, 1870-04-17

TIE BABIES IN TIE CLOUDS
A True American Story.
FINN Az Tie Year Round
One pleasant Saturday afternoon dsrES tie
comet'e 1ppeAranc, e1en ye1rs age an aeron.1,t.
after prosperous ycysEe, GeecectieS mons
finn tn the ueiehborhood Of 1 largt market
town in ono Of tha Western States. He VI.
soou surrounded by curious groap Of the
farmers family srd laborezs, al asAin:; cagcr
questions about tho voyage and thc nsAEase-
tnens OF The balloon. 1hst, secured by Al su-
its cAz bu: q foot or two above the ground, ,was
swayins Iazilv backward I'D forward in tho
evening. sir. It Ess good deal ont Of wind.
snd vss sleepy ard Innocsnt monster IN tbs
mission, led it up to his house. where, ~ ho
sid, he could hitch it - to the fence. But be-
fcre he thus secured il, his three Children, AgI
rs'cc!ivesy 10. and 8, begged him 10
might sit on "thote pretty rrd cu.hions-'r
While the attention Of the srfra4ut WAS direet-
ed By mere curious 9uestioners frnrn neigh
b,rHs zarT. this .ash father Fitted his dast
Johnny rroved the /" ounce too ranch " for tha
Erlal CAMEL and hroaght him to tho ground;
ard then, rr,sneki1S, not the baby, but ths
eldest here ot the family, VAS lifted out. Tho
H!ief was too great for the monster. Tho
volatile crearrse'. srisi.s rr=c 1t oncc, he
je1kcd the halter ont Of the ts1u1ar"s hand,
and with bound mounted into the sir! Vain
vas the aznnauts anchor 1t caught for
nerDcnt in fence, hat Il tore Away, and yEaa
on, dangling Ese.e*aly after the runaway bat.
Icon. which 70 swiftly and steadily rose that,
| IT. > few minutes. those tEo little white f,cc.
Feering over tho e1Ea Of the car g,ew in1is-
tiret. and Lose ri.cous c1ies OF Papa"
| the mir
When distance and twilight mista had sw,,-
lowed up the voices and faces. and nothing
could he seen hut that dark. cruel shape, eaI-
booty Ike an ae1-. r,iyatecr, tls pods father
rnnk down helpless and sreechsess: out the
mother, frantic with grief still stretched her
EearniuG arms toward the memorable heavens,
sna called wildly mp into the unanaveEing
The aernnaut strove to cens,!e tho wrcs4hed
| r1rente With assurances that the balloon would
aesccnd within thirty miles Of the town aad
ttat al might be well With the children, rro-
| %ldcd it dill not come down IN wstcr or in 1ce,
| woods In the event OF its descending il !
favorable spot, therc Was bat one danger to t,o
aTprehended; hc Thought thAt the elder child
might step out. ie.vins the xrlnger in the
balloon. Ihen It might ssA'n rsse snd con-
..ih. NO. replied t.se mother. .'Jcnni-
would never stir from the car without Johnny
| in her azra!"
The balloon passed directly over the market
town. and the children seeing m.ny people h,
the streets. stretched ont their hands and
called lond1r for help. Isut the villagers,
though they saw bright little heaGs heard no
cali
Amazed at the strange ar2ans;os,, they
might almost have thought The tr.nslated lit
tic creatures small angel nayigasors on Soma
voyage Of discovery, some little cherubje al
venture OF their OWE, as, heading toward TIC
rosy c1oudlands and purple Islands Of sunset
spleudot. they sailed deeper and deeper into
When lie sunlight ii went awar, and tAa
greet comet canG blazing out. lts!o Jchouy
was aprrehensive that the comet might come
vhsk OF it's dreadful tail. Eat when his
sister assured Lin that the fiery I1agou VIII
IS much Is twenty miles away" and that
: God wouldn't let him lust them, he w,s tran
quilted, hut soon Afterwards said, ~ vssh ha
msaen-1 an so cold!
Then Jennie took OF her apron, and
J wrapped it about the child, SAYING tenleriJ-
This is al sister has TO 1na1o you warm,
darling, hat she'll hue Ean close in her as11s.
] ard ne VII Say oot prayers and you ehAu so
. "W6y, how can I sag nr prayers before I
have some SUPPER asked h:slo .oh,ray.
Sister hasn't any supper for You or her
+ ! kelf, but we muat pray Ill the hArde1," sol
u em1lx responded Jennie
+ So the two baby Wanderers, alone in tho
= vide heavens, unawed By darkness, imr1ru-
q sitE, and silence, bY tho presence Of tho great
4 lifted theis little clasped hautls and so'.a-l
Q cut thci1 sor1owtnl :" Our Father" eaI then
a tt:at quaint little supplementary prayes:
:. .SoH lay me down 10 sleep.
s III shontd die bcforr wake,
u Ipr1J the Lnrd my soul to TAKE"
"There! God heard that easy; for We arr
ettso 10 hin up here, said innceent l:tla
Johnny.
DouL.lss Divine Lovo STOPPED to the EttIa
cree. and folded them IN perfect reace-for
; sron the younger, sitting on the bottom Of tAe
car, with his head leaning sgainst his sistsrs
Il n. his OWE little bed at hoI1s while the ei.seF
= watched quietly through the long: long hour,
. ard the car to.ted gently Oh Tie still right
tir, tl1 it began to sway and roca on tho freeh
j Who can divine that simple I::le child's
fffsts Mffs WssisS Esiss1aaieas, ri Estd
. may have feared coming in collision with
! ,nelcor,--for mauy wers, abroad that night,
! | scouts anl hes.las Of tho great cornce.or,
!. perhaps, Of being cast away on come desol.to
. | star Island or rnorc drealy still, ho1tin5 on,
! night and day. Until they should both do
. Of cold and hunger. Poor hsbses in eia
clouds!
+ At length, = happy chance Of froviueaec.-
: We will say IsosLtence-E1tidad t1a 4tL, g1I1
. | wandering hand 10 cord coucect.l with tls1
valve; something told her to pull it. At oneo
h Ito balloon began To sink, slowly n1d gently
i a. though let down by gentle hsnts., or a.
3 I though some celestial pilot guided ii through
tle Wild currents Of ali, not letting il drop into
!, lake or rivers, lcafy wood, or iuapenet1aaia
a Swamp, vhe1o this strange, unch ldhke expo
!. sienee might hAye been closed BY desth Of
2 unspeskable horror: but causing It to descend
g u softly II a bird slighta on Aspot whern c1Eu
il | and human pity Az Alteu it.
n The sun hAa not get rszep- bet the morning
q twilight Ind come, when the Little Ea1t looking
II over the edge Of the car, saw the dear o1 J,
earth coming nearer rising toward them,
hot -rt,a f1,n H1r Nh
~ great disappointment, it was no< On tho
It .rvu1.1, but caught fast III the topmoe.
X Irauch Of 4 tree Yet she Eaw they were near
NJ house whence help might soon come, 20 All,
= re1s, And together they watched and waited
ID -hfor leliyerarce. huEging each other fos JOY
j: | and warmth: for they were vesT eola-
OF Farmer Eu1ton, who lived in lons:3 house
s. OF the edge Of his OWE pirate rs1i:1s. W.
IT, | lar morning he aWuku before the dawn, ant
thousl, he turned and TUNED agaln, ht couiG
H. sleep 10 more. So. At List he said 70 hs sooc
a, wife, whom he had sinly awakened % l'iys'' r.
g. Ii. Of his rnateouuta.,le sonil1YleEce. It
Al 70 r=e RI get up and dtezs, and have loci
~. a. tic comet. 49,,
.: Tic next that wotth7 vo:n:u heard from lc
on wssetrl spouse, nas = frightened Auumon= ! !
IN the outer door. II seems tia. 40 sooEs:r dl'
of lie step forth from his house, tt4a;1 lns eye
4re tell CT 4 strange portentons shaf't hanging !
rs. large pear tree about twenty zants dls;ans
he lie could see in it no hkeuess- to auyttau
Id earthly, and lie La!f f-acied it might be II
i.d coE1ct, who, having pat ont liz Light. ha
Of c1.cc do"u there to peril Il Lis fn6It q!
M, er7Ie1it- lie did wlas crery vlse taan woul
10 IN Ike extremity: he called on las valla,
e1- wife. Es:n:esced u lsr, he a5sW % 1eE IL
t-ec, cautiously recolEoitez2ss1G. Sare!E, hets
a. Sudaen]y tbeTe descended t.o-a the thing
no. plaict:ye, trembling little yoice 'ilsaso taE
la Us down. We are yery cold! ,,,.-