Daily Republican., 1884-09-03

Instead of attending Sunday school
Sunday morning, John MacKintover,
Jr., years old, tbs soi of q Polish tai.
lor living at M. ia Hester street,
Now York, went nron the roof of a
mattress factory adjoining, on the cor.
Der of Elizabeth street, 10 fly a kite
which he had busted himself In making
the previous evening. He had besn on
joy ing the snrreptitious pleasure but a
few moments when Frank Newman, a
boy 10 years Of age, living In the same
house, climbed up through the scuttle
TO See what he was doing. The kite had
aeceuded but a short distance above the
neigbboring chinin' y, and the younger
boy, with merry laugh, ran back
ward, Juggling at tao string. Forgetting
his position in his eagern ess, he APP
proached too near the edge of the roof,
tripped or the cornice, and with a ter
ribie cry of fear aud despair disappeared
from the view OF the frightened boy al
the scuttle.
With white face and trembling limb,
Frank ran hurriedly aci oss the roo
aud peered over into the street, expect
ing TO see his little playmate u mangled
corpse GU the pavement below. John
however, had fallen on the telegraph
W Tres, which cross Ia great confusion
opposite the sixth story of the factory
and hung suspended sixty feet abov,
an excited crowd collected in the street
Gesticulating wildly and pointing fran
tically upward.
Keep hold of those wires, Jack,
| screamed Frank. "If you'ii only wal
r minute III have you back here al
right, My boy"
can't" answered the little fellow
:" the wires cut my hands. Oh! won
let CO."
Don't dare 10, cried an older boy
sternly, keep hold of those wires"
Fearing that John would be unable u
keep his grasp on the wires that ben
with his weight and vibratod slowly u
and fro, Frank fastened TO the frees
| cape and slowly lowered himself unit
he was opposite the frightened boy
Then extending ono hand quickly, b,
grasped him firmly and dexterously BY
the collar OF his coat. A cheer went III
from tho crowd on the pavement wht
had been shouting all manner of uhin
telligible directions IN doz n dialects
| Let go now; YOU e all right" Sal
| Frank, encouragingly.
the " Tres that sprapg bnck into position
with whirring sound, Frank, by q
mighty effort, swung him in upon thu
platform of the tlre.escape and fell OK
haustei by INSIDE AT the same momen
IA hook and ladder company came rapid
| ly around the corner, but their ser vice,
were not needed.
"Savei! Savedw shricked hundred
voices in the street
A ~oman's wild scream rang on
upon tae air, and the mother OF the i'm
perilei Loy ran frantically in amoni
the crowd. Sbe had just been intorme
of Johnnie's exc spade, and hurried Il
the scene. Her grief WAS TRANSFORMS,
into joy AZ she saw tbe little fellow SAT
in the arms of his elder companion
Thens she tainted on the curbstone
The two boys were taken IN at the win
dow by willing hands, and Johnni
was soon nestled ia his mothers arms
very much frightened at the excitemen
he had raised.
Mrs MacKintover's gratitude to tn
brave young rescuer was boundless.-
She kissed him again and again, AM
wept over him aud fondled the hand
that had saved hor boy. Afterward
whom Frank had descended to hi
parents apartments on tho second floor
she TOOK from her purse ten cents-al
the money she l.id-and sent 1t to him
with new expressions OF her gratitude
Frank Newman heroisin IL commend
ed by all his neigbbors, and he " as ye'
lterday the hero of the street.