Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-10-22

'tCt tpVhtllS GNNh UNI. my l0a VAS
finished, an was putting M my tools.
Then all Of 4 sudden, | heard i rafting
noise, an looking over, see thc plank
going down Very fast. | called out,
"Hullo there, send that up again will
yous but the only answer got WAS Il
4 loud laugh for al the world like S,llv
; Jerry's, the natural; and sure enough
there he VAS standing by thc wiudlaSS,
'"mpng and cIapping his hands
4 looked about for the man whose hu>i-
ness Il was 10 manage thewinala$S, hui
not Il sign ST him WAS there. iii nj Il
minute heard the rattle If pulley
again. am saw tie rope was running
thorough it in thc wrong directions
madoa grab 1T H. hut il was ierked
Il out ofmy hand, am before could
catch It the end had slipped through,
au there | was moro than i hundred
feet from the ground not knowing how
!. was "a get down. All Jerry capperng
! below calling out, Come down aul
:, thrash ME now, MIR. Forde. Won't vuus''
Then remembered that few davs
! before, | had found this boy ANNOYING
i Katie an had given him cut with Il
switch | had i'll my hand. He had
skunk away without word II tile time.
but il seems he had remembered the
blow, and took TINS way ofbemg revene-
/ ed
I We'll, Ill first Was scarcely fright
encd. expecting somehow that, once
the people below knew OF the fin was
in, they'd tind some way VI other of
getting me out of it. But when came
10 think Of IL not il Til of Il way could
hit on myself, an sure knew moro
about chimneNs than any one III the
! place Twas getting late, too. there
wouldn't bc much moro than i half
hour 81 daylight an the wind was ris-
lng--l could hear ii whStliug through
the trees BY this time people know
what had happened. auda crowd was
collecting; | could see them coming
! from all parts, for of course | had A
view all about SAM boy 81 ~ ia
the doerof thocoun,ing- house. an pres
entity Master Phillip came ont running
las i for his life When he came. ho
took command like, an began giving
directions. an the people who onlv
stared at first, now ran here aud there
rs he sent them FIRST they brought
out long ladder. an fixed il ON the
roof below the chimney. could have
told them that il was too short, know
| ing ~ | did til, length Of every ladder
~ the place; hut somehow although
! heard their shouts plainly, | could not
make them hear mine; il seemed us il
the voices went up, like smoke Then
there was 4 great delay while they went
for longer ladder; and this, too, didn't
reach half way. A man climbed III 10
it, however, an called out to know had
a blt of string i'll my pocket that
could let down. Not a hit could find
Master Phillip seemed to have gone
away by this time, but there WAS my
father among the crowd an who should
| see standing next him an holding on
by his arm. but Katie. They had for-
gotten everything but their fright about
me, an he seemed TO be talking to her,
an comforting her After bit saw
Master Phillip again; he had big
thing III his hand, looking like pocket
handkorchie(S stretched over frame,
an ! saw that il was n kite, an that
they meant to send string up To
me that way. But you never in all
your life saW such an unmanagcahe
Kite. First twas too heavy, an then
twas too light, and thcnth time they
seemed to lose making 4 tail 10 steady
il heard afterwards chat part Of that
same tail was made of bank notes
Master Phillip took ont of Ills pocket
when he could get nothing else quick
enough. He got them all back later,
for not man. woman or child in the
place would have touched one of them
when they saw him using thcm hi that
way.
When the kite did % pat last, tie
wind was SO high that they could not
manage it properly II came very
near me once an made snatch ut
the string, nearly over-reaching myself
IN doing 20; but missed ii, and Just
then there came Il terrible gust
Of wind the string broke, an tie kite
was carried away, an stuck fast in the
branches Of II bic tree behind tic
masters house. looked over nj the
clock to see how much time was left
me, an found | could not sec the
hands any longer; the darkness had
come on III the last few minutes Then
] gave up all hope, for | knew could
never hold on till morning tried "a
think of death, and to make myself
ready for it, but ! couIdn't-not il
prayer or 4 good word could call to
mind. only going over an over again
III my head the way 'twould all happen
how the people would 60 away one
by one, how I'd he left alone in the
darkness an the bowling wind. an how
d not be able to hold or any longer,
an fall, an be found in the morning
all crushed out Of shape Tie poole
below seemed 70 have given up all /
thought Of helping me now; III were
standing very quiet. Twas 50 dark |
ty this time that could not distinguish 7
faces IT all; could Just make out
Master Phillip in his dark suit among
the white mill-men an poor Katie
She was crouching down on hcground |
nov. her apron over her head. All ofI
q sudden. ! saw her leap NJ with q
great cry All clap her hands, III eall I
cut something. Then there was con-
fused sort IF shout, as If every one il /
4 IlT tr6tteJ E,,s 80.