The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-04-21

ready for the start, The kite
by which the line attached to
the block was to be sent over
the chimney, was foyIn!,a and
did its work well; the rope
which was to haul up the era.
die was, ready, and stepping
in, Ben and | began the, as.
pehlIil vd vlsUoiye1d baio,oea III
Il There had been very few
people about when we went
into the yard, but as we got
higher, l saw that the news had
5 spread, and that the streets
were filed with sight,see eers.
% "There's plenty, oof star,gaa;.: ga
GERS, Benz said waving my
cap to, them; ~ dare say they'd
like to % see us us come ON down With
arun," 7"
"Can not you keel, quiet
answered Ben, speaking in
strange tone; and turning to
look, | saw that he was as deadly
pale, and sat in the bottom Of
the cradle, huddled up togeth-
er, with his eyes fast shut. -
aYoure not. frighteRed, Old
chaaIpg" 1 asked. 'Hn" jaD'o /. Q
/ @What's tina" to Your 'a0.0o
; aoh,I nothing; only d We are
getting up, up, pretty quickly, ,1.llt ana
you'd have a better head for
work if you'd get gradually
used to the. height" 90 e" r
He SAID nothing and never
moved. Then looking up, l
saw we we're close to the top
a few yards more,o and we
would bethere; yet those who
were winding. the windlass
we're winding with urpnnsadb9aated
speed. "A sudden chill run
through my blood, and set my
| Aeshncreeping. They had mis-
calculated the distance, and
with the force they were wind.
ing, at the rope must epevita'
bly, break when the CRADLE
came in contact with the block
There was no time to make 4
signal, only an instant to point
out the danger to Ben ant
: then to gethold 'of the rope
and by going hand hand
reach the coping befo'e the
I'll -.e.g+gf 70 u AN D1 ,,,J! l0g .
1 cradle r46dLIe42 game tpR,o71T B5iSr W.a.
doael almost QUICKER than
can jtellayou, Ben following
i The cradle eocame on; chen
as 1 anticipated, the rope gaYt
a shrilll, pihnging SOUND, LIKE (
rife ball passing thrapgh tn
!, air, and snappedJoDow wen
! the cradle, and there we wer'
,Yleft hearty three hundred fee
/ in the air, with nothing to res
/, upon but a coping, barrel,
eighteen inches WIDE 9jhis ID
+ Ben shrleked' out that II,
5 was a dead man, and cried
l1"Tello me where 1 can knee
T Harry; show me where H. cal
pray to b AlmightyHGod,2 for
can not die this way" ll14
4 ,sH ,s"Hushll lad" 4 said 'fSfoanl' JfsSdfoanl''
! ! lose heart. dean .hearlyo
i, justeas we'll sitting as kneelips
! and fayou1 try to- getup, YOU
! tumble,l TO a. moral certainty
! Think Of Mary, man, and kee
4 up.~ai baa rsiuie1 .ouGo TOY.
II Buthe only shook and sway
|, ed more andG more9 groanin
!, and crying out that he wa
: lost; and 1 could see that, if h
h did NOT mind, he would Owe
balance. .Tsqigi ,y.iIls9s5q
n IaGet hold of the rod,aI sal
u thinking that, even sprung 3
! ID was, the toueho Of CIT woal
$ give him courage. 10 ia1a0me
:, where is it, boys" h he sal
n hoarsely; and thenIlSpkins in,
g hisface, wbichwas turned tom
:, L saw that his eyes were draw
together squirting and bloc,
;. shot, and knew that the frigl
n had driven him blind. lind. s
d pushing myself tolhim, l place
a my arm around his waist q lar
II worked round to the rod,l lwhic
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