The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-26

an A trapeze still higher up, give q Siolen'
start he too, l think, was surprised
SLau T ever forget the cry thatrang through
tho bnilding that night, causing women e
faint and strong men to turn Whlte H5e uh"
Gaath, / can hear it now and the WORDS
"Ninal for Gods a k keep clear OF the hlu-
die trapeze; the ropes are cut ,.po
Too fate came Joe's warning. Nina's little
hands were already clingiag to the uoomeu
bar and Louis had taken his leap for me-
x whir as OF something whizzing through
the air as / closed my eyes TO slut the horloI
of il ont. when q murmur like the hoarse roar
of the distant sea fell upon my ears, swelling,
mill Il burst into a wild huzza. ! looked and
saw Joe hanging head downwards from a trap
aza while with both hands he upheld Louis,
Nina casped safe by the ~latter's arm, the ira
peze TO winch she had chung buta moment De-
fore lying in the ring some forty teet Deio"'
Joe's daring intrepidity had saved his compah,,
ions lives. He had dropped from MS Percn
above to a lower trapeze and swung himself 10
the rescue OF Louis, thereby enabling the lat
ter to snatch Nina from a horrible death.
Cheer upon cheer greeted the two rs they
wers lowered safely to the ground, while one
old fellow. in his excitement, exclaimed, as
he caught Joe by the hand
"a brave act we've done this night lad. Ii
ought to wipe ont a heap OF sins fur ye." :,
That night Joe disappeared, and The rays
uS "a 40 Az HhANS
no more. u
For many weeks Nina lay lowering between
life and death, but at last youth conquered. ohe
is now the happy wife OF Louis, for that terrible
moment in which her follow performer and
herself had hung as it were between heaven
and earth had revealed to her who had won hei
heart Louis and his wife have long since left
| the profession and are prospecting well IN thell
new line of life. Two children have been
youchsafed them. Joe and Nina they are
named. And what about the other Joe, you
think perhaps. Well, it was eight ye-rs before
I again met Joe. OF course | spoke about
Louis and Nina, telling him how happy they
were and how they had named their first born
for him
':She did that, Nina?" he murmured, adding.
land she must have guessed all; | saw 1t IN
her reproachful eyes that night l was mad
| with jealousy. knew that she loved Louis,
but l thought if he were out of her way she
would forget him, and then l could win her.
and so, mailman rs | was, | cut the ropes At
tached to the middle trapeze-the one on
which Louis always did his finish" An ex-
clamation of Mortified surprise escaped me as
he finished with:
you know how my fendish attempt wa.
frustrated. How the girl l loved took the
place of the man / would have murdered.
learned afterward that, feeling nervous, she
| had persuaded Louis to take the leap instead
of herself. Only for that L should have beer
branded as a murderer"
But you nobly redeemed yourself in saving
both their lives, " 1 here spoke.
"My God! can l ever hut out the horror oil
it aIl!'' he cried bitterly. Rising, ! said:
"Yes, / think you can, then he bent his bag.
gard eyes questioningly upon me, added
"Wait here o few moments"
y \ y 4
A little dark-eyed fellow stood shyly eyine
the man I had left but few moments before
then laying his hand upon the mans arm HI
asked:
"Are you my big, brave Uncle Joe? Cause
if you are mamma sentme to fetch you"
"Child! what is your manner" exclaimed the
man eagerly.
''Joe Mason" answered the little one, add.
ing: 'but mamma calls me Little Joe;'" ther
glancing up he continued naiyely: Uncle Joe
mamma said you be glad to see me; are your
''Gladl" and as Joe Fuller uttered that one
word, like unto a sob, he clasped the little Eel
low in his arms, while ], closing the door
crept softly away, convinced the hildha wor
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