The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-07-07
THE GREAT TRAVELLER TALKS
And the Stories He Tells Are Heard With
Awe.

And the Stories He Tells Are Heard W it'll
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 in Greenland, amt it?'' asked
the skeptical boarder.
80 cold" said the great traveller.
who worshiped the truth with SO great
a reverence that he seldom dared an
proach it, $50 cold that your breath
freezes into solid ice the minute il leaves
your body, and men are frequently found
Embedded in 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 trav-
eler.
But you said you had an
with II 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 We're frozen into their own
breaths, said the skeptical boarder.
so it was, so it was, where I was"
said the great traveller. IT was :, 900
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 in a balloon for the
enemy's forces"
UNI! l see," says the skeptical
boarder. but is it usual for boa O n
strictors in Brazil to be floating around
in the atmosphere 1000 feet above the
surface of the earth?'
Quite a common occurrence, I 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 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 nv bal
LOOM"
"Of course, " said the skeptical board
eyes, and he Immediately seized me
in his folds and threw me violently to
the ground"
Lets see. You were 7, 900 feet above |
the earth, | believer" asked the skep- |
teal 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.
Il wasn't scratched, - said the great
traveller. "You see, the boa constructor
Ill striking the balloon turned it over up
side down and broke the gas bag, and l |
was taken up in the current of the es.
Gaping gas and SO fell up instead of
down."
How unfortunate!" said the skeptical
boarder. But didn't l understand Won
to say you We're thrown violently to the
ground?"
"Oh, yes" said the great traveller.
"Well, about how long did it take
you to reach the ground by falling up?"
asked the skeptical boarder.
eff l 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 I fell up a few
feet and hit it,"
what did you do then?'' asked the
skeptical boarder.
Hung there, - said the great traveller.
Hung from the top of a tipped up
mountain 1000 feet above the earth,
eyes"
How did you get down?'
well, you see, l staid there a couple
OF hours, and another earthquake came
tipped the mountain back in it's
proper place again, and I walked down."
Here, said the skeptical boarder as
ne passed the great traveller a plate of
biscuits, there, take the cake. New
York World.