The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-04-23
@ he Bulletin.
TIE BABES IN TIE
CLOUDS.
. TRlF AMERICAN STORY.

ern state. he was soon surrounded by
curou. group OF the farmer family and
laborcr-, all asking eager questions about
the voyage and the management Of 90"
balloon. That. secured by an anchor and
"A rupc in the hand. Of The acrunaut, it,
car but foot or two above the ground,
was -waying lazily backward and forward
IN the evening air. II was a good deal
ou' Of wind. and wa. sleepy and inno-
cent monster IN the eyes % The farmer,
who. with th4 owner. permission led il
up To- hi. hose. where %. hr =, ! J. hc could
"bitrh a. 90 tho fence. But before hn
thu. secured H. BIZ three ,li'dr 300. aged re-
.portiv,.y ~. sand 3. hcggrd lu -
lif 'ucn into the biz basket. that they
might -it 90 "tho-e pretty rcd cG-hioh-.
Wh1r 'hc a.'oi tior ~ 'rr n"r"rnu' '.i-
diverted ly mvIe curl"u- GH.i"""r-
from 70 r,lghhYiiHg farmer th.. rt-u Father
lifted hi. darling. one j., One int" tHg car
Chubby little johnny proved the ounce
tHs much for the mriHl camel mud
brought him 90 thn ground aud then. un-
u.'.... not the baby. bg' Che oldest hope
If tho family was lifted out. The relic.
va. Iuo great i,r tIc mon ter. The yrIh.-
II, c-"rtIre. -pIrt- r"-r at once" Do" f'rFni
the halter ou' of the ium.r- band, aud
vain v.. .hy rrpuut. uHohur. IL caught
for % moment b. o. fence. hu' & tore AWAY,
md ua. of. Iulg,.rg u.cln-.'v a''ar o..
Runaway nHlloor. which so swiN. and
.t,aI... rH.. that Iu !"w minute. 'IU-"
two Ii't'u white iicr- pgarlug over ih'
,,Iga uf 'hr eur grow iu...'.H.' rHI '.u..
p.i..u. srir. ~! "paua "Mumm1 grow
fainter nni :aiuia-UY BIO tuc tir.
When distance and twilight rifs bad
..a...U.I up the VOICES 1ud 'H.". Hu4
nothing could be- seen bat that aarb. cHae.
shape. smiling tr.uu.phuntly AWAY with is
rr..r.uu- i.u.y .Es 100 Wru' privutrrr
The puur father sank down heir.r-. aud
.p,e,Alu.s, l4t The mother, frantic Win
grief .tfi street bed her yeufniIg arm -
ward TIE in,vUru' .e heavens aud called
vi|4.yup IIlu iH, uLuu.vrr.rs void.
The srlnuut .truye 10 console do"
ur.tul,4 parent. With Col. "ur0.. '.a' 'U.
balloon would io.c.Hd within thirty 'I..a-
20 thrtagu pui tt.' ui might b. w..
with ,Ur children. provide. % I.i ut 0"...
down .l the Vst' yr IN deep W.u... IT,
%. event ui 10. G...eu4ihg .u q hFy.a"."
not. there wa. but ore danger o. uc ape
nroh.fde1 le tt1- .ht taa' tie older
child Oh, step out. iyayiug tlc y..N-.'
Iu 'ln balloon. Then T. -t' us..a r.-.
and continue it' voyrca
All. no. replied la4 m,lar Jrar'c
would never ,,i- from tie ar without
johnny IN her arm,
IAe balloon pa,sgl l.-, q! over .a"
unrk.t town. ana IT, children seeing
many p,Dpl. IN a., streets. stretched ua'
thor hauI. and called loudly Tor h,.P.
B., th,,...agyr.. though they saw b.i-u,
H'',. Le.ds, Lizard 90 call.
might a.L4ust have thought .As 'gau-,U
Iitt.. creature small angel navigator. un
some VOYAGE discovery some .',.H
cL,rul.t adventure ui their ."n. a.. h'ti-
ing toward the rosy c.oui-'auI' and par.
pie GLANDS of.uu.et spl"nior. they sailed
deeper and deeper into ~, w,''and faded
. away.
Whentao sunlight rll wen, away. arI
the great comet came blazing ont .'i."
johnny w.. apprehe .ivr thHt 'H. com"
might come TOO near the airy csWt ntl
g., II on Hr. with wH..k .' r.. ..to'..
EMIL Bui when hi- .i-f.r. ..-tr.l ...
haiti fiery dragon wu- 'a' mu a .-
. ......'y miles away. an. tf1t God w"a .lH
.., him hurt them. b. vfs truI 10. 80
b..i -Yuu al-rvarl. .ald. j W.-H Dr..
would come i'tl, nearer, ." "N
. warm m,.,.f-l am .ncH.i
TH.r I.rtI. took ~ Hnr apron .r.
warmed % pIuut the ,.a., saving ...'
.ll.. (. al sister la. p. mas. y..
warm. darling, lut she'll hug sHa close 90
. hrrsrm.. ana wo wIII,a! oar prayer. aud
| shall gpt' ',grp.
Nay h,v snl .ay Jay PRAYER before
I | hay. ,Hme 'gpg"rf n'"rd hH.r d"t'-
ny
.-...,s la.' tauy 'Irprr .H-E .t .r ..-'
! .eli. bat We must pray all ihy h"i'rI ''.-
/ .iuniy responded Jeanne.
- The two huby wanderers, a'.u. tu Oh.
I vi4. heavens. unuwed by darEu,.', lm-
ueu.i,,. and silence, los ,ho prr.rnc' "i
/ the great comet and the millions 81 ur'
/ pi,vinr starr, lie taeiT i.Itlo o.aspDu iuu.-
And .obtcl out their sHrruWrI.l "plf Fa-.'
s- and then that quaint li'''r, supplements
nry prayer
"Nov 10y ne down .o sleep,
Iursy tH. Lord my -nG.ru A'.r,
III should die before wake,
pray "a, Lori ml -oli {. nk'.
Thcrr, God heard that easy, 10. vo
/ ARE ciu,c o. h,m up here. 'nE innocent
! lutte Johnny,
Doul,Ia.. Divine love stopped tH '.,
Uttl. ones. and folded them Zoo perfect
, r.u,e--iur coon the younger sitting u.
! he bottom OF the car, with hi. head lrau-
| ing against L,s SISTERS Gue., slept n- -oJu.'
, lv as though be- were lying Iu hi, own .t-
! Tie bed NJ nome while the elder watched
/ quietly through thc long, long hours, and
/ ,hr car honIrd gently ou tie st.!, night
mir. tili il began 70 sway and r",k on ,h,
fresh morning wind,
Who can divine that simple little child &
thoughts, speculutiou,, ana Wild imtgiu-
I ing.. while watching through these hour'
B She may have feared coming in collision
with a metcor-tor many were abroad
that night, scouts and heralds OF the great
comet-or perhaps, Of being ca-t away ON
some desolute star island, or, more drrtry
still, floating on, night and day until lhey
! should both die of cold and hunger, Poor
/ babies in the cloud,
At length, happy chance Of Proyi-
d,n eve will say Pray.dence-guidel
The little girls wandering hand to cord
connected with the valve something told
her 10 pull it. At once thu balloon began
= sink, slowly and gently, though sou,e
! celestial pilot guided i through the wild
currents of air, not letting II drop into
lake or rivers, leafy wood, or inpcne.ra6le
swamp. where this strange experience
might have been closed by death of I'M
speakable horror; but causing II TO de-
scend as softly as a bird alights on spot
where care aud human pity awaited il,
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