Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-07
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good appetite. came Mp from ne low.
~ levels u eat his lunch en- the sun.
shine. AZ d oiclock. h stepped up.
ON the bucket By which HIS COM
psnioas had already dropped back ID
work. and sixnaIIed "a TN engineer
n the hoist. who ~as ia plain yIe~.
10 lower him. The latter. John PHxh
~ name. started 10 comply, lie had
released the brake. and the hix drum
about which the cable was oiled had
made several revolutions. when Rich.
ard Perry walked Into The hoist
house.
stop that bucket. he said.
Pash. his eyes glued 10 the paying.
out cable. paid no attention. Perry.
the former engineer IL he hosst, MI
been fired several weeks before fos
drunkenness. and ever since ~ hal
been iounEinK In harmless drunken
befnddlement about the works.
svvsit . Minute
stop that bucket repeated Per.
w.
walt q minute I'M / get Jask
down. said Pugh. with c~onciliatory
manner.
Stop that bucket" said Perry.
There Al something 70 insistise
In the command that. this time. Pnsn
up. He looked up Into the
muxzIe Of 4 forty.fiye Colts. behind
which two eyes. out Of their sockets
with maniacal frenzy, glared.
Walt Just d minute" Pngh started
say, trying 10 gain time.
Perry gnashsd bis teeth. placed the
muzzie upon Pugh's temple, and
the gun. Pueh put on the
turned on his heel. Jumped ont
pf The rear window. and went down
hin % get help.
Perry calmly established himself
upon The vacated stool, his cooked liz
shooter conveniently ~ hand. lie Re-
leased the brake. The drum began 10
revolve. slowly 1T first, then faster,
Il hummed. Then, just az the ex.
Of the cable was almost reach.
q. Perry jammed OH the brakes. re.
eased Them. jammed them on again,
md brought the thing 70 a stop, Just
4 the place On the cable where ~
,iece Of twine showed the reaching
4 the lowest level. immediately.
loweser. he threw the electric con
roller forward q notch. then another.
hen full On. and the drum began to
evolve In the other direction. upI
Wound the cable. the drum fairly bux.
ing. Perry kept his eyes on the
haft. Suddenly the bucket whizsed
Ut Of the opening. up into sunlight.
'erry threw or the controller. snap
ed on the brakes. and the bucket
Q bare SIX inches from the
pp 81 the eallows frame. Then offi
ame the brakea and down swooped
DC bucket Into the SHAFT again. When
cot down. Il came up again: when
was up Il went down asain--an At
ye~rtiginous speed. And this Ii the
anne that for two hours, alone upoa
10 top Of Gold Hin. the mad engin
er played.
a oixsv Rids
As for Wright. meanwhile. he was
Of having 1 nice time. When Pugh
ad made His discreet exit. be hail
,und himself IN 4 motionless bucket,
xinging Idle between two levels. He
'as Just reaching over 10 rinE two
els for further descent. when the
ucket started down. His satisfac
on was OF short duratioa. however.
own dropped the bucket at q speed
hat jumped Wrlght's heart Into his
louth. There were big drops OF per
piratiun upon his honest brow when
ae thing stopped with 4 Jerk. Hell
a. Just ON the point OF clamoring
own, when-"x1-s.s-Exr-the bucket
egan 70 Glide upward. The speed In
reaaed 10 Z mad ONE. This time he
- sure there was something wrong
nd 70, very wisely. be dropped tol
bottom OF the bucket. making
imeelf "a small ~ possible. and an
himself with his feet and
Ack. Up he shot: 1 stream Of g0ld.l
| sunlight blinded him. he had
lint vision 0f The scaffoiding above
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