The Saint Paul globe., 1898-06-13

ed the form and muscles Of a trained
athlete. A couple Of young women
Wno had waited to see what was conn
ing off said Oh" and went off down
the bridge-about ten feet. The diver
climbed over the railing and tested the
board He felt it and looked about him
on each side. siThen IA stepped to the
end of the board 80 that his toes stuck
over couple of inches, brought his
hands up over his head, stood still for
minute, threw his hands down then
out, as jumper would, and as he
left the board he raised himself up
above 1T andastraightened his hands
above his head, just as he began to fa,i.
The women ON the bridge and half Of
the men shuddered little and turned
aside. When Fustin had dropped about
ten feet he brought his hands down and
threw his head back. He was making
good that endTof the bet which required
him to make g. back somersault. AS his
head went back he drew his feet up and
when he waslabout half way down he
made a sudden backward somersault,
coming erect habout twenty feet from
the water. He struck the water al
most upright, his feet little in front
or his body, perhaps, and before the
people quite understood that he had
struckthe was on the surface and swim
ming for the island, the current carry
ing him down stream to some extent.
The crowd began to applaud, and as
the sound reachedadown.to the daring
swimmer, he turned over in the water,
threw up both hands and waved them
In response to-the applause Dave Mar
TIN and his partner came UP to him
with their boat just then,;,b but he waved
the boat aside and swan for
the island Just before he reached
! the shore he saw that the current was
pretty strong and might carry him
| along pretty well, so he graSped the
stern Of the. boat and was towed up to
where a launch was beae he'd and climb
&c over the side. i
Just as the man jumped off the bridge
OficeraHoliand came along and looked
over the side. = He saw what had come
| off and that the diver was all right
Then he went off and telep1oned to
the station and met Billy TwOmbly
coming along hre athless just then, who
made a declaration to the effect that
| he had the bridge jumping privileges
ard wanted to kI-0w who was inter-
fering with his game.
1t took Tustin twenty7minutes to get
back into his street costume and get
up the steps, ard just as he got to the
top Officer Holland came down from
the station looking for him. Tustin
saw him. first and lodged over to the
other side of the bridge. He looked SO
little like man. who had just jumped
off brige that the policeman paid no
attention to him, and in a minute he
was in a carriage on his way, to a
down towns restaurant, where Mr.
Davis spent some 1.-The money that
he had won. The policeman went down
the steps to look for Tustin.
Tustin said that he had heen jumping
and diving for twelve years, since he
was thirteen years of age. He comes
from San Francisco, and has been doing
his sensational dive with the Fore
paugh-Sells slBros. aggregation all
OF this season. He said that the dive
from the bridge was much less hazard
Gus than that which he accomplishes
every day in the circus tent, for in the
latter case he only has tank contain
ing four feeti1depth of water to jump
into. He thought that the additional
depth in the river more than made up
for the difference in the height, for the
bridge is but savente en- feet higher than
his tower. l-