Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-04-11
A THRILLING STORY.
How Mr.. Mc$wyuy's Friend Concluded q
strsaE~. Romantic Tale.


Speaking Of fash literature re-
minds me OF an incident which oc-
cured some time since in connection
with n deceased friend Of mine said
Bryan Mc>wyny yesterday The per-
son alluded to was n man Of genius. l
will not mention his name. because OF
his family connections He was en-
gagged in writing a serial story for 4
welEknown weekly paper Of tho
fSuake-Eyed Bob. the Bully OF tho
Woods order. The story had run 50
long that the publishers were getting
tired Of it. and they wrote 20 my friend
telling him 20 bring the story TO an
end in the next inztallment He did
so in the following unique
The balloon rose slowly from tho
foot OF the cliff. humping along tho
face OF the rock as il did 40. Angelina.
frightened at the prospect OF tho
perilous journey ahead when the bal
loon was one thousand feet from tho
ground. jumped recklessly out upon a
shelf Of rock which projected from the
face of the cliff. Frenzied with fear
Algeruon followed his love at the risk
of breaking his neck, and tho
balloon sailed away and left them
in their precarious situation There
the lovers were one thousand
feet from the top OF the cliff and an
equal distance from the bottom. Al
gernon seated himself beside the love-
~ maiden and clasped her TO his heav-
ing bosom in a passionate embrace.
Slowly the sun sank behind the west
ern hills Its expiring rays liz up tho
forms Of the lovers. oblivious Of their
awful position. The shadows deep
ened and night fell like a black pail
upon the scene.
VIII you always love me. AIger-
nOn27 said Angelina.
I'm death. darling vas the 70
ply.
THE END
Well" continued Bryan. letters
began TO arrive at the Office Of pubIica-
ton asking such fatefnl questions rs
these: What became Of the ~loyers9
Did they dry up and blow away7 Did
the buzzarls feed upon the form OF tho
lovely Angelinaa Did they fall OF the
cliff and ~ma~h into pieces ut the foot9
Did a bowlder roll over the edge of ths
elf and crush them' Did the birds OF
the air bring food To the lovers2 Did
some q let n rope down from the top
Of the cliff and pull EN- ups For
Heavens sake. ~hat became Of thems
These letters accumulated SO fast in
the Office that the publishers became
alarmed and wrote TO my friend. ask
ing him to write another installmens
Of the story. which he gladly did. the
concluding sentences OF the last chapter
being a. follows:
The long night passed slowly
away with leaden tread The eastern
sky began to flush with the first beams
of morning light.
Are you awake. dearcsta" whis-
pered Algernon in Angelina's sheII-like
ear.
THE white curtains over the beau
tiful eyes slowly lifted. and the musical
voice replied in n faint whisper:
Yes, darling. but I'm very hun
CRY"
by the gods replied Algeruon.
springing excitedly to his feet, you
shall have food, For see. dearest. the
balloon ap~proaches.n
1T was indeed a. AlScrnou had
said Outlined against the feecy
clouds, BY straining those eyes OF
heavenly blue. Angelina could see a
faint speek about as big as a door,
knob The speck gradually
larger As the two lovers gazed huugri-
ly upon it. now taking upon it the di-
mansions of An orange. then swelling
out a. large a a eocoanut. until it drew
within their sight and assured them
that they could not be mistaken; it
was indeed their long-lost balloon.
Thea their fears wer excited anew by
seeing the balloon sway Is it was struck
oy a current of air. Clasping her
hands around Algernon's neck. Ange-
lima exclaimed in agony:
'.Oh. darling. the balloon Is going
away
wait. love-" said Algeruon,
soothtngly; another blast may strike
it
ut was indeed so, as AIgeruon had
said \ favoring gale from Heaven. it
seemed. directed the balloon toward
the elf again. and in a miraculous
manner 1t WIS waited against the face
of the elf. As it came nearer and
nearer to their resting place AIgeraon
said. in n husky whisper:
''Now. Lena. my hearts love,
jump when jump
They jumped and chung like spi-
ders to the netting until Algernon had
descended to the car. Then, like the
hero he vas, Algernon rescued his dar-
ling n from her p~erilous position and
laid her upon the sOor of the car. She
was r~esuseitated by u drink Of Iffe-giv-
ing brandy. which Algernon found in
= hamper, aad al hour later vas
pleasantly engaged in viewing the
diversified landscape. over which the
balloon sailed like a swallow in its
fight
Higher and higher the balloon
o $ until a band OF Indians who were
watching it saw it gradually fade away
against the empyrean blue OF the sky
until it dwindled down TO the size OF an
apple. then faded away mill only