Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-11-06

q slowly born delight Canandai
qua. as you may know, lies at tn,
head of one of the lit'la | K tina
speckle the surface of central ane
western New York 1t is pre- t,
little place, or was then, surrounded
by q billy country. well-wooded anc
crossed by network Of it'll
streams. 1t lies on VIVA, used to bs
caIl-d i'ths old road. - a. dis
tinguished from the newer and
m ,re direct line of tho New York
Central railway. Well, there, sp -ead
below a., 10 the summer atterp ooU 4
sun, WAS all this scene, full Of the
warmest lights aud richest shsd
ows. We were directly over the
village, bnt moving south. The
hurrabs of the people who were
cheering at my escape came float
ins up ns,niminished by distance,
but curiousiy distinct. Even the
cat calls of the boys and the yeIls
OF few men, whose JOY and voices
over-iopped the general cry, were
perfectly clear. The lake was like
a tremendous mirror. gliLtering with
million points of fire, where thr
slanting sun.rays touched the lit:is
choppiug waves that the north
breeze was stirring upon it's surface.
Away along out of sight of the vii
lage and srouLd q sweeping bend
the western train for Rochester AND
Buffalo was creeping. with a trail of
lazy smoke sweeping off to the
south off and stretched far behind.
We could hear the rattle OF the
wheels and the long whistle as the
bend was passed. | had
NO LONGER ANY SENSATION OF MO-
1t was as though | hung above a
vast moving carpet that upon some
titanic rollers was being drawn
toward the north. That is. il Was
80 when looked directly down
Looking straight out 10 either d.
rection j, Was "a though we were
suspended v-r the csotre Of tie
mendoa- Kaleidoscope bowl or ba-
ain, upon level with the brim The
landscape, 10 other words, was con-
cave l can never describe the mag.
niticence of that view, and [ won't
try il. In the admiration it inspired
| had almost forge tan or rything
else, who's the sharp eoice OF the
professor b, ought me back.
Hpw'j yon like to go down there
on nothing q ne asked,
"What do you mean ?"said
81 mesn," he answered, "tnat I've
the greatest mind in the world to
toss you, here and now-instead of
the cat. fit were south wind.
I'D do it,"
l did not catch tue meaning of
this remsrk then 1t came TO me
10 the night. | thought best 80 hold
my tongue and NOT irritate him. |
had made
A FEARFUL MISTAKE.
He was at hom in the little bu J.
Ole inst intrrp1seu its tuiD, sfIarn
walls aud mesh Of twine and floor
1T willow between Us and death. 1t
was his kingdom and suddenly
bad realizing sense OF the fact. |
quie', and watched him
My blood wa quieting to it's regu-
lar pulsations, and | began to feel
more like myself than | had in o
long while The absolutely pure
atmosphere vas acting as a kind Of
alterant upon my liquor-shaken
nerves 1t there hal been any
thing jocose in my mood earlier
thst day. it was gone now | took
a very serious interest in every,
thing
The professor was arranging his
parachute and the cat that was 10
accompany i ca Inward. l hadn't
noticed pussy up to this moment. [
help feeling of envy f r
it. considering It's destination and
the impo .sibihty of harming it. The
professor had it attached by little
strap around the body to the strings
OF the parachute, which was moth.
ing more nor less than a cheap and
gaudy parasol. minus the handle
He pus the parachute over the side,
and
TOSSED The CAT OUT
clear OF it. TIL, little continuance
righIed itself with jerk, SWING
slightly, aud hogan graceful and
rapid descent. Before it bad reached
the ground | should think we had
gone four thousand feet into The air,
at least thai and | began to be
sensible, looking downward again,
of change in the direction OF the
carpet panorama below. The pro-
lessor noted il, too, ADD evidently
with but little satisfaction, for he
looked intently over the edge and
kept silence for a moment, and, then
turning, reached Tor the valve rope
that dangled over the centre Of the
car, depending from the mouth of
the balloon. There bad been q
cracking sound in the rigging from
almost the frat, which | a tributed
to the gas inside aud changing Of
atmosphere without acc mmoda
ting themselves to each others den-
sity. When the professor pulled
the valve. line there was q soughing
noise and q rafting among the
ropes, which lasted only when be
held the valve open During this
period, | was conscious OF sinking
If you have ever made rapid de.
-cent 10 one of those water eIevs
tors they put into business blocks.
you may know precisely how | felt
lit was as though ! were IL wing
all my internal arrangements up.
stairs. When the professor finally
closed the valve and we had sppar
emily resumed the southwark tenor
OF our way, he sat down and began
q conversation. Hs bad apparently
got the better of bis temper, and
wanted to know my name and bust
ness, and all sbou. me. [ told him
quite freely, and gradually warmed
him into comparatively good bu
NOR. Then it Was
ne EXPLAINED HIS ANGER