WITH A YAWNING CHASM BENEATH HIM.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 20, Issue 68, 27 August 1909, Page 5

WITH A YAWNING CHASM BENEATH HIM.

j A foreman bridge-bin lijcr recently described mii incident wlmh illustrates mm o( tus eoi krnen's coolness while in perilous position. Unsaid; ! "Sen lhost* planks right at the t.op that corn*- together in a point V Well, ilitf men walk those cross planks all the Lima. It's nothing on the ground hut up limn;, with the wind Plowing j —well, yon try it ! I •'I saw one fellow do a tiling that, 'startled me. lie stopped hall-way ' across a plank not over eight inches wide., took out. his matchbox, stood 1 oB his right foot, lifted Ins left foot, i a nd struck- a match on the heel Then he nursed the Dame in his hands, got his pipe going, and walked across the plank." ■•Why didn't he wait to light his: pipe until he got across f The foreman shook his head. ‘ 1 give it up. Me just, happened to think of it then, and he did it."