Salt Lake Herald | 1907-10-27 | Page 2 | Marvelous Leap for Life

MARVELOUS LEAP FOR LIFE Baron aaron Munchausen of Pulls Off His Daily Stunt Saturday Evening Post Jim Hance liance the Baron Munchausen of rf the Grand Canyon of Arizona was sitting on the porch of the El Tovar one day retailing his marvelous adventures to a party of gaping tourists Jim has hal lived on the rita rim of the canyon for nearly half halfa a century he ho said to an inquiring lady I can say them trails down to the bottom of the canyon is dangerous Of course got them fixed up In these days so It Is comparatively safe but when I began to go down I took my life in my hand every time It is plumb nervous to be ridin along the edge of one of them gorges an lookin down f et below to but jagged rocks Oh Mr Hance broke in a sweet young thing do you ever fall fail over Once Hance replied only once It was this way I was ridin along by a chasm feet deep My mule was an anold anold old circus mule and I careless like be began began gan to whistle Turkey In the Straw You see that mule had been trained to dance In the circus to that tune and she shu began to dance sight right there on the edg Time The result was that we both wen went over the edge plumb down feet t te the sharp and cruel rocks How did you escape Oh replied Hance nonchalantly t kept my wits about mo me When we wa was about feet from the th bottom after fallin feet I picked out a anice anice nice smooth spot and off the tha mule I L landed on my feet safe safo and sound But the mule mula Oh the mule Why I gathered up what was the mule and put It la In lamy my lunch and gave It a Christian buriaL 5