Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-11-03

ment, instead Of going up. and complete
y overcome BY my fears, I sunk to the
bottom Of the car snconscioua
How long I remained in that state
never exactly knew, but finally my scat
tered senses returned, and raising on my
elbow, I looked about me.
Good aodl DeLscey was gone from
the car! He had also lost consciousness
and fell from the balloon. 1t must be so
This terrifying thought we'll nigh drove
the breath from ne rs conte m plated 1t;
but I struggled against my emotion, and
MANAGED to rise to my feet.
The frst thing that met my eye was
my friends coat and hat laying near my
feet. Surely this meant eomethih g.
DeLacy might yet be safe! was sud
denly startled in these thought by the vi
client careening Of the balloon from side
to side, as though heavy weight was be.
ing brought to bear upon the top, and
almost Immediately after etifed cry
Then . dark body shot past me, down,
down, 10 the world below. 1t went With
the velocity Of thought, and could make
nothing out Of it. Was it tho maniac
eronaut? =. .,..s
looked up and asked myself the ques.
ton, and beheld the form of man CON-
ing down the netting. recognized with
uncomfortable joy the striped pantaloons
Of DeLacy, aud when be arrived safe in
the car, We fell into each others arms
and wept, yes wept, but they were tears
Of thankfuluess aud joy at our f ual escape
from q fearful death. then compre-
hended ALL
When that terrifying thought of the
maniac cutting hole into the convey
ance occurred to my friend, he saw but
one course Of action necessary to prevent
the catastrophe, and that was to follow
NJ. Canon; and the brave man did
When he reached the top Of the balloon
he beheld the mailman with his ba Ok to-
ward hru in the very act. He had not
succeeded 10 the intent az yet bu. with
one hand tightly clutching the netting,
and the knife in the other, he was about
to give fierce blow upon the expanded
silk. With his unusual forethought, De-
Lacy had taken care to place the revolver
in his pocket, so that in case he should
need it the weapon would be handy. He
now drew 1t from its resting place with
one hand, and struck the maniac heavy
blow upon the back with it. N. Canon
had not seen him coming up the side, and
tho rap" was the first in,imation he had
received of his foes presence. With
thrust, he partially turned around, and
made furious thust at DeLacy with his
knife. Blu. he miscalru'a,-d the really
short distance, and the force of the Llow
caused him to lose his equilibrium, and
he rolled from the top of the balloon
against the fearless DeLacy. The COM
bined weigh. Of the two caused the ropes
to strain ssarfully, and the balloon to ca
reen rather uncomfortably. especially as
the mailman kept struggling to regain bis
position.
There was only one way about it, either
DeLacy or his foe mus. 60 to the earth
below, and naturally wishing it 10 be the
maniac, be bent down ssddenly, and NJ.
Canon rolled from him into the air with
one long, dispairiDg cry. How terrible
was his fate
Having ths m ansgement of the Comet
entirely to himself now, my darling friend
opened the valve gradually, and in short
time w were within half mile of Paris
Never shall / forget the pleasurable
emotions that filled by bosom, as firmly
stepped from the car to The solid earth
once more. No pen car DO them justice.
But the fearful peril of the balloon ride,
90 far above the unconscious world,'
had turned my black hairs as gray as the
frost of winter, and in q measure affected
my natural buoyancy Of spirits.
At Paris l took painful leave of the
daring, noble DeLacy. Lever saw him
again. H. died within year of our ex-
.traordinary adventure and while l was
jourueying in my own land-bright Amer.
ics.
The body of NJ. Canon was subsequent
y found-s shapeless n,ass-and buried
in lonely grave near the spot where he
had fallen. He had long been crazy upon
the widely different subjects Of ballooning
and riches, though at times be had short
rational perisds. am old now, very old,
but shall never forget my fearful balloon
ride with manisc.-
- THE GATHERER.
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rect ntly advertised in country newspa-
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