The Washington weekly post., 1900-05-08
S4.N FKSHER'S
ROLLER-COHSTER.
ry CHARLES a LOOMS

C-e day i1 early ep-lrE sam Fisher went
Cavr TO New York with bis father and
visited |ouey Island ard lCT the first
.ua .U bus .iir took a ride on roller
...-.-" For the benefit Of those chill
... Who have nor yyy tasted l1s COM
..-.. horror and delights ~ th.s re-
.r an.r invention b vlh describe Be-
Fl. IS an inclined railway several hundred
.- long N,u climb Up e. ladder or o.
-. .. stairs and seat yag- IN .u car
.- box on wheels. Then an attendant
.... tas car a shove and yOu glide along
f.a railway for q few feet and then -ak-
sudden dip. leaving YOUR heart behind
g... and experiencing that sensation that
comes 90 yol when go. drop fourteen
stories Do an express elevator. You bob
.t-s one or tso Ul.a. and tas1 fetch up
r-a'r ou a level stretch or else .n 'h'
water. when rhe car s.u0s- through ii-
water Ike % hoa-. T. YOU survive the hTs,
shock zou are crazy foE more and Deys
aE- girls are 20 happily constituted mat
they a.2ays 10 survive 90, first shock.
M- Fisher. Sam father e. a rather
rsrvoa- man. and Do did NOT want Saw
20 g, alone so De- gor into jas car wi.H
him. although be- exH.steI tu Dr. brought
back ON % shutter Es grabbed ,hs sides
..fu % -asMrl az II his nails would pierce
Tie wood As the car shot forward De
..r.ske8 90 the top OF Eis lungs. stop
'.. .ar"' 20 ine great aWgs,Usn' OF the
...HrArIE. but yoI might a- Sra Try 10
e... "a skErogEet aftor .J has 60. ,eu itH-
.Hag from the ground as TO STOP roller
coaster after % has begun Sos Journey.
and POOR Nr. Fisher was cpmreI'ea 80
..f DIS moneys worth and ride ont 20
--a on th- terrible invention. uf course
Sam was wildly hilarious. and wanted 30
-.3e some more. arG Mr.. Fisher being
rg15-N4tureI mau. consented. Gut hr said
FOO tNs attendant. "I wouldn't go through
that eypsrl-..e again for all the money
that IS made IL COIey Island IN q sea-
F0-"
Aftlr sam returned home he told all the
}oy- On tra ueighb0rhood about the roller
coaster. ana they were crazy 20 20 TO
"ausy Island. l.t WhitCvllo. thn village
where they lived is over 100 miles from
-nr coast and few ~ thcm had ever been
farther than a score Of miles from home
One day sam went TO the post-Ofice with
p.h Garrison. and although there were no
letters Cor either boy. there was the Eas.-
er ramu.- OF the POy's Playmate. TO
which Eut was a subscriber.
"Ur e8Gdy." said Bob Tin go'n' TO
s'r down here under the tree as long as
there's ro letters for the house and read
.To.rl 90 Win DID you read IT last
v..kr Jim vas riding on a freight car.
and ha had Just seen the headlight Of the
express on the same track when the chap
trr ended"
The boys walked over 10 a maple tree
that already gave quite a little shade. 1t
ua- early in May. sam was looking over
Hga's shoulders at the pictures. when he
CAV. a shout.
bob. there's the very thing-the roller
coaster. II tells you how TO make oner'
IE q moment Bob had forgotten Jim in
h- pcrilous position OF a weeks stand
ing and the two boys sat down under
the tree TO read an account Of how to
i.i.d a roller coaster I'm your back yard.
"Rut We haven't a back yard" said
Bob when they had finished
Goose" said Sam; If it'll DO in a
beck yard. what's the matter with the
orchard or around the house. Say we
bIiII one as high as our house. ana have
.r run around the house two or three
times and then 90 in at the front door
and out the back door"
"Thatd be bully" said Bob. You have
such a long hall there'd be plenty OF time
10 slack up. But I'm no good with a
hammer, and l don't believe that | could
build one"
Well can. The instructions are Just
as easy, and Zack will help 40. And. say.
we can use some Of those two-by-fours
and those telegraph poles that papa's
been cutting 10 send 10 the telephone
company"
The boys raced home fun of the idea
Zack, the hired man, was In the barn
throwing down some hay far the horses
"/ack, will you help US build roller
coaster" said Sam.
What's a roller coaster?" said Zack.
leaning on his pitchfOrk
"HO, don't know what a roller coaster
is?' said Bob deIisively.
We'll, neither did You till l told yer"
Sam was fond of Zack and he objected
90 BOb's manner.
sam explained the contrivance and then
showed Zack the article.
You see its just as easy 10 make"
said he. "All you've got To 90 is 10 make
four wheels and Il wagon box and a
frame 10 hold the track and run up
ladder 10 the top and away Wen go"
lack was handy man and he said. Il
guess We can fix one up in d little while !
u reads awful easy. And / think that |
II ! r-G up u holster so that you can pull |
Tie car 20 the top and then make il a |
circular railway all around the house and /
The outbulldings you can ride all day /
%''rr You We started. il there's some one /
by 10 maui you up each time"
NEaJH you use 10 build il WITH Do |
you suppose papa would object il We used |
those t@o-by-fours and The telephone /
pulrsr'
IL don't know" said Zack. hesitatinglv.
M sure he wouldn't if YOU only used |
them tempo-tempOrarily." put in Bob !
tie likes 10 see You happy, sam"
Well We can't ask him because he's |
away said Sam. u guess IN take the
Tesp-Tesp--"
Responsibility" put in Zack. smiling.
When man has the right kind OF tools
and The materials and an article written
In simple language, with plenty Of pc
lures 10 guide him and the knack cf il
besides. he can't go far wrong. and Nv
mghual Zack, with the boys heIp. had
fashioned the tramway, and after sllooar
De began ON the car. The tramway was
sixty feet high at the starting point. and
II had TWO dips i'm il that would make The
ride more exciting, and il was CD set
long / am quite sure If Mrs. Fisher had |
been AT home, she would have objected N
it for il was the reverse OF slightly. but
sae and Mr.. Fisher had gone TO q meet
Ing Of Pomona Grange at New Haven
and would not be back until next dav.
When the tramway was finished the |
boys thought il looked beautiful and al
though The Fisher mansion stood ON q
back road several of the other bows saw
a. and sam told them 10 invite all The
boys Ia the hamlet 10 come next day for
ride
Al. the boys agreed that ii looked beau
Hul reared up above the house but I'm
5 urr no grown person would have said II
was an Improvement 10 the natural
scenery Of tne place. Grown people have
such queer IDEAS. II was higher than the
chimney at the start, and it ended right
40 the front door
After supper, Laok with the bows help.
made tA- car and made 20 strong. II isn't
aaF trouble 60 make wheels when Won
have picture Of one TO so by, and ne had