Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-01

turned out the hate | had. And all my
soul went up, as'my body was going up
that pole. 1t was as if left my deadly
feelings down below upon the ground, and
went from murder up to mercy as l
climbed toward the sky upon the pole.
Now this is the holy truth. I'd never
been so keen to hurt him as | was to save
him before got to him. I'd never wished
him half such curses us | prayed Heaven
| might do him blessins' and get MIN down
a living man. And says to myself
"If we topple and go down together
won't report at Headquarters for u muir
derer. Lord Chief mighty may He forgive
me, but He shau't catch me there ~
So it blew pretty hard, and got up.
And everything was covered with ice
And my spurs Slipped And my hands
got pretty numb. But | got up. And |
catched hold of him and | felt the pole
CULVER and held on to him and there he
was
He'd had a nt The feller'd had fit.
And there he hung acrost the upper
cross arms with no more knowledge than
the dead. And looked ut him, But I'd
left my hate eighty foot below us, and it
was as if | liked him for wanted so to save
him, and looked to see what | could do,
for he showed some signs of coming to.
So | says
Charley Scattergood, for the love of
God, don't you stir Stay where you be
till | tie you on"
Now had my pliers with me in my belt
in the sort of pocket where we carry 'em,
and see the broken wires, hanging round,
and | remembered that | had some
VIE WIN ne Ipll u Hd,i W w solie
Euyihe Wllh' % iook unaI WIRE lor II
was Was strongest aiiS' l v"isVetl IL atounu
MN anu l I"slene.i MN UlSuI WIN my
pliers and | twisted the other wires
1Iou,lu nun anu ! l!e,i i.lIl 'Sho anu theh
| looked to see what next.
wanted 10 guy lhaI poe over LOT IT
might nave sdNeu US, ana | trleu ouU 90
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' WAY, aau tne Pole 50 s'ahS, anu sec
0o, .1 Il t. 9il'l t.e" ul""eu lily oie"'h
anu lo"heu peloM'
don { think it had come over me till
that minute what fix 1t was. But when
looked down saw the people for they'd
come from everywheres and there was
quite crowd, and saw the llnemen that
had run up from the nearest crew, and
see they were all discussing of my situa-
ton. And they tried to advise me this
and that for could see EN- hoiler, but
the wind blew so couldn't make out
word. And all at once 1t come to me:
How in Gods name are you going to
get hlm down :"
"Anybody got rope :" cried /.
But nobody could hear me and tried
again.
"Anybody bappen to have any more
wire abouf him -
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se,i,, an an. DenaNe'I eAit1ra-oruiha!tlF wen,
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we was So'ss Ia pay OUT the Whole OF
ne ca?le last Hnu some OF EN- would
;at C MN PEI before ne pore Went Gown.
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fA In, H., nov, but ! Roo the leiier down
gov MN I'm Gown aS Iar as Inlrty ioot or so
ABOVE the ground "heh all at once felt
u G0llIng'
/ hat there poie begun 10 swing TINS way
ana that WAYNE way Tree VIII when
u gong 70 Iail-thls way ana totheT
khe" IL WAS comlhg-and l
cries les, OUT
mere ne goes can 40 nothing
more lor nun Natch nun some OF we J!
hnd l. played ms rope out anu let nm 60
ana he come down gentle as SICK man
nat had niue fall upon the hoor-and
lheil l hearu the s-S-cTIM go through the
nOlH-HIln 1HmIan for