The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-01

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Gate. / took his traps for what he
owed me-"
julius asked no further questions,
and the two walked on in silence. until
his companion stopped near the corner
Of Forty-fourth street and Third ave-
nue..
"See here" he said, "are you walking
in your sleep?"
NO" said Julius, slowly. IT was just
thinking. DO you know that l think
I've got it?"
Got What?"
4 think I can end this strike busi-
ness. and in the way said, IL can
have your balloon"
"If you can tell me where you live.
| I'll promise to take you there safely"
said Smith, banteringly.
| Pm In earnest" replied the other,
soberly. II should like to go with you
to where that balloon Is, and talk
about It,"
Smith looked at him, rather keenly
this time-perhaps little suspiclously
and then with light laugh shrugged
his shoulders and led the way to a
shabby brick dwelling in East Forty
| ioui'h street, the uoor VI "hio" he
opeheu WIN ms iatchkey anu iho''oneu
1uiius 10 enter The nan hau tha' pc,
culiar combined odor Of cabbage and
| washing soda which characterizes a
| boarding house of the cheapest class.
and was pitch dark. Smith led the way
| upstairs py .ae n'cNerins hsh. Vi
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ard inside tha 6, 70 b od heen found what
Im,;,s erst tbourbt uere nreserve lars
I,,t IA gnh fttp 70 hA hn
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fonts but needing only IN be fl,ed with
wotar ord ooid 70 r,ore tben, Give n
strone, currant of e,ectr,c,tv
A 1oor hoard had been lifted In the
middle ~ tho room, iust over tho n,ace
wbara r,n tho Gas nines which sunnlied
tbe fixture be,onpinp to the room be-
low
AT length Julius arose and said
emnba sizipu bis words hv tanning the
ricketv table with his finger.
I'VE want No MISUNDERSTANDING
about this and 7 think so far there Is
none you will surrender this room to-
morrow as II Is and I will hire IL At
the agreed time you will come back. I
will admit YOU, so that no one will
know of your presence here. 1 will
then go out openly. While / am tenn
porarily absent from the house, you
will do as we have settled. You will
then leave the house and disappear.
You will not reveal the part you have
taken in this, no matter what may
happen. And of whatever is gained I
agree to give you half"
On the early morning of the eleventh
day after the great strike had begun,
any one passing through the uptown
streets of New York might have seen
groups of people at every corner, in
tently staring at something in the sky
Before noon, these groups had in
creased to crowds, and the numbers
of the gazers were reinforced by people
at windows and people on the house
tops all gazing skywarl The object
of their attention was balloon, which
fioated gracefully at an elevation Of
perhaps five hundred feet, but was held
by slender wire which led to point
somewhere in the vicinity of the Grand
Cenrtal depot. The balloon bore no
sign: hence it was not intended as an
advertisement. In fact, it was of the
dull brownsh hue of the well-varnished
silk used in making air ships for actual
aeronautic use In the small basket
which served as a car there was no one,
but beneath 1t was suspended an OBJ
ject suspiciously like a large crockery
water pitcher. Now, a balloon hover
ing over New York, even If 1t be only
one of the miniature red globes made
for children's playthings, is always sure
to attract abundant attention; but here
was not only balloon, but large one,
sent aloft apparently for no other pur-
pose than to carry water pitcher.
Nothing better calculated to arouse the
always poignant curiosity of the aver
age New Yorker could have been i'm
agined. So the crowds grew larger and
larger, until nightfall, rendering the
balloon invisible, compelled them to dis
perse.
But next morning the big globe be.
ing still there, the popular interest per-
ceptibly increased and people began to
move in masses toward East Forty