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The Seaforth News, 1938-07-21, Page 7THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1935. 0 ,•--oma ".�.�r •--.�.u,.-•.....An®ea®® t•••••• .w_,I co-,®Iw..®v a*a0 r. 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 Duplicate Monthly Statements We cen save you money on Bill and Charge Farms, standard sizes to tit ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged See- tional Post Binders and Index. The Seaforth News Phons 84 THE (STUNT Balancing precariously on the !gal- lery railing one ,hundred and 'fifty • eet above the State House grounds, !Galloway :laughed at the 'look 'of ap- prehension on his helper's face. He Thad been replacing burnt-out light bulbs in the ornamental lighting sys- tem outside the dome of the State House and had added a •few acrobatic tricks to the already sufficiently 'dang- erous task of climbing over the dome and the cupola that surmounted it. !kis. There were 'always people passing through the grounds far 'bellow, and, thhough it 'was a cold winter ,day, they were ready enough to watch the. antics of the daring ,fellow hanging between them and the sky. Their in- terest delighted !Galloway, and off and on during the day he had stopped work to perform .for them. \J•ust now he had been !balancing on the raiding that encircled the cupola at the top of the dome, and Pietro had 'begged shim to stop taking such risks, "What's the matter, Hunky?" Gal- loway demanded good-naturedly, slid- ing easily to a seat on the railing and leaning as lair (back as he dared. Pietro shivered. "You maks me feel seeck :lake I take da 'beeg fall myself," he said. `SI don' like you to be so—so brave." Galloway grinned a bit sheepishly. 'You got the wrong word, Pietro," he said. "It isn't ibravery; it's nothing but nerve. All right; we'll out out the 'faol- is'hness and finish up the job. Come on and !help me .get this rigging in- side, and we'll hunt a warmer place. I'm about frozen. The old mercury is going to ta'ke some fall tonight or I miss my guess." IPie'tno obediently crawled through the narrow window. The 'cupola had six windows, each about six feet ,high and flush with the gallery 'floor, and all of them were protected by steel shutters that latched on the inside, One window had Ibsen raised and the shutter thrown back 'to let the work- men out 'on the 'gallery. As :Pietro ,helped 'Galloway with the ropes and 'blocks he studiously re- frained from loolciug over the railing; persons waved as they passed atolls. THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN and 'Galloway, noticing his timidity, laughed, 1Guess there's no danger of your ever lboeaking your neck trying swats," ,he remarked. The Italian lad shook •his (bead and showed his fine white teeth .in a quick smile. "I not !be up here at all, only da !boss he say go," he replied candidly. "(111 (bet on that," Observed the elec- trician, pulling ,tete lblooks together in a heap and thrusting them 'through the window. He Thad 'finsitly succeeded in getting his ladder inside 'too .when Pietro halted him ,with an exxdlamation and a pointing !finger. "You miss .one light, Gal'way," the said. "See, da one right over da •winds," (Gallaway looked, frowned and then nodded, much annoyed. He gave the ladder an ,impatient shove."I can get that fellow without the !'adder," he de- clared. •"It's 'boo much of .a j,db get- ting it in and ou't. Hand Inc a tramp." Pietro kook a bulb from a package and handed t'to him. The elecbriciam Shook the steel shastter tentatively and then pulled himself up on it until the could reach the light socket. He had to let go the shutter with one hand to replace the burnt-out 'bul'b, and as he did so 'his weight swung the shutter toward 'the cupola, Galloway cried out in alarm to Pietro to stop it, But Pietro 'was not gei:iak enough, and to save his fingers from (being pinched the 'eleotrician tried to shift his 'grip from the top'of the shutter bo one of the steel 'slats. But he missed his grip, 'clubc'hed wild- ly at the shutter and then felly and' his head s'touck the gallery railing. He. moaned once and 'then lay still. Pietro sprang to 'Galloway's side and examined the limp !figure, Find- ing that the electrician's heart was beating, he 'got quickly to this feet and stood for a moment, trying bo think what he should do. He must find a doctor for one thing, but first he must get the hdj•ured man inside the State House out of the bitter cold. He burned to the shutter, Dismay seized' him when he saw that it •had swung into place and was :latched on the inside. He tried to shake it free, tried to tear it off its hinges, tried to kick the steel slats -out. But ,the shut- ter, which had 'been put there to with- stand the elements in their stormiest moods, was too strong for hint. He could not 'get inside the State House; he must try to attract the attention of some one in the grounds far (below. There were plenty of people in sight. at was late afternoon, and the State House ,employees were going home. He stepped to the railing and looked over. The height made him sick and dizzy for a moment, but the set his teeth and waved his hand fran- tically. Then he took off his cap and waved that. 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Gentlemen: I enclose $ Please send me the three magazines checked with a year's subscription to your newspaper. NAME STREET OR RR TOWN AND PROVINCE • y TOGETHER TM/S. NEWSPAiPaE'R' ALL. ':FOR LOW :;# '111;4 1 rib; SEAFORTH NEWS Form 400 SEA I' O le 1'H, ONTARIO, Pietro +reelized at last that it would be ,difficult to make ,people understand that anything was wrong. !They had undoubtedly seen !Galloway several times that day doing some of his reek - less feats, and the mere sight of a workman waving 'his •cap, however frantically, would 'hardly excite them. I1 was getting dusk now too, and ,peo- ple were unable to see him. Pietro sank (back agarnse the cup- ola. It was a frightful situation, 'Gale loway would surely freeze to death if he had to stay long up there in that biting ,cold. He himself could perhaps make shift 'to survive by running round and sound the cupola and exer- oising violently, but 'Galloway, lying there so still, would have no chance at all,' He might •n•ot+recover his senses tor 'hours: An icy wind had sprung up from the northwest, and it 'was fear- fully cold. 'Warmly clad as Pietro was, the frigid blest seemed to penetrate to his 'very 'bones. No, if the wound save !Galloway's life 'he must get him off the gallery. IHe walked round and round the .gallery, trying 'to see some way of es- cape. Lights were flashing ,up all over the ,city now; presently the dome he came 'brighter. The dazzling chains of light$,, now .complete with the 'bulbs that he and Galloway had put in, made the dome and the ,cupola stand out in lines of fire. A moment dater a 'broad shaft of white light shot east- ward from atbove him, and he knew that it came 'from the big searchlight on the roof of the ,cupola—a powerful searchlight that' made everything in its ,path .almost as 'bright as day. The lights scarcely interested Piet- ro at first. They could not help him, and they could not make him or his companion any more noticeable bo the people below, The glare ;blinded him, and, looking upward, .he wondered how it would seem to face the !beam from the seardhlight. Where did the beam go •anyhow He looked across the 'city. !Oh, yes, he remembered now. It was trained on the small lake in Douglas Park, where a winter car- nival was ,being 'held in connection with the week of festivities that com- memorated the one hundredth anniv- ersary of the founding of the city. The work that he and !Galloway had been doing was part of the city's pre- paration for the week of gayety. The town was brilliantly lighted every- where, and at seven o'•clock under the white rays from the searchlight the carnival on the lake would begin. An ice ,palace had been built there, and there was to' be a play with the palace fora• background. A moon had been needed to light the scene properly, 'but since the moon and the anniver- sary did not coincide, some one had suggested using 'the great searchlight on the State House dome. So the searchlight had 'been focused on the lake and was even now taking the part of moon, though the play would not begin for a couple of hours, Pietro stared helplessly at the light for a while; then he gave a start and with a low exclamation stepped !back. Hurrying to ,Galloway's side, he felt the electrician's face and ears. •He chafed them vigorously for some time and then tore off his overcoat and sweater. He wound the sweater about the injured man's 'head, leaving only a •bit of space for breathing, and cover- ed him with the heavy overcoat. Shiv- ering, he jumped to his feet and flung his arms about until he had his blood ciroulating rapidly. Then he started running round the cupola, pounding his chest with his 'fists and stamping heavily at every step. And whenever he came round he glanced at the clock on the tower of the city' hall down the street. , It seemed ages ,before the 'hands on the clock reached half past six, and another age !before they reached sev- en. In spite of his violent exercise he wasch'il'led through; moreover, he was tired with the c•onti.nuous effort to keep from freezing, And it°was so important that most of his strength should be at his command right now. It was time for him to try the one way of getting help for !Galloway. He had planned gust what to do as he circled the 'gallery, and stow the stop- ped 'before the shutter that had so effectually kept him outside the cup- ola. He cooked ,ap. The roof of the cupola extended over and a little (be- yond the sailing of the gallery. From the toll of the railing to the eaves of the roof was about eight ,feet. 'By standing on the railing he ,should the enable to reach the roof, but by jumping upward 'and a little outward he 'could 'catch it. If he ,failed to grip the iron moulding at the edge of ,the roof when he (jumped—well, he must not 'think of that. The same jump ,in circumstances where bo fail would mean nothing would be easy. Only the fear of failure made it difficult. If he •should lose his nerve at the mom- ent of jumping he would certainly fall short of his mark. He must imagine that there was nothing dangerous (be- fore him; e might, n, h g t, f or example, pre- tend that the railing of the ;gallery was the edge of the manger in his father's 'barn, that the edge of the cupola roof was 'the edge of This father's !haymow, and that if he missed it he should only tumble back upon a pile of yielding hay. He would think of something like that. Dancing about and !beating his fists together until his fingers tingled, he climbed ,upon the railing and straight- ened gingerly. He dared not took down; it was easier to look up into the sky. The segment of hoof that he was to grasp was sharply: outlined against the shaft of brightness from the searchlight. Taking a deep breath he crouched and, trying to forget where he was riveted ifs gaze on the section of curved iron and jumped. He caught the moulding fairly will! both hands. For a moment 'he hung seventy feet above the roof of the State House; then with a great effort he pulled himself upward over the moulding and rolled over on the roof of the cupola. He lay there a little while, gasping for breath and weak with the reaction 'from the dread of 'falling, then he wormed his way to the searchlight. The big drum was hot from the sizzling .carbons inside, !but• he did not wait to warm his fingers. Feeling hound the hack of the ,drum for the control switch, he snapped it open. The shaft of white light sudden- ly disappeared. Pietro flattened him- seld on the copper roof and waited.. A few minutes before Pietro reach- ed the searchlight Douglas 'Park was full of people. The innumerable lights that would later make the lake a fairy- land of color were turned off, and only the white rays from the searchlight fell upon the castle and the stage, giving them an impressive atmosphere of fan, rasp, There were low murmurs of ad- miration as the play began and then abruptly there came a concerted cry of impatience and disgust; the light from the distant State House had gone out, The committee in charge of the lighting waited some minutes for the beam to reappear then as it failed to clo so they called up the superin- tendent of the light company. Two men were soon on their way to th State House to repair the searchlight So it was that half an hour afte Pietro had snapped off the light two men entered the cupola, raised thel trap-door in the roof and poked thei i D, H, McInnes Bilalropract or Office — Commercial ,Hotel Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after 'Electro Therapist —. Massage noon and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat- ment !Phone 2127, heads out to meet the eager half -frozen Italian lad. Piet them joyously, though this to chattering, "You been da lenge time 'coma he said. "Gal'way—,he Ibadda hurt—on da '•balcony. We getta !locked out, an 1 dlimlba up here an' put out da light. Finda IGal'way . queeck—he maybe froze by dis time:" The workmen could only stare. P a e br o gesticulated impatiently. "Hurry!" 'he cried. They started back inside the cupo- la then, and 'Pietro, switching the searchlight on again, followed them. They were soon on the gallery and found Galloway still 'unconscious.. Carrying 'him inside, they got him downstairs and ,presently were wait- ing with him in a room on the groused 'floor until an ambulance should 'take him to a hospital, It was delightfully warm in the (big room, !Pietro thought at 'first, but presently .his face and ears and hands and feet began to pain !him terribly. One of the men stepped •up and turn- ed his face toward the light. "Frozen!" he ejaculated. "Guess you'll go along with Galloway." There followed a long night of suf- fering on a white tot in a white little ,room. When morning came ,the nurse brought in a 'wheel chair in which a blanketed figure was seated. It was Galloway. The electrician grinned at Pietro. 'Hullo:there," he greeted him. "I got my senses back along in the night, and when I heard how I was kept from freezing to ,death 'I made these hospital folks bring me in !here to see you. I've got a -cracked head, and my feet are frosted a little, but that isn't anything. They tell me you jumped from the gallery railing to the cupola roof, so you could turn off the searchlight. Pietro, ,odd 'boy, that was the ,nerviest thing I ever heard of! And to think I said you were afraid to try any stunts! That was the !brav- est stunt—" Pietro 'smiled at the electrician and then closed his eyes. "Shut up," he said, Girl (in chemist's)—"'Does this lip- stick come off easily " Assistant -"Not if you put up a fight." Crash! Down the kitchen stairs fell the entire trayful of recently used crockery 'from •the dining room' The mistress rushed to the scene. Tame, whatever have you done?" she cried. (Jane smiled serenely .and replied— "Oh. ma'am it's only the dinner things, !What a lucky thing '1 hadn't washed 'ens ep1" "See here," said the Indian in- spector. "it is a violation of the law now to have mare than one wife, and the law must be obeyed. When you get back home you tell all of your wives, ex'ce'pt one, that they can no longer look on you a; their husband." "You tell 'em," suggested the In- dian after a moment's reflection. • uingineering Marvels at Vancouver ^P' he Empress of Japan, Queen of II the Pacific, passing under the splendid new bridge now ander construction across the First Nar- rows; the entrance to Vancouver's landlocked harbor. The mainmast of the vessel is 195 feet above her load line, the bridge being 209 feet above high Spring tides, The Canadian Pacific liner Em- press of Japan, Yn addition to holding all the speed record., her Canada, Hawaii, Orient run is the largest ship entering Vancouver Harbor. The illustra- tion clearly shows the magni- tude and the beauty of both shl;; I+9 a