St. Mary's beacon., 1852-10-07

geo man, OTeSSe0 IH OtaCAS Win WohS
neckclo,h, stepped forth from the dense
crowd. to the edge of the boundary which
inclosed the balloon, and beckoning 10
Mr.. Green, said in very modest manner,
and in . low tone:
az will 90 with you. sir. with pleasure;
I should be glad TO 90. ! wish 10 escape,
for . while, ct least from this inferzsh
noisyaawn.ss. :
The aeronaut vas only too glad to &c
cept the proposition, as some sort of salFo
10 his disappointed auditory, whose denun-
ciaiory vocifera,ions were increasing
every moment.
Mr.. Green, standing up in the car Of
his tossing and impatient vessel, not
announced. that I" a gentleman present, in
the kindesi manner, had volunteered 10
make the ascent with him" and that the
" mons,er-halloon' would al once depart
for the vague regions Of the upper air.
This announcement was hailed with
acciamations by The assembled nultitudes;
and giving some necessary orders 10 his
assistants, Who had become faiigued with
holding The groaning ropes that had until
now confined the monster" to The earth,
the balloon was liberated, and rose slowly
and majessiceily over The vast crowd or
spectators and the wilderness Of brick and
rnorlsr, and towers and steeples, and spa.
cious parks, that lay spread out below,
and gradually melted into the celestial
blue.
What followed is bes, represented by
the partially remembered words Of the
seronsnt himself, as Swallowed forth in
the memorandum already referred 10.
"As we rose above the metropolis, and
It's mighty mass began TO melt ir.o indis-
rinctness, my Conpshion, whose bearing
and mariner had hitherto most favorably
impressed me, begaS 70 manifest symytoFn.
Of great uneasness. As we were passing
over Hanwell, dimly seen among the
extended suburbs Of the great city, bis
anxiety seemed to increase in an extraor-
binary degree. Pointing, with trembling
finger, in that immediate direction, he
said:
"'Can they see ~ from THERE can
they re.ch Us in any way! can they
telegraph us CAN they, say!"
"Surprised st the excitement, and a,
the abrupt alarm Of one who had been so
remarkably cool and self:possessed at
starting, replied:
"CeriainIy n", my dear sir; we are
half mile from the earth, at least
"Ah, ha then | am safe they cant
catch me no,c : escaped from Them only
this morning!
"With vague sense Of some impend.
ing evil, asked:
b" Escaped how from where?'
"From the lunatic asylum They
thought | was crazed, and sent me there
to be confned. Crszed! Why, there's
no; man in London so sane as am,
ard they knew il. Il vas a trick, sir-a
trick! A trick to get my estate! But
I'll be even with 'em! IN show 'em! IN
thwart emp
"Good Heavens! was now a mile
from the earth, with a mailman for my
companion lin frail vessel, where the
utmost caution and GOODNESS were neces
sary. and where the least irregulari,y or
carelessness would send Us, through the
intervening space with The speed Of
thought, to lie, crushed and bleeding mas
ses of unacceptable humanity, upon the
earth.
"Ru, ! had no, Iong 10 think Of even
this apparently inevitable fate; for my
comPa MON had seized upon the sand.bags,
and, one after another, was throwing them
over the side OF the car.
" Hold! rash man. I exclaimed
what would you dol You are endan.
gefing both our lisesr
can this time the balloon was ascend.
ing with such rapidi,y, that the rush Of
the air through The network vas like the
wild whfs,line of the wind 10 fhe cordage
Of ship undsr bare poles, in q gale at
sea.
"Whst do do y rePessed The mad.