The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-08-04
a srEUaGEE F0R LIFE.

Up ii the great Tooley steet ware.
house. SIX stories above the ground,
aud everywhere around me wool-bales
upon boles Of wool, which we had been
craning up all day, and in at tho open
door. Floors and doors beneath stor.
Cd with iute and dry goods, teas, oof-
fees, spices, tobaccos, and, lowest o! all
tallows in huge hogsheads.
Riches from an parts Of the world
lying on hand, and waiting the finish
II the commercial enterprise which
should consign them to traders, and
then 10 the people ofthis country.
What's the matter with Jack Wood
said one Of the men in the afternoon.
But excepting that be looked a little
wild about the eyes, ] didn't see any
thing more about him than might often
be seen in men who drink heavily at
times, and 80 | said But at last. to-
wards evening, when I was longing to
get home 70 spend my evening, / was
lcft npon the floor with him, and felt n
bit startled to see him go all at once TO
the open door where the crane left the
bales, and cut some strange capers.
like a man gong to dive of board in-
20 the q.
Putting down my work, which was
getting ready two or three bhrst bales
from the hydraulic press so that they
may be tied up again, l slipped up
quietly behind him and laid my hand
ou lis shoulder, when with a yell he
shuked out Devil devil I" and the
mex moment, by the light Of the gas
on that foggy winter afternoon, we two
were wrestling and fighting together
within few feet Of the door, out Of
which We should have fallen clear ii
hundred feet upon the stones of the
wharf below,
should have shouted, but all pow
ers Of speech seemed taken away, as
locked together We wrestled here and
there, while his hot breath hissed
against my check, and / could look
close into lis wild, glowing eyes, as
flushing with rage he bore e nearer
and nearer the door. ......
Used ar ] Was ai all times 10 stand
ing close tc The door aud receiving
plckges / could iaau over at ali times
without a sHujdsri Jut now, Wlth this
mailman slowly iuIeiuE nae towards cor-
ian death. i could feel The cold sweat
standing upon my face, ana tf5inbled
50 that iny resistance became foebler
aad igeblar. sad as a last resource 1
managed to get my legs between nay
opponents legs and tupped IAN, when
he ~ heavily
Fortunately for me, my cacmy was
undelm ust and the force with which
his head came against the warehouse
floor parity stunned hIm, 50 that
shook myself free aud turned back aud
Aed towards The stairs But the ue2t
moment / thought of the open door
way, and the state the poor fellow was
in. - | turned back 10 lock it, aud IN
sure that he did not come to bis death
by falling out before ! could get as
aislance.
My hand was on the door, bat !
could not close ii. for Wood las IN the
door aud shuddenng st how near be lay
70 the gulf l.eopped u draw him one
side. when 4 iArlcd up and seized me
Again.
TO bea, up his hands and turn aaJ
fec aowu between the piled up bales
sRs ,be work 81 au instant, while, roar
iag with rage, ] coald bear HIM tearing
sitter me The stairs were pretty e.osa
but As ! ran Fguud 10 the eud Of the
bAlss. found tbs door closed, and had
to dart pAst to avoid being caught
whn turned down another opening Of
the bales and raa painting On.
Fast a. the door uas. there was pass
sge after passage between the wool.
which sas plled mp elght OF nine feet
htgh, ana 1 tore On IN ii4e hopa 81 80
a. dislanclng my pufsueg th4i I could
dart iAroasL ile siair door fastn u
after rae, sud 10 escape or Summon aE-
s4sianee On ard Ga / ran. now gst-
hug AHEAD, and now eth ile paaung
hre4th c.ose 70 ms shoHideS. = usAt 1
expfciss every moment % feel savage
hand 4Aad upon mF pAas.ller 10 drag