Telegram-herald., 1890-04-20

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q ~ Invention coIRss n Wlth0us II.
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L. : brekea neck. bet With Il there Ia
act she least 1snger-so here g0est' and
suddenly spGrrt1g aiL1self On - tae
deed, be shat his eyes. gave = big TAP
with nLs =tays and jumped with 81 ais
might straight oct into space, While
Mr& Fogy gave = scream sd fell = tae
ground IA : faias. her l2ss taOuget be-
ing that she wss 4 widow and would
have ~ wear black for ak iong months.
Fogg bad Gas5sred himself that al rs
~oaie have % d. would DO ~ Gap his
wings and sail shrozgh ths ethereal
blae, bat he soon found that BE had bit
or nors than 10 could chew. tie
tapped hls wiags Just once-Oetoce 10
sprung over tie bl9f. AFTER that 10
eoultn'E maze shs 'tsrnal things Dap 70
save him The Wind, as 10 shot down
through space, quickly turned the Gap
pers up edgewisa, and. try az he would.
Fogg coaid not get them down again
Hs vas as helpless As a spit.ed frog, and
very much reseubled ono
Down 40 went for, II seemed 70 the
falling inventor. an eternity, or the
larger half Of thirteen minutes, az least
He heartily repented OF ever having in
vented, bat repentance had come too
late 70 do him any good. A vine, grow
ing upon an outIu,ttng portion ot the
bluff, caught Fogg's feet, and turning
him q conplete somersault landed hin
IN the bushy top Of big elm tree grow
ing a. the foot Of tho blui, and inventor.
flying-machiae and all went crashing
through tho branches OF the tree lixe
baby hurricane, the bewtlderod FOgg
Aighting finally on his in.cllectual
cocoanut In the mud. going Ia up 70 his
shirt collar end whopping over onto his
back. where no lay still, da=ed, sense
lees for the time being, while leaves,
8 . -
severed by tho great inventcr and his
wonderful hying-nachine In their some
what hurried descent, showered down
upon him and almost buried hiEn from
Wow
Hero no Was found presently by his
wife, who had recovered from her faint
ing 1T and fastened down 20 tho foot Of
tho bluff by a roundabout route. and sho
managed 70 bring tho Unlucky inventor
to and get him 70 tho house and 70 bed,
where he romaincd for week.
He was a badly deInoralized and di
lapidated specimen OF humanity. Every
muscle and tendon in his body was
strained, his nose was knocked out of
plumb, several fingers and . thumb
were broken, and, 70 crown all, his
backbone had "telescopcd" when he
alighted upon his head, thus causing 8
loss OF about six inches in height-no
small matter 70 o man only five feet tall
% start with.
Tho Gying-machins had caught be-
tween two limbs of the tree as It came
down. and, tho straps breaking, had be-
como disengagcd from the inventor. and
aimed there = source OF wonder
tnt and terror TO the birds Of the for
CD until Fogg was able 20 navigate
again, when ho cane down, secured the
great invention, took 1t TO tho house
and chopped IL up into kindling wood
EogR may at some future time be
agaia taken with tho fever for invent
fng, but II no is he will probably not
Try 20 invent another fying-machine.
Should he DO so, however, one would be
perfectly safe In betting big odds that
no will get some one else 70 give Il the
nrst trials A. ID. Cox, in Brakes
Hs-aZiue.