The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-31
THE AERONAUT'S PERIL.
From the Balloon to tho GniIlotine

Translated from the Fr-neh.
On the 29th of July, 1867. VI.
Colder made balloon ascension from
one Of the many public gardens Of
the lower order, which, until the
breaking out of the Franco Prussian
war and the downfall OF the Empire,
were popular in Paris. The occasion
was the observance of 4 feie of an
association OF cheap re>taura!eurs
whose class Of. customers at their
shops could readily be judged by the
character Of the crowd present
There were griset;es. lore,tes, iis>ipa
ted workmen, s,nss gsloites. aud not u
few who had more than once been in
charge Of the police for crime.
NJ. Cooler. WIS not professional
aerunaut his legitimate business be-
yond that Of i'eing a patron at the
vine shops and the lover of Il girl
named Fasse was a matter If misery.
The balloon was an old one, and hal
been hired by the proprietor Of the
garden. And the aeronaut engaged to
manage this, not very large, gasbsg
,ad failed tn appear; - il WIS that
jacques G1iier volunteered his service.
The ascension occurred ut seven
,'clock. The patched air vessel,
Ioosene,i from its fastenings. shot
straight upward To u great height.
The sky was cloudlesS, and the upper
air seemed perfectly without motion,
Cooler waved his hat the assemblags
cneered wildly. They watched the
balloon until. floating away To the
eastward, it seemed q mere mote in
the fading sunlight. Thea the crowd,
chatiering. TESTING. drinking and
dancing. forgot Cooler. AMI thought
Of the fireworks and revelry Ia
come.
Present were three ar four mou
chards (,leteciives) in plain clothes by
order of the commi>saire al Ir,lice.
III the balloon shall collapse ,
said one of the officials
There would he one rascal less Z,
give us trouble" WAS the reply.
"He for whom the knife of Ia
RoqueIte Is sharI-ned. will not droI
from balloon, added Il third mou
chard.
On this same evening. near thu
village Of Cornell. in the department,
Of Disc. hy the Seine, six league,
from Paris. the household of NJ.
Cabareau retired at their usual hour
NJ. CaI,areau. n retired money broker
had rented the chateau for u season
1t Was comfortably furnished, bu,
was sadly in need Of repairs. So tina,
the rent was very low. lie Wa.
wealthy, somewhat If a miser. d
vacu~"1s "a uity, aini MS n'uSenoiU
consisted If an oil houseke-per. q
gardener and a servant maid. These
he had brought with him from Paris
On this night. as was afierwar,
stated by the servants. ali hal retired
at nine o'clock. and the doors fastened.
Only one light WAS burning. and
that was in NJ. Carbareau's sleeping
room. which Was in an angle Of th.
chateau facing the main road leading
into Corbeil. No mise or unusual
disturbance was heard during the
night-nothing save the bowling of a
dog, which belonging to the gardener,
was chained in one of the Outhouses
at the rear.
In the morning at six the house
keeper was up and proceeded below
stairs to awaken the gardener and
servant. In passing the little bay
window at the head of the stairs. she
paused to look out toward the low
wall which guarded the front lawn
from the road. There che beheld q
singular spectacle. A second glance,
and she uttered q cry of terror.
There upon the grass lay 3 great
wrinkled mass Of greasy cloth and
silk. tangled heap Of network and
ropes. q large basket, and upon the
white gravel Of the white pathway the
form Of . man. the pale face Aecked
with blood aud the arms outstreiched.
Uttering this cry. che ran to NJ. "a
bareau's door and knocked loudly.
There was no answer.
"Mousieur monsieur! Something
terrible has baDpeDed 7"