The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-09-08
THE GREAT TRAVELLER TALKS.
And the Storics lie Tells Are Heard w iii

And the Stories He Tells Are Heard With
Awe.
"Once in Greenland" the great
traveller began at the dinner table the
other day, Il had a terrible encounter
with a boa constructor.
Gold in Greenland, amt it?'' asked
the skeptical boarder.
$50 cold" said the great traveller,
who worshiped the truth with SO great
a reverence that he seldom dared ap-
proach it, $50 cold that your breath
freezes into solid ice the minute it leaves
your body, and men are frequently found
imbedded in icebergs composed entirely
of their own breath"
Didn't know that boa constructors
flourished in cold countries, " said the
skeptical boarder.
"They don't" replied the great trav-
eler.
But you said you had an encounter
with one in 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
ouu OLs LNOU IN lSldllu VI oICGllldllus
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.
$50 it was, so it was, where 1 was,"
said the great traveller. II was :, 1000
feet above the earth in a balloon. There
was a revolution in Brazil at the time,
and l was in the employ of the govern
ment looking around i'll a balloon for the
enemy's forces"
"Um! / see," says the skeptical
boarder. but is it usual for boa con-
strictors in Brazil to be floating around
in 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?"
eyes. You see, some Of the mountains
there are 20, 900 feet high, and frequent
ly when they have an earthquake these
mountains are tipped half way over.
The boa constructor l speak of was on
the summit Of a mountain which was
tipped up on 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 Inc
in his folds and threw me violently to
the ground"
"Let'ssee. You were 7, 900 feet above
the earth, | believer" asked the skep.
tical boarder.
Eyes, 1000 feet and some few
inches" replied the great traveller.
Bruised you slightly, didn't it,
falling 1000 feet and some inches?'
asked the skeptical boarder.
81 wasn't scratched, said the great
traveller. "You see, the boa constructor
in striking the balloon turned it over up
side down and broke the gas bag, and
was taken up III the current of the es
Gaping gas and so fell up instead o.
down."
GLOW unfortunate!" said the skeptica
boarder. but didn't l understand yo1
to say you were thrown violently to thu
ground?"
"Oh, yes" said the great traveller.
"Well about how long did it tax
you to reach the ground by falling Np?'
asked the skeptical boarder.
"If l remember rightly, it was les
than the eighteenth part of a second,
replied the great traveller. "You see
this mountain, 20, 900 feet high, tina
j. was canted owe by the earthquake
leaned over so far hat its top was jus
above my balloon, and sol fell up a few
feet and hit it."
What did you do them" asked tn
skeptical boarder.
Hung there, said the great traveller
Hung from the top of a tipped III
mountain 1000 feet above the earth
hey?"
} "Yes."
"How did you get down?'
"Well, you see, l staid there a coupl
of hours, and another earthquake cam
| and tipped the mountain back i'll it
proper place again, and l walked down.
{ "Here, said the skeptical boarder a
he passed the great traveller a plate G
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