The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-07-02

Inc color of his face was TRANSPARENT
blue, and it was distorted and twitchins
as if he was in fit. His eyes were very
wild and drawn into a squint, and he
couldn't sit steady, but swayed his BODY
backward and forward so that | felt
certain that he must topple over.
Come, Jem, lad said, thinking To
take the fright off him; it bad enough,
but it can't be mended. Hitch up a bit
and put your arm around the rod-may-
be it will steady YOU"
Where are you? and where is this
rod:' he asked, in very hollow voice.
though he was looking straight at me,
and tie rod was only foot or two to
his left. By this l knew that he was
gone blind with the fright; and self
preservation said, Don't go near him;
but then | remembered his new welded
wife, and that taking him all through
he was always very decent fellow; and
thought how | should have liked him
to have done if had been in his case:
so determined to run bit of risk in
his favor. Of course burst not get on
my feet; but working myself on by my
hands, | got to him, and putting my
arm around his waist, and telling him
as cheerily as | could to keep cool, got
him with his arm around the rod. It
had, however, sprung the stapling for
five yards down, and was SO loose that
it swayed with him, and expected any
minute to see him falling head and heels
down and the rod tearing away with
him.
There was great hustle down below:
people were running around the yard
and pushing to get in, but as yet there
were but some score of men at the foot
OF the chimney, and by close looking
saw them put somebody on board end
carry him gently away toward the en-
glne house. One of the men walked
after with hat in his hand; / knew
then that somebody had been hurt bv
the falling cradle, and that it must be
poor Mr.. Staining, as none of our men
wore hats. Not face was turned up to
us. | learned afterward that our men
were so taken up with sorrow that 30
good man and so kind master should
be killed, that for awhile they had
never q thought about MS, and the peo-
pie outside imagined that we had come
down with the cradle, SO thus we were
left in isolation for twenty minutes.
While | was Watching them below,
feeling very sorry for my poor master,
was startled by a wild laugh from Col
ly, who began making cat calls and
yelling as if he was possessed. Then
knew that he had gone mad. Even
now I tremble when I think of that
time; it was horrible to peer down the
shaft, black and sooty and yawning.
and scarcely less SO to look outside ano
see d flight of pigeons sweeping around
at considerably less height than we
We're. Then Colly-thaEk God, he was
SO daZed that he could not see me
called my name three times. is | sat
fairly cTinging III dread that his sight
might clear, and with glastly grin
and chewing with his mouth lie began
working himself toward Lle.
worked away from him as noiselessly
as l could, with every hair Of my head
standing on end He followed me twice
around that horrid coping. making most
hideous noises. and then having come
second time to the rod, he got an idea in
his m,lddled head that / had fallen over.
for he never lost sense Of where he
was all through this trying time. Then
he tried to get on his feet, but at the
risk OF my own life could not let the
poor fellow rush to certain death with
him to sit down; he covered down like
a whipped dog, all trembling. l SUP
pose it had been pnt into his head that
was a dead man speaking to him.
That morning my wife had got a let
ter from Ter sister in Canada, and as
there were parts we could not make oat
| had put it i'll my pocket, intending to
get our tl,neieeper to read it for lno.
1t had a scrap of uncovered paper ut the
bottom, and by another good providence
/ happened to have bit OF red lead per-
Gil In my pocket. wrote or the paper,
Get us down-Colly's gone mad this
| shut in my tobacco box. and was fcrtu-
nate enough to drop it just 1T the feet Of
two lnea who were standing b. the er-
gine house door.
Directly all was hustle to rescue us.
They got the kite.sup again, and /
watched it mounting slowly-slowly:
and when the slael1ftwine fell between
Colly and myself | took it in my hand
and could have kissed it. Poor Colly. |
with his teeth chattering, still fancied |
was spirit, and / did all could to
favor that idea until they got another
cradle up to us. Then having got him