THE WAY TO RISE EARLY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1678, 3 October 1887, Page 3

THE WAY TO RISE EARLY

!Thompßon and fita «..b iive opposite eao'i other m a' narrow Btreet. T .ey were going on a fishing excursion tho other dsy, and as they wanted to ba sore to wake m time to catch the early train, they ran a bit of clothes-line across the street, m at the seoond story windows, and each tied an end to his leg, so that If one awoke the other would immediately feel a pull. The scheme waß an excellent one, and we know, of no reason why, under ordinary circumstances, it should not have worked well. But about five o'clock that morning some laborers stopped m front of Simma' for the purpose of erecting a telegraph pole. When the hole was dug they began to put the pole ou end. But unfortunately it slipped and came down with tremendous force upnn tbe clctbes lines. Mrs Simms was very much surprised to see Henry go over the foot of the bed and shoot f6et foremost out of the window ; but even she was not more amazed than Mm Thompson was, when Archibald performed the same feat. They met m the middle of the street clustering, as it were, round the pole, but each with a leg broken. They awake themselves now with alarum clocks. It is aafer and less exciting.