The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-15

lOJklnH gum FlAta - '@'-~
armed added 10 their terrifying APP
paa-ance. y
Gen. Caransbo curly ordered nm 70 =
get his bag OF tricks in working or'er !,
and let him see what there Was In H. !,
warning him at the same time II there
was any skullluggcry about ~ hui-
parker would be instantly shot, and the :
general would do himself the happiness ,
of upologzing 10 the United States for ,
the action later on. With trembling
hands knlpnrke. rot MS isas mac.ihe
in operation and inflated the paioo"'
while the rebels looked on with scarce
ly-lisgused contempt AT last the pni.
loon arose with the fan whiriing anu
moved against light zephyr towaru
The spanish camp. It's unfortunate IN
ventor watched it with intense interest,"
for he felt that his life depended upon
its actions. ..,
, ..IIow soon will II begin 20 shoot:
i asked Gen. Carambo.
e 1T ought 70 begin in about ten MIN
utes." said Kulparker. looking AT ms
: watch.
= ..ycry well. If il doesn't commence
: then. we WILL" replied the general ON,
e inousy. I'VE are not mere 70 "c "'''A
e with
4 m insnire confidence in the invent
- o,,e mind the rebel general ordered q
= 0,e ~ his runians to cover Kulparker
l. LIZ, ,be;r runs and 10 fire whc N he gave
!. ~. order, Much as the unlucky
n scientist wished for an adequate test
10 for his balloon. he did not yenrn TOT ~
under these conditions. and II - prop
~ ably the only case on record where
&c ,n,n on the solid earth was IN more
~ dnncer than IL he had been up IN the
80 oy;np machine. Kulparker watched
an his invention with much anxiety, ana ~
~ coon became evident that it was at
-. tracing attention from the Spaniards
III underneath. Puffs of smoke were seen
&c. in the valley below. They were n'ins
cal at it.
40. All at once Kuiparker saw somethine
hat drop from the balloon. IL couiu ho' *
air a cartridge, for the balloon was no
red due TO begin firing; besides ne coun
49,, not have seen Il cartridge drop nt ina
,;.s distance. 1t came futtering down yer.
~, slowly and once as il overturned III III
49, air he realized that it was the ian whic'
Al, ,ronelled the automatic. \ rine pune
80 hod doubtless deranged the machincr
80 ~. fan had whirrcd itself or. IN
49,. s-a,,,o, hing motionless in midair 10
moment. then slowly the light WIN
H. hepnn to drive it back over the req
Maj camp Kulparker's hair peR"h
nv hrisfle with the horror OF the sI'ua
al lie vas between two fires. for u inc 20
fore. loon began to drop dynamite nc w
.;.h INN mn excellent chance OF being pioN
MN IN nieces. while the moment 'araH
/, +, ,,o,;ced that il was returning, I
III, s,sp;cious wretch would see plot
-. ~. whole scheme, and would order
prisoner shot.
t..r corambo had taken Kulparke
catch on the plea that he had none a
-. ,,;sbod IN time the firing. The invent
q, "a ala not expect 10 have his watcn
e bal turned, anu suossi ~, Loo,
ssion, fed this suspic'o"' W. h,
at ex- anNiously al the sene."' ,.,o,,
, gov studying the face OF the "a'cn' " o'@
ing what would happen when ne 'ur
.hot his gaze upwards and saw the pa'
Them returning. -
- The automatic opened the bail
going into business on its own acco
,,,,. 4 she'll dropped from II struck a.
49,, half n mile down the hill Inc Ell
! ~. ;,p was terrific and startled the W
~ camp. Carambo slipped the watc
~ ,;s nocl<et with an oath and II was
" f.,v minutes before he took In
s;,na,,op 'Ihe second shell drol
= ., n.rceptibly nearer and rent the
=. .ho some distance below them.
rs M .It is a plot" yelled the general.
'.' a. - n minion OF the Spaniards.
III; ,honrht from the first. Shoot the
s,a,s scoundrel. Attention! FIRE.
! The balloon answered his CONN
=. ~, M. the soldiers. They. frozen
terror. were watching the approx
~ -" 10 aerial monster. which was ste
aro,n;np bombs and raising con
III. carthouakes, with the acc
~ ~ ,,a,hematical precision of a minute
!" -. .choot. do YOU hear" shouted
49,, ,,,, The men TREMENDOUSLY
ed. was their carpn'es' ~. 1,-n.ni+e !
within n few hundred yards OF
: oo1o. thev stood, and the conclusion kn
Us. they uown '.oi = ,,'.,gst the rest
~ '""' rambo was stunned by stone
marker had flung himself fac 90
iusRs' The ground and spent an ctern
Florida, ~" ~, ,,.,,,nse wondering whetl
ID about W" .,a ~, struck first by the bul
mite car ,s,.;,..nds mr. the dynamite !
voyage, -. i, ~. small Of the back, I
such ~ s.em,d directly ovcrhea
2 stuff In ...,,,l over nfter the crash he
4 TO have -, 10 hill for some distant
III of the -. ~, eaters himself he X
srs. The 80 ,,;tb the tumble, althc
tation in 80. ,,;rl he had any too mucl
al scouts 49,, ~. undertook to invent .
.reabouts ',.>.;. co,trivance N the aut
,art Of it. ta,,aar Thc balloon foated
as loaded p... ~. ocean. and itsis TO be h
lc for the ~. ,n,erest OF the mercantil
been re- ,,. ~ tho world that the dy
lis men bombs are all spent. There
;as not in a,,o,oh ~ sea as 1t is. wit