The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-11
MAYS TERRIBLE SUSPENSE.
HANGIyo 1904 FEET ABOTE THE Ar
KANSAS RAPIDS.
His Hair Turnhe White In nm Hour of Nor
tai Peril Ills Sensations at the Time of the
Chnugc-A NlsIsn OF ais Long Dead VI other.

thnngc-A Nitien OF Ats Long Dend hothef'
Eop.a, D,sp z,bnsc
Charles May and his brother Robert, in
tho spring 81 1870, offered to pass 0O.OOO rail-
rond TICS down the Arkansas from tic mountain
source. lie snys: Our offer was accepted.
when we started into the uppcr entrance Of tho
canon with a large skin provided with six days
provisions and 200 feet vi rUp' with which, by
taking. a running turn around some firmly
planted object we could lower or boat hum
bred feet ut a time In this way At the end OF
three days. having set adr.ft many hundred
tics. W. rcg ned the entrHr'c 90 the Royal
Gorgr. Here We discovered that an attempt to
descend TIE first waterfall With two in tho boat
WIS cftain d'strnctl3n', und 10 rtHrn WIS M
my brother down tho fall W. the hlut. a dist.ucs
Of 200 feet, gave him the rope and ut him ttNe
tho chm 20 Of tlo canon uifo s'cr"d more cor
tain in that d,rcGionl. while would ri-k my
physical o.. lily. To- ciimb the onnvn WALL Which
was about 900 i"ct high.
Alou; III u'lork In tho morning I shook
hands with ny brother lowered him in tho
boat safely TO the foot OF tho FALL, ra,t him the
aside nv clat. NV. md boots. and s'ripn.p. tho
socks from ny "r', commenced my climbing
way. often reaching the hciEli Of one or two
hundred ir'i oub 60 hs comir.l'd in return io
try somo other way. A. lrrg D., about o'clock
in tn afternoon. | rcachrd height upon the
smooth crlnn wall of about thousand ieet.
Hero mV luther progress wHe arr 'HtDd bY "a
sheNing irder cd rock TINT luurl out from iho
canon side q foot or moro. To ulvanre was
without lpIt, to return. certain death. Era'h-
ing upward Hnd outW lri grnrp'd tl". liW ut
tho ledge Win on" huni uhi i'rh win, the
o.
the canon. and ly body hung suspended in the
air tAou-r nd icet above tho roaring waters %
the ArkUu..s.
n, That moment ! looked downward to
mcasurH o. ' distance ! would hnv" to- fall when
the strength OF my arms gave ont. singing
sensation crcut through my hair ~ my eye
caught th' strong root of a cedar bush thai pro-
iectcd uu' over the ledge. a liiilr hrylnd my
reach. Ny grasp uuon the rim 81 the Lodge WINS
fast yi' d. iug 60 the weight " ms person. Then
detcrr med Ca make my best effort 80 raise my
body and ,lr0w DC sideways toward ihe root 50
ltrff N.tf
Of comwou ing tho effort saw. NY mothers
fnce az s'.H leaned out over ia" ledge. !. achrd
down her hand AMI caught me Ny tho hair.
Stranger. my mother died wh.ln y"t young
woman. wu.n | and my brother wrr" small
boys. but rom nmher her face. / WIS su'''Ss-
full in making the side lrup OF my arms. when |
drew Tr.rif upon tn ledge and re~trd for u
time. From here urWurd my climbing way
was Int OTious hut lr.s dan tcrpus. reached
the top a. the canon lust as the sun WIS King
down behind the Shows runEr ami Ansirn"d e.
our cuun ut t'c mouth ui Tn" cnnln whore /
found my DrOilcrU safe, 'thur"Y.' sud hc.
have y,l lll YOUR head in -FOUR sa'kF 1t
was thea ! dis 'oy"rod that my hair was as white
as you scc 4 how.