| Show feyd adventurers CLUB HEADLINES NES FROM THE LIVES yf OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF 1 the fall into the bottomless B ott ontress wella allo EVERYBODY HELLO can you imagine falling into a well and never reaching kottom iott orn what happened to Will william iarA J sternberg sand island city N Y who tells yarn of long lone g in the spring of 1885 bill sternberg then lad a of 19 ibanes of glass along the side of a building in long island islan w was s putting s burned down A steep slope fell city ty N Y ince away almost and below this slope vertically fro from m the hading fil laing was an old well whose removed preparatory to rotting timbers ers had been making a new cover now watch see what happened and aia bill sails off into space along the far end of the building the ground fell BP had to go look for the ladder he had left against away the so one steeply tension on to make sure the ladder was still where he had left it story he took a s step e P backward to look over the edge of the roof suddenly his eft foot went completely into space biu bill says 1 I knew in a flash where I 1 was about to it 1 too late to scramble forward so I 1 braced my toot foot and go ali with alti was a all ll 11 1 my might I 1 threw my body back and right below lay jay you guessed it the open well bills quick thinking may have saved his life but it keep him from going through a bad experience his shoulders struck the far edge of af the he well and his feet scraped the near edge so that he lay jay across the lop opening p ening like a stiff stick only he so stiff worse luck bit ly by b bit t he started to slip down the sides of the well the weight of his ody body b held h e I 1 d in space only by the fierce pressure of his braced feet and shoulders boulders against the rough brick sides of the well and theu then he started to slip had that well been an inch wider in diameter boys and girls bill be telling this story As it was he had all he could do with all his strength to keep his body out straight to keep pressure pressing tn his toes and his shoulders and neck picture for yourself what he be was up against it if either cither his head or his feet started slipping faster than the other end he might drop so much on one end that his body would no longer meet the wall on both sides the minute his legs or his shoulders slipped enough to fall fail away from the wall HE WOULD PLUNGE TO THE DEPTHS BELOW but worse was still to come working with bill on the job was a man insil by the name of franz when the first terror at his predicament f N and right below lay the open well lifted bill thought ofa ranz and yelled for help picture his horror when le ie got no answer all along he had been hoping that before he lost control rescue would arrive now his voice rang mockingly in the dark depths below did not answer bill sees a dim ray of hope lower lower slipped bill the rough bricks scraped his shoulders raw law blood bloed ran from his tortured flesh soaked his shirt the pressure was agony yet he dare not ease up to let up meant dropping bill wormed around till his eyes could examine the depths of the well below and for a moment hope returned to him directly below about seven and a halt half feet down he saw the ribs of the form for the brickwork projecting on the inside about two or three inches beyond the brickwork the masons had bad left the form with the ribs and built around them now bill told himself if those ribs will hold my weight im tafel but could he reach them seven and a half feet seven and a half feet of creeping of tortured shoulders of risky probing with one foot when an instants letup let up in that pressure ires sure meant bill sternberg tried not to think what it meant while ie he groped with one foot for a hold wormed his raw shoulders lower on the bricks that were like sandpaper on his raw shoulders new danger worse than the old just as he reached the ribs a new danger presented itself his shoulders started to go lower than his feet bad enough to plunge feet first but head first and backward tt at that it took all the flagging nerve of biu bill sternberg to grind those raw shoulders into that wall and work his feet down to yes the rib bill made it and more the ribs held him feet and shoulders but how long was he to remain here like this frantically he lifted his voice in a hoarse shout and now to his ears came a sound the sound of frans hammer franz hammering and whistling at his work had perhaps not heard bill summoned all his strength fairly bellowed franz FRANZ this time franz came and with one unco tug up his companion bill landed hard on the safe ground it felt good better than his shoulders but worst of au all he says was trying to square blin self with his mother for ripping his shirt when he got home copyright service |
