Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-03

sion of me. The world l,eIow me was |
asleep. The Kalamazoo mailman
was not mad after all But why
had he chosen me to take this aerial
voyage? Perhaps it had been an ac-
client. Perhaps
"But what is that? The great At
lnntic. rs | live. Soon | would be
abov. it. Yes, here it is below me al
ready. At least two thousand miles
of water were ahead OF the. Would
my propeling force carry me beyond
it. or would l fall into it's depths
and never more be heard of?
Faith in my Kalamazoo lunatic be-
gan to rise within me. | had passed
above two ocean steamers, and had
seen innumerable crafts near the
coast.
"Ah! What strange impulse is
this? l had read of the wonders of
the vast deep. Now l could see
them. ii the fish ". re rs reliable as
the bird. l hesitated bat AT last my
hand touched the other hutton.
Down like flash went, and soon
realized that | was encircled by the
waters of the Atlantic. Downward,
still downward, and began to fear
that / might reach the bottom or he
dashed on submarine peak. turn
ed the button which had transform.
ed my bird into a fish. Its descent
was at once checked. Suddenly there
was a jar. lnstinctively looked to-
ward sort of window which had
| | ~ Nr ,c,,
glass in the stern. There was SINH.
lar window at the bow, defended by
,, rubber points to deaden the effects of
Il blow, ii it should come. Behind
saw a moving monster, whose back
the keel of my fish had grazed. | had
studied zoology as II matter ofcourse,
but the books had never told me ola
! creature like that of which got II
glimpse. 1t was in some respects
like huge serpent, but it must havs
measured two hundred feet in lenythe
l began to think that l ought.
to rise nearer the surface. touched
the button, and was soon within fifty
or sixty feet of the water level. did
not wish to go higher. because in my
fearful speed, if should be struck by
, an ocean steamer, would go to the
bottom, and Brunton's fish would lie
;. my coffin.
"What is that? l had read OF the
:, octopus. had imagined all sorts
of marine monsters, but anything
ike what saw ahead OF me now
lever conld have conceived. Itseem-
t ed to be coming toward me, but
l. in this was deceived. 1t was rest.
i. ing in the water, holding in it's terri.
a BILE claws porpoise and two sharks.
If My brief glance showed me crab OF
4 such dimensions, Tom, that you
" would not believe me ii tried to de-
" scribe it to you.
J. IL was in a quandary. feared
n that there were rocks below the crab
s and dared not descend. l discover
70 ed that was ignorant of how to
l. turn to the right or left. Twas going
n as straight east rs an arrow, and, i
l could go entirely around the globe
It must again land in Kalamazoo, OF
le pass over it.
O "The sight OF this horrible looking
Y, animal terrified me. l must get ou
. of it's way, somehow, and the only
means | saw of doing so was to as
n cend to the surface, resume my bird
W shape, and rise into the air. Here j
III was that l came near ending IN,
p journey. In my excitement, just al
t. l approached the surface of the wa
I'd ter touched the bird button. Iva
le a moment too soon. The fish Gov
d ering retreated, and the wings mad
iee an effort to clear themselves Of tn
ID water. There was moments struS
3, gle in the singular vehicle. 1t shool
Is in every-I was about to say-plank
l. but every part OF it's rubber incase
le ment is better. At last the wing
to rose, the water was cleared, and ieu,
o. OF me saw the shores OF Europe.
l was just in time.
10 II don't wish to tire you Tom, wit
a. this strange narrative. 1t is enoug
~ to say that crossed the eastern cor
- tinent, took swim under the Pacifi
70 though ] was very careful there
~ and finally saw the rocky mountain
: ahead of me. One strange thing, t.
1e which just refer, was the fact tina
10 my days and nights were only abou
], six hours in length, just LITTLE over
rs but l must hurry on. Here W
10 are near Chicago. and Unjust toll yo
,ve the end.
y 81 crossed the Rockies, passed owe
- the great valley, and had n brieftri
>, over Lake Michigan. ! began t
~ wonder whether the machine wa
AZ wound up to go forever-whether,
Nv short. was started on car If Pc
81 petual motion. had not long t
~ wonder, as l came to Kalamazoo
rs there was sudden stoppag
NJ of the onward movement. The1
- followed a brief fluttering o. tt
81 wings, a restful descent, and the VOL
20 derlul machine alighted within I'll
~" Enclosure with which it's inventt
uu had concealed II Eyerythinr hs