The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-07-01

sion When ]. George Bates, heard OF
this. made Up my mind that ! would
go up In that balloon.
Iwill say right bore that never cared
for the ssocicty of young ladies'; conse-
quentlyI was called confirmed old
Bachelor at the age Of 2s years. had
mo relatives to dissuado me from making
such a fool Of myself as TO wish to go up
In balloon, and no one to care whether
i came down again or not say did
not care for the society of young ladies,
but there was one-Judge Wells daugh-
ter 6allie--who, thought, was the best
looking and altogether the picest girl
had ever known was not Acquainted
with her, however, and never expected
to be. but liked her all the same
i saw the owner Of the balloon, Pro-
fessor Sears. and he agreed to carry me
mp for 800. AS was in good circum-
stances financially did not consider this
price too high, and at once agreed to GO
The longed for Fourth of July arrived,
and about 0 o'clock i stepped into the
balloon with Professor Sears
I At tt<1v hfO A4AAhhtto Ddcb tllO clklldl
gun was fired. and Professor Sears lean
cd out and cut the cable that held Us.
As he did so the grapnel slipped out Of
the car. He tried to catch il, but lost his
balance and fell to the ground, leaving
me. as supposed, alone in tho balloon.
I was terribly frightened, for I had not
the slightest knowledge of the workings
OF the huge gas bag, as had never seen
one closely before
loolsed over tho car to sec where I
was going. when I noticed that there
was girl hanging by her clothes TO the
grapnel, the line Of which was attached
TO the car, while the balloon was sailing
rapidly toward the clouds.
! What was to dor / made up my
mind in second. must draw the child
mp into the car Preached out and caught
hold Of the rope. could not move it.
The speed with which tho balloon was
going made it impossible to raise it an
inch There were some double tackle
blocks In the car, and at once thought
OF way 10 get the girlup. Hastily rig
gfng the blocks, tied the rope to the ono
holding the girl and found that could
hoist her up i had to fasten the rope as
low down as I could reach and then
hoist till the blocks came together They
were hitched to the ropes that held the
car to the balloon ON top, and Of course
1t was slow work think it took 10
minutes to get her into the car, when
judge Of my surprise to find that what
had supposed to be little girl was
Judge Wells daughter, "a years old, and |
the belle Of Georgetown.
A few moments after got her into |
the car she regained her senses, and her
first words were. where am I?''
II don't exactly know" I replied.
but You are somewhere between heaven
Md earth In a balloon"
How oaine / herc--oh, remember
howl ! felt myself suddenly pulled up
nto the air, and then I guess I tainted. ("
II should have thought you would"
replied, and then ! told her how Pro-
essor Sears had tried to catch the grap-
lel as il fell and had fallen out in try.
ng to do 80, and how / got her into the
ar.
"Then You have saved my life"
"No; only prolonged it,"
"How Is thatf"
"We are going rapidly upward. and I
ont know anything about the manage
aent Of the balloon. We shall both be
illodL"
II don't think that. You surely can
nd way to stop it Have you tried?"
mo, I have been so busy getting you
ITO the balloon that have not thought
I it Twill try now." I examined the
ifferent parts. and finally found the
,pe that opened the valve The balloon
agan to descend very rapidly - too
luch 90. Thought, and found another
,pe which would close the valve With
lese ropes I regulated the descent very
lcely. After getting the thing under
,ntrol I looked down toward the earth.
was the first look since had pulled
[iss Wells into tho balloon. We were a 6
ng way up, but we were over the wa Q
T. told Miss Wells so. and she look 6
out
I'm that case I think we had better '
down till we strike a different cur
mt Of wind, don't you2' n
told her yes. and very soon we struck Q
different current and supposed we q
ere being carried in the direction from
hich we came. Then closed the valve. II
Il the balloon continued to descend o
rev out the bags Of sand that were in
Q car, but still we were going down. 9
I'm afraid we are going to land in
Q water" said as gazed out of the
r L
"Then we must be drowned" she
Id h,
mo not necessarily" said eff I ol
n't out the balloon free from the car,
may float you till help comes" st
- But what will you do?'' W
1t don't make so much difference
tn me. am alone in the world. and
one will care il do not return" te
II think tho car will hold us both" fir
We shall have chance to find out
very few minutes When the car dc
ikes the water, You hold ON with all at