New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-02-29

closet where the gas meter was, and
the door Of which was ajar. Tt did
not strike me at the time, but l often
thought of it afterward.
"Well, the performance went on and
soon 'Snowy's turn came. He went
out IN his tights and finery, mounted
up to the trapeze and was as clever as
usual in his feats. | had slipped to
| the front Of the house again and was
looking in at him when my eyes sud-
denly fell ona figure in box. It was
the same had seenthere before-the
young woman who had tainted there
with thenavalchap. Hooked around
for him but he was nowhere to be
found.
"Just then Snowy got up to the
perch on the gallery, from which he
took the flying swing to little trapeze
above the stage. 1t was a perilous
feat, and there WASH q breath to be
heard in the house as he prepared for
it. Every eye was watching him.
saw him in all his glittering spangles
posing himself, grasping the bar be-
tween his fists and then launching out.
He sprang. There was q whlzz in
the air, and then like a flash the house
was in darkness. Every light had
gone out and you couldn't see the end
| OF your nose. Heavens! what hub
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 a wild cutlery about my ears
and lot OF people brushed past me.
No one knew what was the matter, and
in the panic some imp cried Fire. I
tried to speak, but | was hustled
against a wall, knocked down, tram
! pied on by dozen fest, and by the
time | got up the house was almost
clear.
Turn on the gas, I yelled, hoping
that some OF the hands would hear
me, and | was making for the meter
closet when | stumbled against some
one. | heard q voice, and a man al
most dragging woman brushed past
me. We were near the door, and a.
gimmer Of light from the lamp outside
fell on them. Never will | forget the
face of the young woman I saw reveal
ed there-the face of the woman who
had been in the box. l never saw the
like with fright and agony. Involun-
tarily [ lent a 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! 1t is my brother"
''Then 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, I heard a. strange,
scrambling noise and a clatter Of
glass where the big chandelier hung. [
was out in a jify and cropping about
for the gas meter closet. | found it
open, and as I felt about me was
suddenly pushed aside and a voice
cried OUT
"'A rope here. Give me a rope.
There is one there
81 had seen coil on the floor and
| know whoever had asked for it
had found it, when, a moment after,
heard q footstep hurrying away and
heard something dragging behind
them. But | didn't stop. I turned
on the gas, ran inside and had the lets
Harlng up as [ entered the auditorium
again.
:What a 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 a beam-a sort OF rafter-that
ran up to an apex in the primitive
little hall, was a man with g. rope
dangling from him. How he got up
there [ cannot tell. I have seen feats
IN my day, but holding to that rafter
and getting along it beats anything
I ever Witnessed. Well he reached
the top, got hold of the gas fix
ture, Slipped down and quicker
than | could tell had the
rope about the trapeze perforEllsr, and
there We're the two hanging up there
by a brass rod that might give way at
any moment. l could 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 single hand and climb
with his feet about the brass rod as
though it were a stout pillar. In an
other minute Snowy sank down and
fell; but only a few yards. After that
l saw the other end of therope slip up,
slowly, too, and down came the body
gentle to the floor. Ina minutes time
the other man was coming down the
rope hand over hand, and soon he was
standing beside me, putting with exer-
ton and as pale as death Itwas on
ly then / looked at Snowy At first
l thought him some one else. Ididn'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"
sAnd who was his rescuer," asked
the reporter.
''The young naval fellow. The
lover of his sister. Shehad 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 I had seen myself