Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-08-26
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Couiu Himself; e 1ltI tvpk all VI
his scaffolding with him, but be
fore he went away he fixed
beam with a pulley in it into tn
top Of The chimney, and left |,
long rope hanging through it, 81
that a man could be- hoisted ul
at any time an there5the rop,
hung dangling, week after week
until the, owner came home
bringing the rod along with him
| aOnee'it had come there wal
Fno good losing any more time
in fixing il, SO one Saturday
afternooai in. Jahhary ,anplI Wenl
ON a plank, slung securely al
the end ofithesrope, my tools a.
long with me, an settled myself
astlidet ronl the stone e9eophig
Twas rather late in the day, but
the morning had been too wet
an stormy 10 work, an the OWE,
er was as impatient TO get the
job done as if it hadn't been
himself that was hindering it all
this time. u vas as imuch at
home atop uofa chimney as l
was on the ground, an l work
ed on, without. once looking
down, until MY job-wasfnished
an l was putting up my tools.
Then, all of a sudden, l heard a
rattling noise, an looking over,
L saw the spiahk. ygoing down
very fast. l called out: "Hullo,
therel send that up again, viii
you?" but the only, aiiswcrI got
was a loud laugh, Tor all the
world like silly Jerry the natu-
ral's ;Ealas sure enoagil there he
was, standing by the windlass,
Jumping anlciapping his.hands.
/ looked about for the man
whose business itrwas to man
age heawindlass, but not a sign
of him was there, an in a min
ute / heard the rattle. of the pull
ley again, an saw that the rope
was running through it in the
wrong direction. | made a
grab at it, but twas jerked out
Of my hand, an before 1 could
catch it again the end had slip
ped through, an there l was,
more than a hundred feet from
tile ground, not Knowing how
in the world l was to get down,
anpJ cry dancing panscapering
below, calling outs - j,
Come down an thrash me
now, Mr.. Forde, won't you2"
Then L remembered that a
few days before / had found
this boy Vahnoyiig Katie, an
had given him u cut with a
switch I had in my hand. He
had Sunk away without a word
at the time, but it seems he re-
the blow, an took
this way of being revenged.
D9Wthlg at first 6ll9,SwEaFssl scarcely
frightened, expecting somehow
that once the people below knew
of the fix l was in, they'd find
some way or other of getting
me out OF it. But, when | came
to think of it, deace q bit of a
way 'coaldiI hit on lInyselg an
sure L knew more about CHM
ncys than any one else iii the
place. Twas getting late, too;
there wouldn't be much more
than another hall, hour of day
light, an the wind was rising.
| could hear ii whistling through
the trees.
By this time people knew
what had happened, am a crowd
wasscolleeting; u could seethem
coming from all parts, for OF
course | had u view all about.
l saw Il boy go up to the door
of thescounringThouse, an pres
emily young Squire Philip came
out-running as if for
his life. When,he came, he took
the command 4ike,, an began
giving directions, an the people,
who had only started at first,
now ran hele an there as he
sent them. First they brought
out a long ladder, an fixed it
Oh the roof below the chimney.
| could have told them that
twas too short knowing as /
did the length OF every ladde:
in the q place; but, . somehow,
4 heard their shouts
plainly,i1 could not make them
hear mine J it seemed as if the
voices went UP like smoke.
Then there swas,a a great delay
while theylwentoiforgo longer
ladder" ahaa this, too didn't
reach half way. IA man climb
ed upit, howeser,I am called out
to know had | a bit of string in
my pocket that | could let down.
N OF bit could / find. l had
had a big ball only the day be-
Ioley but | had taken it out of !
my pocket an put it OH a shelf |
at home. Il took off my braces,
an fastened them an' my pock-
et (handkcrebief Etogethef;l bpt
they didn't near reach the top
of. the laadey so1 thatplaH had
to be given up. oam
ALI this time the wind was