Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-11-03
SIOUX CITY, IOWA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1885,

new conner, and was anything but pleas
ed with his appearance. There was
strange w;ldness in his eye, which made
me think of all the maniacs | ever read
Of. From the Grst glance conceived
dislike for the man.
A strange present:ment came over me
that danger was in store for US; a. d when
they had ceased talking, aud the stranger
commenced climbing into the car, so
strong Gid that feeling become that l
would have demonstrated, but the cordial
manner of DeLacy partially dampened
the courage l had mustered to express my
fears, and contented myself with keep
ing the further corner of the car.
When DeLacy was ready he gave the
word, and the ropes that held the impa-
tient monster to the earth were cast off,
and with sudden bound we shot upward
towards the deep blue sky, amid the en-
,husiastic cheers Of the multitude. had
never before entered balloon, and new
er shall forget the feeling experienced
as We scared upward INTO the space, while
! the numerous domes, church spires, and
the residences of D. rapidly grew
smaller and smaller to the eye.
! The people below US. as sailed over the
city, appeared like so many ents crawling
along the street, aud in a short tune we
left them far behind.
As we attained certain height, cur
rent Of cool air struck the balloon, and
bore us away in n"rther'y direclio q,
over the thriving fields of France
| No rough motion was percepuble in
our conveyance, we sailed along with a
/ gentle undula,ing speed, which enabled
US to view The scenery below with pc: feet
! ease.
so fascinated was with the scene. that
! for a considerable lengh of time, I had
! "o s"''1s''' "roa' srattye passr"Eri.-
DeLacy was so busy watching the word
below that he had paid 40 attention to
! him.
| Finally saw a small dark body shoot
past me on its way to tho earth, which
was Instantly followed by another, until
some seven or eight had gone down, and
l began to feel a rapid rising of the bal
loon. DeLacy noted it also, and stimuli
taneously We looked around What a
sight met our gaze
Our passenger stood at bis feet, bare
headed his hat having been thrown over.
board, and his coat, vest and boots off,
while his eyes seemed about bursting from
their sockets. Never shall forget the
looks Of that man. Froth, Shiny firth,
stood upon his lips, and demoniae leer
covered his countenance. His lower Jaw
had Nll aud remained in that position as
if locked. A more horrible spectacle
never witnessed.
He had thrown over the last sand ha 2,
and thus partially relseved. the balloon
was shooting heavenward with great veo-
city. The cold air rushed past US with a
duli whizzng sound, and Chi lied our bod
les flios, uncomtor,abIy.
| One glance satisfied us no to the char
acter of our friend. He was rayng
maniac! | involuntarily glanced al De-
Lacy. His face momsntarily paled as he
realized the truth, He edged close to me,
Whispering
"What is to be done? He j. mad
mani
"Can VIC not secure him ?" asked
"No! no be would throw himself over.
board, aud that would oe the end of him.
But see, he has q revolver aud kuite !''
Taue enough. NJ. Canon had drawn a
knife from one pocket in his pants, and
a six-shooter from the other. He husged
them to his bosom, kissed them, and NUT
tered some uninteIiigible gibberish, then
pointed them a. US; with long ehuckln
laugh.
"Yes, yes!' he cried in fierce horrible
tones that made me start. 'ies, up we'll
go the demons Of hell, or to the throne OF
Him Won't my angel sister be aston
ished when we dash into heaven in non,
strous balloon, the famous Comet Ha,
hs, ha | up to the golden gates Of the
e.esaa city or off TO the road of sulphu
rous fires Look out Beelzebub, my
friend, we're coming, say now, boys and
he he bent towards us, while he a-sum ed
low tone, "shall we 60 to Bee'zabub or
to heaven ? If we 60 to the latter place,
we'll dig up the stones Ct emerald aud
topaz, with which the streets are lined,
ard carry them Gown 10 earth; well ta
rich, rich men, yes that 5 the word, rich !!
He paused moment, and resumed his
seat I'd the bottom Of the car, with his