The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-25
RISKED HIS LIFE
TO SAVE 4 KITTEN
I.aborer's Hazardous Climb to the
Cornice of Belfry Of a
Schoolhouse.

lPittsburg. Nov. ,25.-The tt'meow", of
the parental roof and reached a point
from which it could not descend, de-
veloped hero yesterday evening. Like
many others in whose veins heroic blood
flows, this man refused to tell anything
about himself.
1t was about 5 o'clock. There were
probably half a dozen persons passing
the corner of Milford and Brushton
avenues when there came a "m-e-ow.
1t was not the sound which generally
aWakens the sleeper at dead of night
and invites a bootjack or a brick, but
a wall of distress, almost as plaintive
as that of an infant child. Again it
came" m-e-o-w - still more plaintive
and just little louder that the first.
1t came from, somewhere in~the air.
looked about. There were half dozen
young men returning from football
game dressed in the armor of the grid
iron, and behind them came tall, ro-
bust, swarthy fellow with dinner bas-
ket on his arm and payday look on
his face.
Kitten on Belfry Cornice.
The attention Of all was arrested by
the second cry, and as they gazed up
ward one of the otball players re-
marked "Why it that kitten; she's
ing Then he pointed toward the cor
nice which tops the belfry Of the
Brushton public school.
He of the muscular form and con-
tented look gazed aloft and there out
lined against the gray stone of the
cornice was little black speck
els it cat?' he asked in tongue
which showed Enthusiastically his Celtic
"Sure,'' was the reply. "she IS
been up there all day"
"Well, it s evident she can't get
down, and if she stays there she will
response of the workingman. He walked
to the front door and ratified it until
the building echoed, but only the vi
brations of the door answered his ef-
forts. Then he stepped back in the
little group outside had stopped and
one of them advanced into the yard.
Made Perilous Climb.
"Hold me bucket,' remarked the
man to the one who stood beside him.
fellow pulled himself slowly into the
ledge of the lower window. Then he
felt around for a moment and started
upward. To his trained hands and feet
each jutting piece. and crevice of the
rough stone afforded him hand and
sealing the front Of the building as
tho it was a ladder. The little group
outside increased, and as he went high
er and higher they held their breath
expecting every moment to see the in
trepid climber lose his frail hold and
fall, Five minutes passed and hi
A steep slate roof still separated hin
from the belfry, upon the roof Of which
the cat was lying. Carefully he made
his way over this and reached the
coping at the bottom Of the belfry
Then he reached upward. Altho he hat
grown about nine feet in the estima
ton of the crowd which watched him
he was not t., tau ,,e enough to reach tn
post which was nearest. to the poin
at which the cat was lying, he scram
bled up it.
Then he put his hand out and graspet
the feline. There was another "meow, ,
this time soft and purring, and then tn
rescuer and the descent was begun. I
was. made in safety, and when tn
young man reached the ground he tool
the quadruped out, and, brushing it
fur remarked, "Now, run home.
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