Show vima qa t d p T Z club 11 how to get killed by FLOYD FLOID GIBBONS famous headline hunter TODAY taurer odayl boys and girls im introducing distinguished adventurer james J anies daly of bronx N Y who tells telli about the most original method of getting yourself killed that ive heard of in a coons age jim im want to take the credit for that invention of his he really think the thing out by himself it just happened that way if there are any royalties on it part of them ought to go to the horses they supplied the power without which the whole scheme would have been a flop jim further wishes to state that he never did think enough of his contraption to have it patented because hed rather stay alive than die even in the most ingenious gadget there ever was besides nobody but the war department could have any use tor for the doggone dog gone thing and if they want it jim will be patriotic and give it to them for nothing young jim Is introduced to a disc plow when jim was a kid of sixteen his uncle took him out to california to live that was in 1914 his uncle owned a big farm in yuba county about three miles outside of the town of marysville marksville Marys ville about a week after jim arrived at the farm his uncle hitched him up a four horse team and sent him out with a disc plow to bust up some land against planting time maybe youve seen one of those disc plows and maybe you theres a long axle with a row of razor sharp steel discs on it and over that a seat for the be driver the discs are set sort of cockeyed coming together in pairs at the front so that instead of cutting a straight groove in the ground they throw the soil this way and that jim drove that plow with its set of sharp edged blades for just exactly a week then on monday of the second week things happened it was around two and the day was windy the horses feeling pretty frisky after their sunday rest and the work was going along fast piece of paper blows lad into terrifying y ing adventure jim just finished one strip turned the plow around and was on his way back down the field again when suddenly a gust of wind picked up a 7 J W q 1 I ftp jim tumbled jn fronton front of the razor like plow low blades bit of paper that was lying on the ground that bit of paper blew right across the faces of the two front horses the front horses reared the horses behind them gave a leap forward jim clinging to the re reins ns was yanked out of his seat he tumbled to the ground RIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SHINING ROW OF PLOW BLADES ard and as he landed the horses gave another leap and bolted downs field jim tightened his grasp on the reins and held on for dear life if he let go well figure it out for y yourself 0 right behind him was that razor bladed plow a plow that slashed through the hard frostbitten ground as if it was so much cheese cheese imagine what that plow would do to jim if it went over him plow blades give imitation of grim reapers readers Re apers scythe says jim with every step those horses took I 1 could feel a couple of those discs touching my feet I 1 was dragging along the ground between four crazy horses and twelve circular knives sharp enough to make mincemeat out of ma each one of those discs weighed about twenty pounds and all I 1 could do was pray the plow hit a bump and come down on top of me the horses dashed on down the field dragging jim with then them the n they were almost at the end of the he field when aben the thing jim most feared happened the plow hit bit a bump leaped up and forward it came down on jims right leg and lie he felt elt a stab of pain about his ankle they were almost at the end of the field now ahead of them was the fence that ran alongside of the main road the horses ran up lip to the fence and came to a stop but still jim let go of the reins they were still nervous those horses they might bolt again at any moment jims leg lea 0 was bleeding still stuck between two sharp blades of the plow but ht h dare try to get it out one move might set the horses to running again the second he let go of the lines hed be giving them a chance to run away and drag the plow over him jims pocket knife outwits the murderous discs jim began talking to those horses quietly soothingly he talked to them for five minutes before it seemed to him that they were sufficiently calmed down then he took a chance he let g go of the reins and reached down to see if he free his leg all I 1 could see was blood he says and try as I 1 might I 1 pull my leg loose those discs were six or seven inches apart at the top but at the front they came together at the middle and my ankle was in between two of them 1 I was lucky enough to have a pocket knife with me and it if it been for that I 1 guess id have been there yet with the aid of the knife I 1 was just barely able to reach back between the blades and cut m my y shoe lace then I 1 could pull my foot out leaving the shoe behind lifelong life long scars are souvenirs of jims experience jim got the foot out but there were three terrible gashes in the back of his leg where the discs had run over it he had a good three quarters of a mile to go before he reached the house and he thought hed bleed to death before he got there his uncle was scared almost as much as jim was when finally he dragged himself into the barnyard he took jim to the hospital in town and jim lay there for a couple of months he still has the scars of that experience and more important por tant he still has the pocket knife that got him out of it that knife jim says is going to be his rabbits toot foot from now on Q |