Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-04-27


proposed that she go to relatives
in an adjoining town to remain a
few days.
Karl's work was nearly completed,
and two days later he had put the
finishing touches upon globe and
cross until they shone in the light
of the setting sun brighter than
ever before.
The removal of the stages was
then begun, and the boards had been
taken down on all except one, when,
glancing upwards, Karl saw to his
amazement that he had left one OF
his tools on the cross.
Provoked with himself for his
carelessness, he took the piece of
rope he used in scaling the globe
and assembled the ladder to its top
most rung.
Making a moose in one end Of the
line, he then threw it over the cross
and by its means climbed to the
topmost side of the ball, and then
upon the cross.
The sinking sun was throwing a
golden light over the western sky
making the scene one of great
beauty, and Karl stopped a moment
to admire it from his lofty position
And while he gazed passers by
stopped in front of the church to
watch him.
Then a startling cry was borne
up to the steeple-jack, when he
looked down to the foot of the cross,
and came near fainting at the dis.
covery he made.
The rope by which he had as.
cended the globe, had somehow
slipped from its fastening and fall.
en- back upon the scaffold, cutting
off his means of retreat.
As Karl realized his helplessnes'
he grew dizzy, and would have fall
ell had not he caught with both
hands upon the cross.
The spectators rushed wildly tc
and fro, and others joined the
group, but not one of them dared
to 60 to the rescue Of the helpless
man.
Karl grew calmer in a few mo-
ments, and as he gazed down upor
the men and women so far beneath
him that they looked like pigmies
he could think of only one whc
was capable of saving him.
"Brownie!' he shouted at the tor
of his lungs, tell Brownie t.
come!
It was soon learned that she wa
ten miles away, when the fleetes
horse in Cavendish was harnessed
and it's owner started post haste fol
Little Brownie.
1t was already growing dark, AM
it must be two hours before Brow
ME could be brought to the place
Could Karl bear up for that length
of time? II was not unusa
for steeple-jacks, even after year
of experience, to suddenly los
their presence of mind, become
dizzy, and fall from their loft,
perch.
Realizing his situation, it was
fearful ordeal for Karl, but b,
clinging to the cross he managed
keep his position, while he waited
impatiently for The hoped-for rescue
Fortunately, the night was no
very dark, for q full moon lightet
the earth with its mellow rays, 81
Karl, looking like a mere speck il
the distance, could be seen by tn
anxious watchers.
Nearly two hundred people hal
collected about the place before Littl
Brownie arrived, and Mrs. Brun
was nearly wild with grief.
Without showing any hesitation
in attempting her hazardous under
taking, Little Brownie, with col
of rope upon her arm, assembled til
tower. Then up she climbed to tn
uppermost loophole, and the watch
ers saw her step boldly upon th
scaffold.
karl's hope rose, and as she as
cended the ladder to the topmos
rung, he began to devise some wa.
for her to get upto him. Just the
his eye fell on her hood, lying yet a
the foot of the cross.
Shouting to Brownie to keep quie
a moment, he tore the hood int
strips and fastening them togethe
let one end of the line down to her