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Show f J' J )J Cool Story .From MInnncsota. i P H ? y Le Sueur, Minn., man met with an 1 'ri ' i 'k accident recently -which shows the perilB J. If I of cat hunting- at 3D degrees below zero. ij ! !, fl j The. cat was on a framework supporting ! I JH n water tank when "the shot was fired . ! The bullet killed the cat and pierced the i l I''' J bottom of the tank, and in an instant j lilt' ' ' I tne wat-'f. gushing out, surrounded Mr. HH i f ! ,!i AVllte with a complete shower hath, In l1'! i i t a temperature of 35 degrees below zero. Mf's'' V' ,1 Instantly hit) overshoes froze to the HP1' 1 Btone foundation on which he was standing," and, stooping to unbuckle them, he was changed by the spray, freezing In the terrible cold as fast aa it fell, Into a helpless statue of ice, stiff and Immovable as a stone. Only by his stooping posture, which kept his faco free from the Ice, was he saved from suffocation. Soon the ilow of the water was stopped by the sediment in the tank flowing Into the bullet hole, and a little son of Mr. "Wllte, who had seen the whole affair, ran for assltancc. It was necessary to loosen the unfortunate man's feet with chisels, and. when he had been carried into the house by three strong men the ice had to be broken from him with clubs. Ho was badly frightened by the experience, but otherwise unharmed. The body of the cat was found frozen to his hack. The last sentence shows the painstaking pains-taking attention of the correspondent to the veracious details of his story. |