Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-07-19
CPIN i TOY BALLOON.
A Child Suspended i'll Mid-Air aud
Rescued by Rifle Shot.
Moreheai y. c. Patriot.

ii''cH''' ~ - oAlN't-
at the still hour of midnight had the
trump of Gabriel summoned lis al to a
Gral worldly reckoning. more ey.itament.
con -ernation and weeping could not have
come ever the many good people who
We're present and witnessed the most
wonderful and mi mi-dcUlOIs escape that
ever happened in this or any other coun-
tTy Ms Robert E lott, of Texas, has
been here Tor the past ten days or more,
to re. tore the health of her child. E,rCie.
4 b-ght and sweet little cnaTUh less Uhe1
hrea years old, who was much oInac G,-d
10y d spc. Of Texas fever Tbs nocA lg
about 10 Oc-och a st.Oi NJ Ia en made
lis app5.-aHce in front o. the EU-l' with
a laTge user o. those red N-dsrI-..he
toy ia ,oons Msior Hawkins. o. Ala
5&ma. 10 amUse H,J!e Bride. who he at
that tine had II his arms, ted tie C0.d
around ner w,iSC and tnen. a, is SO Often
done 20 aJnuse Oh ldr=n, gave he toSs Of
i've OF s.X tset in the ar ard nd oUt LiS
hands iOr her return. Great Coz, she 5
gone G. ed the Major, - he S;W he
rapidly 20 ng Up, up, up. .nll she Lad
passed the hOuSS-tUpS. i Ui- ng m the
clouds. with oUt5tratched lands tAe Little
angel could he heard u IS. acllv calling:
Mamma. mamma. MANN until her
voice became drowned ~ the whistling
OF the winds. Ali the men at the hotel
started out in boats, for the little one was
dri ing 10 sea.
By an act of Divine Providence Mr..
Z E LA ~
press Company, with party OF gentlemen.
was out taking d sail. Mr. Voorhees, is
one OF the most expert ritiemen IN the
country, and as God ordained it, he had on
board HIS Smith & Wesson rifle. He ar
once t Jk in the situation. remarking:
''SiX miles out at sea and going at the rate
Of ten miles an hour, and now 400 yard
high. and every minute going higher,
higher, higher. | can cut those balloons
ana VIII do it or die
Ban =" went the rife-but no change
in position. Again, again and agGil-the
fifth shot one balloon disappeared amidst
the shouts of the bOatmen. At the eighth
shot it became evident tnat the balloons
could no longer ca.ry the weight o. the
little floating angel, as she w,,s gradually
descending, not in straight line, but in
d southeast direction, towards Harker's
Islind-hut whether dead OF alive none
could tell. Down, down, down she comes
as il handled by human hand.-to fall
in cradle of sand. With fear and trem-
bling all ran UP, Ben Piver in front. ''Gen-
tle,nen.' says he, Il will be d ngel il she
amt alive and kic' ing" There sat L,5,e
Bi.liis Playing witn lot Of shells, and as
she WIS picked up she chung on 10 Il hand
fUI, saying, Desc sells for mamma"
VITA the prize they all r.tured to the
boat. There sat Mr.. Voorhees, with d
de.th-.ike palor on his countenen:a, and
when to!d that he had saved the babe IN
3lIrt, his tenGer heart gave way and he
- p: 81 > child The Little DARING came
out as bright as a new pm and seemed to
look on the whole matter as fun gotten
up fOr her amusement.
Thus ended a day Of the most intense
excitement that the Oldest inhabiJant 1t
this old North Carol na resort ever dream
ed or thought of, and may the writer
never witness again its like.