Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-01-28

nv tuc Shu VI ouC W IiFu lulbS, ihS
drama had arrived at critical and in.
teuseIy interesting point. and he was un-
willing to give way Tor me. He wanted
to Ieng,hen the turns TO count of two
hundred but | would not agree. He Of
tered me his long lead pencil If would
consent. 1t was strong temptation; but
just then, high tragedy had more attrsc-
tions tEau plumbago, and | was firm in
my refusal.
Thea" said he, with an injured tcne,
IN see if can't get place for myself" !"
ami he crawled around TO the other side
of the scuttle. aud kueeled on the narrow
edge OF the joist, looking down from that
side. while resumed the place on the
plank. r...-. Ne
Nearly all the uniform and titled gen.
tlemen were Oh the stage, and there was
solemn iabIeau, when one Of the actors
cried lin slow, heavy tone, raising his
arm uiajestically): LET justice be done,
though the heavuns fall ~
At that moment there was tremendous
crash, aud large section Of plasiering
fell upon the heads of the asronishcd ac.
tors. When the cloud of dust rolled
away, the spectators, looking up. saw a
ragged mass of lath hanging down around
hole in the ceiling, and in the midst Of
it the feet and legs of boy who seemed
to be clinging to the joist with his hands
| tried to help Fred up but my strength
and my toothold were unequal to the task
There was great excitement aud uproar
below. "Get ladder" shouted several
voices; but the ladder generally used at
that place had been removed from TIE
room whcu it was swept and garushed
for the exhibition aud nobody seemed 10
know exactly where it was,
Fred's brother John, large, cool
headed young lnan, was one Of those ou
the stage As soon as he could rub the
dust from his eyes he looked up and re.
marked: Those feet look very much
like Fred's." Then stepping immediately
under the suspended boy, he called out /:
drop, Fred, Iii catch you !"
Fred dropped at once; indeed, by that
time he was about really to drop without
ap invitation. ...... .....
John caught him, set him down on his
feet, took good look al him. aud then
giving him slap on the shoulder, said :
NOV start for home !" .
Fred started. They made little lane
dowu the middle aisle, and passed him olt
through the ,hrong.
Meanwhile | returned to the rocf, in
tending to 60 down by the way had come
up. What was my CONSERVATION. on get
ting there, to find tha; the ladder from
the shed to the roof had been removed.
1t seems that when a ladder was called
for, some one near the door had run out
to look for one. Seeing that. he had i'm
mediately taken it down aud carried il,
around to the front steps. As the trouble
was over on his arrival, he just dropped 1t
there. Theu Mr.. Crouch, thinking the
exhibition was broken up, came out, rec
ognized his ladder, and carried it home.
So | sat IN despair ou the roof, feeling
more Isolated aud JespOudcnt than Robin
son Crusoe ever did.
After while | heard my name softly
spoken by some one in the yard. 1t was
Fred. answered. "Old Crouch has
ugged home his ladder" said he. "Can't
you come down the lightnlng-rod 2"
The rod made an ugly beud where it
went over the cornice aud | was afraid to
to try. knew | should fall off at that
bend before | could cliug around the rod
with my feet below it. pointed out the
difficulty to Fred. He made light of it
but | told him | knew better. The views
Of such thing above aud below are very
different. A-
Then" said he at last, you'll have to
jump to the roof of the she'd"
1t was perilous leap for boy of my
size; but | saw that Fred was right.
There was nothing else to be done. Jump
| did, and landed 81 fcly on the she'd, from
which readily climbed to the ground.
We started for home immediately. As
to the exhibition, the master quelled the
tumut, told the audience the play would
be resrmod in few minutes, aud then
had the curtain drawn while the broken
plaster was swept up and carriud away. The
gentlemen In uniform resumed their lofty
dialogne and dourished their swords once
more.
The heavens had fallen, and justice was
done. A