, 1884-02-19

Paclfci Seei There is a train climbing
up that grader Our artist did make out
railroad and train, and contrived to sketch
the same. In a little time we passed
nearly over both, and caught the rumble
and roar of wheels and the sight Of a
furry OF saluting handkerchief from tho
car Windows. But our mighty air ship could
not delay for courtesies; the lightning ex-
press fell far behind. Steadily, wind and all
else favorable, we rose and swept forward
With a fresh cheer we saw the highest peak
of the lofty mountain wilderness lying 5000
feet beneath US. AT this rate we shall be on
the other side, and asleep in Salt Lake City
tonight cried two Of us
Alasi this boast was 81 arcely uttered before
its punishment came upon Us. Streaks Of
cloud suddenly appeared above the greet Ne
vada table lands. Tn wind veered to the
north. Its speed and ours increased Our
captains uneasiness grew evident A
moisture like dew began to freeze over us.
We began to sink rapidly. Clearly we were
in train for experiences Of a most unex-
pected sort .
K GRIM DEATH.
Throw out the ballastl" called our captain.
Rising once more, we darted into a dense
cloud. and there drifted with lightning speed
still northward. Water froze upon our cor
sage There was only one thing now to do.
"Over with all the ballast" commanded our
leader. 1t was in vain. We shot down per-
p~endicularly with the speed OF a bullot-1,5o o
feet in each second. Presently the whizzing
OF the gale In tho tree tops Of the mountain
SUBMITS became terribly audible. To
land under such conditions was impossible.
everything we possessed was tossed over
ooaru-our spare clothing, our PROVISIONS
still to no purpose
A moment or two later, with a series OF
crashes and bounds and leaps that made US
mold on IKE grim death ITSELF our basket was
WntSeS.,s s.us I pm DP-
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IN THE
Upon the remaining adventures Of that
luckless day neither reporter nor artist is dis
posed to dilnte. Our valiant captain, being
Injured to such untimely ends to all the pomp
and circumstances of glorious ballooning, wa
subsequently seen to smile over The affair.
With vast difficulty we managed to glide
down the slippery trunk of the pine, whose
only branches, among which we were perched,
grew eighty feet from the ground. We had
landed on the summit OF a spur OF the Sierras.
BY compass we took our bearings, and set out
for shelter. Around US rose the wilderness
pure and simple. There was no trace OF road
or habitation, and we were forced to fight
our way through the dense underground until
nighsfan- Without provisions, and utterly
exhausted, our little party threw themselves
down under the thicket's shelter, and slept
TIL the pallid dawn. A second day of such
fruttless wandering meant something SO
nearly approaching to death that we hardly
cared to contemplate 1t as we trudged on