The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-17

sion ofme. The world below me was
asleep. The Kalamazoo mailman
was not mad after all. But why
had he chosen mo to take this aerial
voyagef Perhaps it had been an ac-
cident. Perhaps
"But what u that? The great At
lantic, as ] live. Soon l would be
abov it. Yes, here 1t is below me al
ready. At least two thousand miles
of water were ahead OF nae. Would
my propelling force carry me beyond
it, or would fall into it's depths
and never more be heard of?
Faith in my Kalamazoo lqnatic be-
gan to rise within me. had passed
above two ocean steamers, and had
seen innumerable crafts near the
coast.
"Ahl What strange impulse is
this? I had read of the wonders of
the vast Deep Now l could see
them, If the fish were as reliable as
the bird. hesitated but mt last my
hand touched the other button.
Down like fash / went, and ! soon
realized that was encircled by the
waters of the Atlantic. Downward,
still downward, and l began to fear
that / might reach the bottom or be
dashed on q submarine peak. / turn
ed the button which had transform.
ed my bird into fish. It's descent
was at once checked. Suddenly there
was a jar. Instinctively looked to-
ward sort of window which had
been constructed of sheets of ising-
glass in the stern. There was SINH
lar window at the bow, defended by
rubber points to deaden the effects of
a blow, il it should come. Behind l
saw moving monster, whose back
the keel of my fish had grazed. l had
studied zoology as a matter ofcourse,
but the books had never told me ola
creature like that of which got a
glimpse. 1t was in some respects
like n huge serpent, but it must havs
measured two hundred feet in lengthe
l began to think that / ought.
to rise nearer the surface. touched
the button, and was soon within fifty
or sixty feet of the water level. l did
not wish to go higher, because in my
fearful speed, if Ishould be struck by
an ocean steamer, would 60 to the
bottom, and Brunton's fish would be
my coffin.
"What is that? l had read of the
octopus. had imagined all sorts
of marine monsters, but anything
like what | saw ahead OF me now
never conld have conceived. Itseem-
ed to be coming toward me, but
in this was deceived. 1t was rest
ing in the water, holding in it's terri
BILE claws porpoise and two sharks.
My brief glance showed me crab of
such dimensions, Tom, that you
would not believe mel t l tried to de-
scribe it to you.
II was in quandary. I feared
that there were rocks below the crab,
and dared not descend. / discover
ed that was ignorant of how to
turn to the right or left. asgoing
rs straight east as an arrow, and, il
! could go entirely around the globe,
must again land in Kalamazoo, or
pass over it.
"The sight OF this notwithstanding
animal terrified me. must get out
of it's way, somehow, and the only
means saw of doing so was to as
cend to the surface, resume my bird
shape, and rise into the air. Here it
was that | came near ending my
journey. In my excitement, just as
] approached the surface of the wa
ter / touched the bird button. Twas
q moment too soon. The fish COW
ering retreated, and the wings made
an effort to clear themselves of the
water. There was moments strug-
gle in the singular vehicle. 1t shook
in every-I was about to say-plank,
but every part of it's rubber incase-
ment is better. At last the wings
rose, the water was cleared, and ahead
OF me / saw the shores of Europe. l
was just in time.
~ don't wish to tire you Tom, with
this strange narrative. 1t is enough
to say that l crossed the eastern con-
tinent, took swim under the Pacific
though / was very careful there
and finally saw the rocky mountains
ahead of me. One strange thing, to
which l just refer, was the fact that
my days and nights were only about
six hours in length, just a little over.
'But / must hurry on. Here we
are near Chicago, and Unjust tell you
the end.
81 crossed the Rockies, passed over
the great valley, and had a brieftrip
over Lake Michigan. ] began to
wonder whether the machine was
wound up to go whether, in
short, was started on a car of per-
petual motion. l had not long to
wonder, as / came to Kalamazoo
there was q sudden stoppage
OF the onward movement. There
followed q brief futtering of the
wings, a restful descent, and the won
derlul machine alighted within the
inclosure with which it's inventor
had concealed it. Everything had
been calculated with an accuracy
which would have gratified even
Jules Verne.
1.-THE door of the machine opened,
and there stood old man Brunton.
az have to apologize to you, Mr..