Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-28
A BALLOON RIDE.


Thnrg w1e 60 br balloon ascension on
tho cmum Zoo paWIatuu Tommy I'ly.
dem lul mliN friuud4 with tho HruuHHt
and md pJ. prui.ai0n tumlkc tHcu-rgut
with Mm.
II was % O'Clock. md thr crowd were be-.
ginning t,tc impatient whom 40 ut uuco
tho uuruuaut onmu and Whispered iu Tom.
my ur
"wel what do you think now Do
you WANT Co yot'
Tommy answered yes" as decidedly w.
hCflr.. and almost ir.urr Doc could tIlligo
his good iUrtun, be- w1s in tho clr ui tho
balloon. und the man landing beside him
had gi,gu tho wort O. che attendants, and
thcy s..u sailing up through che air with
q velocity that almost took away bis
bn.utu
Then Tho balloon s1ilod away from Pop.
plctun. or uthUr FROM the popplotou skies,
Tor DC acumod % Tommy that thcy had got
ua nigh up Into thc si,y us uuyh0iy ever
tll. ff
"l ufi, $50 nayo rceu fur enough.
think We should ~ back now. DE- fald
hnxuusly
eco mckr' cried the ooronaut. who
seemed 10 DE- enjoying himself very much.
Bis black Cyg RlowuFaud Die thin checks
flushed 'Nhy, We haven't inirly begun
our journey got My duAr boy, do YOU
know whom we urc going" And Doc wills.
pvrd u4 iuystcruu.ly 49, " thcrr wyrc
somebody near o. hear "Wc aru vuiur
10 accomplish thu mos, wonderful feat Che
world las ever witnCssyd' We ufc going
dlrctly ucrDs, the AtlHutlcl We shall
land 90 Liverpool in two dnys' Think uf
it' 1 thought OF going tu The moon ut
hrst, hut after you decided 90 accompany
mo / changed my mind, thinking H. would
De- plunuutyr Tor YOU % visit Europe. Tor
have wldn ono journey tD tho moon, and
% /. not hy any mcnns s1 fine place ns II
D. supposed GO h0=culi md diHrrrnhlr.
my boy. And Doc shrugged his shoulders
aud wrapped biz coat stlll morn closely
aruuud him.
Tommy looked 90 him iu ACCOMPLISHMENTS
which soon changed 90 terror ns ho began
tu pllllo that hr must b. insane but 10
he wyru sD why had mo- unr discovered lg
81 don't want 90 gp to Europe / would
much rather pu hack Co pUuuletnn, siId
Tommy trying 90 speak cullly, though his
voice shook with fear
600 hlok 90 Iurrlgt1n, you littlcco coward
NounrU uimId," said thDncwrHut. looking
eagerly nt Tommy whuH ruH. blue vyv4
wvr beginning 60 mn with t..sI
"Np. no. ] ni amer s0bbeI Tommy.
"But We rode long enough
What fool you nr'N uid Tho mnn.
This h glorious glorious" And out
won't another bag of sand and mp went tho
balloon higher still Into tho air, until now
tho vessels looked like nothing murc than
flics cruWling over the lay
but just 40 shat moment, a. by mira.
Gle, Tommy thought tho wind yccrrd aud
waited thcn toward the shurc Of tho hay
IN an opposite direction frum popplcton.
to b. sum. but merely 90 have land instead
Of that dradiul water under him would
h. hlppincs, Tommy thought
hut tho muumhn-thcrr could b. no
doubt that be- was such-took alarm nt
once. lie conceived the idea that enemies
wcru waiting for him on tho shorc and ho
declared that b. ppiorrtd % drop down
into tho wutor rather than fall into their
hnnds, aud 10 Tommy's tcrror no pulled %
string that hung near his hand and tho
balloon began 20 descend with frightfm
upidity They could hear tho shouts II
tho sailors on tho yyHpls Tommy held
bis breath, awaiting tho end. whom an 40
onvO % thought struck him. and acting
upon u Instantly he threw ono 90 tho ~.
mnlning bags NJ sand out ui tho ear An.
other followed 10 bgfUr' tho nvrunaut could
stay his hand. and tho balloon rlso ngnin,
still drifting toward the shurt Before the
maniac. nstnnishci 90 Tummy's holdnc,s,
had prrUuoc of mind enough 60 pull tho
string again, they hung over the udgo Of
tho land. which had never looked 30 iuyit.
ing tu IDmmy's uyes hUilrs
Then hu pulled The string bat moro
furcihly than hU meant lie iclt ~ n tho
wind WINS rushing VA upon him and he was
stationary Ihgv WIS % great rushing
noise in his cars, and then be- felt shock,
Hs n heaven and earth had crushed tugcth,
en- And thun all was % blank
II was u long timc before no came bncl,
20 consciousness, aud then his mothers
face, which ho had never expected t. -eo
again, was banding over him. Ills first
feeling was surprise and thAnkiuluess to
find himself alive, and tho next anxiety "a
learn the fate of his companion Aud
when lao heard how narrow his escape had
bocn, you may b. sure his hair stood up
EtwiRhtrr and his blue eyes grow ruundur
than ever hyiurr Tho balloon caught In
% trpc, aud that was all that saved them
both from being dashed o. pieces. The
town whcru they made their hnsty descent
was not far from Oldport, and one Of the
crowd which collected Immediately rcog-
niIiug Tommy his parents wop 90 onoo
sent FOR Tho poor crazy ngrnunut was
morn seriously injured than Tommy and
wHs carried 10 q hospital by tho friends
who had really been IA search ~ him and
whom hc had innCiod his enemies. lie
was insnuc only nj Intervals, and while In
Popplutun arranging for his balloon nsccn-
sion mo- one hld noticed anything strange
iu bis manner NVd / tell you that It
was Tommy's last as wcll ns his irst ride
In balloou'--Now York NcwS