Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11

we could hear them roaring. Ans
| when Harry thought that he began t,
roar. too, but / wasn't afraid q bit
of course.
'.He said: oh. we are going to b,
drowned. And / said: Nonsense; no
we amt For / knew i always go
home before. and why shouldn't / dt
it now? And he said: Yes. l will b,
drowned And 1 said: We'll, if yor
/ will, l won't, anyhow So I showed
him how to climb out Of the balloon
and hold on to the side, so. while we
! We're near the shore. he could JUMP
/ overheard and be near enough to swim
| to land. So we climbed out and said
'Now we're off,
THAT must have been quite a thrill
! ing moment, Billy"
| 1T was responded Billy. solemnly.
why. 1 even felt little bit uncom-
Portable myself for minute. ] never
did like to drop into the water, unless
| had my bathing suit on"
| TT is best So" / agreed
Yes, but we didn't drop in, after all
the balloon just secuted along over the
water, and then brisk wind took 1t,
and we saw IL was beginning to sail
back over the land again. So we con-
cluded to climb back into the car.
and the wind drew the balloon along
so near the trees that we thought we
had better throw out some sand bags
and go up in the air again. So we did,
and presently we were sailing around
over the hills and past the trees. and
the fields, and the churches, and the
villages and the farm-houSeS.
/" 1t looked like the same country
Harry said to me.
Il thought 1t was the same country
myself. so we waited awhile and pres
emily We began to see that we We're
coming back to the same place, so
Harry began not to get so frightened
And at last he began to distinguish the
same field we had started from. And
Harry said: We'll, I'm glad we got
back again and | guess we had better
90 home now. / think the balloon
wobblcs about too much for me to like
to eat my supper in it, And / said:
All right.
80 when we came to the field there
were people Ill crying and saying: .Ah,
we shall never see them mOrcr And
then we hollered Here we are" and
the people all stopped crying and said
JOY! joy"
so we pulled the string of the valve,
and we pulled it So hard that nearly
all the gas came out this time. and the
balloon came down awful swift-ker-
plump--I-tell-you.
And it came down so hard that
Harry and | We're bounced out on the
ground. We didn't have time to call
it n jump, but we both hollered out:
Now were off,, and so we were"
II don't think that experience was
quite so thrilling as some Of the other
tales I've heard you relate, Billy" I
commented.
well" rctorted Billy. IF you was
boy and had your Sunday suit Oh,
and not your bathing suit, and ex-
pectcd to fall into the water every
minute, and couldn't tell what your
mother would say when you got back.
| guess you'd think it was Il thrilling
moment. too"
Perhaps, 1 would, Billy" 1 said
thoughtfully. Your reproach is just.
| have never been placed in exactly
that position myself, so of course I
can't Judge"
and then" pursued Billy, tits hard
enough to fall out on land, but If you
do you know where you are, but II you
fall out on the water. where are you?"
True, true, Billy, my dear My only
stronghold is my maternal authority.
Go TO bed.
And Billy went.