Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-28
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Copyright by James Kiverson.

Copyright by James Elverson.
EAYlIIAT do you think of this, mother?"
IW Tom ran ont in great excitement
-l to the garden, where his mother
N3EE71 was busy "In great storm, late
ly, a man was blown off High Bridge
at Harlem and he had an umbrella,
and held on to it tight. and went down a
hundred feet, and came down safe and easy
hundred feet. mother"
:, 1T was surely very wonderful escape
Tom"
We'll, it seems so. But, after all, when
you think of il, it's Just what might nave
been expected. / wonder how he felt III
must have been jolly kind OF thing 10
happen to one" 90,
Il think it must have been very terrible
experience"
"Why, he didn't get hurt bit, mother"
No; but no one could anticipate being SO
mercifully preserved, and such an adventur,e
must have been attended with a severe shoGk IlA
and Ig fTght tbos W you gst your noe anu ~
Tom willingly gave the desired assistance,
for he dearly loved every flower which grew,
and took as much pride as his mother did III IN
the neatness of the garden and the thrifty
growth of its treasures.
But, mother" he went on, seems TO me
it was not such dangerous. thing, as you
think. If the man knew anything ABOUT the
laws of natural philosophy he must nave
known his umbrella would act as paraeheusf'
and keep him from coming down zoo iasI'
aia ISsrFy you ever study natural philosophy mo
"a little" she said, with smile;
Then of course you know that the pressure
Of the air is equal in every direction, and nd Its
support would hold up the umbrella. why,
| don't think it was wonderful escape az
all, but the most natural thing in the woria
l could show you how it was done myseii,
mother, just as easy as not, by taking an UNI,
brea and going out on the upper pia1za snnt au't
jumping off. No. think I'd go to the garrett
window and try it from there. so as to have
greater distance. You see"
Don't hoe quite SO vigorously, my dear,
interrupted his mother, as Toms energy IN
creased with his interest in the subject ahaeI
discussion. "Of course, you would not think
of doing anything so foolish"
"But perhaps girls, when you were young,
didn't go far enough in philosophy to 6e So
sure of things as we are in these days. NOW
think it would be very pretty little expef meeer
makes mistakes. She is, always the same' anu
can always be relied upon,
Eyes, dear, I am sure of that-so2, sure that
] think shall transplant few seedlings IRON,
me in the wealth of sunshine and sc soft ram
which I shall expect from her. Ihey are are
well grown, and it is quite late enough IN tne
season.
II guess she won't" said Tom with smile
Now, mother" he went on, as, HAVING
raked a bed of the warm, moist earth; he
proceeded, with very gentle and painstakSln1!e I =!
hands, to set in the dainty morsels OF den
cate green, "you can easily. understand how
perfectly the resistance. of the air would beal
me up If tried it. don't know but you art
right in thinking it wonderful that the mar
should come down all right when the wine
was blowing and might whisk him about hert
and there and everywhere But on q luii.et
day like this it would be sure, for the dis
placement Of the air under the umbrella woqlf
be so gradual as to make It quite n lmpossibl.
more mo S and more enthusiastic-'.it would. bt
Just splendid to feel nothing under your feet
and vet to have a perfect confidence in what
YOU are about, eh, mother?,
Indeed. Tom" she said, laughing, II think
INV Confidence in what / am about, and in
things in general, is much more perfect wher
| feel the solid ground under my feet