The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-25

lead were fastened to them. So realistic
was this that 1 afterwards asked them il
some OF the men did not hold them down.
Up, up went for length of time which
seemed TO me hours in duration. Every
strand IN the rope rs it PASSED over the
limb sent Jar through nv head as
though a railroad train were running over
it.
AT last I stopped Then came a wild
roaring and surging as Of the sea. a
thousand times magnified 1t grew in
volumes, II you can imagine such a thing,
ana then came rocking and banging
as though my head were a waterlogged
vessel rocking on the waves and beating
against the rocks, and with it all nv
heau began to grow, or, rather, my brain
seemed to expand and push the skull
outward until for size there is nothing
could compare it with. The curious
thmg is that my skull seemed to expand
Iaterally, while it did not grow any higher
nor spread in the fronttnor the back. The
weight on my feet increased until I
thought my legs would be dragged out OF
their sockets
Then l fell, miles, miles, miles, as
though from a fearful height, until [
came to the ground with a fearful crash.
Inc shock rendered me nearly insensi-
Die. was lifted to d sitting position and
the rope about my neck was lOosened
Somebody gave me drink of whisky
l could not see anything, for around me
were playing beautiful lights, which
nearly blinded me, each one sending a
sharp pain through my brain Then my
brain began to contract and if the pain CT
The expansion was great the pain of the
contraction was agOni1ing. Smaller,
smaller it grew, until it seemed almost
the size of pinpoint, with an ache as
sharp as the point of a. needle. ! BEGAN
to distinguish voices then, and somebody
was asking me to tell how l did it. BY
some accident l said When" Last
night was the reply, seeming to come
from great distance.
PULLED UP AGAIN.
81 recollected then not only the crime
OF which [ was accused, out the man
whom l had befriended. The recollection
acted like stimuant, and / got strength
enough to tell them Of the big fellow and
describe him. | told them to find him
and he would verify my story. They told
me l lied, and shouted: up with him
again !" was lifted to my feet. / no.
ticed that my hands were all bloody, but
| did not know where the blood came
from until rough hands fitted the knot
under my ear, when felt it rasp against
the raw flesh. The skin had been broken
and the blood had flowed down my shirt
front, which had been neryously pick
ing with my fingers while talked
Then they pulled on the rope again
and | again began my flight upward The
old sensations were repeated until, as my
head seemed lifted on a wave higher than
the others, | suddenly lost consciousness.
There was no shock, but ! seemed TO stop
in midair aud be annihilated.
Il had had no visions, no procession of
the acts of my life had passed before me
as | hung there. Other people say they
have seen these as they were approaching
death, but l did not 1t was just fearful
agony and then a blOtting out. But the
agony was present from the moment my
feet left the ground until l lost conscious
ness. No dreams, no pleasant visions, no
gradual ana dreamy drifting into another
land. Only pain.
''Well, when I came too, for, of course
I revived, or [ would not be talking to you
now, / was lying in my bed at the hotel
1t seems that oneof the men had suddenly
recollected seeing big man with a red
beard and had suggested that perhaps
was telling the truth. | was lowered to
the ground and carried to the hotel, while
several OF the party started of to look for
the big fellow. They found him asleep at
the camp, where the wor6men were sleep
ing, and brought him out of his bed at the
point of the pistol. When he learned
what was the matter he was perfectly
willing to come He identified me and
zorro bora ted my story.
FINAL RECOVERY.
"All this was told me afterward, for l
lay two weeks in delirium. The rough
men, kind at heart, took turns in nursing
me through the illness which they had
caused, and did all they could to atone
for what they had done. 1t was a month
before was able to move, but as soon as
l could walk l left town. My money,
with the 800 bill, was returned to me,
and the landlord told me I had no bill to
pay. l was urged to remain, but I had
had enough of western life and came east
as fast as steam could bring me, and l
have never since had any desire to go
west again. have never suffered any
after effects, and all have to remind me
of that terrible experience is this scar on
my neck"