The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-03-13
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b@csuse he sss ni feet tvo inches i
height spd xeisbtd nore thsn tso bal
dfei poat d. ne.rly Ill noseie snd bete
D.n wms q ti little sdseation, snt
uas . slos ltiakE bot bis energy snt
the ius,ipei OF "cou u on sense sss stfoI,
10 Lim.
Ills woTaias psrincr, Hubble, s.s Uusi
like Dsn 10 physique. bal very difs'eu
ia everything else He bad srsdustst
irom ops o. ibs lsrgest Western nuirss
lies The ytn before ulib football record
.nds good. psssius srsds 10 nscbsnie.
Am piiioos 10 ietn the bnsintss thorough
ly, be had started at the bottom 10 vtrk
bis vsy up.
10 November John Jotnson's gang. 10
which these men we're woikipg. was en-
ssged 10 raising iorty-wiIe lioe over .
new coal shed.
TIE setting OF the ues aud higher poles
wss quickly accomplished and johnson
tnrned lis attention t1 getting the Sir 9
np The a5dilionsl husht without crossing
or brestiag them
J)hnson's knowledge aud experience
was too limited for the position OF iiesponti
b,lity which be was holding He evolved
the idea thai IS the poles ou each eide
we're Ct extra height. on account oi the
building, toe cross-Srms could be raised
the additional distance = nesrly twenty
fest by sliding them mp the new poles
without "cnttipg slack into the wires"
This operation was made particularly
difficult by the fact that the position OF
the wifes beloR made ths handling OF
blocks and tackle OF much sizs almost
impossible, 1t was Joboson's opinion
ths. two msn couli carry the arms up the
poles by main strength. climbing rs best
they couIi uuder their weight.
Dan openly secuted the iies, and Hub
bic shook bis head over i. but johnson
vas frm, Helooked over the little group
OF men aud asked for volunteers. No one
moved
Probably IL was the oli.tine pride OF
the college msa asserting itself; 1t might
h,ve been q stnse oil duty; at any rate.
Hubble put on his spurs q. the second
call and walked to one OF the poles He
A ,nVA hall hao
climbing, ,m ming bis spurs ioto the soft
pine with shocks that made the iotuls
tion rattle. No oDe followed him. Big
Dan, still in doubt, vas looking sidewise
OF the pole.
In three minutss Hubble had the arm
unbol,ed and ready TO be raised. He look
cd down with q smile ct the group Of men
b,low.
Coming. DAn2 he ssid.
Dan put 90 bis spurs in silence snd
vent up tue pole.
johnson could not have selected two
men better fitted for the task than these
two. Both we're OF slmos. the same height
and weight, and we're the most powerful
men 10 the gsng. They had bssn trained.
ip entirely different schools.
Dams wss the strength which comes with
. hard life 10 the lumber camps. Hubble
wss fresh from The football 6eld.
They swung under the arm and vent up
With 1t, slowly. Progress st drst did no.
require srest effort, but a. they increased
The distance from the pole below. the
slack 10 tbs neishboring sections OF wire
vas rspidly exhausted. Hubble cslled .
halt when they ssre halfway up.
Hold her . minute, DsDl This 10 no
.scel
Ge,hn tired slresdyp asked Dan. Ez
pected better Of Jon than that
I'm no. tired yet. Bu, bold your wind.
Hubble, you'll need ii.
Again they started upwsrd. The slight
,rs.z, sang through the tightening virs' {
q . steadily beigbtening key The ties
~ the neis sbboring poles we're twisting
si,h the strsin.
Tho pressure upon lhe spur.sbsuks vas y
10 greet that they b;nt from the meD's G
egs. snd the strsps seemed to wesr into
be bones OF their knees. II sny strap 4
,roke both men would fall. +,
johnson. on the ground belov. saw his
nistsks nov, and csllei to the men to .
top. Bot 1t wss too late. While 1t 10
possible TO get good grip With the spurs
10 creosoted pine coming up . pole, IL 10 .
different story shen . nun 10 going
|osn With . heavy load.
At the fret stsp downward tbs spurs Q
'ould probably hsve cut out and both .
nen would bsve fallen. Falling from
vbere they we're then would meso death. Z
or they vere. .vortins directly above The
op o, the old pole.
Can ys stand I. the rest Of the wy upi =
10 painted snIiously.
Yss, wss the suswer, the ssme old. un o
Iinchiug desire 10 reach the goal assert .
ns tself
Agsiu they sdvsnced. Only two feet re u
nsinea, bot they we're m och the most oil Q
I,uii snd mosi dsoetrons OF The entire l
istsocs. The bli ciened pine vcod curl
a from benesta the mems spurs; the =
train sss telling there At esch step The y
pur. aid srsdnsliy down the pole. and
fssh srips mus, be tken every instant
Then Hnbbls's knosledse OF TIE vslue
I orssuissd "a RI came 10 bic aid Hit
tts they bad been iskios the arm pp one !,
nd si time !,
Ls,s pull together. Din. Ready, pull
IssdT phil
A, esch Of ihese usd effort. sisht or