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Show I r HERE'S A WEIRD fAL'E. Queer Brand of Liquor Mutt Be-Usec. In Tennessee. Walter Stephenson, whllo out training train-ing a pair of bloodhounds near tho Dlkomftn springs, Was subjected to a unique experience, says the Nashville American. He was Just finishing a long chase with his dogs and sat down on a log to rest, when ho espied upon the eastern horizon a Bpeck, which be took to bo a large klj. He paid little attention to the object, and shifted his gazo temporarily to othor scones. Soon his attention was attracted to n whirring noise, and looking upward, he saw that the speck which ho had a f6w moments before discovered in the eastern sky bad approached almost directly over him, jind that tho object was in reality a hugo balloon, but of a pattern and appearance ho had ncvor In his life bo. re seen. Ho discovered that tho floating mass was rapidly approaching approach-ing the earth. Of a sudden, the observer ob-server says, strains of music calculated calcu-lated to charm tho spheres burst from the balloon, which circled round and round and Anally landed at Kldcman springs. A number of strange pcoplo emerged from tho car, which was closcsly curtained with n substnnco that fairly glistened in the sunshine that temporarily burst through tho obscuring ob-scuring clouds, and all going to tho big, flowing spring, knelt by it in n supplicating attitude and so remained for a minute or more. Mr. Stephenson says that whllo this was going on ho sat quietly within speaking distance, and whon tho strange visitors arose to their foot and he supposed their devotional de-votional exercises were over, he asked if ho might be permitted to Inquire who thoy were, and what tholr mission? mis-sion? Ho said that instantly u visard was lifted by one of the company and tho benign faco of a lady showed from underneath and said In German: "Habon sio Bcton?" (did you pray?") and Instantly all wero aboarU, the airship air-ship rose, circled about for a minute or more, and was gone in a wcstcily fltrnnttnn Mr. Stephenson says that tho Incident Inci-dent left an impression upon him that he can novcr forgot.and while he knows that It was some human Invention, It looked and the music sounded more like that of angels than or mortals. |