The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-10-29

al Hlrsm Wind. but ha told The 81
he reporter that they called bim Hi f
fay short
N. For long time, said he, wilh hs
iis knayi.b smile, J didn't like the sbbrev
ne tloa, but when | wss 2j and took TO bl
ys looming aa busiGess II kind Of sortt
a seemed as IT Providence meant, that
be- sho1l have bad that name and 10 Other
"a Professor HI Wind. be sdded with ptld
'sansme that is bound to soar throug
=. the loitiest realms Of space,
in Did yon never have 40 accidt nl? uqui
" cd The reporter.
II S vetsl but they have never been tb,
fault Of the Wind.
D., The professor began to show signs o
y succumblng - the pump
n OF course, he admitted besitstingly, q
j, man cant walk the earth every day with
Il ont humping mp against something ont Of
y the ordinary occasionally. snd the air is
b no exception. I've had experiences that
D you might call narrow escapes, that is yon
, might, std then again you migbtn't. It
would depend on Low you Looked at
things, Some call 'cm narrow aud eome
? don't. / don't, myself.
IT was plain that the professor under
stood thats good tbiag was good thing
when he saw 1t.
Suppose You narrate one for my sake,
suggest "a the reporter. and let me add
my testimony TO that OF your other ad
mirers.
Thanks, ! don't care il / do. said the
professor, Und there was that in the tone
which recalled the reporter to mans high
est duty to his fellow man, After which
sitting at small table. the professor
continued | was ont in Indiana about
four years ago. Indiana ia agreat state In
the season, aud had made 40 asce t foi
the benefit OF Sunday school picnic TO
kinder Offset going up on the Sunday be
fore for lager ber socieble function.
Mighty TsltcuIar pious these Sunday
school people are, and everything was
lovely My balloon was gas balloon, and
she fairly licked up her heels while !
had her telhered. and when she GOT awav
-.----i libn ahe was heading rlRbt
for ufnity and was going the limit or
bust the hamstrIng.
| guess she must have gone up mile
and half or two miles when felt some {
thing i've way, and 10 minute or two
she began to go back the other way-hot t
fast. You underst'Dd; but slow and sure,
and 10 way to make You feel mighty IN t
| couldL't tell what the mat c
ter was. and after letting her drop to with a
in about half mile OF the bottom | tose r
ed out little OF my ballast ] was short v
on paracbutes thst day, too, ss mice was
out of whaok, And being careless, |
thought I'd take my chance. About this p
me ! began to wish | hadn't but ! did y
D + say a word for obvious reasons. When D
let the ballast oct, the balloon respond
"a only ittle, aud the way she did it {
me that something serious was g.
he matter. BY this time | had TO throw b
out some more ballast aud it wash It
minute ull there wasn't anything left in W
be basket besides myself and about 900 ~
eet Of rops With grapple on the end OF cl
I. It
The balloon had heguu TO sink again, Il
md rapidly And You may gness that "
bis was a time for man TO do some pret 10
y active thinking il be expected sDy good 81
esuls from il, and you may be assured We
was calculating Every instant nov the tn
balloon was gath ring velocity, the last q
novement downward having besun at Il c,
,oint abont quarter Of mile from the j.,
round, and | knew that 10 few seconds IL
was going 10 be q shspeess mass that
opdL't even be photographed for a news th
apef unIess something happened, Their"
,ss otly one tLi0g to do, and that was 10 II
eli we the BALBOA OF its Weight and send NJ
back mp again. The rope and | were
eavy enough to lessen the weight s0nsii
rably IL We shouli get ou', snd propos gl'
4 TO do ersst act. Gst i1g good hold lig
n my clasp knife, waited for the nov
hlazing esrth~ard balloon to get within ctr
5out 900 feet OF the ground, Then With vi
ie rope tied around my waist and tue 9th 1t
end fast TO the balloon, I1mped on' la
iet foremost ,trsighl Tor the earth. uk
new that II the balloon remained station 81
n | would nat about reach the ground
the end OF the rope, bat figured ore
deal Of reacto 3. Ia fact calcnIsi 20
! the rise OF the balloon would atont p"