Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-12

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their piled arms in their midst. Who
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certain they are Gardes Mobiles; We are
in the French lines The devil We are
said /; but are you sure of itf-becau>e.
for my part, You know cant recognize
the uniforms Perfectly sure .Doxn
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were not more than seven or eight hun
dred metres from the earth, when We
heard German challenge, 'Wer da9' and
saw mighty hustle in the court-y yard
the men jumping up, seizing their arms,
and beginning to shoot at the balloon.
And the aeronaut had slipped the Crap.
pier! He was drunk. l had just time to
whip out my knife, cut the cord and
pitch him to the bottom of the car, with
a thrauf tbot - ha ottrral 4.
over. Then we began to mount again,
but slowly enough, as it seemed to me,
for we could hear the music of the but
lets, though at that distance they could
not have done us much harm. l verify
believe that if we had leaned over We
might have caught them in our hands.
In fact, know we could, for afterwards
made the experiment at Tours, by setting
some chasseurs to fire on captive bal
loon fixed at about the same height The
balls had no appreciable effect. After
awhile the balloon stopped, then begun
tO decend once more, with the Prussians
still watching its motions. We were
again near the river, SO we had NO better
alternative than to drop into the water or
into the arms Of the enemy. scribbled
despatch to let my colleagues know how
we stood. and sent it off by a. pigeon;
but the bird came back to the Car, no
doubt having lost its way. We were still
dropping down, so at last there seemel
to be but one hope-the Disc. As to
our getting over the river to the French
side before we fell, it was not to he
thought Of; there was not an inch of air.
All this while Spuller had been smoking
his cigar like philosopher. At last he
said, with smile, THE Disc, the Disc;
that's all very we'll for you; you know
how to swim, but may as well tell you
l don't Stuff! said, IN look after
YOU Still we shot down, when on u
suddcn-puff; there was breath of air,
but such slight one that made q joke
of it, and told Spnller it was only the
smoke of his cigar. The gods had come
to our aid. The balloon passed the
river and made straight for the top Of an
oak. You've no idea how uncomfortable
it is TO come down on the top of an
oak-little branches without end and all
that. However, we landed, and were
saved"