mr. milton decided he was going to dive off the high board. he had something of a diving star in lincoln high school, but that was on a 10-food board in an indoor pool. this was another order of magnitude. clearly he was out of the mind. word of his insane intention was spreading along the beach when mr. milton went to the water and swam out to the distant dock. he was a tiny figure when he got there. even from a distance. the high board seemed hundreds of feet above him. it took him at least 20 minutes to make the way up to the ladder to the top. once at the summit, he staired up the down the board bounced on it experimentally two or three times and took some deep breathes and assumed position at the fixed end of the bar -- board with the arms at the side. it was clear from the posture and poised manner he was going go for it. by now, all the people on the beach and in the water several hundred all together had stopped whatever they were doing and were just silently watching. mr. milton stood for quite a long time then with a nice gesture he

mr. milton decided he was going to dive off the high board. he had something of a diving star in lincoln high school, but that was on a 10-food board in an indoor pool. this was another order of magnitude. clearly he was out of the mind. word of his insane intention was spreading along the beach when mr. milton went to the water and swam out to the distant dock. he was a tiny figure when he got there. even from a distance. the high board seemed hundreds of feet above him. it took him at least 20 minutes to make the way up to the ladder to the top. once at the summit, he staired up the down the board bounced on it experimentally two or three times and took some deep breathes and assumed position at the fixed end of the bar -- board with the arms at the side. it was clear from the posture and poised manner he was going go for it. by now, all the people on the beach and in the water several hundred all together had stopped whatever they were doing and were just silently watching. mr. milton stood for quite a long time then with a nice gesture he

mr. milton said for a long time. then with a nice touch at the checkout he, raised his arms ran down the wrong board and imagine, if you will, an olympic gymnast sprinting towards a springboard. took one enormous balance amongst yourselves height outward in a perfect swan dive. it was a beautiful thing to behold msa. he fell with flawless grace for what seemed whole minutes. the beauty of the moment in the breath of assignments with the multitude that the only sound to be heard was the faint whistle of his body tearing through the air towards the water part. it may only be my imagination, but he seemed after a time to start to glow red like incoming meteor. i don't know what happened whether he lost his nerve are realized that he was approaching the water at a murderous velocity or what. about three quarters the way down he seemed to have second ads about the whole thing. [laughter] and began suddenly to flail. like someone in a bad dream or his parachute doesn't open. when he was perhaps 30 feet above the water he g

mrs. milton timed this with an egg timer and encourage us to close our eyes and have some sleep. in the middle of the lake was more of a platform on which to get on a diving board. with michael tower. it was the tallest wooden structure in ottawa if not the midwest. the platform was so far out to shore that hardly anyone ever visited it. just occasionally some teenage couples would have a look around, sometimes even climb the many matters and cautiously creep out onto wet but always retreated when they saw how far the water was below them. no human being had never been known to jump from the high board. it was quite a surprise as the egg timer, mr. milton jumped up and began doing that rolls and arm stretches and he intended on the high board. mr milton it has to be said had been something of a diving star in high school but that was on a 10 foot board on an indoor pool. another order of magnitude altogether. clearly was out of his mind. word of his insane intention spreading along the beach when mr. milken jog into the water and swam out to the distant platform. he was just a ti