The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

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'!o1 ~ me mrs. wh01 ! have ever zee Ar
Five o eech - al6tnde without betraying
osHe emotion
Keep @ mounting. aid The traveller,
with gravity soprsms.
GODDARD threw ont some ballast, and the
balloon ascended come 500 feet higher
:Asd now, added y. GODDARD, does your
heart beaef Nothing yeA replied his COM
paASoa, with On cir which approaches close
y g iopetience.
The deuce, exclaimed u. GODDARD; you
have really, ny dear cir, the most perfect
qoa!@eeflons TO Be IN 0ronaut'
The balloon still ascended; when 1000
teee higher, y. GODDARD Intercepted his com
paaion-'And now Z
Nothing, nothing; mot the shadow Of
fear whateverr aDeWered the traveller,
with tone positively discontented, and ike
man who had experienced profound do ;
oepeio0.
Voodness melso much the worss, then,
aid the @ronaut smiling; i must renounce
ell hopes Of making you afraid The balloon
h high enough Ne are going 70 descend.
TO descendr
Certainly; there would bo danger in
mounting higher.
That don't make the slightest difference to
ne; do not wish 70 descend
'YouI What asked n. GODDARD. i say,l
wish to ascend higher; keep on mounting.
have given GOO francs in order to exper .
isnce some emotion l must do 90; and will
not descend before have felt some emo
ton.
~ GODDARD commenced to laugh; he be-
ieyed ct once, that i was all . joke.
VIII you ascend once more demanded
the traveller, seising him BY the throat and
shaking him with violence; when shall feel
some emotionT
N GODDARD relates that ct this moment he
felt himself lost A sudden and dreadful rev.
elation broke upon him in regarding the
strangely dilated eyes Of his companion; he
had 10 deal with mailman
Tot try to make maniac listen to reason
To ask for help amidst the clouds!
If even the unfortunate seronaut had had
any defensive weapon, he would have been
capable of defending himself; but it 10 not
usual for people to furnish themselves with
pistols for . voyage in balloon, end Ger.
tainly one would not dream Of meeting with
warlike encounter in the stars. The earth
was 5000 feet beneath-mOst horrible death,
and the least movement Of the now furious
madman might cause the car to capsiEe. M.
GODDARD, with the presence Of mind acquired
BY him in % many Of his daring serial exps
ditions, made all these reflections in the short
space Of second.
'Ahl ah yon are mocking me, my fine
fellow, continued the madman, without loos.
ening the grippe. 'Ah! you think to rob
me OF ,OOO francs, as we'll 40 my emotion.
Very we'll, be quiet It's my turn to laugh
Its you now who are going to cut ca
per,
TIE mailman was possessed Of prodigious
muscular force. NJ GODDARD did not even at
tempt to defend himself What do you wish
from me ? asked he, with calm tone and
submissive air
Simply to amuse myselfin seeing you turn
. summersault, answered the man, with
ferocious .smile But first, 1.-THE mailman
appeared to bethink himself,) have INV
ideas, wish to see if cannot find some
emotion up there. must put myself astride
on the semicircle."
The madmanindicated with his finger the
upper part Of the balloon. NJ. GODDARD, who
had not before trembled for himself
was forced to do so for the madman.
But miserable man you are going to kill
yourself; you will be seized with vertigo
No remarks, Kissed the mailman, seizing
him again by the collar, or l will at once
pitch you into the abyss
AT least, observed NJ. GODDARD, ALLOW me
to put this cord around your body, SO that
you may remain attached to the balloon
BE il so, said the mailman, who seemed
to comprehend the utility of the precau
ton
This done, furnished with this cord of safe.
y, the mailman commenced to climb along
the ropes with the agility ofa squirrel. He
reached the balloon and placed himself as
tride the semicircle, az he had said. Once
there, he rent the air with a shout oftri-
umph, and drew his knife from his pocket
What are you going to do P asked N.
GODDARD, who feared that he might have the
idea of ripping open the balloon.
To make myself comfortable forthwith
Uttering these words, the mailman cut
away the cord Of safety which NJ GODDARD
had attached to his body. With single
puff Of wind to shake the balloon, the mis-
cradle creature must roll over into the abyss!
y. GODDARD shut bis eyes in order not to see
him. The mailman clasps his hand as he
cannot contain himself with delight He
spurs the balloon with his heel, as if on
horseback to guide its fight
And now, yelled forth the mailman, bran
dishing the knife, we are going to laugh
All. robber,yoa thought to make me descend! |
Very well. 1t is you who are going to tum-
bio down in q moment, and quicker than
that
N. GODDARD had not time to make move
ment or put in single word. Before he was
able to divine the internal intention Of the
mailman, the latter still astride Of the semi
circle, had cut oh-oh horror -four of the
cordages which suspended the car to the
balloon The car inclines horribly it holds
hu npo cord 90 sl.,,l< Al a.