Show w y 1 t r ri x s i l 0 I IA r A VOYAGE F tk DISCOVERY TAKEN ON N A GAS AS HOUSE J Id 6 Strange Experiences r e l es of a Young Student I a Sailed Sa led Away Avay to a Foreign Country Met NI t Who Was Seeking Seek Hg Information Inform tion About 7 f Strange People and nd Animals and Finally F nay the Manufacture re of Gas and Who Got 4 Reached Home After Being Cast C t Far FarAway Jt r I Too Close to the Subject I Away Avay in in the Ocean j jf f ct i ARTIN HOOLIHAN sat in front of the M MARTIN Gas House wrapped up in a heavy over overcoat over overcoat overcoat coat waiting for the night watchman to come and relieve him when Percy Oad Cad Cadwalader came along Percy was one of those stu studious studio studious dious dio boys who are ar always al ys looking looting for knowledge kno ledge everywhere ere and when he h saw Hoolihan H the thought tho occurred to him that the day watchman of the Gas House could supply him with enough cn ugh information to enable him im to write a composition on gas Percy wrote wr the best compositions gf of g any aY y boy in his school and this was was because he took t k a great deal of trouble to get his leis facts from fro t people HS He H stopped and said Paid Good Good evening Will you ou tell ell me all about bout how h w the m si I want to write a ati composition ti on J I 4 c ct t I will J said the watchman and wid pleasure leisure Phat do gees wanter know first i reason the Gas House is so tall tallone one day d y v and so low another inquired Percy looking 10 king up at t the high iron walls towering above them s because its full of gas replied Hooli Hoolihan Hoolihan han ban The upper part sets down over the lower lowert lowerr pa pait t r ethe the lid of a pill box only further down dowil dyo d i min dand and d then the gas comes pouring in rises an rises till its full to bus busting k Why dont it rise right off and float flo t away t Because it gits to the top tOped edge thim clamps ps you see up there hold Zt t f fast ast like to go g gouT upon uT on top and an see how it works ho he added Indeed Indeed I would 1 cried PerCy PertY The Tank Began to Rock and a d Was Soon Sailing Away Thin D me said Mr Hoolihan rising and andE E leading the why way to t the narrow ladd running up outride ou id the th iron tank Percy followed him and climbed cli 4 up the tha t c ladder close behind him and they the were soon on the flat top of the Gas House H ing down on all the other o r houses ous noun ouD about b ut 1 Its very high said Percy in surP ri e eIt elIt eIt lIt It is that and Im wondering at said Hoolihan f fer er it never nevor wa W s so high before thi its ifs some som new stun stuff st ff gittin inter then the the makin malu n of o it givin si vin it more liftin power pow belike lea riz up feet the he last tin minutes e and faith ifs got but six sis inches more to torise rise before it itts sl gits ts to the topi top 1 It seems ms to me said Percy that it is sort o 0 like a ship ori iny mY i imagination ima n bm Sure it giver niver rocked before but it dont be feel feeling feeling ing g y replied Hoolihan looking lop king about t ner neI nervously and an starting for the ladder Yes exclaimed Percy I think it is really rocking You Youth think k sol so I 1 cried the watchman ley You ou think its do you Well faith I know blamed well its and goin ter git right out o 0 othis this He started to descend but just then the great tank heaved so mightily might that he was almost tossed off over the edge and then there was an awful sound of ripping cracking cra g and tearing beneath them Both held on to the girders as the Gas House tilted over like a ship in a heavy sea Percy could look right down upon re le street for a moment then the tank righted again but another heave followed instantly ty there was more and louder ripping and splitting and then silently and swiftly the Gas House rose up in the air and soared away like a balloon n Over the tallest cn eys and steeples J e les it sailed said rising higher every moment and looking down they could see soe all the people of the town run running running ning thug wildly after them with loud cries of amaze anaze amazement ment Faith F ith weve gone and done dono it now 1 I said Hooli Ir Hoolihan oli han I told thim they was p too much mch hot air in in last batch o gas v Drifted All AU Night and Into a Much Warmer Climate And Andr why do doth they y do that asked Percy desir desiring desiring desiring ing to obtain information information even under un er such curious ious circumstances To make maka the meters go round faster I replied V j Hoolihan hian But never never mind The question stion is How are we e goin oin to git down out o 0 this i I hare never been up in a balloon said sai Percy ercy and t will be a pleasing experience unless we meet with an accident I should like to travel and see something son of the country co try ath said Hoolihan Oiva niver been funder awa away tb ui the ward in me mo life an not n t to an but as ye say we have a disaster any minute t r wish we had an anchor or the Pike o 0 that ty fetch up wid when we wo want to stop Well we cant starve every very coon oon said aid Percy forI for I was coming home from the grocers when I and I have here several boxes of f crackers SC cheese se sardines olives and dog biscuits L j a Oi m glad lad o 0 oi that but what shall we do for water watery vat iJ ii qt t Theres plenty of snow on on the roof here h Jep ePh ed ed edi i 9 I I I J i fA 2110 t 1 Lf 1 1 I l 1 I Ir I J I I i 00 I I I 1 I t tI y I t No 7 1 I I t It q I ti irm ff 1 F dl I I Z t J II r t t r J J Jj I i iL t V It il oV g I If 1 q I j 1 f in d mh L Ji I I Id r 1 tt 11 W iJ 11 U I X ii I s 11 j f I p I i i ii cI i v I 7 I h I rl d c N J WY z f hP aJ I 4 j Ji f yi yie r R L A I I 1 II I I I I Y W X I 4 e 3 y f I Il r l t t f p I 0 IT J I T s L 1 I rr po 0 J Ji 1 l J Y V i 1 i THE END OF ri THEY FOUND JH THEIR TR SEARCH V lif THE BUGBEARS B ARS f j f FOR STRANGE tt WJ t r WERE QUITE S r UcA HELPLESS I I r Percy We fie w ave to melt that in m the tin can enn ennI canI I see yon yonder d era Bedad its ts filled illel with wather already alrea I l cried Hoolihan going to the fhe can e alT all J right for a while Now let t us 1 the scenery scenery said Percy r Although it waB wa tte in the afternoon aft nn on it was as not i th there r f for they th y were now two t o miles in iR Ji thair ir But t it was very cold and they had had to hop hopr around r u d in i af a r l lively vely livel manner to keep p themselves warm When night came they were ere far from fr home in indeed indeed indeed deed and it was very uncomfortable and to make it more more distressing ing Hoolihan kept wondering not the Gas House might turn over at any moment nt and th n off o All Ail night 1 long on g they clung clan g to a girder in fear and a trembling tf but when the morning came and they found themselves t sailing sail sailing saili ing i 1 overa over they forgot their fears r and made a a breakfast of crackers olives and a d water water iva er erThe The wind was N E half E and a d soon they were were in inthe the tropics so they had to t remove their then heavy clothes for the heat was terrific c M Landed ct at Last L st in a Very v ty Strange Part of Wild Africa I Sure the gas dont leak out much said Mr HOOn or r we would be long lo Ion ago Its a fine fine airtight Gas House we have I see a tapir cried Percy c Sown down there ther in inthe the woods by that stream 1 Faith Eaith I hope hell not come near us and set s t us afire cried Hoolihan A tapers some sort of ofa fa a candle Im k 7 No 0 its an animal a im l Dont Q q ou it tJ said J BV Percy I 1 II y yI I do that has a nose p i Kim m like a o oh 1 h he ie e 1 I see e e a snake t oa i d its it s g gla slad a am m were were a mile niile in inthe the air 3 J V 7 i Thata Th quite harmless snake shake however h 1 said Percy S Sure cx no snake is harmless h e e fTh They y all il scare me I meto to death retorted Hoolihan They X hey y s saile il along g across across the equator mountains all covered with eternal snow over dark green forests f ests into int which the eye ye could not pene Pone penetrate penetrate over wide rivers filled with alligators electric eels sea cows cows and other strange creatures over vast plains s covered with ith antelope cassowaries and al alpacas alpacas pacas paci and finally nally f swept sw pt out over the ocean Both were Wt much alarmed when they found the sea be I neath heath them th m but they the floated along aloni at the same saDe same height and d ps as though it would go on or ever Flying ng fish dish leap leaped dup up as if to reach the ther queer r object ct in i the th sky Grea Gre sharks dashed mad mId madly ly lp o the surface whale spot ed at them and all the inhabitants of f 01 old ogean in came came up p Aid j mid and stared at at att them t ein as they sailed along with the tie clouds They saw ships frequently and observed on each of them thema a great scurrying around among the sailors as tele telescopes telescope scopes scope es were pointed at them th n for or of course the pep neo peppie pie on board took to k the Gas Gasi Ga House for a new kind cind of of f fair airship air hip Finally Fin lIy just when tHeir food was about eaten they reached readied Africa a and i af aft over half alf of the continent the he Gas House suddenly showed signs of becoming emptied for f r it itt slowly sank ank lower until u til at l last st it it settled q down upon alow a lo lot J t y II l v hill near a great forest As jit it came cani to the earth they th y saw thousands of blacks black savages running iii all directions ll i fu i great gr t tala al alarm ala arm But it t they t ey were to anxious q to get something so etl in into g to eat at to worry about savages s Th They ev made at once for fo a n banana orchard nearby and soon were filling that delicious fruit which in Africa costs co ts nothing at t all After a while a number of blacks approached them led l d by their king who with every ign of friendship yet greatly troubled tro bled wel welcomed welcO coned cO ne them to This part p rt of Africa has bas ba never been een explored and Percy found it truly a wonderful region with more more strange things thin ss to t see see than can 1 be found an anywhere here else rin on earth e rth The 4 he ha hasely tive Ve r no no Clothes but o t paint them th n seI sely to carefully s in various patterns i such as big bit bitch a che ch cb f all colors polka dots stripes and circles e every ev rY k or so and d they really seem to be dressed u p t they keep in s style l without the unpleasant s nt of p wearing clothe lothe in such a a hot climate e eADd And ADd one must admit much nueh cooler h hl tj r f i iU i y 1 e l U t r Fhe Natives N tives Were Kind and a d They i jf t f fy y Learned L arn Curious Things j Percy Perc and nn i Hoolihan H Jihan determined to adopt the style afi s on as they could engage a painter as they th y I both wore winter whiter clothes lo hes Many Man M y gifts both both of food and other treasures treasures were were ere brought to them by the people of and they soon were on the best bes of terms with every everybody everybody body for the natives were merry and simple negroes 1 who only desired to be jolly and eat cat four or five ve times per day Percy went about gathering gath ring information information information mation daily daiy and many were the strange and won wonderful wonderful wonderful things thin he e saw and wrote down in his lus little I I note book bool for future compositions Such animals as as were ui unknown in other parts arts of the world orld rr he her r made mad pictures pi tures of Among the these e wa wasl w M the lie Tree Tre Cow a sp species of cow that has long c Jaws claws and d stays s in trees almost con con constantly o ost st eating leaves s It hangs hanas h n by its horns from lna a limb b when sleeping and Percy never could help laughing when he saw a string of them thus swing swinging swinging ing among mong the foliage of a tall Hysteria Palm Sure wan van o thim him kind 0 o cows jumped over the moon said Mr Hooli Hoolihan Hoolihan Hoolihan han when he first saw this wonder Then there was a new kind of monkey called the Powder Monkey which carries in a pouch like the kangaroos s a big powder puff with which it dusts d ts its dozens of times a aday and there ha he saw the Golf Lynx an animal a am al which which never tires but gets up at t all sorts of hours to roam about in they the tall tail grass grass and ln hunt h t for Puff Yet strange b as these re e they were simply trifling and of no ac account account account count count alongside aI of another wonderful o creature they soon soon heard about Captured Two Bugbears and arici Put Them in the Gas House Percy had noticed some of the queerest of door front of the kings hut and when he asked what they filey were he was told they were made of o the skin of the Bugbear a fierce and marvelous animal that lived deep in the darkest forest where even the hippopotamus PP PR or r the dare not penetrate pen The e yg ar r they told him is a small and timid creature by day bu but grows as aE da ess approaches ches chesun until un il at a he s as s big as s an elephant ant and twice as aB By he is 15 so ferocious that JI jip no rone one dare d come co e within a mile of him and woe be ber betide b r tide any whom he catches out at night nightS Sometimes S they said id hev he h even cven invades their huts h ts but thatis that is ds a rare rare occurrence occurrence Those which they had killed filled had been surrounded at midday when per perfectly y defenseless and fand harmless but many man y of the Datives were even ev n then afraid id of the Bugbear for forthe they the thought ought he h was wa a magician ian or sorcerer in the shape of an animal Percy immediately resolved to capture ca a ture on one e of these creatures at once and dir Mr Hoolihan was quite quites t as s to possess one also So when the sun was blazing away in the very top of the heavens they started into intI the deep forest foresi several natives going in front as guides ides and after penetrating so far that all were nearly smothered with the perfume pe e of the J i t WHEN THE GAS HOUSE WAS HALF FILLED WITH WATER AND D THEY WERE IN DESPAIR A SAILING SHIP StRIP RESCUED THEM FROM DROWNING v 3 V Jq c great e t Anomalous flowers growing owing there they t fh r came came 8 le upon two feeble exhausted Bugbears that had Ji Been eri wandering around all night and were sleeping under undera d der dera r ra a tree These were quickly seized aI and dati i d with cords Then they returned return ed to the ilI where they were welcomed with loud outcries b by flo negroes j who Q wanted to tp eat the animals at once be e fore they th got big and a But Per decided de id d to put them th m into the now empty Gas Ga H e for safe keeping and study their habits which he i mediately mediatelY proceeded proceed d to do doT dot II a I IThe They The T Y here were sure to be harmless in n there th e lib hi l thought but when night came and he heard tham them wallowing and rampaging around inside he grew somewhat alarmed yet after a it time tune as ns they th y became quiet he concluded that they had become reconciled to t captivity at which he was much pleased When an late at night Hoolihan n told him to come to bed ed he went there r feeling much elated over his captives Q t at t Again and Soon Wrecked W on the Ocean Oce n Deep N I Now w hey both slept on top of the Gas House because be it was cooler r there there and Hoolihan felt f lt more mora i secure sec re from i m the visits of snakes of which th there re were plenty in lp During the e 1 Percy seemed emed s to feel the Gas House moving now n no w wa and a d then the and he wondered if the Bugbears could c tip it i over o over er But when suddenly awoke and F cried The Th tanks alive Were We J 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