Cañon City record., 1897-11-04
The air as smoothly as a great bird.

siiS tut his cstDluct anu Hlluihg IL 8uch
hard work climbing over the rugged
mountains of South America he sought
to remedy it. At this point Simms
came forward and said he could build
an airship if some one would furnish
the motive power This Tom Reed,
the young chemist and also. electrical
engineer, agreed to do; accordingly
Simms constructed the airship and
Tom fixed sort Of windmill OH the top
of the cigar shaped body which when
the wind blew turned dynamo for
charging storage batteries and If the
storage batteries should for any reason
be exhausted the current was furnished
by means of a very powerful primary
battery. With this equipment, the
party chaperoned by Col. Drake, and
taking Pat" along as guide, started
out across the interior of the Argen-
tine Republic.
But one morning they were awakened
by severe jolt and Immediately the
car tipped over nearly throwing the
whole party out, as described at the
first of the chapter. Things went
smoothly for several days but again
the rudder failed to work and Simms
could not remedy it. AS the rudtier
would not work they could neither rise
nor come to the ground but were car
ried due west toward the Pacific. In
twenty-four hours they sighted water
and Immediately heavy gale set in
rocking the ship to and fro; suddenly a
gust more violent than before struck
the ship, smashed the rigging and the
whole thing fioundered helpless to the
earth. Down. down, down, nearer and
nearer the water they came until with
sudden dart the wrecked airshIp
plunged into the ocean. And the next
day it showed.
CHAPTER ILL.,
The next day an awful hailstorm oc-
Cured, but it was a God-send to the un-
fortunate couple. The balloon which
had so obstinately kept them for nearly
a week up in the air without food or
drink, was quickly punctured: the gas
began Immediately to escape and the
balloon to descend.
Angelica arose from the place where
she had sunk weak and exhausted. She
gave a cry of joy at their future deliv-
erance, and fainting fell into the arms
of her lover. Pen cannot describe
Dicks glsdness and words fail to pict-
ure the delight with which he hailed
their escape from what had seemed al
most certain death. The balloon came
safely to earth near large cottonwood
tree. Dick quickly bore Angelica to
the shade. As soon as their weight
was removed the balloon lifted few
feet and was thea borne some sixty
yards away on a breath of wind when
it caught on fence by the roadside.
At the same time the earth gave way
our hero and he fell l0ig
distance into a subterranean stream
still holding the unconscious lady in
his arms. The turbid waters bore
them rapidly down away from all light
and aid. Let us now glance at the fate
of their would be rescuers.
Tom. Charlie, the Irishman and Col
Drake had kept a continual lookout on
the balloon and they were at hand in
less than ten minutes after the fall
Pat reached the place first and was as
tonished to find the ropes broken and
no occupants in sight, not even a foot
print showed where the couple had
gone.
"Shnre," lie said, 'and more wonder
is it then in this land Of America; and
how do you think the Young chap and
his gurl could git away without maxim
thracks? lIegorra, in Oirland if man
gifts out Of a schrape like this he makes
thracks to git away"
Yes, that's good thought and well
thunk, Pat" laughed Charlie
Boys" said the anxious father, .stop
listing. We must see" as he spoke
the ground yawned beneath them and
the whole group sank out of sight.
-Four more souls went struggling and
groaning into the hungry stream.
CHAPTER Nv.
The next day it rained and amid that
mud and slnsh a carriage drove hur-
riedly up to the Capitol and two men
alighted, Col. Drake and his close friend
Mr.. Charlie Simms, the inventor.
They hurried up the capitol steps and
into the Senate chamber. The Senate
had already been called and the speaker
was addressing them, but -the-less
Col. Drake (senator) hurried with his
friend to his seat, creating terrible
disturbance and annoying the whole
Senate.
As soon as they reached their seats
they began hurried discussion and to
rattle papers and to compare notes and
not paying the least attention to what
che speaker was saying nor to the angry
glances that were cast at them.
When they became quiet the speaker
announced that the next business was
the discussion of Mr.. Simm's invention.
He then called OH Mr.. Simms to state