Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-08-04


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dred feet Of the earth. and saw, not lit
tie to our cons,ernsiicn. that the wind blew
the trees fercely. and that strong south
easterly gale Was sweeping the ground.
The wind was more violent than il had
been sloft.
IL knew then that We must encounter
some severe humping, but neither of us
anticipated such gale as that we fell
into; for as We got lower we were swept
on faster and faster.
AT height of two hundred feet above
the trees and fences, we we're carried
along at certainly twice the speed of
race-horse! Fields and farm-houses sped
under rs. We had passing glimpses of
here and there an iastonished face turned
up toward us.
"'This never will dor Ned shouted.
It's death to touch the ground
HE pitched out bag of sand. When
it struck the earth it burst like shell. l
threw out another.
"Just then we were crossing road. A
horse and wagon, containing man and
woman, we're passing. The sand-bag
struck the fence, smashing it into splin-
tiers. With ahorriied glance, the passen-
gers piled their whip. We left them
bounding away at gallop.
1.-THE Gypsy vaulted into the air again.
The country few from under u.s. A heavy
mist began to envelop US. Soon drops of
rain drove into the car. A stormy night
was setting in. The rain and mist satu-
rated the cordage and increased the weight
of the balloon, and we again settled TO-
wards the earth.
"Our situation can be imagined-fying
at such speed over country the surface
of which could now scarcely be distin-
guished! One bump against the earth,
4 house, or rock, would probably be
fatal to US.
"'We must try the hooksr Ned ex-
claimed.
I'VE had two anchors attached to inch
and half lines that were two hundred
feet in length. cast out one of them,
and we lay hold of the rope, in expecta-
ton of sudden arrest of our fight. We
were slowly settling, and it presently
caught on something.
"There was a prodigious jerk, but the
obstacle we had hooked gave way. The
anchor bounded upwards, almost into the
car, and we rose again, but only for mo-
ment or two. Then came a series of
hitchings and jerks as the grspnel dragged
after US.
"Fence poles were hooked up. One
post few up almost to a level with our
faces. A moment after we went over
farmhouse. The anchor ripped up the
caves and sent the bricks rafting off the
chimney. What the people inside thought
of the hubbub is more than know. Ned
said they might bless their stars that we
had not taken the house with US.
"All at once we heard splashing. We
were passing over pond. The anchor
was dragging in the water. The pond
was covered with ducks. They rose with
sharp quackings and tremendous rum
BILE of wings. One flew blindly into the
car.
The next instant We experienced ter
rife jerk. The anchor line snapped. The
balloon bounced up from the earth. The
anchor had caught in large tree, and the
cord had broken like thread We thrsw
out the other anchor. 1t was our oDe
hope.
ut had BOZ grown very dark and was
raining hard The aschor caught repeat
eddy. but did not hold. We were carried
in this manaer several miles. Sosu the
basket began 70 grsze the treetops-
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