Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-18

N' Wv
have read for many u day, is the following
story from Il new London magazine, entitled
tho Qnivor:
A man will 60 blind, and mad too, from
foar. ! have seen it happen, and if you
don't mind listening, will tell you the story.
I was appronticed to a builder when l left
school, and soon got to like tho trado very
much, especially whom tho work mas pcrilous
and gave mo a chanoo to out do the other lads
in daring. "Spidcr," was my nickname in
those days, given partly on account of my
long legs, for had outgrown my proportions,
aud partly beouaso they said I could crawl
along q roof like my namcsako. When l was
about Internationally I was working with
tho famous Mr.. -, and wont down to
Swansea with his picked hands to carry out a
contract ho had taken in that town. While
there l foil in love with the prettiost girl I
had seen in Wales, and that is saying a good
deal. For a time I fanoied she liked me, and
that was getting on very we'll with my love-
making, but soon found my mistake, for an
old lover of hers joined our mon, and Mary
gave me tho cold shoulder directly. You
may believe this sweetheart of hers (who was
called Ben Lloydd) and I wcrc not..thc best
friends in the world; but ! am not the sort
of follow to harbor malice, and when the bid.
: aings to tho wedding went round, and l knew
that my chance was gopo, I made the best of
st; ! kept my sore heart to myself, and de-
termiacd to beat down jealousy, by being
great chu,ns with Ben.
| won't TO tho wedding; and there wero not
many days when / did not steal half an hour
to sit by his Grcsido, which was as bright and
cosy and homo-like as you'd wish to scc-Ma.
ny being the soul of order and industry. 1T
10 not, perhaps, the usual way of driving out
onyy, to 60 and look at the happiness another
MAD has dono you out of, but you know tho
'provcrb says, "What is one mans meat is
another mans poison; = and SO it was, l got
to look upon Mary as o sort Of . sister, and
Bon had no cause for jealousy, though there
were plenty Of evil tongues ready to put Him
up to it.
The contract Yes laa,ii ! up when a lighting
'e4g;atSictor upon one of the highest chimncys
over at Lianolly sprang, and tho owner Of tho
works offered our master the job"
cts just the sort Of thing for you, lIar-
'ry," said Mr.. - when he told us-of it
touched my cap, and accepted it Of. hand,
and then Ben stepped up and said he'd vol
untcor TO be the second man, two being re.
'quircd.
CAN right" said tho master, "you arc
the stoadiest hoadod fellows I have. Tho
price is q good one, and every penny Of it
shall be divided bctwoon you. Well not fix
q day Tor tho work, but take the first calm
morning, and got it done quietly"
So it was that, some four or fvo mornings
after, VIC found ourselves ut Lianelly, and all
roady for tho start. The kite by which the
limo attached to tho block was to be sent over
the chimney was flown, and did its work well /;
the ropo which was to haul up the cradle was
ready, and stepping in, Ben and | began the
ascent.
There had boon very few people about
when We wont into tho cradle, but rs We got
higher I saw that tho news had spread, and
that the street were. filling with sight-scors.
"There's plenty Of ptar-gazers, Ben" l
said, waving my cap to thom 81 dare say
they'd like to see us como down with a run"
% "Oannot you keep quiet?" answered. Ben,
speaking in a strange tone; and turning to
look, I saw that he was deadly pale, aud sat
ia the bottom of cradle, huddlod together,
with his eyes half shut.
"You're not frightened; old chapT" I
asked.
"What's that 70 your"
ooh, nothing; only wo are getting up
pretty quickly, and you'd havc a better head
for work if you'd get gradually used to tho
height"
Ho said nothing md mover moved. Then
looking up I saw VIC were close to tho top--a
few yards more and we would be there, yet
those who wore turning continued with una
dated speed. A Guddon chill run through
my blood and set my flesh creeping. They
had misca'culatcd the distance, and with tho
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