The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-29
Rom snca OF an Elevator.

assembled to the observatory on the twenty
first floor Of the Masonic temple the other day
and was rewarded with a bird eye view of
Illinois, says a writer in the Chicago Ne1rs.
Just as we were ready TO start from the main
floor lady and gentleman, dressed to the
limit Of fashion. entered and pushed their way
TO the rear Of the car. The lady in the case
was extremely good-looking. with the easy.
TRANQUIL air of one enjoying solely the sweets Of
life, with nothing 70 do but be charming in re-
turn. The gentleman was smart-lookinR, as the
companion Of such glorious creature should
be: AS soon as the two entered the boy who
JuRgles the elevator slammed the gate and
Jerked the lever to his right
ms Is the signal to get nervous; but we
weren't going 10 scare so easily. We all had our
lungs well inflated and were quite prepared for
the great boost
Up we bounded! floors piled on foors-doors
and brown ceilings shot downward in such num-
oers and with such rapidity that it seemed we
must be near the moon when the man at the
helm shouted reassuringly: "Ten!'
That was quite enough for the lady. She
shouted: stop fl l don't want to go any
higher; take us down.
Whether the boy at the lever didn't hear her
or didn't wish to, don't know can only aver
that we continued to go at terrific rate, while
noors' marble columns and things fitted down
ward IKE typewriter's love letters through q
mail chute. Still the lady begged and implored
him. stop it'll faintr' and uttered similar
ominous and fearful prophecies 1t might b..
recorded that we all shared her feelings The
stond inquire at the helm never moved Every
moment 1t seemed we should strike the roof
We held our breath and stood on tiptoe-aud
sSii the maddened ear flew relsntlessly along
Fifteenth"
1t passed like flash, and up-up-up we
continued In our wild career, expecting every
moment 20 be dashed through the roof, while
everything h else In the world kept going down
far down beneath us. 1t was horrible The
laoy enporings by this time were heartrend-
ing 10 near and we we're al as white as sneets
IN West Madison street lodging house And
A. ha
up we tore faster than ever against the roof
That man was bent on our destruction and our
blood ne must have What with the lovely
passengers piteous shrieks and NV own desire
TO see the worlds fair 1 grew desperate. I
thrust my hands to the depth of my trousers
pockets and tished for quarter, but in vain;
hadn so much. My last hope OF moving the
man at the lever was now gone.
Seventeenth" Great Scott would he have
no mercy No, no-up we few The lady sank
unconscious on the necktie Of her companion
VINO In turn stood badly in need of support.
was IN doubt whether to swoon or to stolidly
wait for the last awful moment to arrive
just as We were prepared to shake hands with
the ooatman pale noticed a slight movement
on the part OF the Mephistopheles at the lever
yes, he had grasped it in his hand impaired
this Information to the others who Immediately
looked up with renewed hope. Yes, the speed
was surely siackening-we felI it. Nineteenth
top floor" II was a critical moment-would
u STOP or would we go crashing through the
rooI! IL stopped-yes, very slowly, but decid-
edly-lt stopped We were safe at last
Inc falr passenger had now fully recovered
her wits and was beginning to move slowly out
yet still fearful of the step from the car to the
moor. However. she passed it in safety. Once
upon the floor she burst into the most musical
peal OF laughter have heard since the bichlo-
rlde OF COLO fad came In vogue. Then, looking
PACK, she IaVlshed such a sweet, distractinR
oewitching smile upon that elevator boy as to
cause the ticket seller to fall from his high
cnalr Then she walked up to the observatory
AS was descending half an hour later the
great structure rang with the most awful
shrek have heard since / left Oklahoma
There was the lady descending at the rate of
100 knots an hour, her hands raised wildly in
the air in an imploring gesture to the man at
the lever. AS she gained the mosaic floor I
heard again that silvery peal of laughter and
descended 10 time to catch her beaminR as be
fore upon the onraptured elevator boy,