The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26
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Gabe Snow. of Sorrow Hollow. who has been helping Aame watkins through his having. had Q naFrer sxcape from q ignominious deth from axident on. . Tuesday last, wieh will ever rename green in Gabe's nnemfy the longest day he lives, and wieh he will think of with terrible lot of horrer up to his dyin day. and mehby longer.
 Gabe and Hame got up airly Tuesday morning about daybFeak and ct a early brekfast. and set out to haul the hay into the barn. wieh they had cut two days before and had left out to cure and dry out. They used a two-horaa riggin to haul the hay to the barn. and a hay fork wich flame had bought new this spring to lift the hay 0ffen the load and pull 1t up to the root of the barn and swing 1t over Into the mow. They used one extra horse to pull up the hay with the hay fork. and little sammy Watkins he druv the horse to pull up the hay on the fork.
 They had hauled in several tons and was unloading a big load from the riggin just before dinner. Gabe had stuck the hay fork into big mess of hay on the load and had sprung the barbs out, when he notised that the trigger wasn't work ing just as it oFt. so without takin out the hay fork he set down a-straddle of 1t and begin to tinker at the thing, tryin to fix 1t. When they swing the hay up to where they want to drop 1t this trigger Is puld by long cord and the hay drops offen the fork kerslap into the now. We'll. Gabe was a-tinkerin away at the hay fork when suddintly bumbie-bee wich was bissin around lit on the hoss wieh puld up the hay fork and stung her on the flank. and she lit out like all Sam Hill. and up into the air went the hay fork with 6 bunch of hay and Gabe haugin onto it for deer life He was too fur up into mid-air from the load to jump of before he saw what had happened, and then he realized all too keeniy his position. and he turned pale with horrer. His life hung as if by Q single strand, as 1t were, and he ksp a-Roin higher and higher until the hoss puld the hay fork up sginst the puIIy in the top of the barn, wich 1t hit with a bump, and the trigger snapt loose and Gabe fell from that dizzy helgth down. down lords the barn floor.
 Gabe's feelings during his desent may be better described than imagind. He said afterwards that he thought he was descending to his dune and that nothink could save him. He says he thort of all the sins wich he had ever done, and regretted all to late that he hadn't lived a better and nobuller life.
 As he fell he hollered to flame to TOT BOOuHGA& HNhS@ 1p GOAt1CAnAftA Au 58No him, but flame didn't know what to do, and he wouldn't of had time to of did 1t anyhow, because this all happened quicker than we can set 1t down. and we are a purity fast writer in 6 pinch, too. But as Gabe bizzed downward through the air he still set on top of the hay wieh had been on the hay fork, and 1t was this pusilanimous little bunch of hay whot saved his worthless life. Being as the hay was under him it struck the barn floor first, and let Gabe down a little might easier than he would of struck if there hadn't of been no hay there. But as 1t was, he struck hard enuff and bounced up into the air agin about ten feet and landed in spring wag- gin wich was to one side of where he lit. Gabe got on his feet and felt of his- self all over to see that no bones was broke, and he eoughed a couple of times to see if he was injured internal. and being as he felt all right he was terrible surprised. because he thought sure he was kid or injured for life.
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