The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-06
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thc Last siege OF FarGs-i Fi=ha Of
Horror.

thc Last Siege OF farss-A Fight OF
BssrrOr.
:. have not been ia q balloon for ten
SS.a and the very sight of n almost
me- me sick" He WAS a little dried
uyfellOw. in a great shaggy cnat and
Urer felt nat. and he spoke To a little
cup who were watching the manCuvcrs
Pref Warner with lis balloon at the
zposition Yesterday. He was IA quick.
.rvous little m-n, and although his
.nguaee was refined. his slight Frcnrl,
Z ccent proclaimed his nationality. The
.rOwd gathered clo=rr Ia the little man.
md ceased to watch the be rolling mass
of canvas that WAS filling with gas 80
slowly.
81 was an %acronaut frola my child
hood. Nv father was thu: confidential
friend of DR.. Jcssan, the great French
acronaui and had me in al.alloon before
Foould walk. dom know how many
asccnskns | have made. | have been
Up So often that I used to feel rs easy
-, miles above the earth rs IT, we're
|; walking Oh solid ground. ! was twenty
two years old when tie Franco-Pr.ssian
war broke ont. and Was then in Paris.
] Ey father had Just diezi and left me a
AcN tBottSsiilt l.dEitc. siHu Il hE Sit-Ft-
me 1t as foolishly rs mcSi BOYS do who
, have never been u-elto moacy and who
suddenly come into : little fortune. IN
Ncad OF lighting for my Own country |
1 vas squandering my fathers hard
<aEned francs in the cafes of Paris. [
ksot up one morning and they told ne
), aris was surroundcd-that We would
nave to starve or surrender. The
crai attempts that had been made TO
* through the lines had failed, and
%itv was full of gloomy faces and
x hearts. Then / happened to rcmcim-
or what my father had said about the
means by which General Jcurdan gained
2 lis knowledge of the position of She
als,rians IA the uati,o "a s.o Elea.,.s u
1894. and how the French hal used them
successfully at The >ic@eS of M~anh"ngc.
Charleroi, Manheim and EhrrnbrciStcIn.
Why noS Use them now"
at Wa toward The end of September.
1870, that | went To Gaml eta. the
leader of our Provisional Government.
end laid the matter before him. lii.
kmade mandate inquiries men, Scs.si-
ctic men of the practicability Of the
scheme. and found that II would work.
We started two balloon factories. | had
charge Of one i'm ~, Denis. In a month
we had over forty balloons. We used
70 make tAe envelope OF calico. var
nished on the outside with a mixture Of
Imsecd oil and oxide of lead. while the
k~set-work. ear and ether arrangements
were after the ordinary fashion. All
the balloons th.t ! superintendent had a
capacity of seventy thuG.and cu!ic feet
of gas. We used Ia have them manned
by sailors. and tEcy were mninlv used to
carry messages from Paris "a Mar>cillcs.
% EyrcuN. To Tuni>. and Gther points.
IL grew TO lie quite Il commn mode If
sending letters during the long months
& tht,iagr. Most of the balloons used
70 have with them carTier-pi@c"nS.
Letters would he sent hack into Paris in
this way. Tie contents If the h.itrr
~otd lac photographed. This would
re'it!ce it, size Ia within an area Of on"or
two square inches of the tLinEc>t kind
OF paper. This paper would be on
closed IN 4 quill and fastened To the can-
u tail fea;!er If the pigeon Tho
enemy began Ia open fire nn Il bal
looms 81; last, and several of them were
lost or i~l into the hands of the Ger
-'ahS- io AVOID this we used Ia sand
Them out In the night. and the Govern
hH'nt forbid In" Use Of lights 10 keep tic
eheSf from seeing the balloon. ! had
been busy in the factory for "A month OF
ni"rr. When II suddenly occurred Ia me
slat | would Ike 70 take a trip myself.
4 made al ;he arrangements. and on
me night Of the 25ih os November | CT
Hao The City of Paris capacity 1900
1alc feet, with two hundred and fifty
round-r-Teuc.s r;-anN- left
.shout nine o'clock. The air was cold
!Ad damp took one of the w.rkmcu
with me. a quirt. modest little fellow
named Lefebrc, who lived at Eyreux
ana wanted 10 got u of Paris. The
~ind WIS IN the right direction. and we
had no difficulty in getting of. In a few
minutes The city lav below me. | could
see the twinkiin" lights cleaning Ike
s<sj1'ent eyes oui ~ the abrssinal dark
ne>H- III about ne the air was so black
That could almcSt feel il like = visible.
paipab!c realty. Dark masses 81
clouds that ! GUESSED 10 he twenty
Thousand feet in thickness iav IKE an
cbSn wall above me ana on all sides.
Ih stiffness was something dreadful. |
had been up ! thousand times heSDre.
bytIn daylight. and never under Sach
circumstances. passed over the cne-
my camps til 1 ~i:w The ia~i of :heir
canp-fr1S fade awat in ;hc ni1ht.
4 "lou can never I'll bl the Tao!iou u