New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-29
NARRATIVE OF THE FUTURE.

From The Boston Globe.
There was trouble in the Texas Central Ran-
Producing Company.
Tie last order for twO-nOurs' ram haa hot peea
The rain Iad.only lasted twenty minutes, and as
.his company made a specially OF guaranteeing we
length OF storms, money refunded TINS JOB had oeea
losing one for them both In pocket and reputation
Wallace Carlton was held TO blame for the failure.
as he had used his new explosive In the balloon mss
was sent mp without consulting the company WHO en-
p'V Wallace had insisted that there no fault IN
his explosive. but that the failure was Wholly aug
5o the 70 s P en Far too oe espoGn lis
plosive in balloon travelled more rapidly thah "a
But Mr. Wilson, president OF the company, was na
60 be appeased and Wallace was officially notlned IN"
tho company no longer desired MS services a...
real reason for my discharge Is that he knows love
his daughter But viii prove the value OF my e.
pov wee y I from gpii that day was the time set t
fete on Mr. Wilson'S grounds. III honor OF certain ihns
eh Wal R" determined that the fete should be a.
nged with such a rain rs the most successful expo
sons LID nfyer yet SCuSet %pI in store for him.
That same morning Ethel Wilson had started hons
ward the air,hp Pegasus: ~ pro.sd ho'' ,s al
there was blown against them o balloon, sent up fw
a small local shower, which exploded as IL struck !"
Pegasus. T.. .. ~, ,,o ,m.rss, size Grnowu a
the lnwnsprnklcr Balloon, and the PEGASUS tnoa;s
badly shaken up, was not blown 10 atoms a. .uI~
ono OF her gas compartments remained unhur, az
tho Pegasus still 6oaed slowly along, though ennNp
unmanagcable . - ia. An ;- =, w,r,,s
Carlton who was watching the slow ascent OF AN
balloon Just sent up by the man VINO had oeen y"
NOTED TO his place. -. A., ,,, ., 4.
blown io powder when the balloon exploded.
suddenly he remembered that Ethel was coming
home on the Pegasus this very TIP
There was no thought in his mind OF his own nsA'
bs.only thought that he must save Ethel.
III, private fying-nachlne was aHcnuea he7'
He looked at his watch ,
' In inst two Minutes the balloon would explode y
knew exactly the workings Of these slow, odfasnonea
tings. 49,, -, :. - .,.,,, IN. oass
4" Swinging into his machine he weighed anchor sne
darted upward. steering straight for the slowly asee"
ing balloon. A. s .,r.rAt
IL seemed ages to him as ne flew upward s"Se
and true as bullet. . A.. "a
On came the Pegasus. Would he be In tn'e' ""
There was no time for sackenlng speed as ~ -
reach the fuse. yet not 10 collide with the DSi"'"'
or he would explode II with the conclusion
IL was beautiful piece OF alrnlan MP ,,, rox
Now he could see the fuse. &c was pui"''e "
four inches from the Balloon s,r rr,s,sd
He leaned far ont as he swept by, ana nfn"'
the fuse in one hand. - a.. s..- where
Ills hand will carry through life the scar ~ va
that SLOW match burned deep into u oe'O'e "
eXtinguishcd.
But Ethel safe! 49,, IA. ~ tho
lie could see her leaning over the sl'e Vi Wv
Pegasus, white with terror. A., oirshn and
Wallace sailed up to the disabled a. o.. rts,h 10
threw her rope; then he slowly cars in sa.ey
Pegasus in tow and landed the frn ea r,h ~ ri M
Continued and concluded aIccl tie - r,.rch
nineteenth century novels Tor the ohN.uN
science makes no change In human heafS'