Show SO 50 HOURS ON OW too 00 fEET ri E Ei I IV VE BUSY BROAD k Jt July 6 6 George George eorge L. L k k employed by a a. life lite any ny in New York was wass as s perilous position halfa half half- half half- a dead from exposure at MIlway I K thousands of persons persona p of voice and with men mena a 11 en en feet of where he heinert hemert hemert mert inert was waa for tor fifty hours f he stood on some ledge j yas Nobody heard him to him Thousands Pent their way without ta- ta look His cries for tor help ns And only by a chance saved aved d from death by stara star- star a fall on the pavement a aglow alow alow glow low him employed 1 In iii the auditing lone one of ot the life Ufe Insurance I hlis quartered in one of ot skyscrapers near the city rk The busiest street In song LIong one side of ot the build build- other side the ceaseless roes oes on Nearby the spire chaises ch and just around the maelstrom of money moneys at is ii s called the stock ex- ex Floor department Is on the thee e building and Lammert could look down upon the I thing masses of ot men durI dur- dur I exchange hours and pert pertI per- per j t tI figures he was add add- sh t tand that he was g gam- gam i pUn un the market below ork checking up an In tn the morning ken n unseasonably hot for lithe Ithe windows were thrown There were perI per- per I land band girls giris at work In the Jt- Jt they practically were Iso Iso- other by partitions and files No one was wasI I I to Lammert He Her r of ot his Inspection wen ijen en a gust of wind sud- sud on which he had the results and testing g II to the e office rules and andI I I Itla eIa grab for tor the precious represented many hours hours' him and fluttered over nd caught It It lifted it as l higher gher and higher and ando of o air drove It downward downward tryon a ledge only a few u l vJ where f 1 It remained m 1 gaper jj Paper per Being young and decided at once that heland he hee land get t the paper The height eight e f feet t tt straight r ii r al along there was a projection around which sed TV was waa as another window fl of toms stono and about ten m aft bf fot although g over f feet I Ind ad Lammert thought he Ud Piper iper per without trouble one of the other men menice ice he took the window I lice Opening and shutting theand the theand thel and r reached ch a for tor the pa- pa l of the window and try- try to towards wards him Att After r r sev- sev ef succeeded in poking poking- H made made by bv the projection In his anxiety to rei re- re i e forgot caution and dow dow pole on the ledge of he tested d It to see if It It It and then started to J steadying himself ow pole pole hooked onto the J m. m J I thard hardy thardy attempt but he got he came to the cor- cor down to get the his he was forced to kneel letting etting go his hold on the theung theung ung back perhaps a foot toot and hung there Then Then- vcr ver recovering the paper D to d to stand up and up-and and dis- dis horror that any movement up would over- over him down Into the that the pole jred his balance was be- be bet be be- t Uld get gel hold of that hp he tIp In safety He tried r d with wah his left hand but butti butt ti ties t i Ires e es he lIa says he knelt there with fright and was mi I eyes and hang on with the he ledge to overcome his Into the street cooler by bv the desperate he began to think there was another ond and the ledge He could Te en eyen if he did not dare the ledge He steadied I the a angle Of fo the e ledges d 1 e ea projection To his onlY about a foot wide er side he found a a. hand hand- con pipe around the pipe gave and although ough drip drip- the nervous horror of the jl ung ing to It while with In- In caution he edged his hisCh gich ich Ch out until he ho stood on ot wide sheer over the 11 sudden movement he got ped on the pipe and around to the other side nand if and sat down on the he pipe tight with both y ost st exhausted by his ef- ef J Niche i or er ot of the situation did not not perhaps a minute t Ho He r bt r ahe he was within a f few w. w Then alter after t re recovering ls exertions he e suddenly Instead of rounding a prot pro- pro at window he had t n eld ejection and sat In a space l between b between two such I us I if he were on a shelf elt in Hf one side open V II slit lt was half halt an hour ber bey beye e again lIe He sat as asset peet set braced across on the his hands clinched around paralyzed with horror a 5 ad f ailed him completely t ted to fall tall and be dashed erthe er erto he commenced calling tex ce he made mada efforts to the he projection but his erve erne both had failed him with terror and de- de times he broke into or help nobody noticed that Lam Lam- ati bis desk for perhaps rh is sithey they supposed o he 1 had r some other department f. f Da was paid to his absence e 8 Bf Janitor found his locker i esk S piled 11 d with w work rk I up cuing his a absence sence was no- no disappearance the was as recalled the ony cony some of ot his fellows nd he was waa marked dis- dis ence ce without reason or ex- ex Night nd and the chin chill crept up numbed Lammert He HeI i I perch and d at Inor Ins In- In I r or s help Several e p patrol patrol- heard his cries Mas Tas 33 they could not locate y gave gave up the search ht fresh tresh hope to Lam- Lam says revived him and to fresh tresh attempts to es- es was to slide down the nd d that It ended four In a a. hole In the Ho lie discovered too too I that it carried telephone wires to the upper stories During the morning he decided to call for o help every e half a hour and took out his 1 watch a t for that a purpose Also he found that he could see two windows windows win win- dows of a building across the street apparently apparently ap ap- windows to washrooms from the irregularity lIe He could not see any office windows He was not afraid of ot the height that day and lost his giddiness when looking down About noon he managed to stand standup standup up and decided to try to get around the angle again and return to the office win win- dow He crawled out until he could lookaround look lookaround lookaround around to where the window pole hung then he be grew afraid to let loose of the pipe and drew back Into h his s safe sate harbor He had come near falling In the effort and was weak from the experience Then a brilliant Idea dawned upon him He began pounding on the pipe with his penknife but after atter an hour of this he heg g desisted During u the morning too he had st put i O out a signal I a of distress Hying his pocket handkerchief and waving It atthe at atthe atthe the peole below He spent the greater part of ot the afternoon writing notes on envelopes and papers from his p pocket and trying to drop them into the street Some were wafted blocks out of the way and some fell tell unnoticed He w was so weak e that he dared ar not at attempt at- at tw gair tn gen te tempt t another o e climb around the ledge even if he had possessed the courage Decides to Jump for tor Surcease Night found him disheartened and despairing de de- He was ab about ut ready to let loose an and fall tall Into the street Apparently no on one had seen his signal or found his notes The night was raw and old anda and a a misty rain drenched him to the he skin He grew still and his body was as filled with pains Many times he shied ed from ledge to ledge and once by bracing his feet on one ledge and sitting on the other with his hand around the pipe he dozed oft off until a dream of falling awakened him Daylight came again and with it hope Lammert says that during the Morning he declared he would end his misery by Jumping jumping but but t that he was afraid he Jn would alight o on some one and kill him him him- so postponed the e Jump until tI night T The rl grim Jest kept e r recurring 1 all day He laughed at the Idea of waiting until others were safe sate before killing himself About 0 4 o o'clock clock that afternoon Curtis Logan an n employee of a brokerage firm firmIn firmIn firmIn In the building across the street went to the washroom and while there happened to glance out Of the window He saw Lammert and stopped to look That fellow tellow is s a a. long time fixing fixing- that pipe he thought For on the preceding day Logan had seen Lammert noticed his perilous position and watched him for a time thinking he was a daring dating workman repairing the pipe He watched this time for several minutes min min- ut utes S Then lie noticed the attitude of ot exhaustion and despair and the handkerchIef handkerchief handkerchief hand hand- kerchief tied to the pipe Suddenly the thought struck him that the man could not get out of ot the crevice in the side of the building He lIe watched a while longer and then hurrying I to Or l cr the ce d crossed se the street t and went up to the life insurance company's com com- pany's office where he raised the alarm The emploY employees es of ot the auditing department department department depart depart- ment were skeptical but Logan insisted that a man was on the ledge Then someone remembered Lammert and his odd disappearance The window was thrown open and some one shouted Lammerts Lammert Lammerts Lammert's Lam Lam- mert mert's s nam name The Th result sult was a feeble cry for help fainted af When Saved Af After r that there were were things doing Telephone messages summoned men from the nearest fire station A rope was swung from the window by Lammerts Lammert's desk across to th the window be beyond ond the projection and one of ot the window washers wash wash- ers with his belt t h hooked over the rope rope slipped hurriedly along the ledge around the projection Uon and in in an instant reappeared reappeared reappeared reap reap- supporting Lammert Eager hands stretched forth and drew Lammert into the window window and and in a dazed way he walked over to his desk put the paper he had saved upon It and toppled over in a ade de dead id faint |