The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-06-12

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told him he would do better 10 keep his
eyes about him, 50 thathe might grow used
| to tile hight. f't
Good Heavensi what wa this Z Here
we were within yard oi the TOP projecting
coping, and etill they were winding AWAY
| without slackenihg the speed III the least
! guessed In a moment that they mistook
our hight, and that with the great pur.
chase of that windlass the rope wonli he
broken wheh the cradle came to the blot K.
had srrang up and catching tho cope,
climbed hahd over hand to the coping; CO!ly,
too, sprang up and followed me. lie too,
got safe aud still they went on winding
mp, till tue rope sung again with the strain
there was upon it.
Theuit snapped, and oracle. hauling line
and the main rope, with its block, fell
down. THUS were we two poor ineu left
IN most desperate situation.
Poor Col'y was completely dazcd with
eifright, aud the moment he got ON the
coping, which was only foot and half
broad, he cried out 'r i''r.' 'ifo. "
"Whero can ] pray '-whero can kpeel
Aud SIS said, very solennlv-r a.eH
"Sit down Jem l;od will hear MS II wU
pray to him sitting down" "''
The color Of his face was OF transparent
blue aud II was distorted and twi,bhinE
as If lie was in a Rt, His eyes were WY
wild, md drawn Into suuht and ho
couldn't sit steady, but swayed his body
backward aud forward, SO that felt Ger.
tain le must toprle over. ~ q" 1 7t.'
Come, Jem, lad" / said, thinking TO
take The fright off him. I" it's bad enuugh
but It can be mended. Hitch up n bit and
put your arm around the rod--nay be il
win steady you" St'
where are your and where is thetod?"
he asked, tn hollow voice, though he was
lacking straight at me, aud the rod was
only iout or two to hie left. BY THE
knew ihsi he hud gone blind with fright
aud selfpr,scrvaiion said, don't 70 near
him; but then lHrcmembered his new
welded wife, and that taking him oil
through he was alwaysa decent fellow :
aid thtusht how ] should have liked him
tn have done if had been in his case, 20
| determined to rum risk in his favor. Oi
course, burst not get on my feet, but
working myself on my hands, got to him,
and putting my arm round his waist, md
telling him as eheerily Ms | could to keep
cool, got him with his arm around the
rod, 1t had, however. sprung the stapling
for 1--WE yards down, aud wAs 80 loose thai
it swayed with him, aud expected any
minute to see him falling head aud heels
dcwn, and the rod tcaying away with him.
There was great hustle down below
people were rushing round the yard and
pushing to get in, but as yet :here were
but some scc:e Of men at the foot OF the
chimney, and by close looking, ! saw them
put somebody Oh board, aud carry him
gently away towards the engine house.
One Of the lnen walked after with hat in
his hand then, knew that somebody had
been hurt by the falling cradle. aud that il
must he poor MIR. Stamling, ns none uf our
men wore hats. Not face was turned up
to us. ] learned afterwards that our men
were so taken up with sorrow that so good
a master should be killed, that for a while
they had never thought about us and the
people outside imgined that we had come
with the cradle so thus wero we left in
total isolation for full twenty minutes.
Even now iremble when think of That
time it was Eorrlb'e TO peer down the
shaft black aud sooty aud yawning, aud
scarcely less to look outside aud see
flight of pigeons sweeping round at con
siderably less height than We were. Then
Colly--tb thank God. he was so dazed that he
could not ace me-called my name three
times as Sat fairly cringiug in dread that
might clear, aud with grin, aud chewing
with his mouth, he began working himself
towards me, ] worked away from him as
noselessly as could, with every lair of
my head standing on end. lie followed
twice round that horrid coping, making
hideous Noises, and then being once more
aside Of the rod. he got into his muddled
head that he'd fallen over, Tor he never
lost sense of where he was all through
this trying time. Then he tried to get on
his feet; but at the risk Of my own life,
could not let the poor fellow rush on Ger
tain death without one more effort and
cried out for him to sit down, aud be cowed
down like whipped dog all trembling,
suppose il had been put into his head that
was dead man speaking to him.
That morning my wife had got letter
from her sister in Canada, and az there
were parts we could not make out had
put II in my pocket intending to get our
time'keeper 10 read, IL for Do. Ii bad
scrap OF uncovered paper at the bottom (;
and by another good providence. hap,
pened TO have bit of red lead pencil in
my pocket. | wrote on the paper, " Get
US. s.dOwD--Cully's gone mad !" this | shut
in my tobaccO-bvx, and was fortunate
enough just to drop il at the feet of couple
of men who were standing by The engine
house door. ......t 40, l.. .4r.., d, .t,...-
Directly all was bnstle to rescue us
They got the kite up again, aud watched
it mounting slowly-slowly and when the
slack twine fell between lCOlly and myself.
! took il in my hand. and could have
kissed it. Poor COlly, With his teeth chat.
tering, still fanciedI was spirit, aud
did all could to favor that idea until they
got another cradle mp to az. Then having
got .him N, scrambled in myself; and
him fast, | shouted tor them to
lower and so We got down. he wrestling
aud lighting me all the way. ,.-t. LII
lie was in the mad -bouse for 81 me
monihs and then went to scavengering.
for he never could face any hight again
aud have never had tho same clear head
since that adventure. y r.........
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