Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-05
A PERIL0US HOUR.


was apprcnticed TO decorative /
painter. hut being Of bold, danger low
inc tnrn, rsn away to sea before my |
tlms was ont. After somo years 1 tired |
~ n maritime life. and having married |
aud determined to stick 90 the shore, ! I
gnt work with builder whose peculiar |
pre Law IN erect.ue tall chimncys. had |
aivays very cool head. and could stand |
ON elevations that made most men dizzy, |
and 20 was soon "a iayorite hand with
nv MASTER
We had on one occasion to faston n
LIGHTNING conductor which had sprung
near thc topof vcryhigh chimney, and
Mr.. Staining chose myself and one
James Colly to do It ~ the most daring
of his men. About half u dozen Of rs
went That morning witha hand cart con.
tanning the necessary ropes, blocks, tie
Kite aud box or cradle. Having flown
the kite and dropped It's line across the
ton OF the chimney, we soon drew mp u
rope. at the end OF which waa n block,
through which ran the limo whereby we
were 20 bc drawn up.
Colly had only boon married u fort.
night, and rs wo stepped into tho cradle,
tie men bantcFingiy asked him II no
hadn't q last dying speech 20 leave for
his wife; and then, Mr.. Staining hayiiiB
shaken hands with rs, and bid ~ DO
cool aud steady, we were drawn slowly
up. II was known all over the town that
the conductor wins TO be- fixed, anyl tue
streets were throngcd with staron.
Colly was very quiet, and when waved
my cap TO the people 10 raid snappIshly
thatths was no timc Tor such folly, and
that he thought might think Of bottcr
things than how to ainusc these gaping
fools. who he dared say, desired no bot
tcs fun than 10 SEQ us mectwith an acct
dent
had come up In the best heart, think.
INK indeed nothing about the danger We
incurred, but as we drow nearer and
nearer 60 the top. and had nothing, ~ Il
seemed. belonging 10 this world near to
Us but this straining rope, | began 20 sec
the peril OF the undertaking. Mhut
Colly thought vi II don't know. lie
rat at the bottom Of the cradle, never
looking out. though / told him he would
do better to keep his eyes about him, 30
that he might grow used 10 tho height.
Good heayJil what was this. Here
we wcro within yard Of the top pro.
jecting coping, and still they were wind.
ing away. without Stacking speed Ia the
least; guessed In a moment that they
mistoos our height. aud that with the
great purchase of thnt windlals the ropa
would be broken whom the cradle camo
TO The block. l sprang ny, aud catch-
ing tho rope, climbed hand over hand
TO the coping. Colly, too. sprang up
and followed me. He, too, got up safci
and still thoy went on winding up, till
the rope sung again with the strain.
Then Il snapped. aud cradle, hauling
limo and the main ropa with It's block,
fell down. Vus we were two poor
men left ina ihost desperate situation.
Poor Colly was completely dazcd with
alright, and the moment no got onshc
coping, which was only foot and q half
broad ho called cut. where can /
prayy where can | lmccl and prayf'
And so l said worry solcmnly, "Sit down,
Jom; God will hear ~ II we pray to him
sitting down. :.
The color OF his face WAS transparent
blue, and It was distorted and twilching
as II he was in n TT. His eyes were worry
wild aud drawn into a squirt, and EC
couldn't it steady, but swuyed his body
backward and forward so that felt
certain that he must topplc over.
Come, Jem, lad" said, thinking "a
take the fright on him; Its bad enough
but 1t can't DO mendcd. Hitch up BIZ
aud put your arm around the rod-may
be it will steady YOU
Where arc your AMI where "a THU
rody' he asked, In q very hollow voice
though he was looking straight at me
and the rod was only foot or two {,
his left. By this | know that he WA
gone blind with the fright; and sell
preservation said, Don't so near him
but then remembered his new weldo,
wife, and that taking him all through
he was always very deccut fellow; ant
l thought how should have liked hin
10 have done II had been in his case
10 determined 10 run bit Of rick II
his favor. or course burst not get OF
my feet; but working myself on by IN,
hands, ! got to him, and putting IN,
arm around his waist, and telling hin
~ cheerily ~ fcould TO keep cool, go
him with his arm around the rod.
had, however, sprung the stapling 70
five yards down, and was so loose tina
1t swayed with him, aud | expected an.
minute tosoe him falling head aud heel
down and the rod tearing away will
him.
There was great hustle down below
people were running around the yari
and pushing to get IN, but rs yet thor
were but some score Of men at the FOO
OF the chimney, and by close looking
saw them put somebody on u board an
carry him gently away toward the IN
cine house, Ono Of the men Wake
after with hat in his hand, / kno,
then that somebody had been hurt b
the falling cradle, and that II must b
poor Mr.. Staining, rs none of our me
wore hats. Not face was turned up I
Us. learned aftorwarl that our me
were so takon IN with sorrow that 4
good q mainland 30 kind master chou
DO killed, that for awhile thoy hu
mover thought about uu, and tho pc
pie outside imagined that we had con
down with the cradle, 30 thus we we
left In isolation for twenty minutes.
While | was watching them belo,
feeling very sorry for my poor mastg
was startled by u wild laugh from G,