New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-12-09

bub there was. Every soul. worked
up as it was to intense excitement
seemed to have a voice in that shrek
that arose. Before knew what to do
there was q wild loutcry about my ears
and a lot of people brushed past me
in the panic some imp cried .Fire!'
tried to speak, but / was hustled
against a wall, Knocked down, tram
pied on by a dozen feet, and by the
time | got up the house was almost
clear.
"'Turn on the gas, 1 yelled, hoping
that some of the hands would hear
me, and was making for the meter
closet when stumbled against some
one. / heard a voice, and a man al.
most dragging woman brushed past
me. We were near the door, and a
glimmer of light from the lamp outside
fell on them. Never will forget the
face of the young woman / saw reveal.
ed there-the face of the woman who
had been in the box. never saw the
like with fright and agony. Inyolun-
tarily I lent q hand to help her out
side. But she turned from me-turn-
ed to the man beside her and cried
with a voice that rose above the hub.
bub: Save him! Save him? Oh,
God! It is my brother!"
s"Then q strange thing happened
The man beside him stood stock still.
But only for a moment. The next he
had left her and dashed into the audi
forum. went after him. BUT It was
all dark there and still. Only up above,
near the ceiling, [ heard q strange,
scrambling noise and CHATTER OF
glass where the big chandelier hung !
was out in a jiffy and cropping about
for the gas meter closet. l found it
open, and as felt about. me was
suddenly pushed aside and voice
cried out:
"'A rope here. Give me rope.
There is one there
II had seen coil on the floor and
| know whoever had asked for it
had found it, when, q moment after,
heard footstep hurrying away and
heard something dragging Behind
them. But l didn't stop. turned
on the gas. ran inside and had the lets
haring upas entered the audit orium
again.
"What sight was there! Up near
the ceiling, holding by hand to a
shattered gas fixture and likely to
drop at any moment, WITH open
mouth and staring eyes, Snowy was
hanging. And just above, climbing
along g. beam-a sort of rafter-that
ran up to an apex in the primitive
little hall, was a man with q rope
dangling from him. How he got up
there cannot tell I have seen feats
inmy day, but holding to that rafter
and getting along it beats anything
the top, got hold of the gas fix
ture, Slipped down and quicker
than I could tell you he had the
rope about the trapeze performer, and
there were the two hanging up there
by a brass rod that might give way at
any moment. Icould hardly breathe
as saw the rope swinging down and
the man trying to fasten it about
something in the roof. He seemed to
hold on by q single hand and climb
with his feet about the brass rod as
though it were q stout pillar. In. an
other minute Snowy sank down and
fell; but only a few yards. After that
| saw the other end Of therope slipup,
slowly, too, and down came the body
gentle to the floor. Ina minute time
the other man was coming down the
rope hand over hand, and soonhe was
standing beside me, putting with. exer-
ton and as pale as death. Itwas on
~ then | looked at Snowy At first
] thought him some one else. didn't
know the man. His black hair was
fairly white, and there was that look
OF terror on his face that has never left
1t since. That is his story"
"And who was his rescuer," asked
the reporter.
''The young naval fellow: The
lover OF his sister. She had recognized
in the trapeze performer her vagrant
brother whom her father drove away
from home, and the young fellow had
seen her faint at sight of him and wit
messed the meeting had seen myself
that moonlight night. AS / said, he
was very spitfre, and became down.
right mad with jealousy. She had
ACNCA CCAu INN VIII CIlc SLIStIlS0 pCE-
former was until the lights had gone
out and left Snowy in midair taking
that awful leap"
.*And how came the lights to go,out?!'
asked the reporter.
"Can you ask? l do not know my
self who put them out, or for what.
But have always thought that a
man who proved hero that night
narrowl y escaped being murderer.
| have never asked Snowy what be-
came OF his sister and the young man.
do not even know ifthey We're mar
ried. / do know that Snowy was
never reconciled at home, and know
that the result of that nights work
gave him the name he BEARS ~
Rattlesnakes Paralyze School.
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