The Irish standard., 1890-05-17

From this point Fogg decided he would
( take rise in the world, and IN the es-
timation Of his neighbor and the public
at large as well. Il
. twas his inten ton to fly out over the
river, circle around over the village, and
return to the starting point with great
eclat and Tapping Of wings. Yes, that
was the programme Fogg had mapped
out, but, owing to certain unexpected
developments, he-but there! We'll go
ahead and tell you all about it.
Fogg took off his coat and got down on
his hands and knoes, while Mrs. Fogg
placed the flying machine upon his back
and strapped the same securely to his
body. Then Fogg ran his arms through
the loops on the under side of the wings,
arose to his feet, took up q position on
the edge of the cliff, and was all ready
to do the great flying act.
Mrs. Fogg looked over the edge of tho
cliff to tho ground thirty or forty feet
below and shuddered.
Joshua" she said, ''you had better
give up this foolish notion Of yours. If
you jump over there you'll be killed
sure"
I'ogg was feeling rather dubious him.
self, but he wouldn't let on to his wife.
ooh, pshawp' he said, '<theres no dam
ger whatever. That's where the beauty
of my invention comes in. Without it,
70 Jump of of here would surely result
in a broken neck, but with it there is
not the least danger--so hore goes!" and
suddenly squirting himself on to the
deed, he shut Ms eyes, gave big flap
with his wings and jumped with all his
might straight cut into space, while
Mrs. Fogg gave scream and fell to the
ground in faint, her last thought be-
ing that sho was q widow and would
have to wear black for six long months.
Fogg had BATTERED himself that all he
would have to do would be to Gap his
wings and sail through the ethereal
bluo, but he soon found that he had bit
off moro than he could chew. he
tapped his wings just once-before he
sprung over the bluff. After that he
couldn't make tho 'tarnal things Hap to
save him The wind, as no shot down
through space, quickly turned tho Flap
AA% '~AA~]s
Fogg could not get them down again.
He was as helpless as spitted frog, and
very much resemblod one.
Down hc went, for, it seemed to the
falling inventor, an eternity, or tho
larger half Of thirteen minutes, at least.
He heartily repented Of ever having in
vented, but repentance had come too
late to do him any good A vino, grow
ing upon an outjutting portion OF the
bluff, caught Fogg's foot, and turning
him complete somersault, landed him
in the bushy top of big ohm tree grow,
ing at the foot of the bluff, and inventor,
flying<machine and all went crashing
through the branches Of the tree lllzo {.
baby hurricane, the bewildercd Foggg
alighting finally on his intellectual
cocoanut in the mud, going in up to his
shirt collar and whopping over onto his
back, where he lay still, da2ed, sense
less for the time being, while leaves,
twigs and small branches Of the tree,
severed by the great inventor and his
wonderful 1ying-machinc in their some
what hurried descent, showered down
upon him and almost buried him from
Wow.
Hero he was found presently by his
wife, who had recovered from her faint
ing fit and FASTENED down to the foot OF
tho bluff by roundabout route, and she
managed to bring the unlucky inventor
to and get him to the house and to bed,
where he remained for week.
Flo was badly demoralized 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, to crown all, his
backbone had ''telcscoped' when no
alighted upon his head, thus causing a
loss Of about six inches in height-no
small matter to a man only five feet tall
to start with. m...
Tho nying-machine had caught be-
tween two limbs Of tho tree as it came
down, and, the straps breaking. had be-
como disengaged from tho inventor, and
it remained there a source OF wonder;
ment and terror to tho birds Of the for
est until Fogg was able to navigate
again, when no came down, secured the
great invention, took it to tho house
and chopped it up into kindling wood
Fogg may at some future tino be
again taken with the fever for invent
ing, but if he is he will probably not
try to invent another fying-machine.
Should he do SO, however, one would 30
perfectly safe in betting big odds that
no will got some one else to give it tho
lrst trials. A. u. Cox, in brakes
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