The Red Cloud chief., 1878-09-19

4 W. Nfhf ~ '-'ff 80 -
down two hundred feet to where The
men Was. The, WA clean gone with
excitement. an didn't know what "a d..
nm, The fire ruarin' aud cracklin' ike
the devil own hlnro.
"Sumc rushed one one way Hn ZONE
another, while some ufthcm stood stariu'
into the hot black smoke an WALLER fire,
drzcd, scared. helpless. guickcr'n IL
takes a man to tell u u man Jumped
through the door ~ the hi-tin' works
m caught hold II the chains His cuat
aud hat vas gone, an he looked like An
angel almost ~ he swung over the
shaft In his white frillci shirt an his
long, Waller hair.
1T was Dandy Ferguson.
"IIc didn', wait fur nobody. but jam.
med n big scautlin' tibet two men
couldn't lifted. down over the shaft.
Then he yelled fur n 10 ~, an told some
men near IN" doc" Ia fetch him the old
w%in'Iass tibet was wing outside, near the
dummy.
You never see men work like they
did as 10 ~ thar WAS head. The
rope an the win'lnss was brought into
the works on the jump, nm fastened TO
we ~schit'in l'""h "'hl 'h't"Po anu
Ferguson shnnIlhg hlt'r H. IN mere
boys. an III stay ill ! roast Then
he grabbed the crank an spun the rope
round the bari EASTERN 1t ever wa, roll.
cd before, He used one hand first an
"H'n Nho 'Hht'h'd ne Iiln lh' "'h'f
ON.
Isl. Holden wanted To- help him, bur
he wouldn't hey M interference. Time
I"" %a."', i i@%s ' D"'%9" a ,ii"nt'i T %%iy
T"i"E " as thu, I' '" Soui 3D. d I%y F"p% larry La r.,
Miller out ., the works MOI" dGnd
though, at the tim" tibet It" wa. scared
~ lho nahg'r ne D'"h ~, an hldnt
no'ic' no" lhuch rNh'us''d hr u nut
'h'N inuhh gu, afterwards ,hct h"d
prayed IL Gown III 'h'' sha'' "a mean rs
one "hhh u pay " on nn"'h"r NJ si'h
u 'ime
you see mere was iivc 81 en- ~ the
lower hr,h' an wh'n IN" hurn'n INN
o'rS "i 'h" upper works began to drop
dow they all madcn rush tor the main
snh'' c'g' WILSON, M" ,h'S '"',iuh I
g'' on' VII "a rope c"in' u"wA' ihcy.
c"nIh see u nlckc oi light aNnNc, ana
ye'I'" WI 'h"y wa. h"ars' Watching
th'' GUNNER grown brighter II bright
or every minute n,,u met the
sihi''n ',,"b'r Il n'nhr lRiGhiy S"on an
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Down went the rope agin. AN Slo-
cum was tied on an hauled up, Fcrgu-
son wnrt'n the win''ass like u giant,
The cords stood out on his neck like
h~lncksnak' whips, an the sweat poured
OIL HIM I'kea slnicc stream Two Cor
niShmcn stood 10y him tryin' to make
nm let them roll up the rope while he
rested, but hi cusscd 'cm and told 'em
u" AIRY upi no sa'd he was at the wheel,
Wv no stay 'h'r' :" ne died iur IT;
" 'h S'o'uW came up the hrc wa' all
around an, Over the w,n!nss, an the
Two tofh'Shmen grabbed blll an car
,'eu nm o"t--'h'y couldnt stan the
near; Ferguson sent down the rope
~" AN up 'oh,' sam ii''Ir''h' with
yS' strength 'no"gh u make tur the
uoor' INC root over the b'ler and the
p,beh OH tue door-poSts was smokin'.
Jist as th' rope went down FUR the
'our!n 'i"'e' an we 'oahh ROUND on the
outSiue Watchin every minute To see