New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-18
He SAVED HIS LIFE.

the IOnths Companion.
One of the men bent "A portion OF the machine
TO pour i'll few drops OF oil, where brass cup that
supplied one of the bearings was empty. Luke
walch d him eagerly. longing to ask question,
but not daring TO risk rebIh I he other absent
at the moment and as til man dropped III the clear
OIL. The huge machine gld-d slowly ana deliberately
almost impcrcepuby on.
Lake hand ia hi, pocket. playing with a
knife that he had purchased out OF his last weeks
earuin ga kmle that he had bought only after hard
batte for ned eItravagant act bnt he had
felt that he certainly ought to possess and he
had spent couple OF shillings IN the useful little
imp emeut. IL was capital knife with the most
nghly polished of b AIDES but shll ings two
snilhngs and there Il slig ht feeling of repentance
his mind winch seemed to start out Of his pocket at
the of the knife, ana up il arm to his brain.
The man went on dropping oil INTO the machine.
over which the -ro7t rmor- plate rode slowly
All at once Luke hl is turned cold and Vet inside.
aud the dew came upon his forehead. for the iron
plating that formed tne floor around the machine
worn smooth. and in addition marked by few drops
of oil over this the cnsinecrs feet gliding
h. reached forward and overbslanced himself so
that he lay right forward his chest with his feet
clear OF the GROUND.
IL seemed nothing to mind. The man had only TO
shuttle back little and recover his footing. There
was plenty o; time before he plate passed under the
huge crosspiece that held the sides OF the planning
T. achine like stays. There seemed TO be nothing 10
mind-UO reason fol hands to turn damp aud checks
of ile a-nen hue But there cause, and "a the
en- lin realized it, he dashed away his Oii-tln and
tired TO drag himself back.
lie uttered low h"arse cry. and lay pack motion
less Tor few moments, chilled a Luke had oeen in
BD-fOChH
of his position. for the sie of 1is Jacket had
been drawn in between two wheels, and even III
those few seconds lie being drawn on and on,
slowly ana surely by fate. beneath the great iron
cro.speces he crashed and torn By the irresistible
f,,.e into fragments too horrible 10 bcnold.
aelp. Help = he cried. hut his voice
downed by the shreking of the planed steel and the
hiss of steam and rumble of the machinery. " Oh
ue.yeni my wife and BARNS = These words seemed
TO ronse Luke To action "a he saw now that the man
was franticaly trying TO exrricate his frDm his
racket and lie darfed oh To call for help but turned
bock on the instant He felt that before AID could
come the man would be crushed TO death He sprang
back TO try and throw the machine out OF gear. but
be did not know which lever To touch, and the poor
strurgliny wretch could not tell hin.
II seemed slight thing 10 do--to slip OF the
stout Jacket, but Que portion tightly he'd by the
wheel aad its being dragged coser. till,
In his horror aud despair he ceased his efforts 10 tear
on his garment and seized the massive iron frame
work TO press himself back. Vain STRUGGLED the
strength OF hundred men would have been nothing
aoains, the power of that ponderous machine and
a. Luke dafed round 10 the other side and bent over
him he gazed down at the starting eye-bails the
conyulsed face, and the white teeth from which the
I,s we're drawn away. Luke Instantly opened his
knife aud began cutting the cloth that so firmly
held the un o Il innate wretch TO his fate
say a PRAYER mate" the poor fellow whispered,
hoarseiy i,od help me Will it bc over soon y
Crrrr-r-,kl crr-r-rr such curious tearing noise
And then again and again the stont crtf,n
material gave aud tore and split at that magic touch