands 10 carry out 4 contract he
had takea 10 that town. While there !
fell in love with the pretiiest girl 1 had
seen in Wales, and that is saying a good
de4l. For a time | fancied she liked me,
and that / was geltjngUn very well with
my love-makiDg, bal 1 room found out my
mistake, fer an old lover Of hers joined our
men and Mary gave me the cold shoulder
directly. You may believe this sweet
heart of hers (who wa called Ben Lloyd
and were not the bc- lfrieDds in the world
but | am not the sort Of fellow to harbOr
malice, and when the bidiiugs to the we'd
ding Eeat rouad aai l knew that my
CIance was gone l MADE me Ds'5 OF ~
Keep. my sore heart 10 myself, and delerm-
ined to beat down jealousy, By being great
chHms "llh Ben
went 10 the wedding ana 'here were
not many CayS when ola MOI s'edl nan
an hour 10 at by HI7 ureside WhicA was ~
hrlSHt ana coy ana hDme-llke . you
WISH 10 -rr-hary : the sOuI 81 order
and industry. IL d rot, pe!h3P', me usual
way uI driving Uut envy, u g ana 1909 al
The happna7 another man mas done you
cat 81 bur you kno" What me proVerb
says, What y one miH's meat Il another
mau's paIs0n;' aud 30 II vas, l got 10 look
uroa Mary as q SOFT 81 sister, ana Ben haH
40 cause fyT j-aiOd-y, although there were
plenty e. evil togga-s ready 10 put him up
10 1t.
The contract Sl7 nearly up, when Z
lightning Conductor upaa one 81 the nigh
est chiinueys oNef at L!lneliy -pr,ng, ana
the owner oi ihc work OIeTed cur master
the job.
lt' Ju.t the sort OF thlng lor you,
Harry" said Mr.. --, when he told Us
OF It.
/ touched my cap, and accepted Il OIL
hand, and then Ben stepped up aud SAID
he d volunteer to be The second man. TWO
being required.
"All night said the master, You are
the steadiest-neadod fellows L have. Inc
price is a good one, aud every penny OF 1t
rhall be divided between you. wen not
fix day for the work, but take the first
calm morning. and get It done quietly
80 II was that, some four or i've morn
ings alter, We iJund ourselves al L,aheiiH
aud all ready for The start. Inc kile ny
"hlch TIE H"n attached 10 '"e o'ocE was
to be sent over lhe chimney was n'En'
and d'i ~ |oIk wen the r"P@ ""'Ch was
10 haui W TIE 'TaHi1 WAS Iea"!' an" 7'eP
Ping M ben ana L began lhe ''sCon''
There h'a heeh very lew Poop ANU.
Wheh We went mo i"e yarG' UU' . We 90
higher Sa" il@I me news Hau sPie eau anu
that the Streets were Lhing Win SIC ~
There's plenty oi star-gazers, Den,
SAID, waving my cap 10 lhem uare say
they'd Ike 10 see u5 come uo"h WIN
rum
Gan not You Keep quiet answered
Ben, speaking IN strange tone ana lurh-
ing to looS' l saw tnat ne was uelI'y par
aud sat IN the bottom OF the cradle, mud
died up together, with his eyes last smut.
you're not frightened Old chaP !
asked.
Whats that to yon|
80 nothing; only we are getting up
pretty quickly, and you'd have OetteT
head for work II YOU'D get gfaduaIIy us00
TO the height
He said nothing and never moved.
Then looking up l saw that We were close
al fag