Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-03-03

too light, and then the time they
seemed to lose making atail to steady
it / heard after that part of that
same tail was made Of bank-notea
Squire Philip took out Of his pocket
when he could get nothing else quick
enough He got them all back later,
for not man, woman or child in the
llace would have touched one of them
when they saw him using them, in
that way.
/ Wien the kite did go mp at last
| the wind was SO high that they could
not manage it properly. 1t came very
near me cnce, an ! made a snatch at
the string, nearly over-reaching my
self in doing 80; but | missed ii, an
Just then there came terrible gust
of wind, the string broke, an the
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kite was carried away, an stuck fast
in the branches Of d big tree bsh ind
the prop-ietor's house. I looked over
at the clock to see how much tim 9
was left me, AL l found that / could
not see the hands any longer; the
darkness had come on in the last. few
minutes. Then l gave up all hope,
for I knew could never hold On till
morning.
l tli=d to think Of .dea, h. an, to
make myself ready for it, but l
.coulln't-not a. prayer nor q good
wor,l could Icall to mind, only. go
ing over an over :againin my head
the way 'twould all happen-sow the
people would 80 away one BY one,
how Ia be left alone in the darkness
and the bowling wind, an how at
last Id not be able to hold on long
er, an fall, an he found in the morn
ing all crushed out Of shape. The
people below seemed to have given
up all thought Of helping me now;
an were standing quite quiet.
Twas SO dark by this time that !
conld not distinguish the faces at all
I could jnst make ont Squire Philip
in his.lark suit among the white mill
men, an poor Katie. She was crouch
ing down on the ground now, her
apron OYER her head. All of a sud.
den I saw her leap up with q great
cry, an clap her hands, an c,ll out
something. Then there was con-
fused sort of shout as if every one in
the crowd was saying the same thing
at the sa time, an theh Squire
Philip, makinga a sign to silence Them,
put his two hands up to his mouth
an'.sang out in voice that came
up TO me above the noise OF the
wind
"Take off your stocking and rafef
it. the thread will reach heground.' y
At first | didn't understand him,
being dszed like, bnt then tie mean
ing came on me like message from
heaven. got eff one OF my socks
with some tronble-nice new ones
they we're, loo, Of Katie's s own knit.
ting, that she had gwen me for a
Christmas bo1--an' with the help CT
my teeth loosened one end OF the
thread. 1t gave readily enough af
ter that, an when l had good piece
CT it ripped 1 tied my knife TO the
end Of it to make it heavy, an let'it
drop, ripping more an more Of the
sock as it went down. Then felt it
stop, au presently there came a shou:
telling me to wind it up again. Very
slowly an carefully I did it, fearing
the string would break an when the
l.ast bit Of it cine up, there was
piece of strong twine tied to the end
Of it. The twiue in its turn brought
the rope I mad gone up BY, an then
I felt that I was safe.
I managed somehow to put 1t
through the pulley, an to haul up
the plenk. an as aoon as they had
fastened the other end to the wind
lass below. they gave me the word to
come down.
was so numb an stiff that Icould
not fix myself on the plank, but |
managed somehow to cling to the
ropes with my hands. Down, down |
came, every turn of the windlass max.
ing the voices below seem nearer an
when l was within a few feet Of the
ground there were dozen pairs OF
arrns really to catch me, an score
OF hands held out to me, an hun
dred voices to welcome me. An there
was my father waiting for me, en-
Philip saying;
"But for the girl he'd have been
up there still. Not ole of us would
have thought Of the stocking; twas
the brightest idea I've come across
this many day. She has saved his
life, Forde, and you can't refuse
your consent any longer
Bat when / looked round 70. Ka-
tie, she was nowhere to be seen. She
must have slipped off. as soon as she
shw was safe.
The young squire hurried my faith
er an me away,'I didn't quite know
where, l was so daSsd, but in a min