Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-09-16

| book and began the ceremony. AS the
service droned on the man essayed one
| look over the side of the car, but those
lupturned faces far below gave him
queer sensation, and drawing the girl
| vet closer to him he fixed his eyes on the
clergyman's face.
a moment later there was a slight
shock He was aware of n feeling of
giddiness; he heard cry of horror from
the crowd far below. The ceremony
stopped short. Indeed, the clergyman
dropped tEe book from his nerveless
hands The girl chung unsteadily to the
side of the car, while the two men.
clutching the ropes, peered over the side.
What they saw struck terror to their
hearts. The crowds, the fair grounds,
the whole earth, was falling away from
them with sickenmg rapidity. Many feet
below them the broken end of the treach-
erous rope swayed and dangled in the
breeze.
s'We'ye broke loose." gasped Jim in
tones Of horror.
The three, white-faced and trembling.
stood staring at one another, stunned ,y
the suddenuess of it ALL 1t was the girl
who recovered her wits first.
.We-we-can't help it, she faltered,
shut anyway, we'll be married.
1t was indeed a strange wedding. The
clergy man chung to one side of the car,
which swayed and rocked dangerously.
and the contracting parties graSped the
other side. But somehow the service
was hustled through, and just as the
ba loon was lost to sight in the cloud
bank the two We're pronounced man and
wife.
For nearly an hour they floated along
above the clouds. Then the great ball
above them began to shrive somewhat
and they sank gently. At sunset they
were quite near the earth, travelling, as
they could plainly see, rapidly toward
the northwest. Fields and villages flew
past beneath them-and always they
sank lower as the hot air in the balloon
gradually cooled.
Presently they were brushing the tree
tops which tilted the car sharply and
threatened momentarily to spill them to
earth The clergyman, poking beneath
the seats on either side of the car.
emerged triumphantly with a grapple an
| chor and n coil of light rope. Breath
lessly he cast the anchor over the side.
For time ( swung 10 and fro like II
huge pendulum, then caught fast in the
branches of an elm near a big, white
farmhouse. The rope pulled taut; the
car jerked and tilted and swayed. then
the balloon sank gently into the branches
of huge apple tree and the perious
voyage was at an end.
From their perch i'll the apple tree they
saw men running toward them with lad
ders, and three women following sturdily
IN the wake of the men. In Il few min
ntes the unwilling voyagers were stand
| ing on solid earth again. answering as
hest they could the many questions of
the cheering group about them.
May | ask where we are?' the clergy
man ventured when the curiosity of their
rescuers had been somewhat appeased.
You're in Clinton Mills. in the north
ern part of Ridgway county," one of the
men replied.
The bride took a step forward.
There amt Sereny Hawkins round
here. is there?" she asked eagerly
Yes, dearie,'' said one of the women.
'Sereny Hawkins place is about a mile
beyond here"
The bride pressed her husbands arm
and turned to him glowing face.
70 JIM" she whisDered. Its turned
ont beautiful weddin' journey. after
all;"-Richard Barker shelton in New
Orleans Times Democrat