The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-25

8 number of cords running downward from
it. and secured to the framework just
over my head. Beyond this could see
S the blue sky, with here and there q float
t ing white cloud; few feet from me, also
7 above, I saw the flag of France floating
in the breeze. was sensible of sort OF
motion, which gave me sensations such as
| have felt when l was girl in swing
r Close by me sat Alexander Gerard, with
, some bales of what / took to be hemp
, He was gazing upon me with JOY in his
eyes.
i sob, Alexandre!" 'where am Speak
J am not at sea, on board ship?"
"Ah, no, my love-" he replied; 1--WE are
) on our way to the enchanted home I told
you of-the home of the blest, where
none can take you away from me-where
| we shall be happy forever. TITS trace.
less path, love; but know the way. Are
!, you not happy, dearest? Remove the
curtain near you-take look, and say
4 if the way is not clear?"
4 i felt sick with the swinging of which
| / have spoken, and very languid; but ]
4 did as he desired | withdrew the cur
tain, and looked out. oh, the scene which
met my gazeia We were in mid-a1r!
i >Yes-were in mid air. and as cast my
II eyes downward, through the awful depth
4 between me and the earth, I saw the coun-
try spreading out toward the horizon,
J looking less like a map than the bottom
of bowl. Through the midst there was
a serpentine, silyery line, that glittered
I like polished metal; and the centre, ex-
! actly beneath, lay town with many bur
j nished' spires. 81 t1Js'1
I 3t"Great heaven" Icried, with my brain
swimming. a"Alexandre, tell me oh, / con.
jure yon, tell be what means all this ?"
, at MEANS" he replied, "that we are on
. our way to our future chateau in cloud
land; and believe" rising up and look
| ing downward, I believe the stream is
, the Loire, and the city the ancient one of
Orleans! Be brave, my treasure, like Jo-
} an of Arc--that city witnessed the great
, est Of her triumphs." I'D, ~
| q [ can not describe what my feelings
! were then i was speeches. with horror
i and amazement, for realized that / was
5 more than two miles from the earth in a
quetry had deprived of reason. sank
/ L
;. not how long, in the bottom of the car
: Aroused by the voice of Alexandra,
) started to my feet, but was precipited i'm
mediately against the opposite side of the
: car. The balloon was driving along at a
| fearful rate, and the wind was blowing an
/ awful gale. Oh, how the car did swing
and the wind whistle among the ropes!
Z "Oh, God! am lost" Iscried, as sat
) up again. 1sLm bn ."9i1' '..'
. Lost, darling? IT Why, no you are not
, T know where we are exactly; and, were
it not that stratum of clouds lies be-
J tween us and the earth, which we have
! quilted forever, Icould show you the city
+ of Tours. We are not more than eighteen
I or twenty miles north of it. Be calm, my
Z love am as a calm as a midsummer
aIeve." D.-A slsiio2a. 4
II Oh, iAlexandre,' I said, II pray you lei
8 this terrible machine descend to the earth
81 and will bless your name foreyer-nay
, will give you myself, body and soul!
g a"Poor woman! you forget that you are
! already married, and that you are mine,
while life lasts Descend? All, my cher.
4 ub, it grieves me TO the soul, to deny you
. a request thus early, but would you return
e to that cold chilly ball, called earth?
E had thought better things of you, Marie
mine, than this, Believe me, the world
! is not for such as you; there is naught but
J. disappointment there; none of our daz-
cling dreams are there realized; it is ever
/ thus, with those who live there, that just
as they expect their dearest hopes are to
E be realized, that the cup Of expectation is
Just being changed to that of enjoyment
l<c H.
they are miserable. Ask me anything
: but to descend, and will grant it with
. JOY, my Marie $3.50 -s,- re. sds S.
Il To my infinite JOY, I could presently
3 feel that the machine was rapidly settling
q A few minutes later, upon looking out,
, saw that we were among some dense
Eclouds, which surrounded us above, below
! and upon every side. Oh, thought I, it il
: could only be that my mad lovers supply
of gas should become exhausted! AS this
: thought flashed across my brain; he, too
t seemed impressed with the idea that we
were gravitating. - ,roela ...a
u 'sThe gas is running low, Marie" said
t he, "and good @ronaut like myself OF
! the Montgolfers, should see that the sup
1 ply is kept up, al 500 ard oda b
r He took one Of bales and carried it uI
into the upper part of the balloon. I'm
I mediately / felt that the ballon was rising
f again, We shot up, out of the clouds in
to the broad glare of the sun; and coulG
a see the shadow Of the machine driving
{ along upon the billowy surface at appall
ing speed Then swooned away again
e How long remained unconscious / de
;, not know When I aweke, Alexandra
e had hold of my arm trying to arouse me
! ''Ah, my love-" he began, "there is {
{ scene in store for you. Do not go to SLEEP
!. again, but come here and look out"
= He drew aside the curtains, and there
4 not far away, in the direction in which We
. were flying, lay great mass of compact