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Show v AEnoMiTs vraiu FRIUHTH'I. KXlEKIE-NCfiOF I ell-NAN ell-NAN UtIUXJMST IN A RECENT RE-CENT THI I". The (jcmisn aeronaut Wulfl re Ccutly haJ a ruo-t terrible KXptrl ence durin; a trip Ian UiUooa Iram Uie groun la of the Uokarao rxhit. -tlonof thf art of war. In company Willi Piter bilimrtr atxl a manufacturer manufac-turer named Drieoieuer he started in the balloon "Sloilwerk" at 1 o'clock nu a cloujy fu?r tnou Tli balloon Hew one mllenlnio-ttraili upuanl Into Utu thick t.f a tonu Wolir. fearful of Uie a'.rmij win It-ami It-ami hall nrouul him, i4fr. tu maVe a landing as aoou n ioMille. "There was .lotlilmt Iral wo-hJ nnii wools uuJer w," la a-ahi aub-e quently. "The Uilloou le cmloi witli violent rapidity. I ft ally ! roverol a little clearing on a Me, mountain frMo ani prepart-.l to anchor. Tlie 1jI1jou deo-nJwi more tlowljr and the peopV wh tiad observed u hurried toje li r underneath toh-Ipm lau 1. fdrew he ventilator a littlw further opru ind motioned to -.hul!U to get uul U.-pcnhecer alighted and all war 4 ell, whin tudileuly a whirlwinu itruik ut. A ternblojerk aend m-on m-on my b.ci in the ear 1 jump uj to llu 1 all thills' swimaiiiig duarn Jown lielon mi, anl to mm clinnhellclytotlietd)e;ol the ar, I catch the ucarvvt one, a K-asmt w Ik) tried t & In tae Unvlim;. Tuolati' llhtrrugtli i ;one, he leU J, and I hear wild oornbte dtluiHne- the muQI iliu J of his boJr on the gruuud Sly heart 1-Kl.eii, lrtit I ra'ly t setny frienl brlimitz, wh rtlll tlcte to the rar Ue lrra.ly tin clou da are aJnklug below ua. Wi tru two ml'e-t aluvu the earth t trj to rale fcclmiitz into the car ml he has sunk & ftr do Antrum Jn edge that I can hardly gnui lis k rirbs au-I lie i too weak lu naVeau elTirl fur hlmelf. Hoilitt if groan our Uepair fr all atetn iver. akin 1 and Uinfully i raite lima little, wi 1113 teeth in the cL of hU coat, and endeavor tu ilud him fast witli tliekturm line A ew momenta drjg by in hoi. un Irrpair, and I filially mi-.t-l iu asliuing the rufeundei hU ar.n ml in ttiiighim m to the cir fliereis no ifeti III Ihe device, ion ever, for were SclimiU to 1 -e ontiou-n(M fur an irutan: h d would relax and he wuuhi ilipawaj. I call to him, SpTiMii jut j our ami'! Spread wit .ui inn!' I hear lib. body moe in ioiie tmj admonition but In-voice In-voice is It si t j me. "All llii has occupied twenty nvemluultfi anl we have in tic meantime beiu slipping upwaru Kvirjtliiu iijw depute u out jiaLIu a quick landing I draw )ln the valteinlwelNri,iii faliiiij; c plunge iutoa great triu. Tin ailoon pins abmt in eirrha and way about like a drunken man Rain, iiail, thunder -iwl Itghtninx sa"citiovcr u. Tlie billoun reel i that I mul hi on my face to retti-ln In the car. "'lYtir' IVtei" I call to n.j friend. 'Hold fast' Only ll ld fttt' ' o resjoiie, for hi eaunot hi-ai 111. Tlie agitation of tli bahoiii las loaecnnl the roM. 11 1 he ha ugged baek again, down the 6 ic o' hi car, fo I can sec onli lit- finger ip on the cdee. I rer(i to tlte si 1. f theci", seize hb rig'it r.st wi.h mi left hind an I with ni riht laud ami teeth I tutat tin valve " 'I cannot hub! out iiiixr,"co-ue-In a weak voice from chinitz, I am clipping nway ' ' Una minute, onl a niliui. unre,' 1 cry lack, 'and we will U there,' Ilieneaitrwt coiiH-lntheajivMini howivir, the more ioient U cunrfv lii-oscillatioii of the balloon. Mm My ire li ver n Immw, a bam, and drop liki a thot to the (muii. I.etgi.,' I sIhmjI to .--limi'x. 'and jumpawsy front theacchor.' "lleobryi., and thi lulkioii. 19-a Iuuds lighter, soars niward. 1 4ill at the valve will, all m stnuzlh till the anolior cattbt a small tree. Itut tin trrt-giv. w .y, and with the rftound the eat springs up to the balloon, and for a mMiiiiil 1 hang on almost l iui teeth. The anchor t-aHn-s iipin it lm- Again a jerk, a track a r. bwnd, and I am tossed alkiu: like a ball. Unccmorethean liirt u u t I find mytelfjustabuie t'n t . f a dense old cedar. Ilea! Hurt i dlM into the hr.un lies au I fall from bough to bough till I r.atl tli ground. The andHir ratt it 11 a me. Another Iree bleak' anl h nalloon sails olTto the mlhrs.' I had lauded near Ciiv. In a hour I bad tin whob- nein' .-I, .aI Kit looking for rliinl z H.- aas not hi le found I)fad,' I tu uithl, is I limied paiiifulli tkiiiglietwetu wo iKasants iu the iliiiTlli.u ol the Oreralh railway station. l'rt-iill 1 group of men an J woniec hurried touardusfroni a ide strict, three of them half carrying a man. I hastmed to them as npSlly as I could, and htl shmitz iu my arm. "To-day my Iiea 1 h lieitn; and weighty. l.ery bou in m body aches aud pukaUi-. I cannot sleep and have no ieare since I can get no 'iiws of the Nir irant who fill atarrillc- to his willingness to help mt."-r. |
