The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13
UUEy LfGH TNING HIT HIM.
Badly SinGed Miner Tries 10 ie''
How He Felt.
From n, D,nv>r Er,nina Post.

From n, D,nv>r Er,ninG Post.
Albert Mantey has escaped the Jaws OF
death. survived the crack OF doom-his
doom--and now lives to talk OF the terrors
~ sudden humiliation or the lack OF ter
ror which is more marvellous still. Mantey
is man OF giant frame. miner thirty
wears old who weighs 200 pounds. He lies
In tho county hospital. burned from head
to heel, sore. immovable. but getting bet
ter.
Mantey was struck by lightning last Tues
day afternoon. fifteen miles from Denver.
while he and H. R. Van Derck and Il. IL
Fling residents of Denver, were driving
along In an express wagon toward Mount
Vernon on a camping out trip. The herce
fire from heaven scared the hesh on DOM
sides OF his face, along his breast. and
down his back, and spent its force upon
metal truss which hung ABOUT MS Ioahs
and probably saved his life. Van Derck.
who lay in the bottom OF the wagon, and
Fling. who sat beside Mantey. escaped with
out injury, without even sustaining snock'
one OF the horses attached to the venice
was killed 60.
II don't know how to begin to tell about
e. said Mantey yesterday. There was
so much about II that can't descrlbe. SO
much glare. such queer ieeiing OIL non |
know how to tell you-a hot feeling IN my
head, not NnpltdSHHl, 'houbh' "'' 80
OF notion that was flying apart. all into
littlo strips, light, like feathers floating
away into yellow space .
.'I,ut how did you feel when 1t hap
pcned?" he was asked.
wei that's Just it," said Mantey.
.Thcre seems to be Il little bruised spot in
nv mind anl when try to turn my me-
lnory back to that time it hurts
What hurts. your head?
$50, my mind; 1t don't seem to be my
.
Try to .ecollect. will YOU" ne was
'Wcil, gc were jogging along. Fling was
talking about something. don't know Just
what. wasn't paying much attention 10
lin. I was thinking about something else
| WIS tlinkinE-my, how my NINA nurtS'
"What were you thinking
you'll laugh at me, II was such Darn
| fool thing" said Mantey; but there had
been some rain, and | was looking at the
horse thai logged along ahead on my sldc
Of trc wagon The heavy breeching, you
know, the leather strips, the back part o.
The harness that goes over the hlps' wH
beginning to chafc the hair off his sides
or so II looked to me.
al every Jog II rubbed him more. and
ITS skin was beginning to finch under It. anC
| | vns lust going to tell Fling that Thought
wc ought to stop and loosen up the harness
In some way, or drop the breeching alto
| gether whcn--:hc yellow came. That S tht
! only way can describe lt-the !eiloW hasl
| that came and stayed.
The funny part OF it was that III
amongst all the other feelings, cOulu see
Thai old horse Jogging along, Jogging alont
not all OF him, you know, Just his hips
| and the brccchinG that kept rubbing.
| admit nave an ache or pain. ManteI
| went on, mot the FIRST bit OF trouble.
| didn't even know that anything had hap
! nened only | wondered at the yellow ina
| las ey,rvwhcrc and the hot feeling in IN!
| head. and | thought it vas kind OF strange
that should feel so light and all split up
I couldn't see anything but the old horsT
hips, ana 1t looked after awhile as Il W.
we're away Up in the air somewhere.
nnonting and he tust jogging along ih'
same AS evcr--tee. how my mind pain
me-"
| And now long did this last@'
al don't know how long but IL was til
| | felt something sting my face, Then tn
yellow AMI the old horse faded away, an
the doctor said, How are you, Mantey
and [ said. What, me? I'm all right An
then found myself all bundled UP In cotto
aud M aches aud pains sat in