The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-07-13


rste. But now they rise sharply, and are
Soon left far alove cut IL Ssght Ger
tsiniy w sro travelling. / nov watch the
ground below steadily. We are over an
omen marsh. There are enc OF two Soll-
tSrv Shepherds cottages, and 3 few dykes
full II water. These objects SrS ap-
,,srentlv moving ont from below 10 right
or lelt,, The rapidly Increasing Velocity
II this, their angular movement 81 oaNer-
senee frOrn the vertical, together with she
vrOSreSSive enlargement IN size OF each
held. Or defined ara below, gives some
rseaSure 70 the eye Of the rapid rate ~
our prosresS downwSrSiS, and greSter
nearneSS to the ground. l throw more
paper. IL runs mp fSSter than before,
Shall l ever pun her upg But the sea IS
advancing S.eSGily in swift silent nSn-
ner. which IS not reSSSuriuS. Neare 0riN-
inS fist right ON to it. There is plenty of
room under Us yet, and VIII stand On n
little longer, But heSve up heavy hag
OF ballast with both hands, posSe II en- the
eds-e u the ear. and hold II ready 70 throw.
AN az once it strikes me that she Is &C
celebrating friShtfully. The cottage, which
at hrSt seemed az reSt right underneath
rs. Snd then WIS creeping slowly ont TO
the left. Is now going off at full gaIlop
ike 4 runaway horse. The whole country
immediately below hiss become an uneer-
tain sort 81 moving phSntSSnlaSuria- We
sre 1900 feet from the ground. by eye, for
/ Sisre not lose sight u the earth 10 look
ut bSrUmeterS. SEES or no sea, must
bring her 10 while yet there Is nom, or
surely / shall be smashed 10 pieces Over
cues the pondsrOuS mass of ballast, bag
snd Sll : and ulOre follow as fast Is can
seizs and throw them. Over they 80, TIL
1 have only one bSg left, The heSvy~ sacks
az wet sand 80 down like thun3erb0lts.
They ought. 81 course. 10 be emptled OF
their contents, which would then descend
$ usual in harmless shower. Probably
there Is nothing but mArsh, or only few
cattle. below. But were there nOcSs Snd
herds inuumerGble> and stray shepherd
or two INTO the bargain, l should Do sorry
10 assert very positively that they would
not haye one and all TO take their chance
Of 4 bag.
We ara still running at great rate, but
1t soon becomes cleSr that the balloon Is
losing her way. A little later, and she Is
bringing TO There Is no longer an up
w5-1 I.S1 OF SIR agElnSt NY hSttened
hand held horizontally over the SIDE Of
the cSr, The moving phSntaSn1s,Orla has
settled down into s well-dehned ground
plsn. A piece Of pGper thrown over
dsssrafs. The barometer, which can now
again afford 70 consult, informs me that
We are g little under loco feet from the
ground We hSye gained thousand In
pulling up.
Bai Judgment. and badly done Forit
Is clear that l have greStly oysrdOne the
whole thing Had one thrown only one
hall that precious ballast UP above there,
lust 10 check the balloons course, and the
remainder 6y successive InstaliDents later
On - required. ne might now have been
nsarlv on the grucnd. and moving towards
It 81 s safe Srd manageable rate whereas
nov she has lost 81 her way We are
sill q LONG distance from the earth. with
the sea very close. A long white line OF
huna-rv-Iooking foam Is coming straight
upon ne with the speed Of 3 railway tram,
and N veird silent manner which half
faScInates me
And now her greet downward rnOmsn-
tun has carried her far below her true
sduihbriur level Now. BY al the laws
which govern balloons, she Is bound If
let her g0-Eke s hight fOat driven furCibly
down INTO pool Of water and then left t.
I-ssLLff-to rise rapidly sgsin- She VIII run
I'D above the clouds once more, and carry
ne thousands Of feet higher than We have
ever vet been-to descend lztsr On into
the sea. niles from the shore, With tre-
meusiouS crash for there VIII then be no
b,sILEsz to stop her We must get down
now 81 al costs. II not On the land then
a. near Is possible to II Below Is favor
ahIa u1zrsh- covered with long rank grass
1 have still one bag of ballast left. and the
heavy grapaal to thruF This l can cut
zr=ay. T1ps and al, Il nscessaTys and she
can hardly gather any very dangerous
way now. however much gas l have 20 let
out To get down II time
There L no tine for weighing such c1l-
sifsrsEa51S IS these before taking action.
nor do need any For, indeed. al 8 crisis
like this. . the plot steadily thicksns- and
T11r nerves get EUg1d up more and Ha1Ts
10 the sticking point your wits also seem
to sbzruen continually. until you aETIFs Ct
c point 1t which y0a SEIZE, ss II we've by
Ir-uIrsti-u- 1T & U01lsltsTy glance al tie
letting points OF the situation and trans
IaEs then into instant action with result
d good on better thzI sn hours csTsfI
c,l1sliafzti11 vu5llf give st an ordinary
tI.-s- The instant II becsus clear that the
balloon vas bringing 20, OF had already
hrU-rhs to and before she had time 10
gsszflsr way III ards had seized the valve
Li1s and Opelsd the valve full an nov
steadily letting GUt sl euCEuOuS stream Of
gas While thus reversing and tsllbeEs.teET
enlf1rsznl- TINS S7I1isu resolve Thesea =
vazT EsaT- and II vi BE- . el0ss race Be
tEeeu Is SsTeTthaIsss- 1 an u.zrsHadsd
that thu balloon has got the led and this
time shs shall ksep IL So l d. uGt let 20
th= valve EEs I'll ne are vel cn Cur
d1FuFzr1 coGrss one uO-e- / than
has7s I'D the last bag Of ballast rsss Il On
tha edge Of the eaE, steady Il thsTH with
INA hzn.1- take the heavy gEzplel II ths
1thzE- and stand b. 10 tkryE theEn q the
ri-ht ul1ueut- TEs hzlt-empsF balboa
g3ss RAPIDLY down gzEhsEIlg Ts5 q she
g1es- blt II tIls IE11Ersis q fest that sEs
E1T left she ezll1t possibly accelerate Is
n tEs tt0usizuls I'D zbore and TIE more
eZEEF she gets the more her h0li9F TII-lsE-
sliE teZits 10 HID 1he III ike g pzTzeLuEs-
Tie last bag g1es EEe1 Ne sTs something
over hull1zas1 fest from the g-rJTEli- The
EEzp1el follows Izzesi5zsslF zfEer- the
D1Uz1t I An sure that Il VII rssch the
grand a Ess s7z=szIrlrsg rye K q hundred
fest II lenEth We Es rTznu1nlz hzrtl
zfreF than h14 the Ioss0f thsllT e1z1hzneel
FalEA5 puts powerful d-zg Epoa the
hsllaoz- which rs NV Only re ard the
light EleEEF ear 20 csTTF- She strikes the
ground WIKI fairly god Elsek. Il L tine
buz noting q al % s5g7zIfy Ii the lzzt
u.l1sn1 sEriIlg r1gIFsTriz and h0ld On 10
tn hgCu. rtzt ia car NV take the first