The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-10-21

down. The sight was strange beyond
all description. All London, in one vast
picture, lay below!
"lt's grand y lie murmured.
"Grand, is it!" repeated Steele, glanc-
ing down from his side Of the car. $50
| il is.'
lie got up and stood with foulded
arms.
"NOw, dear boy, let me tell you some
thing you will never see London again =
lie burst into wild peal of laughter.
II didn't seem anxious when l asked
You to take a voyage with me, did II
But my heart stood still while you was
making up your mind"
Thavies started at him, perfectly un-
able to comprehend. lie had fallen into
cxtrcmity Of dread and terror. His blood
seemed to feczc in his veins.
| "Yes, old boy, your time has COME
You will never go back to Mary Graham
again. We arc alone here. shall pitch
you out, and then sink down comfortably
myself, and say you stumbled over q
rope and fell. Who will know the diff
ference
Then the whole truth flashed upon
Henry Thavies-his companion was a
madmad!
"Get up, friend of my soul" continued
Steele, with horrible laughter, rolling
up his sleeves ;"wea'e called to the stage"
and then addressing an imaginary audi
ence, ladies and gentlemen, you will
now witness the rare feat Of strength.
produced only on this occasion, entitled
"A Struggle for life ="
4 Thavies still held on to the basket,
|paraiyzed.
"Therc is no time to lose, Harry. The
higher we rise, the further we shall fall.
If you drop heels upwards, you will be
likely to have headache Afterwards.
Come on.'
His voice was growing husky, and he
staggered little. Clearly, the wine he
had swallowed was taking its effect.
i "Well, then" said Thavies family,
I"you must allow me drink to nerve
myself. you know. / am not in con-
,dition for good wrestle."
\ Steele instantly poured out glass, and
handed it over. Thavies drank it with
cagerness. He waited while to recov.
> Ter his balance by means of the draught
, and then stood up, deadly pale.
i "ieaven have mercy upon me" ne
Ipraycd.
II The mad aeronaut made one spring
) his hands open, and his eyes widely star
! ling but Thavics caught the shock fairly
Then the dreadful struggle commenced
They held each other with grips Of iron
! neither Yielding an inch, and both push
!, ling with all their might towards Tho
edge Of the car. The basket swayet
: from side to side, and the bottle and
= glass crushed under their feet.
But Thavies felt himself giving way
| his enemy's strength was beyond all op
position. Yet still they fought, tn
weaker going backwards and backwards
until they both stood OH the very brink
p "Your hour has come. Harry" shout
cd Steele. ''Good-by, old friend. III
q take your love to MaryW
The wife's name decided the contest
with one superhuman effort, Thavic
darted down between the others legs
.ltripped him, and, i'm another instant, tn,
e madman, with a desparing cry, fell heat
y foremost into space!
= 1t was sometime before Thavies man
= aged to lower himself; but no anxiety OF
i this score equallcd that which had gone
before. However, time lightens the so
). lemnity of everything. In speaking Of
1.-The subject of his experience now, h
i. calls it Pleasant Adventure.
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