The morning call., 1893-07-16

cause he would always run into acliff hun
Grfds Of feet high or else bring no at the
edge OF a canyon thousands of feet deep.
He worried over the matter day and
night, aud would question every pros
DectOr that came along in the hopes Of
learning Of 4 way over tie mountains.
But the oldest of them shook their heads
and gave tueir opinion that IL was lmpos-
sihle.
Not long ago. however, one came By
wAO gave Henry ray of hope. He said
he could get over but for one reason.
"What's that?' asked Henry.
u haven't any wings" answered the
ia fellow. as II ne rs trut lac i4aG got Cn
good joke.
rhis set Henry to thinking. Ha didn't
have any wings either. bat he could bay a
balloon which would answer the same
purpose. providing the wind was right
when he started.
The more ne thought Of it the more he
wanted 10 try his idea. He did not expect
10 20 over ne mountains and come back
an h0ur later as 8 bird could, but he
thought he could save an occasional trip of
100 miles, aud that would be great deal.
His feeling was TO 20 over the mountains
once, ana lad he succeeded perfectly II is
very likely he w0uld never have tried il
again.
Tie end of all lis thinking was that he
sent to New York for a balloon and a gas
IitCIllHt lBi Il4lIlE 1t. " u4Cu dIIIsEu IN uu6
lime and were with difficulty taken opt TO
The mine. They cost a nice little sum, bat
Henry was satisfied as he now had in MS
possession the means of getting to the rail
road without travelling eighty unnecessary
miles.
Henry had made couple ofiballoon:as-
tensions when he was al college and knew
little about 1t or ne would hardly have
made the attempt he dld. Ee did not tell
any body what his machine was ana all
supposed. of course. that it was a new
kind Of ere mill. The balloon was tied
uD IN wrapper and looked more like
bundle Of clothes than anything else.
Several days were sDeut in getting the
gas machine working and then the balloon
was inflated aDd allowed to ascend with a
rope attached 10 1t.
Everything worked successfully and
Henry went up himself with the rope still
attached. He wanted 10 get used TO his
machine, but all the time was looking to-
ward the walls of volcanic rock he wanted
TO cross.
When be was as high as the rope would
allow him to 90 he could see for miles I'D
and down the canyon all around him, and
to 90 over the mountains seemed no trick
a all.
Ii was several days before the wind
came from the direction be wanted. and
meanwh hle lie put III his time in the air
keeping his balloon at the eud of the rope
and winding in the line when he wanted 10
get back to terra frma. BY this practice
ne fe4t quite at home drifting around in
space.
1t was late one afternoon when the wind
did come the way he wanted. and he hesi-
tated about starting. But only for mo-
meut, aud then lie concluded he could get
over the mountains in less than half an
hour AID could easily reach Tucson before
dark.
. " TAlp aA f1,ae ,.;s Il Il
give the people of the sleepy old town
"hen ne dropped from the clouds on to the
Dig plaza. de knew they would talk of 1t
for months and thought 1t would be well
worth the chance If being shot at by some
ouuerstitiOus Mexican.
Henry put the few instruments he needed
into the basket If the balloon and then
got in himself. Would it be best to 90 To
the end ot the rope and then cut loose or
start on his journey from the ground was the
question that bothered him considerably
for several moments. Consideration con-
WINGED him that IL did not make much
difference anyhow, so he !et 20 the fastep
ing and the earth commenced to sink be-
meath MIN and at the same time the rocky
side of the mountains commenced TO come
nearer.
He was delighted with the success Of his
scheme and wondered why he had not
zone l. months before.
Higher the balloon rose, until his cabin
ID The valley below was almost out Of
sight' and then Henry noticed that the
Walis o1 the mountain were coming nearer
raster than the balloon was rising above
them.
tie threw out few bags of ballast and
fell slight jerk as the balloon rose higher,
%hlch caused hIn to think that he had
ih[owh out enough. But he had not. and
Deiofe ne reallz what had happened tie
1elt Jerk from below and heard the
CRACKING Oh branches. moment later the
the rocky mountainside,
an investigation showed that he had
left the dras-grapuel hanging out and that
il had canRht in the top of some trees
The balloon had then been blown over