The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-10-02
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IISf1Hl aN J9DaB tG sD ~ f7l1tffesl Il
,1h saHau s4xAEIADNE.i al bsoaavis[
moil baa ,sssa- ----a sdi oi iagDA2I
Monsieur AchilletgD Dfessaft swas 10 !
make hisleFourth and Last Grand ,BaiqI
Don Ascensionn from the grounds of
ihe Wallingfords Oollege; and r. then q
Doy' Of fifteen, and a'stadent ifisthe col!
ege, was loneaof, a large number of peosI
pie Who 'had assembled TO see MIN Eoff sTl
aMonsieurl Drsssart Hor ssCfazys Dfesa
sart,ptas he was popuiatly ykhown, owing
10 the extremeeceentr7city Of his MANI
ners WAS an ssronaut OF soms celebrity,
whoihad been staying in Wallingfofd, a
western town, for d monthrpast.
and had succeeded in making the col.
lege boys half crazy on the balloon ques.
ton sat 10 fH9hhnqseTTeo sfi Va
qMshadl0n and All iRbegesd'to accom-
pany hinf on o0ne Of liiss trips, but had
beensiefdsed, aEd had long since given
dp all hope Of attaining 6ur object. ns,a i'
eaOn this occasion Just as be was, about
ordering the ropes TO be cut, Monsieur
Dfessart suddenly turned to he and
said: hnz no % t'57D lotsiq 10 HHg
1d'Fnnk Ferris do ,youI want 10 go
with me2s bra eHmy6 lsHoifaa Sni2his
sssYou BET" psaid, taken ,1coudpeteiy
Ss.Thensjompib.o bus nsiiioqeTtsk oid
~ didnot need asscond Bidding Be-
fore The 'wonts were out OF hfs fn5uth9 I
was Ia The cafaeM fas ls1baaiso ss1 70
es.Now cut thes ropes. ishoutedi thee
eronSat.!1eo eds sstifw ,Hs1hiido IEsG
bsHe was obeyed,s md an instant later
welshot up like d rocket amid the franz
tic cheers of the sasseh. .ded fnultituie
Up Aup, We went, until the crowd on
the college green becameis mere speck.
These was q strong wind. and I'VE were
rapidly borne in an easterly directions o
"W ell, Ferris; whist do you think of
itT'ssaidshs der6naut. fixing shis -Sasrk
s9upons face, while aHspeculiari
spiH litiup. hiss countenance.mGie9 s1oa'
slABuily !siI ssid.ad 'tWs ares going hup
likea issresi of lightning p'siasl slsTi1q 4
attToual godown squickes,ia said the
pr6fcssOr. sfIdaq 70 Hoiiasinf sfJ beIas%
There was sohnethi6g oapeculiarTfnl
the tone in which he made athis irefpark
that il startled me-, and L asked .=qx9 bus
sssW hat do Won mean f',sa7es I'D ls9ifv;
ifsdal tellyou ina minute,n he replied,
and them hea deliberately emptied, ii one
AFTER another. six bags of sand Rss
iievefl OF sth,s veiaht NE went nm, Wish
greatly increased yeIocitv.s - o1lr nau
Sssr4ow, ',rsaitl Dressart- ,turpiupI to me-
..Ill Aell Won whas / meant sbys lsayinc
that Md eo:idown Quicker than syoi,i
To do, SO islmust relate atoi
YOU asShort stoIv. Twenty years aao,i
] wss dfasine master In Paris, and your
unotheft then Agnesl Litchfeld, d heau-
tifs) Aiherican heiresse ,was one aof my
pupiIs Ilesrned to love her WithsaiI
thespatsionate isintensity [ ,of, which my.
nature isl sloapables 1Dsma79YoD sii3 10 !;
isssAt last ! yentured9 to declare my
love, aIdsshe, she whom sIsChad sfondlyl
hoped feciprocated my affection laugh
ed ne 10 acorn. sssMarry you,'t said.
'yan asmere drawing master i The idea
is absafdi Besides yonfmusts be-. aware
thasd am engaged to Captain Ferris, q
gentleman whoi,is in, 0 every o way my
equal 4 did not wait to- hear another
sofd jhut staggered from the fhonse.--,
For swo months ] was illIofes brain fe.
vers when sberecovered Agnes nLitch
6eld WAS the bride of. Captain Ferris,
ands both qwere many miles saway. il
swore revenge for the insultiIs had been
offered, and thoughf L. waitedJ long nv
hatred grew none the less, ibitter. 4 Five
years later / came to. o.this, country,z and
found that Captain Ferris had died, and
that his wife and, child. yourself,Shad
left the country again. For, o long time
I lost ALI trace, Of you, both, but, this
summer I saw YOU, and. knew bygyour
face which is SO wonderfully like, hers,
that you were the rson of the woman
who scorned my love. l. determined
that through Yen IawOuld be- reyenged,
that through You would make Agnes
Ferris suffer all that she, made me en-,
dure years ago. ~ ~ ,aono s,srt esdi
! He paused ana elared upon me With
his wild, fiery eyes.s,yry = " aaits,I
"What are you Going to do p / asked,
with forced calmnesss yssTqL
"rm going tolthrow youq out OF the
car. be ans Hered.. o.,l'l1oM t.,.asa
III will not pretend that / Was not ter