Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-08-20

IunfiI hH shnuIE h1 gIzdnallY cruBlt1lk
tn death2 Fur at quarter pazt the
hour, the minute hand must pazH the
hour hand ON which he was seated
amt tina instance between the two
wan only a little over two inci1eM
His brain seemed dead He couldn't
think His gaze waH fascinated by the
rapidly descending hand which was
either to- crush him to- death or hnri
him an ON the steeply sIantinE roofs
of the building 200 feet below He
glanced DOWN. Would it not be better
to- jump then and end the hnrrihle sls--
pense2 No, he loved life, and them
some help might come. And so he
waited The minutes, which had
seemed tn come So rapidly upon each
other at first, now seemed slower and
slower, until he wondered it the clock
might not be stnpping But no, it
came On and on, this dreadful thing
which was to kill him.. He found him
self calculating whether it would
crush him or knock him Oft Hewished.
the hands moved steadily instead of
in those terrible jerks One more
Jerk, or minute, and the hand would
touch his head. He crouched over
and waited. The hand descended and
he could not. silt up without touching
/ it, He must lie fat-it would be cas-
Ter that way he thought, and he was
i quite calm now
I All this time he had been sitting
with his face toward the clock, his
! feet hanging down between the hour
I hand and the dial, As he raised his
feet to- lie ON the hand he suddenly
{ stopped, and in a. moment was getting
over the side of the hand next to- tha
clock Yes, there was room for his
body il he could hold his weight until
the minute hand had passed the hour
hand, and then he could raise himself
again to- his former position. His
muscles were strong, and at first his
weight seemed as nothing. The min.
utes seemed longer now than ever,
and the biting cold was benumbing
his fingers in spite Of the heavy gloves
he wore. At last, Just as it seemed
that he must let so, it passed, and he
raised himself once more.
| But what would this avail him? he
thought Just another hour Of life?
He could not endure this for Il hours,
even it he could manage to- keep his
hold, and this seemed unlikely, for the
slant Of the hand was making it more
difficult each minute to keep his posi-
tion.- In a few hours it would be dark,
and with the night, the cold was Ger.
tain to- become more intense, and. be
would freeze Death seemed inev:
liable, but he determined to- hold out
as long as a. ray of. hope came to- him.
|. And So ON through the lengthening
| hour. Then he found, with the in.
creasing slant Of the hand. that he
must devise some other method OF
hanging on, So he laid himself fat
| against the BEAM, and, with his arms
| around it, braced his feet against the
| juI which formed the point. In this
| way he could keep his position. even
though the hands we're perpendicular
| At each quarter the great chimes rang
| out, their vibration almost sickenins
| him., SO loud and close we're they
| Quarter past four-and he must snor
| hang on to the hand again while the
| other passed. He lowered himself
| and this time it was harder than ba
| fore, for his joints were stiff with thu
| cold, and the altered position Of thu
| hour hand made it more difficult tt
/ get a good hold. Just as the long hanG
| vas passing over the short one a des
| perate idea entered the frenzied mine
1 ct the man who was making such {
/ fight for his life. Quickly, though witt
great danger Of Slipping and falling
he reached one leg and then the ott1e.
around the minute hand, and. Just a,
it passed the hour hand, swung; him
self upon it,
/ The horrors of that dizzy iourne,
around the clock ON the minute hand
I the terrible danger he underwent il
changing his position On the hand 81
az to- escape having his head, down
wards, cannot be- expressed in words
but he was saved from DEATH. for a
a little after ten minutes past fiv.
| O'clock, his half-frnzen hands reached
/ the rope that meant life to- him. Ant
when he had gained the lower hall.
Of the building to- take the elevator tt
the ground floor, the elevator bu,
stared at him in horror The MAJ
he had taken up less than three hour.
before was young and his hair hat
been a. rich dark brown. This wa,
surely the same man-but his hal;
VAS as White aH the SNOW fallint
| outSide!
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