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Show i Vii Advenlurc Willi n Vniiior, 1 It was Jloyer's turn, says Max I Adler, for invention (bat caused the disaster. Mover invented a new kind ' of a''patent,inllated gossamer bustle" I for latlies. It was a thin bag of In-' In-' dia-rubbcr. which was to be inflated j with gas which was to give it the pro- per dimensions and uflicicnt light-1 light-1 ness. When the model was complete, j Mrs. Mover determined to try it. tihe went into the yard and lied the ma- i chine under her dress, while Mover turned on the kitchen gas to fill up ' the bag. It worked well enough for a -11 .it mi,-. Mr Mover began to ascend with frightful rapidity. She had barely time to scream down to Mover lo put the children to bed early, and tell Jane to set bread, and the next instant she was two miles beyond the snow line. It was embarrassing to Mrs. Mover i vcrv embarrassing especially as she could not reach around to the bustle to turn off the gas in order to come down. She lloated about up there I among the thundcr-stormand clouds and crows and aurora borcalis.es for I several horn's, enjoying the scenery I and studying the air currents and wishing she had brought her mull ami a book to read. Then she commenced to descend gradually until she came within a couple of hundred feet of the earth. Shcthenscrcamedsomcas she floated along, and several ehthusiastic students of natural his ton trial to bring her down with shot-gnus, under the impression that she was a new kind of ostrich or flamingo. But a sudden gutt of wind struck Mrs. Mover and blew her against the Presbyterian Pres-byterian church steeple with such force that the ''inflated go-tamer bustle" expleded violently, impressing the sexton with the conviction thai the sacred edifice had been struck by ' lightning. But when he came out I he saw Mr-. Mover caught by her ! pannier on the weathcr-coek, with, her parasol pointing cast or west, a the wind happened to shift, ho comprehended com-prehended the situation. It co-t SiicO to build a s'-ailulding to get Mi. Mover down, and even then Mover did not introduce hi- bullc into the market. He will sell out hi- patent right -heap, j Mrs. Moyer want- him to. |