The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-10-02

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town.
Ny chum stopped at freight car
on side track and began to poke
around one OF the oil boxes on wheel,
~ when | asked him what he was
going to do. he said that to a hungry
man the cotton aste and the grease
in n hot box OF freight car was just
IS gnnd as a shrimp salad, and he be-
gan TO poke the stun out of the hot
box to eat 1t. He said the lives of
ramps were ef;on saved by eating out
of hos bc>es swo-4 that l would
"srer ssl - hot box banquet. and
pulled him away from the box car Just
as a brakeman came along with a
Look and a can of oil and bucket OF
water to cool it on, and We escaped
| told him we would have good
supper all right II he would stick by
me-
We went into the little town and II
was getting dark. and all the people
we're out doors looking up into the
sky, and saying: There II is. | see II"
and asked man in front OF sa.
loon what the excitement was about,
and he said that they were watching
the balloons from st. Louis, about 200
miles away, which were sailing to the
east.
Did you ever have an idea strike
you so sudden that It made you dizzy
Wen. | was struck with one so quick
that it made me smoker. and | pulled
my new chum away and told him how
we would get supper and place TO
sleep, and that was TO go into the
woods near where the people were
looking up into the air. and when
balloon went over, after II got good
aud dark, We could set up yell, as
. though murder was being done, and
When the crowd came to see what was
the matter he could say we fell out OF
balloon, and landed in a tree and
squirmed down to the ground.
Well | didn't want to lie, but my
chum. who had once been In a reform
school, did not care so much about
Wing so he was to do the talking and
| was to be deaf and dumb. as though
The fan from the balloon had knocked
me silly.
Well, when We saw light In the
sky over us and the people were go.
Ing wild over thinking they saw bal.
loon, We began to scream like wild
cats and grcan like lost souls, and yell
or "helr, help" When the people
,amc on the run. and whea they found
g with or clothes torn. and our hair
standing on end, and our eyes bulging
ont. my chum. the old liar, said
when we we're leaning over the basket
VI the balloon to see what town we
were passing over, We fell out In
tree. acd E',re so hungry. liz. .-
Well, the way those good people
-wRll1wad hat yarn was too comical,
..... ,the. r.sked US up. and took us
into house. A pussy woman got
me under her arm and said: Poor
dear, every bone In his body Is busted,
but saw him first, and am going TO
have him mended and keep him for
souvenir, and j hung my legs and
arms down so would be heavy. and
she dragged me to, the house. All
said was pie, pie, pie" and she said
| was starving for pie. and when they
got us in bed, with nice night shirts
on, they crowded around US and be
gan TO feed us, and we took everything
from soup to mints. and went TO sleep,
and the last thing heard was balloon
talk, and the women who drew me in
the shuttle said; The ways Of Provi.
dence are past, finding out" and as I
rolled over in bed heard my chum
in another bed say: You can bet your
sweet llfe.' and then the people be-
gan to go away, talking about the mar.
row escape of those dear boys, and my
pussy fat lady held my hand and
stroked my aching stomach until long
after midnight, and then she tiptoed
OF to bed. ..
spoke to my chum ana said did
II work out all right" and he
groaned and said: Gee. but ct too
much, otter have saved some OF II
for breakfast and then we went to
sleep in nice feather beds instead Of
those beds at the orphanage made Of
| breakfast food.