New-York tribune., 1897-01-03

ON THE WAY.
From The Chicago Times Herald.
Henry NJ Colcord the artist. has studio in the
A,uditor1m 1,a tower He has weakness for high
upon his back on slender manila rope across
i @ G Ha TS @ @ % n to se hs wh
cuar sensation incident TO such a hazardous feat
Colcord. but now not a deed to the whole city Of
Chicago could tempt me TO 90 out a foot over that
Explain save s in BoH
din or utter failure to realize the attending dan
"Blondln and were with the Rave pantomime
troupe for long while AfterwarS they wer; r;
Nibio's every winter and travelled the rest OF the
dsr I e Se
such as RaOu or the MaSf sS staT we
we're we're at cncinns the a thought S % Of Crossing
agara Falls tlghtrope came to Blondin. He
reaching Niagara Biondin talked of crossing the
river on ghtrope and he was & declared to be 1aG ni
Porter owned Goat Island and Its approaches as
10 let us sp put end Of the on his
The first idea was to 60 sraight over rd the he verge y
carrying out Of intention. Finally we got hold
sroands 81 %sn bea%een the FAILS and the 6Ts
place was called Point Prospect From White 1ts we we
R1sasrS y os asns1n TSs
feet and tht height above the water was as9 feet;
ws sa 1aoaS nGss In ase e
ns and about sa then % the the wesh SIs was Of @ manila
line when te You that after all our ss,S eOrts ;s., to
pull i au there was s 9o S.sS sSores G ny at Ies M
Gy nes Of weny fee There
space Of forty feet in the middle where the rope
"The rope was stretched in the summer Of 1s5s ISIS
and was left all winter without injury Biondia
maae ns Tst went ovr His cron
piece Of daring was walking on stls: aSw % ne ne r e,a
plain. and doubt if Blondin himself could give a
satisfactory explanation 1t required masteriu'
day ,ss ssa pSsh Ss SsU %as to joking saTy sSd
consented There were 100000 people present on the
that put & my "a arms wo soqre hoopron
hooks. which he attached either side OF his belt
will not attempt to tell all felt as we went 1af 1"f
kept nv eyes open and looked down without feel
Ing dizzy 1t was supreme momeht, ana nc lied e
through the ordeal. l looked TO the further snore
The Thev stood silent and fearful / do not believe one
person in that throng enjoyed the perilous scene.
I'm order that Blondns limbs might roe hoI De mann nnnn
his shoulders legs resting very lightly 30 in rnS rne
we a re oSi forty es
to dsmount three times 10 rest myself. Ire re nrss
srowd s% dS Mnan sn paced
lightly on Blondn's shoulders and stood win IN, my
ward and downward 10 be used balancing me-
dium. Reaching the last guy rope on the Cana
ahead of us forty feet of line unprotected by lines
With his foo, resting on the last guy rope B Bionoa
this unsupported place, do not attempt to balance
yourself BE perfectly passive as thougn you % were ne
On Q '' You depends the safety of our passage Then
he stepped out toward the swaXng centre H leaned an
away over to the right; to me 1t seemed our bodes
were parallel with the earth. nerved ny,h, myswh,
however In a moment he regained ms f,qqn, eqqnn1n,
rir,, and
could not regain his balance readily His move
ments were not unlike those OF oey iareS and ran
his object being to reach the first guy rope on rne
STEADY foo thold and regain his poise. He reached
the place At that instant felt something shake
oscillation OF the rope and Blondin had started TO
run again. lie made the knot OF the next guy line
and 5esre e hs sa '% and
had done before. This time II was he VINO was ex.
were He on Ss ss His His stood out
cords. ,,. 4. ,o ar.u, rA.r the
Within 100 feet the lines end had arms ops snd
their eyes had something Of almost agony IN dnnIs tneh
ss Ssy
ihan n dnai either SeTTS Blondin %Hn or myself
ha Of he erOssns Many
t that TT the feat would be ACCOMPLISHED 1t was one
10 10 the i"es shore end Of lines and pulled
hard enough TO break at the main main Gae'e h kno }"s'
Nothing but the magnificent nerve Of ,raS the rope o
walker saved him and me from pens hurieu ~
our death in the river below =. -
"Rondin carried me across again that summer
and again in the summer Of 1860 The Iast s,Ip "TRIP
was made in the presence Of the Prince or Waies
who was one of the enormous crowd In ATTENDANCE
The Prince begged to do nothing unusual pc
cause he ha ppened to be there. Blondin told MN
that the usual performance would be enacted, 'un-
less your Royai Highness wishes to vary the pro
gramme by letting carry you across. Inc
Prince 'grinned all over.
After had gone across with Blondin for the last
time Erastus Corning. of the NeW-lork Sentra
Railroad. handed check for 1900, ana then
pmtting his hand on my shoulder said MY boy
i'il give you a check for another $1,000 If you VIII
promise never 10 do II again. 80 -,
"At the time Of our first crossing together tne
Washington Grays. a New York military organiza-
ton were present; A woman had seen the ,,Ini man
Who attempted to break the guy rope. The Wash,
ington Grays sent out a description Of him and
offered 81 600 reward for his capture. but he was
never found. - . -
~ age and Is vet giving tght-rope exhibitions
in London friend Of mine leaves for England
ibe man with whom l took the perilous Journeys
across the Niagara
HE WANTED HIS BREAKFAST.
From The Washington Post