Show KAI w tint arix arnitt cp anil HU l lor lorcie cit UH own atte mihaill ellouis El LouIl in the course inquiries a times bporter Kp orter v abon a curioli pamp ahlet haaring on abo outside page tho following donaldson and Grim woodi a truo their lasic balloon ft tut l TJ I aej tragic death in the of lake michigan from papers picked up in tho lake which they had thrown overboard previous tp this was Komow Lat further explained by the following which ftp emred WF Lun t aho to of woo d in a balloon roni chicago in july written from tho cacti as developed during of the abil from wood as well as from tho act of abo balloon foundering in mid lake as seen by the men anderson and iho captain and mate ol 01 un attl experience antoh in toh aap amt into hid lake by tha ol 01 narrative john wise IX which tho fate of who tt n his companion barr ian extract from the in threat ahab issing into alio region orar lake michigan when last eeck near 11 sun day night and tho narrative written byi seand put into tho mouth reads almost liko a foro fate the book 03 fol L KEC KLESa tl t cil alio run their cloud scraping coached hibba disregard of or alo in other worda essay to fly making calculations and ahn little As if to make the analogy between ielein the more striking little book loll 1011 ina lind to patch up his air chait aa wise did nt lindell lust sunday lonald son Intended to coin nt idt liba lour felt impelled by a feeling of prudence to lehkone seiw had expected to bo nt by gonter and awny w well na burr but left atheni behind atso waitea ifor donaldson AS follone fol lowe I often been excited in my walked but never before daj I teel UV into such despondency as it did when the dehat and out byer it was g ver by a kind of instinctive arithmetic I could baill another hours gail and a reach of dry land glim wood hailed mo from the car below while I ma silting on my perch in ahl busily engaged in writing out my experience that than an hour ago re solved lo 10 transmit to the waves below bo that might leave a memoir of my last voynne in tho event of a fatal termination fion gi dimwood now inquired of me HOT cararo wo from dhora dh and ho added our ballant A t balloon sailing hai the peculiar ty of keeping one entirely oatha speed tha balloon is ma kingor the direel lonin which it thyi you the clouds and tho clouds anro nailing with you abdat tho samo timo nothing but of water ia it is a singular fact sheet of water is lako michigan present to o feja levels to tho eye of w ue aeronaut well is la about aso miles long and miles broad and this gevea ut an anre i of square miles now if sailing vessels were aalto at any average only ane vessel for alvery thirty livo square miles or in other oye t SIX niiles pyo vi ii i i told nio aliat in hii hi i siu p of lake erie from one erid to ahe oth erho did not see half ewel and in rr ninety miles hf tk onofio only one vessel ans I fully realized athla ewt in own experience peri ence over hafl rakes and alie s tf soa crabl visible below pave i tho situation an intensified dreary aspect re i I now turned ny faco to grimwood and requested him to look out for bome laka craft sin cowe could not expect taj remain much balli ift was o nearly i TUB BA OCI ALL ici onT said ray companion you frequently let your balloon out all and next morning hopefully ejaculated my ful pa alner X es was the response luat is when the It filloon i new und order but remember alm in a lanky old tub you dont pre and tp hat wo are going to be boesl inta tuo lako for want of the bl luon holding out to reach the land why certainly I saidi if we dont decover land very shortly wo ahill be compelled ta take the water and to donald bon at you joking said grim voad rb t y I abw revolved at all hazards to FAIRLY to as certain destruction staring line in the face and tall liim to jora doom that in my mind 11 ll day long had been hailing fiille loog enough mado ray of mind cv u I pretended to and tt rought that I had taken ith rao of culture w bolotto the world and loftt show that had so real dicht to hang kii financial at ballooning ballo onins and chua through cia sissa td f my heart ln S plated th e whilo ichi Grinn Tood will yow irl lot out tho whole truth Heft aay become and decision 03 to who iao taip tho last chance for lifa for yv will fajman riot do to bavo his own life one or the other of us roust in a very time leave the balloon oti lh of us together in the ampry waves I had now fully resolved to bo n of tho word and little remaining timo for ft alst alto SKETCH in tho event of hla going overboard avni being present extent ready lor doubtful in the liki contingency hear th woral of our situation I am always renly for an item Po naMion good or bad up or dawni pitch in pon aldion and give us he news this good response rallied tny drooping again and I bacan o chopo liepe J cyc s to tho and thu north and the in of espying iome thing tw should promise A HOCK OF SAFETY for two spirits of the air began to feel more liko a dreaming spirit alion a liaina man grimwood aras all this timo writing down rapidly our words tho scenes around us reliant afat sam ending to the perilous voyage vo yago ships seem 16 bo as M land donaldson Ddnald son he but como to that wo for ilfe in I now to hian as conr tin istl agh ahat wo for tho chance of one ol 01 tha ahe tako to alka bakr fim lifa arc K hat wo should 10 d sor aie ay alin our balant should cuine to 1111 end I ani waa reaty aply LA L A apt and enough to draw a prize in a lottery I ao suro to draw bonom wind or water ald he the prize may bo u ship so let us hold up the last grain of sand in the hope of in excepting a craft below and in the event of falling in with one we will pounce upon it like a hawk upon a charrow cp arrow I prepared a dozen sticks of matches I had in my pocket all of different lengths and handed them to dispose of the game as lie desired IIo fald never mind donaldson keep them in your own hands ill draw one you another and ho who draws the longest has tuo choice ASO I DO CARE alch THE CHOICE because it u a hobson to me at bat sinco I would be ai badly off in the crazy old balloon without a ballast without and without knowledg do in the art of air as I bo in the water with a life preserver if tho choice shall sell out cheap anyhow should providence send a vessel in and near us in hat I would booner take to the water lot than tho air plot As ho reached out hla band to draw his lot ho remarked your hand trembles and so it did a thing that seldom occurred to me the sun was now going down behind tho cloud bank of a golden fanged korizon ALL NATURE WAS AS STILL AS I imagined that alie gold and purple colored drapery that appeared to curtain the chamber behind it represented the mausoleum of our ftp preaching resting place grimwood Ori mwood gat motionless in the cir his hand resting on hii ciote book hia countenance indicative indica tire of deep thought his face fixed as that of a statue for the first time he seemed to icaline the solemnity of the occasion he refused to measure lots with me he said in a very serious mood ronaldson it ia all for the best aim ready god be with us and his chin sank slowly upon his the scene unnerved me I turned my ave once more to the setting sun and tharo I saw depicted in the cloud formation AS OLD MAN A IK HIP HAND oh what A solemn scene was bo fore met I was ready to sink down with grief for now were flitting through my mind the scenes of my childhood the happy days of youth the pangs of despised love thoughts of the two little of my own loosli and blood of the one whom I had won and to whom I was betrothed all choso and a thousand other things flirted flitted through my brain over an approaching calamity no ono can imaging what a desolate wilderness it scorns to be where you can seo nothing but water under you and that surging and foaming as it were with internal convulsions to be hemmed in with such faint pros sects of escape and to bo fixed in the middle of creation pinned fast in the vault as if some invisible power was holding you there ready to drop you at any moment down down into tho seeni ing yawning gulf of water there to drown and become food for fish and all that without the solace of an attendant and a fiend ALMOT ME 10 and made me think that it would be aft die first and let my deluded companion have alie last thread of safety eliut ara available under the circumstances oli what a calamity a man can bring upon himself we had now sunk low enough to hear the dreadful murmuring of the troubled waters t was the Aeronaut dead march I thought again I rallied my spirits as grimwood sang out what canies conies friend grenwood A bail a craft chaer up don with trembling fingers and doubting muscle I pulled the dalye down down we came wo plunged the car deep inta the walera SOT A WA TO ite LOST was cloaking its table mantle grimwood t brew his life preserver over his shoulders threw his sealed bottle overboard and plunged into tuo lake never looking whether he biad drawn or short in th lot aut alaan had alt appeared from our siant in another moment the car was slowly emerging from ho ruffled water arad lazily the old leaky was lifting itself up in the sombre twilight I now looked ivr th car into he water and there I dod buffeting tho waves abat were tossing him up and down I shouted out s lopoo DV grimwood I blest thui an bo roust have beard me for he ra ahi band above hi briand wun g it round in recognition of say I felt like jumping overboard arc and milking an end of my troubles but my journal must bo disposed airet I donot do not want to go to hade frfd leave no record behind wil continue to write until the last gleam of hope forsakes roc and now alo balloon rises it is getting lighter ia thai I can again see to writer I looked out again for my struggling companion but the shades ot night had now eo obscured the surface of clift water that I coald not be anything on it face poor Grini woods well as the vessel iab mr biona and I could eee ilia manly form no naori trill now finish my journal and boysell to the wavea that must or later wallow me up unless orao miraculous hould awil it ano I will ot course not bo ablo to biln the final result of thin adventure should I bo doomed to die here BO I may ax well close up chii narrative seal it up in the water proof case and drop it ardt aa iara sinking down fat now from gas leakage and the cooling atmo phero of evening cot OS MY TWO CUlLU yEM and lead through the alorma ol 01 life may it not be the loo fany aeronaut to under take that which reason him should not be undertaken although the crowd may clamor and the borant cry out coward t einck t bolter to have the approbation of one sensible person than the and liutas of alio herd who ever applaud moat ht n your feats promise self immolation I in the end I ash fleword fL eLord to mciff alia MB should my body be found give it decent burial and write foran epitaph i HMO aes ues the body f a man ambition nd fear of accused of want of nervo hae hii own life and betrayed an other follow motul into the no higher object than barro of which to acay tho act of it ia but ft thing in the art and re nt seau and |