The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
in the slereop,icon mans eyes grew deeper, bu,

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Then lind - hi, Of rope, | shouts, There {,
a piece mere an m cryin' with fear
Where SAYS the boy. showed him where
an old ruIs.s end was hanging and he went tu g"t
T. ! could feet my hands growing weaker and !
lets goa gruan
Hurry, boy hurry" says
u matches him dimbin' toward the r"p" an
then all of ~ sudden h. stops ami looks ASHORE
Is some one ,pmln' Shouts.
Nav says the boy. It's The COWS go, lni"
the timothy
"t;ood Lord remembered seem the COW IN
the timothy an hour before an WISHED I'd turned
It out But only shouted t. he boy.
Hurry with the rope, ! shouts or III drown .
"iiurss y"ull have To- Hall n whlle. he says
I've got Io Turn the COW outn IA" timothy
oh hang The timothy. screams.
That settles H. SAYS III. boy. That's Dad =
timothy, Now you WIN out
"lie ran up I" the bank an me calm and
screamin' and beggln' him not To- let me die, an
| could hear III" COWS bell ianglln as the boy
chased her away, Say, WASH I tha awful
"lldN, hhw, haw laughed IA gasmhn Say
that's The FUNNIEST ever ,lachrd upagin. Say I'll
Civ" u thousand bills Ia seen yut. haugin th-rr.
and ho"lin llk" a hN"na. Say, q Lib" Ia meet
thai boy and blow HIM of tn SumethIn' Just once .
: The St"renptr"n ma smiled, too as 'llc wtN
manacng. hut III" gaNuan didnt notice o.
well, sr, hung there AZ heart lhn cowh,ll
grown fainter an fainter. rs the boy C.rSrd tua
what td' btn plsr' wnul be Ike, aId # there
was NY chance NJ beaver. NJ | trlnd t. count
mp all the decent things III ever doue. ana soc
# thaN'i bria.cr some Il ihr rrruknd thiuus
m n"Isrrru how deep the water wa>. and
what the bottom Was like; and # there were le",u"S
uowu there. cause Knew that ir"cEee y suck
q dfoNu'Gei mans blood. IN thought about
The Sl"reuptcu1, HHd the show 'hai WAS due Al
hrlf pa = aud how the ueoplo'd be- S'rriS'd when
did $40" up an | thought ot about n mil
lion other thugs IN all the time was whoopin'
anu hoNIlu lib" the whistle on a sea tug
But by that time was about givin. out |
was g.ttln wrHh an there was queer things
hn0ln IN frott 81 my lamps, an my fingers was
numb an the c"wb"Il was still clangin' n long
way of.
It's good bye thinks an then ! hears voices
al men iunniu. | thinks II ! kin hold NJ n
minute longer I'm saved, hl, my strength was
gone | lrr"d 10 hold ON. but 1t wasn't any use,
my fingers let 60. and ! sank,
Down down. down for about a foot Then
| stopped. My chest IVES above water, and |
ruulu feel the mud ruuuIn' into my boots
IN YOU wasn't arnE n ded, said the gaSman,
IN tones ot deep disappointment.
An the water was Only about tour fee, deep"
u guess 1t was four feet and a half"
"\u' yod was hangir' there AL The time vorryir'
thatsmarth boy, an h"wlIn' Ikea Bowery barker
witn Your toes bout tonchin' bottom
An two NJ tire" galabos to stand an laugh
nj We, bv the time YOU CrgNl"d OUT
"lhats night, SAID tn Screoptlcon man, and
his smile Was heComlng deadly
We'll say, began Tn" gasnan, your the
worst
Hold on"
The gasnal bit his last word in two and stood
wltneyeSaud mouth wide oInn.
Pretty gnoi story, hay Diet nded the stereop
t.,oa MAJ wltn fire Ia his eyes
"bI YOU yes
THE laugh .oa me-, aIn'tit''
u Suoll4 say
An didut have no sense, en-
"Not "a part
IN the boy done JUS right TO chase COWS,
'Slesu % helplN' me- OUT
Well 'Spu~a The hoy anew