Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-18
He KeeIed Over Right There.

Those at the top knew something was
wrong, and they pulled him up, but it
was sometime before they could bring
him around sufficiently to tell his ex-
perience. pooh. poohed the yarn aud
said that the fellow had seen dead
body floating around probably y, and by
his imagination had manufactured II
into an apparition. Furthermore, SAID
|, any man that gets scared At corp e
had better give up the diving business
Immediately. Well, to go back, L
started over to where the - lay,
taking along with me . diving rig for
which l paid fifteen hundred dollars.
That rig was a daisy, can tell you;
aud | knew that if there was any dress
in the country that could stand the
terrible pressure l was about to endure
| had IT,. When | reached the spot l
found a crowd of divers waiting to see
me perform. Thinks l, I've got the
laugh OH these fellows this time. They
think there is a dead woman down there,
hut | will satisfy them that there isn't
a piece OF human flesh anywhere around
the old hulk. The first thing did was
To take two pieces of rope $50 feet long,
and by tying an iron bar at every htteen
inches I made strong aud heavy lad
der. To one end fastened piece OF
iron weighing about $50 pounds aud
then dropped it over the side. donned
my dress, fastened the helmet on good
and tight, put two reliable men at the
pumps, and began the descent Inc
waters closed over my head anu down,
down | went fifteen inches at time.
Bv the time | reached fifty feet began
to e eli the pressure e0nSlderaoiy. but
This was nothing, for | had been below
that depth a number of times. SIXTY
feet seventy, eighty! Great Caesar.
ub,re was |. It was darker than pltch,
and | couldn't see an inch before the
lass i'm nv helmet. i thrust out my
srms and touched something cold anu
bard which seemed to be all around
me At first imagined that had got
ton into a big hole in some way, OUT
mar what kind of a hole L couldn't say:
/ climbed I'D a little but my cyhndricai
tomh still surrounded me. CLIMBED
ton or fifteen further down and II was
tSe same, Stories Of extinct species OF
,un.,se and Horrible Sea serpents
that were still found in the ocean began
70 fSoat through my mind, and fele
~ hair begin to rise little as | thought
that possibly / had gotten into one OF
their deps. BY the shades OF my tatnerS
! must get out of here, said l, ana l
ranked that signal rope to come up lot
3ii I was worth. Up l went, ana wnen
I was pulled up Gu the scow ana my
bsImet taken off wss met with a louu
bnrst of laughter from every sue.
What's the matter asked l, trying 70
w w n% mTnconcerned. oh, nothin', Tom,
l nSnan J we guess you got down the
s ens s-staek by mistake, didn'5 you
lid the other divers. L looked a0Sa
- myself and sure enough l was csSeu
at III g,ith soot from head to foot wen,
os, renIied, that daTned ladder ieii
in the wrong place, and didn't nnu ~
n ~ III till / had gotten down step OF
two But hand her up, ssid ors'ens,
IVA we win try it again, Tney susi
anu that I was q little scared, 1
49, 49, bnt / tried mighty hard 70 mske
sSsm think differently. SO ass9miIa n
III nff.band manner i began tne ue-
AMI an again. This time L steerea cts sa
seem ~ smoke stack and reached Lne
OF Ine deck. The depth at tnf'
nn;nt xas about 100 feet, ana tne pres :
P ,Cro beSan to make my eyes sIlck odt =, .
S SttIo But / bad made up my ninu p ~
nI't HUE The bottom. and so down l VEN
go 10 Tue rsacSed me vessels propelled