The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-18
Stories and Sketches.
she WOULDN'T HAVE IT.
gBgIETl OF TIE LATE SEASON At C1EEY lSLlED
~ MAMfE LUXE.
Thar were two Of them.

There we're two of them.
1pe was tall, rather showily attired,
uot bad looking, but garrulous to a
ianlt.
The other was shorter, moderately
srayed, though the extreme garruious-
ness Of the other may have, oonduced to
lRey ay'iS we're about thirty, each, old
naidsp evidently, from some inland
t5En and had arrived on the Manhat-
ZEN grounds just as the "captiye" bal
Icon began to ascend.
aJane, 'spose that's the balloon, don't
youl ] never saw balloon before, bat
know that's balloon. What q bi :
ding It Is, amt III Shaped like a PEI.
ans it7 How it shines don't it?
sonder what It's made OFF, Thus the
tail one yolubly expressed herself at tho
fnt ago Of" as ii were.
Jane gazed interestedly at the balloon,
but said nothing.
ut looks frightful, don't ii, Jane, to
lse that big thing going M into The air,
With them people in the basket under.
geath2 It makes me fidgety, declare"
at looks queer, Eiiza. But its got d
rOpetoit8
~ know that, but It must be danger.
uus Dear nc, what do people want to
fput themselves out for to get into dam
ger when there's enough Of it round
sFeFywhere2 Want to say they've been
up 10 q balloon, | 'spose. Wonder how
much 'twould take 70 get me up in that
hingl seeit So up and up Jane"
SEE. Eliza
~Ihey,re laughing and talking in the
basket jcs SO there warn't no dangerl
spose The rope would breaR? '~pose Il
hurricane should come along where'd
lhey be then? il makes me shudder to
think Of il. 'Spose it was struck by
lightning there's great black cloud
f aIi there. 'Spose it tshould bust Of itself Z
araciousl II makes me crawl all over %
shink Of ii, Jane"
& don't.o = = - s'0"
@0l course you don't. / do. 'spose
thything should happen to 'em up
Aeret I guess they'd wish they'd a
sayed down here where we are, Jane.
gSlks always wish they hadn't when
anything happens but eayer stop to
think they needn't aforehand."
Wonder what make IL 70 up, Eliza ?"
Go up7 why, they let the Tope out
you goosel Don't you see the ropes
getting lenger n longer all the timer
fes ! SEQ that, Eliza; but" She
eleatatod The letting ont of the rope
aian' appear TO be a satisfactory reason
With hef, for the ascension of the balloon.
Do you 'spose you'd 20 up, Eliza, if
Mefe Was rope tied to one Of your legs,
Hushi for morey's sake, janet"
spoken ina sharp undertone). "There's
gentleman there Tin a whisper,
pointing to man about six feet TO the
lsl1 aad front Of Jane)--" who smust
aase heard you, know ] saw him
ieok T9und and smile. The idea Of your
sgeaking out 30 loud about my--you
Algsys speak SO plain, Jane, that I'm
s5sal'sa 0f you sometimes. When we re
sl9as ! don't care, OF course, but when
@ Ssao cut among people you'd ought to
~ AAuta EATBIuk.'
aGa Eliza ratified on for two minutes,
sFslling on the enormity Of James ut
5,aaCe and trying to impress upon her
M necessity Of being more discreet In
@s we Of her lingual organ,
suspected that it was more to keep
s,, stae from reyerting TO her partially
NV gs.g'eg 4i,s superstition, than anything else,
W.. wv Fll1a madq 20 many words, she
shat the reason asrribed BY her
oal.0on's ascension was ridicu-
,Hss e. But as she returned to tho
ieet herself, my suspicion was, Of
sosl7o well founded.
Il they didn't let the rope out, Jane,
X course The balloon couldn't 70 up.
ngs @at ain what makes it 20 up. 1
WV said 10 TO have you laugh, but YOU
WI @as y 20 serious The balloons filled
'sa slr, YOU know, and if the rope
sa',l hold it, 1t would 60 of on its own
sss5 Myl amt it high now? What
wv soaa you be up there for, Janc9 /
". -Salan not for all the whole word
s ssg III the whole Of Haekensackl"
Ner | either, Eliza: and as neither
~ ~ ilas g9t to &c up there, what's the
5 INV getting worked UP about it'll
,ssl.l sels quietly sensible remark rather
WI ~ wind oRt of Eliza's sails, SO TO
Elm 5si 0at they filled away in a moment.
vs.,ss Weli, people talk about what they
ss s.'iii 4, like g dc, and would like to =
sheyg ail except You; and YOU
y say anything. | sh'd die, II 1
= ggEno " you, | know / shouId.
All like house afire when Pm
a'9ae g myself, and you'd be as
~ oyster, know you would. {
ulspalea too, with myself. and /
get The best Of it, too; catch me
a foand and saying nothing-vhY,
- Y VI the handle IN fifteen min.
ssss S !, smiled and kept her gaze fixed
~ .se ascending balloon. greatly in
M lh Inc spectacle u novel ono 10
aEe Y have somebody explain all
aa alloaa 10 nsa, she said. In 4
slf mn@aH way..-.s,yhy ID II able
saa taka np a iot ii people be
IS tae s;r thafsin ii that
7ise ! t0ld you thst.m
a.ieies st il ypu excuse
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