St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
A GREAT TRAVELLER.

"Once in Greenland" the Great Tray
eler began at the dinner table the other
day, Il had terrible encounter with a
boa constructor"
Gold in Greenland. amt it?" asked
the Skeplical Bosrder.
$50 cold" said the Great Traveller.
who worshiped the truth with SO great
a reverence that he seldom dared ap-
proach it, 80 cold that your breath
freezes into solid Ice the minute it
leaves your body, aud men are frequent
ly found imbedded in icebergs composed
etrely of their own breath"
Didn't knew that boa constructors
f1ourished in cold countries" said the
Skeptical Boarder.
"They DON'T" replied the Great Tray
eler.
but you said you had an encounter
With one i'll Greenland"
Not 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 beautiful valley in Brazil Y that
name, so called Because the vegetation
there possesses such a beautiful, rich,
green color. Everlasting summer br0odS
over -"
But you said it was so cold there that
men were frozen into their own
breaths," said the Skeptical Boarder.
$50 it was. so it was where was"
said the great traveller. l was 1000
feet above the earth in balloon. There
was a revolution in Brazil at the time,
and 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
constructors in Brazil to be floating
round in the atmosphere 1000 feet
above the surface Of the earth?"
'Quite common occurrence, assure
you" said the Great Traveller.
Happens frequently, hey"
"YeS, you see some of the mountains
there are 1908 feet high, and frequently
when they have an earthquake. these
mountains are tipped half. way over.
This boa constructor | speak of was on
the summit of mountain which was
thus tipped up on end, and. of course,
he fell off. On his way down he struck
my balloon"
.Of course said the Skeptical
Boarder.
Yes, and he Immediately seized me
in his folds and threw me violently TO
the ground
Lets see. you were seven thousand
feet above the earth. l believer" asked
the Skeptical Boarder.
Eyes, seven thousand feet and some
few inches" replica the Great Travel
'Brnised you slightly, didn't it, fall
Ing seven Thousand feet aH some few
lnches?" asked the Skeptical Boarder.
Il wasn't scratched" said the Great
Traveller. ''You seeshe boa constructor
in striking the balloon turned 1t over
upside down, and broke the gas bag.
and | was taken in the current of the
escaping gas and SO fell up, instead of
down."
How fortunate" said the Skeptical
Boarder. But didn't understand you
to say you were thrown violently to the
groundH'
ION, yes" said the Great Traveller.
well, about how long did it take you
to reach the ground by falling up?"
asked the skeptical bosrder.
IF | remember rightly it was less
than the eighteenth part of second, :"
replied the great traveller. You see
this mountain, 10000 feet high, which
was canted over by the earthquake.
leaned over so far that its top was inst
above my balloon, and so | fell up few
feet and hit it."
What did you do then?" asked the
skeptical boarder-
Hung there" said the Great Tray
eler.
Hung from tie top of a tipped.up
mountain seven thousand feet above the
earth. hey?"
Yes"
''How'd you get down?'
"Well, you sec, stad there couple
of hours, and another earthquake came
and tipped the mountain back in its
proper place again, and l walked
down."
Here" said the Skeptical Boarder,
rs he passed the Great Traveller a plate
of biscuits, there, take the cake"