Word: chimneyed
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...Once two of us were perched on a ledge near the top of a huge factory chimney doing some cement work. Suddenly my partner lurched backwards and hurtled through space to die 200 feet below. He carried the guide rope with him, leaving me stranded...
...That was a time for iron nerves, I can tell you. With my rope gone, the slightest movement would have thrown me off my balance. After three hours they were able to lower another rope from the chimney top and take me off that ledge. I wouldn't be here now if I'd become jittery when the other fellow fell...
...Whutchamean" . . . "not the most beautiful portion of the United States are the Carolinas"? What portion of the U. S. is more beautiful than our Great Smoky Mountains-Banners Elk, Linville Falls, Chimney Rock, Tryon, Brevard, Hendersonville, Blowing Rock and other mountain retreats; or our famous winter resorts-Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Camden, Aiken, Summerville; or Myrtle Beach, Kitty Hawk; and the beautiful gardens of Charleston, Orangeburg and Wilmington, to which we might add our world-known hunting and fishing grounds-Ocracoke, Lake Matta-muskeet and Morehead City...
Suppose you are a chimney sweep named G. J. Kite. You wait and wait for the chimneys of Windsor Castle to need sweeping. You cannot offer to sweep them. Finally you are asked, and up the chimney you go. Emerging sooty but elated you wash up, present yourself at the Lord Chamberlain's office and state the facts. If the Lord Chamberlain pleases he may appoint you, as he has appointed G. J. Kite, "By Royal Warrant Chimney Sweeper to His Majesty the King...
...started when a spark from a nearby chimney lit on the roof of the Golden Gate Hotel. A 34-mi. wind puffed the flames through every room. From the Golden Gate Hotel the fire spread rapidly to the business section on Front Street. Up went the offices of the Nome Nugget, up went the airplane office, saloons, poolrooms, garages, almost every business place in town. By nightfall every building in Nome was in ruins except the Government wireless station, which sent out the bad news, one hotel, a hospital and Lomen Commercial Co.'s north side warehouse. The winter...