The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-05-26
THE GREAT TRAVELLER TALKS.
And the Storics He Tells Are Heard Wit,
Awe.

And the Storics He Tells Are Heard with
Awe.
Once in Greenland" the great
traveller began at the dinner table the
other day, II had a terrible encounter
with a boa constructor"
Gold i'll Greenland, amt it?" asked
the skeptical boarder.
$50 cold, " said the great traveller.
who w%orshiped the truth with SO great
a reverence that he seldom dared ap.
proach 1t, 80 cold that your breath
freezes into solid ice the minute it leaves
your body, and men are frequently found
Embedded i'll icebergs composed entirely
of their own breath"
Didn't know that boa constructors
fourished in cold countries, " said the
skeptical boarder.
They don't" replied the great tray
eler.
But you said you had an encounter
with one in Greenland"
mot the island of Greenland, said
the great traveller, who, whenever
he made a statement, at the same time
made a large hole for himself to crawl
out Of. mot the island of Greenland,
but a beautiful valley in Brazil of that
name, so called because the vegetation
there possesses such a beautiful, rich,
green color. Everlasting summer broods
over''-
But you said it was so cold there
that men were frozen into their own
breaths, said the skeptical boarder.
80 it was, so it was, where l was,"
said the great traveller. 81 was 7 1000
feet above the earth in a balloon. There
was a revolution i'll Brazil at the time,
and l was in the employ of the govern
ment looking around in a balloon for the
enemy's forces"
"Um! l see," says the skeptical
boarder. but is it usual for boa con-
strictors i'll Brazil to be floating around
i'll the atmosphere 1000 feet above the
surface of the earth?''
Quite a common occurrence, l as
sure you, said the great traveller.
Happens frequently, hey?',
Yes. You see, some Of the mountains
there are 20, 600 feet high, and frequent
ly when they have an earthquake these
mountains are tipped half way over.
The boa constructor 1 speak Of was on
the summit of a mountain which was
tipped up Oh end, and of course he fell
off. On his way down he struck my bal.
LOOM"
"Of course, said the skeptical board
er.
Eyes, and he Immediately seized me
III his folds and threw me violently to
the ground"
"Let'ssee. You were 7, 900 feet above
the earth, | believer" asked the skep-
teal boarder.
eyes, 1000 feet and some few
inches, y replied the great traveller.
Bruised you slightly, didn't it,
falling 1000 feet and some inches?"
asked the skeptical boarder.
Il wasn't scratched, " said the great
traveller. "You see, the boa constructor
i'll striking the balloon turned it over up
side down and broke the gas bag, and !
was taken up i'll the current of the es-
Gaping gas and 50 fell up instead of
down."
"How unfortunate!' said the skeptical
boarder. ''But didn't I understand you
to say you were thrown violently to the
ground?"
ooh, yes said the great traveller.
"Well, about how long did it take
you to reach the ground by falling up?"
asked the skeptical boarder.
IF | remember rightly, it was less
than the eighteenth part of a second, -
replied the great traveller. "You see,
this mountain, 20, 600 feet high, that
was canted over by the earthquake,
leaned over so far that its top was just
above my balloon, and SO fell up q few
feet and hit it."
"What did you do them" asked the
skeptical boarder.
Hung there, said the great traveller.
Hung from the top of a tipped up
mountain 1000 feet above the earth,
hey?"
yes"
"How did you get down?'
well, you see, I staid there a couple
OF hours, and another earthquake came !
and tipped the mountain back in it's
proper place again, and I walked down."
"Here, said the skeptical boarder as |
he passed the great traveller a plate of
biscuits, "here, take the cake. New |
York World. |