The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1861-12-25

III
"Oh, that'll never do Z" he said. you
must have an alias--you mustn't let the
public suppose ycu are Englishmen. II is
contrary to the rules Of professional etiquette
You must make out that you are foreigners!
well. at that all the gentlemen began to
laugh. hut il was settled before we brok,
up that night that, fnr the future. we were
to call ourselves The Two Foscari-the
Spineless Siamese Of Syria -
"Well. SIR, from that moment Ran ford and
began to do well hut am sorry to say
that our good luck only caused my partner
to drink the harder, and, in consequence, to
behave worse to his wife. His child he Ger
tainly was very fond "f-partly, think, he.
cause he had only known her short time.
for Ranford was one Of those men who liked
new faces As soon as he met STRANGER
he was all life and spirits. and he world do
anv,hi'g or 60 anywhere to obl'gc him hut
when he had known a man some time he
didn't care for him, but grew cross and con.
Trajectory. ~ s.r3s.
"At last we got an engagement at . gar.
den near London, where there was grand
gala night every week. on which occasion 4
balloon assembled. I scraped acquaintance
with the aeronau,, and one evening 7 went
up with him The sensation was singular.
I cannot describe il. but liked IT very mnch.
The aeronaut showed me how he managed
to steer through the air, when to throw out
the sand, and how to descend As we were
sailing over London he said to me:
"You couldn't do the slack rope up here,
Foscari, could you ? ss 81,
"Whv not ? I said and A spoke the
idea flashed upon me what splendid fea-
ture in the programme It would he. Peril
ous Performance Of the Two Foscari BrMbers
VIII, will 20 through their inimitable Evoln-
ti"ns on the Slack-W suspended from a
Balloon floating thousands of yards above
the surface Of the Earth !lra A balloon,
thought, that conld hear the weight If eight
men inside the car could bear the weight of
two men outside it. The wire could be fast
cn"d 10 the sides Of the car. and. when at n
sufficient height, we could get on it and
perform. .ssas.t.
"As soon as reached the ground wcnt
tc Renf"rd, who first laughed at the notion.
and then agreed to it. The pronret"r of the
gardens asked us to name our terms. We
did So. He tried to beat us down. hut at
last consented. and we went up and did It r
I interrupted him by asking II the danger
were not extreme.
"Not bit ~ replied nv patient. "If I
fell from awire fifty feet from the ground,
the chances are that should break my neck,
II ftlI from height Of Atty miles, I could
do no m,re. Then, if our feet miss. we have
our hands to hold on by. However, I was
saving we went up, and, when we had risen
a certain distance. we GOT out Of the car and
commenced the performance 1t seemed
odd to me at first. tnmbling and swinging
in the air, with the gardens and the audience
the houses and thetrees, such depth be
meath US but what struck me as being
strangest was when we hung head down.
wards and looked up at the clouds. I used
to feel that the earth could not be SO very
distant, for, high as we had risen, the sky
seemed as far off from us as ever.
"Our performance gave great satisfaction
and was favorably noticed in the daily and
weekly papers. We were told that the &C,
that thrilled the audience most was the las,
one we performed before descending. Rem.
ford, who was heavier man than 7, hung
from the rone with his head downwards
then, taking hold of both his hands with
both nine. swung by their support I; and
then, by way Of climax, let go my left hand
and hung on only by my right never fel,
the least fear. We knew each others grip
and it Was all right.
cat first the aeronaut went up with US
but after few times we were able to man.
age for ourselyes'so well that, had an acci
dent happened to one, the other could have
got safely down.
"We were earning good deal Of money
but noticed that Mrs Renford looked pale,
and, more 1care-worn every day. and knew
how her husband was conducting himself by
that. She often told me that she wished
they were poor again, Is be had been much
kinder in those times.
Zone night shall never forget it.
was returning from the gardens, and, as |
passed the door Of Renford's lodgings. littls
Evelina's nurse ran out to me and said
"For heavens sake, sir, 60 in. Master
and missas have had dreadful quarrel, ant
missus Is going to kill herself r.
II ran into the house. found the parlo,
door open. Mrs. Renford was in the room
alone her back was towards me, but could
see her lace in the large mirror that stood
over the chimney piece She had . vazo,
in her hand, and was about to use it on her
self. when she caught the reflection Of my
face in the glass. She stopped. turned round:
and fell upon the floor in ! fit I picked ~
the razor, put il in my pocke: and placed
the poor woman on the sofa. Rcnford cam,
into the room, half drunk. half mad, an,
scowled at me like demon.
II expostulated, and tried to reason will