The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-04-12
s,eepre.cirmber,. Adventure.

shape which amt common. What kind
OF architecture it is have been told but
forgotten. IL goes u? over 30 strai yht and
ends with kind Of swell, like an onion or
turnip. aud had to work on the under
side. The party as was repairing the
church WASH paid what the job was worth
10y the congre alton, and things was being
pared down finer. wanted scail Old but
they wouldn't stand the two or three extra
days work il would have cost to rig it, so
thought I'd do it with only rope II
ras the stating as had been badly done.
and the wind was n ripping them of, so
that the work had to lie patched up ut
once. 1t was mighty high up and Ms tough
job as | most ever worked on. | STUFFED
1t up, as | mostly does all the jobs have.
and was obliged to work from the top
down, aud crawl under the lower part. /
let myself down with new inch and a
quarter rope, and getting my feet against
the lower part Of the round pushed off
little, lowering myself some Fix feet so that
when swung IN | should get TO the under
part, when would get clutch and hold
on to couple o: big iron bands and get
secure footing. Though tick ish job, !
had done the same before. and SO | got all
right after the first trial Well, | worked
away steady, taking out the Old slate and
putting in new, and mailing down those
that wer loose, | must have been two
hours at work, when ] wanted 10 20 up for
more nails, so | commenced to haul away
kicking mysel: from time to time clear of
the swell oil the dome SO far SO good
When was almost halt way up thought
Id sto. just II minute to take breath, as it
was hot sultry day, and warm up even
as high as was. My toe was on level
with one layer OF slate, when thought
that noticed | was lowering an inch or
so, when /. stopped then 1t hogan, and |
went down most eis Int inches; then stopped
again for minute aud lower went 10y
hall course of slHte. WAS thoroughly
alarmed. OF course, reasoned, it could
only arise from one OF four things-either
The rOIe was stretching, aud that WASH
10 the rope round the head OF IL staircase
was slipping which again, too, wasn't pos
siJle, II being Contrary To the rule OF knots,
or the staircase was getting pulled OF
which wasn't likely, or what WAS wore.
and which struck ne must Ice the lact, the
rope was cutting, aud settled ON that
watched to notice ItIhere WAS any lnc.ina-
ton TO twist the rope, but cOuldn see It -
know that il made any violent motion.
| misht increase the damage. | cuichrd
ali could 10 the slGes oil the slate, trytn.
To take advantage ui e. en- u man that miLht
he sticking up, but ! couldn't get more
hold IiIar again glass was now un Ter
The larger part OF the swell vi the dome
with "a hundred icet clean under me. .oI
get below ~ where | had been working
wa- Impossible. Was AFRAID To SWIM. ouL
on the rope nov, winch would have caused
jerk. 1t was 40 use 10 huIlvr, Tor no one
could have heard n,c; aud there was 10
Use Of making signs, as | war Oh The side
away from the street, and nobody could
see me UP mast 90, aud may he. /
Thought, II the rope VIII hold. NAV gel
np yet. Slowly went up. with quiet.
steady pull. ii was about sundu~n, ana ns
| got up inch 10y inch, saw ,hr sun chime
ON a bit Of Jagged tin, about twenty i,et
above me, aud ! saw II WAS that when had
been cutting slowly but surely INTO ule
rope Win the strain I mad gwen 10, three