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

" Journey on my
part. Not true? Yes, it is true,
though scarcely expect any one to
believe the story. Crazy! No, ] am
not crazy, though / have gone
through enough in the last two days
to qualify any man for n lunatic asy-
lum. There is only one satisfaction
in the whole business-a Chicago
drummer is ahead as usual. Tell
you all about it? Well, if can, /
will"
And the speaker lay back on his
reclining chair, as if to collect his
thoughts. There was n haggard,
scared expression on his face, wild
look in his eye which justified the
suspicion that he was partially in
sane.
"Here, then, is the story" he said,
after a little. 81 have been in Mich
igan, and what ! have to tell began
in Kalamazoo. had a good trade
till I entered Brunton's place. I
could sell him nothing. / could not
fix his attention on my goods, and ]
could not understand things, for
hitherto he had been one of my best
customers. My pride was stirred,
and when he suddenly said to me; Il
think you know something about
electricity and mechanics answer
ed promptly: There isn't much
worth knowing about either that
Jim Gerar hasn't climbed on to,
though what, in the name of the re-
spected Sam Hill, an ordinary me-
chanic had to do with electricity l
could not for the life of me rarely.
You will presently see that / had not
caught Brunton's Drift, but l was
bound to sell him goods, and would
have known oil about Uriah and
David or the tax systems of Turkey
and Mongolia had Brunton asked
me about them.
"Well, come down with me to my
house. There is something there l
want to show you
"There was no getting out of it. /
might lose my sale il refused to go,
and / could not leave Kalamazoo
without an ordor from Brunton. /
wish to heaven hadn't gone; but |
have had an experience that has fall
en- to the lot of no other man, and if
get one or two points out of the
old fellow, l have the biggest thing
for the Chicago worlds fair that has
been dreamed of. The Eiffel towerl
Pshaw! I'll give them daily trips
around the earth, and for consider
alton stop to enable fellow drum
mer to sell a bill of good on the way.
Only ne must hail from Chicago.
"Well, / went down to Brunton's
house with him. 1t is goodish
looking place, TOR the old man is COM
fortably fixed.
'"Where are the mechanics?' ask
ed, as we passed round to therear Of
the building.
He gave me an odd sort of look,
but led the way to a high structure
in the middle Of the back yard. l
concluded the men must be Mt work
in it. We entered, and then my
wonder and troubles began.
"'Here are the mechanics he said,
pointing to an object with the grace
full outlines of pigeon. Il saw you
misunderstood my meaning, but
you now see before you the greatest
invention of the age. 1t is n CON-
bined flying and swimming machine,
whose motive power is electricity.
As you look at it now it's arrange
ments is such that it can rise and
move through the air at lightning
speed. Now and Mr.. Brunton
touched q button, you see is q fish.
"True as gospel, Tom, the wings
of the bird closed, it's feet were drawn
up under it, O covering encircled it
almost in n moment, and right be-
fore my eyes was a perfect fac-simile
of n fish, probably 26 feet in length.
81 forgot soap, sugar, and starch.
Was / in the presence of Aladdin, or
Sinbad, or would wake up at home
from an attack of nightmare?
"'The change can bemade in an in
stant, you see,' continued Sinbad,
as he pressed another button which
uncoiled the fish covering and gave
us back the bird.
"The quarters inside are rather