The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-28
THE CRAFTY OF THE SITUATION
A Negro who Understood It OA6 After Ne
Had Been Up in . Balloon.

A Negro who Understood It oa6 Aftsr He
Had Been Up in . Bailss..
From the Gorreston Daily Es,~.
About two years ago I was billed for q bal
loon ascension in a Louisiana town. was 10
60 up. and. at a height Of $500 feet. I WAS TO
make the leap with my parachute. SO. as such
an event attracted no little attention In the
town. l thought l would see II any person had
nerve enough to 20 along and ride my balloon
down. 1t is not necessary for a person to do this
with a hot-air bag (which mine was) for the
moment you leave It. 1t topples over. and. OF
course. the hot air rushes out Of the neck and
down comes the bag to the earth. II .
happen il he is cool headed and sticks whore
he belongs. II course the balloon 10 apt to 60
S I1t the ," rider cam can always al get to earth safety. t
never have had an accident. and l have been
in tRis ell lin sit s9a Gs1 ssn ses5is; blun,ns I cot . biz
DOWN. I rot him to DO It bs telling hiT be was
BE- = biz Ike with his color he swors that he'd
go along He didn't realize the gravity OF the
ty one. and thousands came to see the ascen:
sion. My coon was there all RICH enough. and
along. the beople jeered him. and said that he
hain't nerve enough; This made him furious.
h hef h as more more luck s1sa Il than any nST w sTeT man sae th .%e.
D, uss xee Pr the a. tin qlsbs s4 mat I ms saw W t tlns b mz
graz it AMI yauk the balloon wide opsn and
dash himself to pieces. and then we sat on
eau cause sa Of the rev weight. and | ; gave the sigma! to
turn us loose. Up we went with n jerk. and as
the earth dropped AVA my negro. eyes
tobacco Juice: Now that mouthiuI 81 Juice
spread out like q ssoup plate; and It sailed
H. Niger watched It and said: Professor,
does yS9 reckon dat Ia al up wiz wind like
da, ! y I'D I'd drap 10 e olf 81. dis nsr yer p, sss' i H It,. "a hi, be a. =
ground like err chunk or light wood I told
him that he'd be all right, and as We were now
achute and told him to get ready. Then that
niger looked scared. and as ! hung down by
my my Knees a"ss to to EiIls the : sbosG Of je shs drop ms Nv wh ssra !
alone. white man! To- de lub or gawd. don't GO
an leave dis pore Niger All to n selfS but l
fore you could bnt your eye. The old para;
SEnts opened sdrt With H. a }srs: a ana th Tbar sailed hsd
half a mile from where 1 started.
1.-The crowd had rushed to help me II should
the parachute. Then We watched the balloon.
Down it came-the negro scared nearly 70
bracei him up Considerably. He. struck the
ground all In q hean and started to run. but
some one trirped nip II ! ur ana ne tum9 hed
can tell you. We passed the hat around. and
got $40 ior him.
well. sir. that niger actually thought him
Bolf superior to every person IN the parish
after that: spoiled him. did that trip.
81 was back there about SIX months later to
give another ascension. and Thought ld eef
hunted him up and told him what wanted. He
looked Ike he'd drop. and said:
Mr.. Balloon Man. docs ye expect Tao an
ijeotf / Jest hainter gwinter to do dat fool
"Hnd with that he broke out for the woods,
and we co Ildn't ind him until after l had
made the Jump. Then no came back into
""ise no fuie. mister. you heah me-"