The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-03
AN AERIAL RUNAWAY
BY w. p. and c. p. Chibwan.
Copyright 1901 Lothrop Publishing Company.
CHAPTER II.
A CRY FOR HELP.

A CRY FOR HELP
HE signboards in Bayville covered with huge
L posters The shop windows were full of the same
pacard They attracted the attention Of old and young
alike Excited groups stood before them and looked
them They announced that Oldport an enter
prisng city fifteen miles up the coast, would celebrate
it's two hundredth anniversary the coming Fourth OF
July in a gorgeous and imposing manner.
There be aeronauts and acrobats, battalions
bands and contests dances and decorations
feasts and fireworks and games historians and hui
morsts and parades readings and races speeches
and shows
Among the first to read the snowy posters
young friends, Rod and Todd While their down
the bay for afternoon sail, the pacards in ad
acent window attracted their attention. and they paused
to look them AS they continued their walk, Todd
remarked:
''We must go to oldport in the Rescue the
"Yes,'' assented his comrade; *tand there is
thing else must do. 1t is to enter boat for
If you noticed, Glass takes in all sailboats
twenty feet snd undH and is open to all competitors It
$50 it does!'' exclaimed Todd, enthusiastically;
"and I remember the course. It is out around Black
Rock Lightship and return-a good twenty miles for
the round trip If there is stiff breeze that day,
shall have sail we aren't likely to forget in long
time -
They had reached the dock opposite their sloop,
and Rod looked the stanch boat with compacent
smile as he replied:
ut will make little difference to us what the weather
is. The Rescue stand any wind like
y to have off the ightshp this Light breeze
or strong once let us enter that race believe the cup
'.of course it is' returned his chum: "But the
sion at four We hardly get back to the city in
to that, and hate to miss it.
ooh! expect you would like chance to go up
in it, Todd' retorted Rod, with good atured laugh.
you've always had weakness in that direction. But
there is also ascension at You that
and let the later 90
''Oh the trip is of little account,'' Todd an
sWered somewhat contemptuousy. ''They only let
balloon thousand feet and don't loosen it's fas
Jennings It is that Madame Barton can jump out
with parachute It's worth SEEING of But that
ascension the real thing; for the professor
is going to cut the cable, and make real voyage sky
ward. I wonder where he III andg''
"Perhaps out on the where are,'' sug-
gested Rod loosely. ''Then can pick him up, win
his deepest gratitude, and go with him his trip
as reward for our bravery How does that suit you,
Toddf' "
''Firstratel'' responded the lad, with ready good
nature He used to Bod s banter and enioyed it.
cit overthrows all my objections' he continued
Weu enter for the race and trust to luck to give
the cup-and chance to pick up Professor Barton''
It not difficult for them to obtain the consent
of their parents to enter the Rescue for the
fact Mr. Todd became interested in the matter that
he accompanied the boys to Oldport, and per-
sonay that preliminary essential to proper entry
of the craft complied with. -
They made this trip in the little sloop, and they
returning to Bayvlle, the gentleman looked long
and earnestly off toward the ghtshp in the dim distance
remarkng at length: III .z-
E'My advice to you lads, is that you 20 over your
assigned number of times before the race It
will at the least famiGarze you with it, that
may be worth something to you when the contest
place. III -s-a.=
The boys not slow to adopt this shrewd sug-
gestion, and it happened that they made the run
about the lghtship under light and medium heavy
the also out, wisely running the
before the day of contest and this enabled
form idea Of the speed Of their competitors
The Fourth dawned fair and beautiful. At nine
the parades and noon from the spacious park
the center Of the city the first balloon
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