Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-08
THRILLING EXPERIENCES OF
BRAVE GIRL Ball 00NiSI
Had Marrow Escaps From AwfN
Death Suspended Two Miles in
cir

Our start was the same delightful
| thiill IL always Is to me-. You cant
| imagine the strange emOliha HAT s'iz-
rs yCm for one instan; JUST as The bag
| makes it's first jump
| II Is the instant when every c"r has
| ceased The se;,,r o: hi"dwich"s
chokes in the midst OF his shout an'l
! there is aiHoluie silence cav" one
| sound II is like the "A aG' mat the
| crowd eiy"s vent 10 when Il rocket
explod"s. only faintyr soft r. and less
Seis-consciOus.
! think there is nothing - affect.
inSly human as that sigh from th"us'
ands of ih"n"ts which seems NJ that
instant to be the power whirt is MT
ing you from the ground As an ac-
tual fact, am hypnOtizcd ~ ihr hi0-
mont. and SO is every spectator. Intil
The cheering few seconds later
breaks the spell
We sailed away from NE stating
feet apart. Tho rh,"rin" br0ne ont
and lasted until We were So high that
W" couldn't til man from woman
except by parasol or the color Gf her
dress
AS the cheering died ava: hDl-
low. Ftuffy voice ciCEc at hHEd sad:
Isn't it time to drOp?'
IL was Miss May. of cOn:s". srrak
ing from the trapt-z:' nd"r her para
chute beside me. WAS "l1rt!cd 4:
hearing a voice. as il wa" tao first
time | had assembled with any one.
The voice sounds thin aud Ditfui in
a halloon. They say it i: b'"ah2e
there is nowhere for The s0i'nd TO re-
VERTEBRATE or echo.
l locked down again. We w""e
nearly 1000 feet from the ground. AS
this was the height at which We were
supposed to descend. ! turned 70 Mas
May and said: YES. :rou had better
drop first. and II you hurry up think
you can hit that nice. smooth lawn
the other side OF the windmill down
there
Miss May was 4 novice nn'l | nd
miro. the Judgment with wn'ch she
estimated the 1000 feet and her cpoi-
ness as she smiled, poised herself
carefully on the trapeZe. and smiled
gOod-by to me. But the smile faded
when she pulled the rope and nothing
happened.
Could Not Reiea3e Parachute.
She twitched it asain AMI again.
finally pulling with all her might. The
trigger spring which should have re
leased the parachute was tangled mp
with Il lose rope from the balloon.
What shall siO?" she asked, pale
and frightened. but her nerve aah not
gone yet.
was Dowerle5s TO do more imam
ADVISE. We were now merry $50
teet up. and rising rapidly toward a
small. dry" cloud several Thousand
feet above us.
"Ycu will have TO unite your iett
hand, climb up the side of the balloon
and clear that loose rome from the
Trigger
Don't hesitate" called sharply,
as she stared at me second. II y"I
start to do anything in n balloon You
must not hesitate or you are pretty
sure to fall Yet l knew what was
in that poor girls mind. II there
were only a man here to say. Never
mind; sit stii' and I'll get TO you
somehow"
She united her hand. stood ;;r IN
the trapezc and tried 10 shin UP me
"rachute TO the hoop OF ring just he
low the bag. From there is would not
have teen hard 20 reach the sect Of
the cubic But Il was too much TOR
be strength.
There was still one chance, and
told her in as matter cf fact tone
las could TO get her trapeZe SWAY
ing sideways until 1t should touch
mine. and then she could come 1pwn
with ME in my parachute. She d.f
her best. but somehow il didn't come
n ar 81 nugh for me tn era&J .;e' had
was In doubt what TO ID. liet"
We .src two miles from the earth.
two badly frightened women II II
should let go she would sho"s up an
ether mile or Two and pco3at'y d!s
'os exposure or irift out To see.
4 Leap fer Life.
Just then things grew din aad
damp. as We entered the edge II he
cloud. Miss Mays nerve WIS heisn-
tened Tor the moment by ha ring the
awful depth below cut ont hr IN"
cloud. and before realized she nad
done brave and skiIlful thin@-
Swinging from her bar. she leaped
the gap 20 NV trapeze and iand' On
nv kna"s. slipped. and saved herssir
hy catching my ankle unrii .ou'd pr"
H.. M 7 guided arr ha"ds Ia the
ropes. on Zach side. and r'ile3 NY
rrl'a % rnp" II worked ana nTwn vel
plunged
A blast q: wind secm : 10 fy ZIP
Wa. n. rs ard the f'Ir hang hpr re-
..r A, a.. ,bnu~ht tn, nara