The sun., 1896-01-26

scientific terms, and at the same time the bal
dropped dsS overheard @ s now % yeiis Montgomery.
~ hapnened to drop my purse on. s Of my y coat
cuse for your objectionable language,
~ knew it. SAYS AIontsomery: Now w., we care are
tho gas will expand. .Colouel. I'm sorry you're
in m 5S S ,"te s"SrT net a%y y."%
upward iii i The % sun had warn warmed up the alum.
nun globe. and then we travelled straight up
at pace that couldn't fail To bring us up TO 20.
TINT was by letting out the gas. There being.
gas. and IL didn't seem as IL there was any pos
siblc way for us to escape. ! will say this Tor
h anI o nryt tina, oy o
gomery cusscd Vim Wagencr and science gen
orally. but that was na'ura! under the .ircnm-
stances Van Wagner sat quietly on the bot
making entries les in lis t note book. which he said
they should be. found. Neither Of tho men
tlinched particle, though they knew tina! In all
clean fall of say 10000 feet. OF the two was
more sorry for Montgomery tlan for the Pro.
ET @ ne whh ,s 10
we went UP and up. The gns expanded with
the heat of the sun and flowed over into thc
dubbed onr pace. We lost sight Of ,ne earth
dihicul,y in breathing, Prof. Van Wagner,
tho rest Of III. hrt he Kept right on making his
scientific notes. and TO all appearances was en-
ioyi1c himself a> much a. he had ever done in
his lie. MONTGOMERY sat quiet. having grown
tired OF cussin' the Profess or. and not having
nny,nns to hf nf nrpsd RI Ar"nl
yer, which was IN my hin pocket. caught In tho
wicker work .: ,he car and gave me, mo an ,dea: i,
the gas on. OF this balloon. hut we'd have
t" ts tne h m f IT, e1Hps Of 50 fn, tas as
we will when the thing bursts.
IA take the chances says, Montgomery.
yp ,si out sims Te but IF yo Ion ee
out we're as dead as lnlins Caesar.
49,, What do yon say, Professor ? said. for
' "ccr'ainiyH SAYS '"s' 'ho Professor; BY all
means try your experiment Colonel Though no, ra
reach an elevation Of y 900 feet. which Will be
greater !hnn any one else has eyer attained =,
"'Wc're high enough. says Montgomery. \
Terry hrmy it good enough for me-
and t re II at tie sISs a sob" o. W course tho
bullet went through 1t as II 1t was pnper. making
one hole where it Went in and another where 1t
ways of escaping and it to"k them both.
I'm the course Of the next Aye minutes the
balloon began TO sink and had hopes TINT we
knew better. Tho balloon kept sinking faster
in i'm" lille % viii" III s we were H droppins @ down almost
as fast as we would have done had the balloon
and and + the III trees t and fields and houses seemed to-
be rnsninE up to meet us
There was II good breeze blowing when We
were as Montgomery Judged. about a mile
high, and it dritted us westward toward good
| sized lake
| lake we shall be all right said Montgomery.
Colonel. just hcavc overheard everything there
with that he seized whatever he could lay
| his hands on. and d Id the same. and FOR min
ute or w" IT imst n rahed Inc intfrments and things
":OT with your boots. coats. waistcoats and
hats, yells MONTGOMERY Professor; II YOU We
We must get rid of every ounce OF weight II we
want 10 reach that lake
pretty low point. and Van Wagener went so far
as to throw over his glass eye, he having nc
more teeth ready for discharging. Then we sat
| down and waited to see what The end would be
& 1--we were pepnap, r. quarter d "f n mile H, niS
we got where the water looked rs IL 1t might be
fairly deep Montgomery caught the Professor
in his arms and threw him over. without wait.
! Montgomery yelled to me to jump. and we all
three left that balloon so suddenly that we all
Vent .e down to /" he itS toStton. whicn was. as
judged, about fifty miles from the surface
though atterward heard that The lake was no.
Mont romerv and the Professor were already
| swimming for .ar.,l. and followed their exam,
| seen the balloon. and there Was already n crowd
! of mon, women. and children the shore
This !sexcredingly awkward says the Pro-
fossor i really can't face those people with
only one eye and no teeth. Colonel; There's the
| balloon floating out there / think VIC had bet
! ter swim back 20 her and wait for an oppor-
! tunity 10 land after dark
I'm going ashore said Montgomery and
! I'd goif hadn't n limb left and every female
boarding ,chuol i" li,inois was standing on the
| penrance was so ghastly that most OF the women
and children didn't care 10 wait for us.
us out with dry clothes hat fitted about as badly
ms French soldiers uniform. and then drove
us twenty-five miles to New Bcrinopolsvile.
man coming back from picnic with his best
girl. lie KEEP, on talking about the tremendous
would he in it when he should have invented
some way OF getting il down from the clouds at
"A reasonable pace. But Montgomery was mad
all the way through. He wouldn't, open his
turned on the Professor and told him that
sooner than 90 up IN n balloon that a scientific
nun ha" inHeh,su II" W"nru 'aH" ,s ana ., n'i nus
| York policeman to club him. Then he said
| good nC ht to me. and went OF down the street
swearing to himself in away thnt was really
! unfit for pu blicatOn. ! never saw or heard OF
| the man aZnin.
| There was one thing will say for Montgom-
have thrown both tho Professor and me over
! hoard and considerably lightened the machine,
| for he was twice us strong rs was at the time.
ana the Professor had too much science ia him
| done this. and that Montgomery did MT do it was
greatly to his credit OF course he threw the
i S"p 'o aIener s akS wouldn't iump promn
enough to save himself Well. as said. I've
| been In tight places good many times, but |
was worse scared In that balloon than ! ever was
before or since"
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