Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-26


| nearly up 10 the roof. Here ~ last was y
chance To climb ont OF the window on 10
the roof No SURF thing, TO h. SURF Thcrc
was nothing to got bold Of on the roof 10
| pull myself IN with IL was not steep
roof, hut IL was not fiat one. and the
SLOPE was toward me There was actually
no way to hang on except by the friction
of'hnnds. arms and body on The slopng
roof. II ,vas taking long chances on slip.
ping, droppine down Into the court below
aud being picked Mp n shapeles. and man.
rle,i corpse But then II wanted 20 UT
out ] must take some chancer. ~ walt.
el much longer the police would BE- there.
So pulled down The top part u the win.
dow and worked myself out until ! at on
the sash with my legs dangling inside.
sitting this way Icould Just gct hold ofthe
cize u the roof with my hands. u felt Ike
a drcadfusy insecure bold. with tho aid II
those inside pushing up on my rect they
had endcavorcd to dissuade me from the
rash atiCmpD. I managed 20 wricglc my
hands aud arms along on the MOT until
WINS standing on the sash with not quite
half Of my body on the roof Obi how
did squec1s myself to that roof SUNG out
10 them down below u push up ON toe sob
little.
They weru all interested now, and hal
evidently almost forgotten about the
police
10 fee man killed 1. noa such an ever,
dag ocourrcncr. They pushel % the sash
little, and that Hhos,d mo u little farther
ur on the roof A Hide more and could
gct onc % nay knees on ". Bnt that little
morci The safh was getting 20 high up
that II was too Tar directly under the caves
20 DO me any good. so I took my feet ~
aud kicked OUT IN mid air 10 one swim
ming. That kick sent me \ little farther
along on tho roof. aud vas able TO hold
my own hy tho adhc i0n Of ny body and
clothing 90 the root Another kick NJ tho
risk Of slipping Oh. anil a lliilc mon holy
on roof finnilya knee: then both Knee.
and safety. My late fellow suhcrcrs-
whom ! could no longer sc,-gavc me
cheer when told them wns MI RIGHT
| was In position then whcrr could
help any one els to RET out with COMPARE
lively little danger By giving them hand
and pulling them up, ! tol1 them 40, aud
Ia tho oxnberance " my spirits Invited
them collectively 10 freedom. Int only
one, ayuung man about eighteen and liaLi
weight, was ,cniurc-gnic enough To acccpt
the invitation. pulled him ny quite easi.
/ ~. Then together We seAmpcrcd up nn the
roof Of tho front huilding, aud cauiiuuiy
looked over the coping down on tho crowd
which had gathered ON Fourth street AZ
the word that the gambling hou.e WIS IT,.
Ing pulled" such u the hupyanoy u
| youthful spirits that, fFom bglnga fcw min.
utos before nhicctly duwnoasis We were
actually having quite Jolly time; q rrl,u.
I larIark mp on the rooi. out of harms way.
I watching dctArhiaehi- Of ciiisons who had
La.
] ing toward the Hammond street station
under police escort. II wa M funny.
ilowe,er, when they had Oh gone We
thought ourselves that We could 40 too.
Besides, Il wa. getting late 80 We started
I 20 90. The building we were on stood ua
[ the corner, and those 10 the sou' d aud west
Of u were great deal lower They weru
old hrildlng-, aud this was new one.
still that lid not bother NJ much We
wrrr both active. aud all We had 10 do Ia
get on one Of the lower buildings nnd
thence 10 the ground was To slide down a
water conductor. Then We kkirnishcd
around for water conductor. We fouud
three, but unfortunately all wcrr Of Ia,
partly di.iointcd anh evidently eutirrly in.
capable OF sustaining either ~ our weights
!, began 10 dawn on ~ that we might
have 10 stay where We wcrc all night This
would be- awkward again. especially ~ We
might be arrested Ia the morning for not
bclug able 20 give an account Of our.alves.
We tired several scutile.. but all were
closed. aud We dared not make % noise for
fear u being mistaken Tor burglars anil
shot By amy one who might b. underneath
them. We wcrc PRETTY nrarly "up a
stump" whom We found vrntiiating sky.
light with side windows, 10 which was at.
tschtd a small rope, like ilag halliauis, fo-
raising the sides 81 the akyllght from be.
low. We pulled up this rupc-or ~ much
! OF u as We could-irom 10th sides. cut IL
oil and tied the plecos together. This ".
I proposed TO Ito around achimney and 40
/ down on Il TO the next roof but II wa
Z old and had bccn exposed 10 the weather
evidently long tine, aud u was question.
able whether or not Il would sustain our
weights.
! Va did the best we could To test II, hrac.
Ing oar feet against each others and pull.
ing ~ hard a. We could on the rope. y
small portion At a time, until We had gone
over u eniire length, A. IL didn't hrcak,
/ We concluded u would stand the strain, -
| We made one end OF Il fnst a. the iron brace
Of a chimney aud throw the other over tho
I coping. II did not quite reach tho next
roof. but Il would BE- a short drop from the
/ end OF the rope TO the roof Then the que..
tlon waswhoshould start hrst. weasferd
that as wa the heavier, II 1 started To 40
/ down and the rope broke. might break
my leg, but he would 10 LEFT on tho roof;
whereas, "a he wa, the lighter. u be went
down la safety and the rope broke while
was going down might break my leg but
/ he would he In shape 10 call an ambulance.
So h. started 10 gD down thr rope. aud no
made the dcsccut successfully.
Then came nay turn. | climbed over the
coping, but kept one hand held on IL, while
with the other held on 10 the .mall, worn
and rotten rope | hated awfully 10 let 20
that coping. II WIS twenty-five or thirty
feet down 10 that other root aud Il seemed
good deal farther, But theru Is no usa
hcsltuiing Well, hers goes plunki oh,
myi aui down on that roof hut | can't
get any wind Into my body, UGH Ughl
! can only grunt, Ny friend comes 10 my
assistance rnlls me around aud fcal. VI my
arms and lcgs, lie pronounce me sound
as a dollar, Meantime | begin 20 get a
tow short brcaths, Then my companion
tells mo that | had my legs ''scrouchod
up, a. he expresses Il, when / let go the
coping, that the ropo broke IL. soon as
put my weight ON Il, aud that came down
like IA shot out Of gum landing fairly
on tho most frequent resting place OF M
anatomy, That's what 40 completely
| knockod the wind out ot me.
w rot down all right then. went to the
hotel and washed oil the coal dust Of the