The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-08-30
LOOPING THE LOOP.
4 Fierce Upward Rush OF Air and
Then the shock.

Then the shock.
The loop the loop" was just across
the way, ana the artist reminded me
that II was worth seeing, says Albert
Isigclow Paine In the Century.
"Of course we won't ride" he said.
.'but It's worth while to see the 9th
ers."
We entered the incloeuca and gazel
up at the pair of great steel loops
around which cars are e el by the
force Of their own momp tum A load.
ed car was at the brink OF long in
cline Suddenly it shot down; then
for an instant 1t was In the circle
ascending hanging, descending and
straight away up another incline, pass.
ing beyond our view, We declared
strcnuously against this appalling
amusement. Another car went around,
and another, and another We became
silent in the sort of fascination that
awaits impending disaster
Finally | felt the thing fermcntng in
my blood. Nobody seemed to be get
ting hurt and should like to have the
record OF that trip, | expected the
artist to demur when | announced my
intention, but he did not. Perhaps he
was hypnotizcd We buttoned Our
coats, MS if starting on cold voyage.
| had an impulse to leave some word
for the folks at home. Then presently
we were seated ina car, slowly ascend
ing the preparatory incline.
During this gradual ascent we had
plenty of time TO think | found my
self wondering If people ever tainted in
making that swift revolution: also If
had heart disease and what would be
the consequences to one affected In tint
way Suddenly | remembered that the
princess OF the Nile had warned me
against any unnecessary risk Of life. II
seemed a trivial thing Mt the moment,
but | realized now that her words might
have been fraught with special mean
ing | stole a look at the artist He
seemed pale and distract, perhaps re-
membering a similar warning. These
contrivances always ended In some
frightful disaster, and doubtless this
was the trip for it TO occur Tho next
day our names would be in the head
lines. | reflected that we were proba
bly, as great pair Of fools as walked
the earth.
The car had reached the level stretch
at the top now. and the brink was near
recalled the starters injunctions to
keep my head probably TO avoid
losing ii as the result of sudden jerk
Lifting our eyes. we discovered that we
We're on the verge. Heavens | had
realized that the incline was steep. but
that-why, that was drop, We We're
in a wheeled car, perched at the brow
of n precipiee. with corkscrew rev.
olution at the end. Oh, TO be for sin
gle instant on solid ground to be-
A fierce upward rush of air, a wild
grip ut a loosening hat and an instant
later the shock. We were on the loop;
we were shooting upward as n billow
that breaks against the cliff; we were
curling over as the wave curls back
ward; we were dartlng down to inevita-
BILE humiliation!
| confess that my mind was confused.
| knew only that for what seemed an
eternal instant we were hanging in mid
air, that my head was far from being
up, that my body was swaying in a well |
defined centrifugal impulse TO close up |
like an accordion. Then all mt once we
bad dropped and were shooting out
ward. dazed, weak and wondering Mt |
our safety. AS for our heads, they were
5tlll on, but almost in our laps. An I'M
known man in the back seat announced |
that he would not do 1t again for
thousand dollars. The figures did not
seem eXtravagant.