The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-10-30


heavy losd. sed then rolled noisily bseh 10
ito ,puitins eppols Nos !, rolled tos
ard bin sssin. A ball deHlp men cane
vith il 10 help direct The pourips. Which
vas to be The nosi inpoit,nt oos OF the
d.y. Tue syss OF the little boy slossd
unh sieitsneLt This sa 10 be the mosl
thrilling spectacle of Oh,
The electric traveller overhead slosed
.ud stopped, The soormoos lsdie sas sl
most directly sbove tbe mold. the top oil
shioh su practically level With the eur
i.ee Of The fioor The great chains clsnk
ed ~ the huge receptacle ss lowered TO
within Q fes inches Of The ground. The
.til,ios -shslu" sss tisbtensd slowly. un
Ill the iiny ''pilo. strsam." not much lsre
or tbsn . pencil. poured over the sdss,
snd The men seized the eoidins-ievsrs to
direct lie poaiios. a.l.s >
Al that moment soustbips happened.
There vas . clsnkins - II . crossed link
ia The ehsin bad suddenly s,rsishtened
oat. The lsdie tilted more 10 one aide.
40 iust.ut II bups there. and then With
rattle IS VI = rstohet, II ssLk snddenly
to the ground snd turned IN iis eide
A great, glowing pool OF molten metal
poured ou, on the esrthen eoor and spread
10 tvery Director, A cloud OF steam
from the damp ssnd sscended to the raft
ers. The men kuew the danger ell too
veil. Thy bad started back ct the pre-
uoai,ory sounds, and nov they fed, 10
SANITY, blindly from the borlibe Hood.
The little loy stood with bis back tight
,qsinst the stone wsl, wondering and
tbii led. clsspi1g and unelssping bic
heuds. be was rot frightened, but be
fairly sobbed with the excitement oi this
tern6o clims1 to the wonderful sights he
had seen. His eyes we're couius,d by the
sudden glare OF light. snd = great wave of
svful beat swept over him.
| The first irresistible rush OF the hery
wave vas checked, but still 1t spread out
slowly ia riyul.ti aud branches on every
side, like the tentscles Of some hideous
% uons,er. Several OF these borfid, glow
iop arms 9tre stealing iosasd him. silent
lly, metciletsi,. He iu;ned to hy. first
one way, tleu another. He was surround
ed on ey.iy side. Tue little fellow gave
one awful CRY OF terror and despair. and
stood there, trembling aud sobbiug.
The mrp. Sho had I'D ips,inclively at
the lrs, warLiass. had turned now. and
we're {,z.ps IL horror Ut tie terrible spec
tscle.
WHIST soull they do' Wastever was
aone mnst bs doue 10 M instant TO-, SEQ
ond by second, the ootopus.!ike arms Ct
6re we're creeping ,osard tho boy. There
| GAS 10 time to wsit and think ont plan
Of rescue, and Big q 4orse Smith had not
| waited.
without q word be bal Iusbel toSsrd
tbs hoy Men called to him to stop, but
he did net bear lLem, or 1! he OH le gave
| no heed
L,spios the arms Of molten metsl. he
sprsua nesr.r aud nearer 'he boy oics
hs fell short u few incnes. The heel OF
bis boot barely touched the edge OF one Of
the Abrams. and wss cot fl IS II With .
knife
With one last, mighty bound be reached
the boy, and gathered him 10 bis arms
without moments h.sitstion. be turned
to retrsoe bis steps. It wss harder nov.
New streams and branches had formed
end intsrlsoed and made pools Of fre.
Keeping close to the wall, be hurried on
desperately. The beat was sslh'pg' Meas
urine With bis ey' be lesped from spot 10
spo. Of ,or yet uncovered. where some
times only the hail Of bis foot could rest'
holding the lac tis snd close 10 bis arms
Oace be stsgsertd anil almost fell toto to
seettiug mass. he distance WAS less than
thirty feet all together that be had - go,
but so errs,icslly had the iqnld tpre'd u
self that hi. conrse WAS q 4, hefe sno
there. VII, rever he o uld gain an instant
footing, To iall. he knew, mesut death 10
its most horribls form for him sell, ano
prob. bly, Tor the boy.
Oata, the edge OF he little lake o. ht
tb. men we're ~orking like mad WITH SHOW
els, building dam Of ssnd snd thtoaioe
ereat shovel uls oa the outer sdse Of the
pool TO makes last footing. Tor the iron
had 6Iled 10 Tor several feet from the edge
.ll The bare spots which had served Tor
stepping places when Smith r'n to the res
cue bat . mo ueu, tore
be vas within twelve ie,t oil The edge
now, standing 90 lille till Of sand where
there w.s only room for ooe foot TO rest,
and sll sroond, on every eide. vss ses Of
death. There vas bot one way, aud be
aid not hesitate. without psusing ~ 10
,.snt be sprsus - fer - be could, splash
ed for single step into the svfol, burn
ius Aooa, and staggered into the arms Of
the men waiting to receive bin.
i The father gathered the boy unhsrmed
io,o hi, srms, while the men, trained to
soch emergencies. kpelt osei Big George
Smith. tearios swsy shH bsd once been
shoe, from wh.t hsd once been feet. and
spplyins tie "6rst sii' rnediee, slssys
st hand.
A, bonr i.ler the sursson came into Toe
ofi 80, where the ssnersi m,nseef std The
chairman OF The board oi directors sst ~
uriug out the detdis oil the ser-pe'-en'
i,srssse 10 wssss
Ws'ls,vs bi. is.t sid The sorsson,
ch,erily, A little crippled, bat silli pret
! ty good feet. There's man 'or yoni DC
cor,ipusa, With prof. sioasl spihusissm.
wouaerfui vitality nssnihssrt phy'iqnel
) suenr o. . bots, rrmsrted the general