| Show An Impertinent Question I e I saw that account of the aeronaut who made an ascension from Honolulu and fell into the sea to be devoured by sharks replied the man in the plaid ulster and i forcibly reminded me of my own adventure on the Pacific coast Being urged to give us the story in all it details he hesitatingly consented and said In tho year 1SGO I made an excursion from San Francisco The upper current of air took mo out to tea as in this case We had no parachutes in those days but tho balloon bal-loon was inflated for only a short trip When ten miles at sea it began to descend and where do you suppose I lauded In the water of course replied the man from Milwaukee nf T Ilfjnl T rvnvitlv rlr1nnr1 n1 nr 4l uu un U 6 U vu uUC deck of a large ship which had been dismasted dis-masted in a storm and afterward abandoned by her crew She was loaded with a cargo worth 400000 and I sailed her into port and got 175000 salvage as my share You didl You say she was dismasted Yes sir Then how did you sail her inDo in-Do you doubt my word sir Oh no but I want tho particulars Well sir I sailed her in as I said before and thats enough Any one who wants any particulars will be considered a doubting my veracity and it is needle to add that the man who doubts my veracity 1 Hero he took from his pocket a large long knife tried tho edge on his thumb nail and after a glance around returned it to its sheath No further particulars were asked for and the subject of conversation was changed to other pastures Now York Su |
