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Show LIKE A ONAT II THE AIM. 4 l-alnler Ascend. Ilia 1 1( I , I. Uia lama el lha I ulll.ar lloll Un. Ho sailor ever clliulxil au IiirIi iu II 1 tin pilliuit imlnter, A Zlineiirr, nli.n Luntccuded to llio top uf tho lligitair vilitcii tlun from tliu Uotuo til thq 'u Mtc lilllldlng TlM.romrotliou.niid. of .-oplo In Citjr Hull park, on llu.ij wny In Cenlwitreet, Chambers Mtct, en Pnrtt rem, nn I adjacent tlioruujrli hrcs dotrn town who rmnnl their uccLt t tlio nseeht, and hundreds of glasses tro Mew nl tlio imlntir from llio ruofi of liulldlnhV nfnr off-miy off-miy titer In llruoUlyu, In Jeraey CUy and down tlio Uiy l'rom tbo street Zlmencr looked llk a ery small man doing r ury IiLi thing rroni limn heny liu appeared tulw no larjtcr than mi ejjn inclyauiull boy, wlillo fnmi ont,f the Jersey ferry liontt 0110 mlHlit limo linai;liicl that n lly, tarf,e cnouftli to bo cbuuvd itltli omn now iwclea, itaa turfonnln,! RFinniutle font n la Japanese!. Jlr Zlincner had an unrhnlnl iloir from tlio top of llio atair, lint tint wu not lnt I10 went up for 'llio stuff" needed painting, muL a. It could not very v.cll to tnkun down, louu out had tu clunb to llio top of It. Mr Zlmrncr lmi cliuilml pole btforo, hut novcr ouu lioo top wa.1 to far nbo tlm mrtli. A ropo aa poncd twico around tlio polo at tlio point wlicni It imorgpt from tho cupola, oach end being uvurctr tiutcnwl to o liltlo oodeniat TliU row at moved up a fow fut, where It liung L tho rlmplo itraln which tho teluht of tho Mat brought tion tlm colla around tin polo. Another ruj waound tnlco around tho polo under un-der Uit lint ono, and hi cadi end u a loop. When Zlmcoor a read U a. ceud ho put tho wooilen K-at down o cr Ida linul until It reached tlio propir Oil tanep, when ho tat down upon It to teat It. 'Iho douhlocollof rofiocliinu to tho polo, an I tho neat wai found to l perfectly aacuro. llo thin put hU rlj;ht foot througli tho loopi of tho othor ropo, uilng tliem ai a ttlrrup. Micuho inuaedhNwclKht down tho eod tlghtcnod and ho ttood uprlttlit. Kelt hu muted tho upnr ropo up w-ud a foot or two, ntlliii; down ajjaln whtlo he ralasd U10 foot ropo upward an equal dUanco. Standlnir K'ln ho railed tht teat ropo. 80 ho wont, n foot or two at n tlino on each rope, until un-til lio noaroj U10 Wj gilt ball on tht top of thv rxjhv Thon tubing tba top of tho polo ht ellmlwl wltli hli lesi until lilHi rnouirb to aland on hit tuat, hoi I-Ini; I-Ini; fait to tho Iron rapport of tht ball with hit lianda, Tho crowd! In tho ttrect ttood ttlll to watch hit ticry moement, and tho"tcauuters over on Ilroadwny nluio.t ciuwd a blockado by ttopphiK to look. Sir. jUinimer, when ho ttood upon hli Mit at tho top of tho ttaff, waa Juat 375 t 3 fiwtabovo the foundation of tho I'ulltzer building and 319 feet nbovo l'niukfort itrret, 'I he roof of tht bulldlnp; at 113 feet bolow hhn, and tho gold and cupper dome roto up toward him Uko tho clothij; teatct of n Knot golden tulip. lho ttaH to which ho clung lookt hko a ilender, frill , thing from tlio ttreit, but It Im't. It U Ilka tlio mail of n gljantlo thlp, and whllolt rUt 40 fed abovo thocupolt, C3 feet of It l concealed In tho dome. It U at linn na a rock. If tho Ut r of tpriKtcati Imi comi.ireil uftlittono. After Mr. Zlmcncr had ttood for n whllocnjoylnu tlio unrlvaloil proapect lforo him, n pot nf paint nnd n brmh wcro hauled up to lilm by means of tho (lag hilliardi, ami ho proceeded to paint tho big pulu a puru w hlto. At ho jierfonuod hli v.orlc lie diwi nded i;rnd-ually, i;rnd-ually, ru cralng hit former tnttlcn. Tho painting uni necomplWitd quickly, an Mr. ZluKncrtaldthathohadnovir Hood to high lioforu amonj lilt fellow men Now York WorlJ. |
