Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11


and the constant center Of stack from every
souTee is too long for comfort"
We're you mp IN the air tor three whole
mon'hs. asked Jack, has ewes WIDE open wish
sstonishment.
Al but two DAYS said the major.
Tor two Of those days we rested in the top
OF Tree In India The way o. Is wss this; l
was always. ss YOU know, o great f.vorits with
we Emperor Napoleon Ill o; France. and
Nhen, Ia $50, he found himself involved In .
war WIZ Germany he replied 20 one Of his
eoeruers, Who warned him that his Array wss
not IN condition 10 fight the Pru.sisns; Any
army prepared Tor whose commander
th-chlet numbers Maj. Carraway among HE
saSisers Let me have Carraw.y at my right
HAND and Nil nghi the world
40 they sent for me- and ss I va. NOT vary
onst concluded ~ 20 and s-slst the FRENCH.
sthough hang William and ! we're also very
good friends. l reasoned il out thu. way; In
'hiS light William is the stronger He doe. no,
need me. Napoleon does. tight for th. ve.s.
CARAVAN, l said to myself ana 80 4 vent III
course when reached Paris went a, one, 10
The tmperors palace and remained st hi. aide
aanl he took 70 the held. when remained be-
MI. nlna lor lev DAYS to put things 10 rights for
French. the hing OF Prussia heard Of m, delay
IN going to the front and he sent word Go his
forces 20 intercept me my wsy 20 io.n N.po-
leon AZ all hazards. and this thew did When 4
was within ten miles Of Nspoleon's hesdquar-
-, - 1922 ~ wy a.sAhS' ana nsd II
hai,oo,o g. "a a., n.u Pfo'lued myself With
have been captured and confined In the kings
pA .Ter ~ nerin a I ,sa. ne war was over
torssseins AL ms 4 had brought with me
a. ns , Uso0n pT'.e 90 s"as IN secret section
s,h,,,,s, 81 81. n~nnh, IN, eo1' sa.fa VAS
ture me and mv servant inflated the balloon
% az .n.,.,.. "S r.. 80 .oun nisn up our
a, Ne "a as. 90 g., ma 49, $3.50 sn1''
h.lIaor "a ~. - - nS, ~ p'',eeS Nhe
80 a. :, a.. ~, az ,,. .noa, ulcu nv
i, N. ,o,sS,a su ~ n''sns ~ sqasre.s
a.. .or-sa -, - . -, 80 - 'eN nv"
~ "a ~. - sA' .T oas n'e. ,.-
~ ~ osen my in. ..ae 70 .sh dnecty
a. 49, Ne.s y. sA. ~ pAs. sha aioP
49, Ivy NAPo,eon camp ule next mo. hihg'
~ 81 Sa,or.unaeet. toa nay cscu.Auon hsa'y
.oIn =. os1e ~ IN 'ne nIsn', snd snd my
haH1 n. sere csuen. oy sootnerg oiAs, sno
',t INTO ainca, Wnere, poised IN the AIR d..
80. over tne desert OF Sanars' we encounsereo
e1lm, ~nien kePs os sseneo Tor I've
nii .ss, week.
my u,an you come down asked Mdiy.
~ AZ we mad We would have wasted great deal
y, oui gus anu ouf eoncihon would have been
sorse 'nsh ever. As told You've were right
over Owe. .ne center OF the deserts There was no
"! OF setuns OUT OF ekcept by long and
~earisome marches over the hot burning ssnds,
WIN we onAnees largely In iANor OF our never
se'Aus ou' % u awe. Inc only thing 10 do
ss ~ 80! Just ~nere We we're and walt Tor .
tssolins oreeze; Ihls re did, having TO wait
iout NOR u. weeks
Iu saio TWO weeks . minute ago, major,
s",c S.on
mem! wei, Yes. II WAS two. nov
.nas tnink OF " is a natural mistake, sad
.ne MAYOR, stroking MS mustache . little nerr-
ou na.; lou zee, Two weeks IN = balloon over
whistle ,or . Dreeze, Is equal TO four weeks any
Whete else. That is, II seems co. Anyhow,t"o
weeks or four, whenever II was. the breeze
came nnaiy. ana along about midnleht lett rs
stranded again directly over an Arab encamp-
men' near "sdy hafa- IL Was . more peril
GUS position really THAN The hrst. because the
moment tne Arabs caught sight OF us they De
gan 70 MAKE frantsc enore TO get ~ DOWN AZ
mrs. we ampiy augned them 70 scorn ana
mace Races al tnem, because, ~ Tar as we could
see, We were ssfeiy out OF reach. lns enragcd
mem; and they apparently made up their minds
70 M. US u tney eouio Az nrst tneir laeh was
w &c. US oowh awe ana sen US a. slaves. put
our leen changed AL tnAt and VIA. should
.ney 40 DIV "nip eus . io' Oh guns ana oegin 10
pepper US
setue tnem IN 2 minute, 4 said 70 my
seiI, ana SET ABOUT Loading my own gun; Would
you oehese ~, found tn,t my las, ounet was
tne one WIN whacn ! had saved the balloon
from the Prusslsn shot5"
Mercy said Molly. "What did you dog"
the balloon would rise just out OF the bullets
reAen, and then, rs the bullets got TO their
highest point and began TO drop back,
reached out ana caught them with Upper. In
less tnsn twenty minutes had every bullet the
Arabs hsd nreo with these loaded my r1ne
and shot every one OF the hostile party, aud
wnen tne LAST OF the attacklng party dropped
iouno tnere were enough bullets lett 70 MI the
empty sand beg again, SO that the lost
ballast was not missed In fact, there
we're enough OF ,nem In weight 70 bring tne
pauoon oown 30 near 70 the eartn teat our
ancnor rope oangied directly over the en-
csmpment, SO that my valet and L without
wasting any OF our gas, could cimo down ana
secure an the magnincent treasures In rugs and
silks ana rare Jewels these ROBBERS OF the desert
mad managed 70 get together IN the course OF
tneR ocpreoations "nen tnese were pisoeo IN
tne car .notner oreeze came up' sno .or tne
psisnce OF .ne time We oriiteo ioiy aoou. IN WIG
ne6.ens wanting ior consenleht p.cs 70 Ano-
In this manner We we're oio~n nitoer ana yon
ior three months over land ana sea; ana nnany
We were Wreckeo upon An tree IN Ino,a, Whsrs
we escaped oy means OF convemeos esspnsns
thst happened 70 come our way, upon wmca We
RODE trlumpnantiy into osicutts. Inc ueesurss
we naa secured from she hraos We nsa 70 aeeVs
penino us IN tne the Tree. Wnefe suPPoss sney
sun are. nope some oey 70 -psck eno nno
them
Here the major paused Tor q moment 70
eaton his breath linen ne added, with ugni