The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-09

iHAl kept Ntl Ioih Ebtuh NoN htrhs @h'
was said to be unmanageable, and in
that case would go up, up. intermin-
ably: nothing would induce her to turn
her nose toward the now-dlstant meth !
erness Utter panic. alone. deferred
the crew from instant mutiny.
Ten hours out, the barometer turned |
upside down and tried TO work that I
way. The mercury fell, and summer
clothing became mere mosquito net
ting, became spider web. cut decollete,
cut peek-a-boo. dwlndled into puerile
inadequacy.
The two substitute sailors, shiver-
Ing at the tanrail. passed downward
through the rent IN the clouds made
by the ships passage. and grumbled.
The colossal mistake was dimly Wis
lble though diminished by distance to
a petty faux pas.
'"Tis a pitiful cinder from the DEVILS
own furnace" Tim remarked; but
there's nothing I want so much as to
be upon that cinder."
True for ye," Mike reioined. otis
no more than three ions Of rarehed
radio-activiiy energetically diluted wid
q pint Of rectifed ether: but I'd give
quarter for t. Why didn't they tie a
stirring TO it. so whin We wanted Il We
could trawl Il up?'
4 was thinking Of me fireside." said
Tim. "and / want to go home. I've got
cold feet. condition superinduced be
the state OF the atmosphere. with ref
erince to its relative timperature. All
me life I've wanted a sled that would
slide mp hill. but IFS glad am | niver
had wan. What is life. anyhow? A
mere misstep into a trap-shooting ma
chine. and up ye go down 10 Absolute
Zeroi Sure. this trip makes me wish
I'd met wild a fatal illness when me
grandmother was a baby
"Yis." walled Tim: Il don't expect
10 live tc tell Tia folks at home Of me
sad death in mid-air on the ship that
niver returned and fm thinking I'll
write a farewell letther'
"Ahi" said the professor. speaking
Of letters reminds me that We must
drop the mails. 10 be forwarded by
rail to Hohoken. as We ARE not making
any progress ia that direction"
rs Hoboken in Mars Mike In
quired.
NO. it's 5000 miles out, from sno-
homish York state. they cali IT, or
Jersey; but the mails are important"
The professor procured a cork and
, dropped It overheard. It foated slowly
downward.
Gravity is still working he OBJ
served
"Bedad. thin. It's working back
ward said Mike; we're falling up"
Kabhau and the mail clerk brought
ous the pouches, and the former
looked downward through a pair o.
binoculars. The clerk held a pouch
over the rail. prepared to drop il at
word. Tim gazed wistfully at tbs
"cinder," far. far below.
"Tis a foine shot II they hit IT," h
murmured.
1 nttOIt tOu 4i0H AnC hAoAAof nut
gested Prof. Thayer, Il should like 4
look through the glass, Mr. Kabhau
My technical training may enable m,
to tell you exactly or approximate,
where Hoboken should be, with rela
ton to our own position. II we ar
straight up from Hoboken"
Certainly" said the aeronaut. In
pressed; take It, and look In at tn
little end"
All" said the professor. after
scrutinizing glance: 1T is as antic
paied. Owing to the rotation Of tn
earth we have passed Hoboken bach
ward. We shall have to wait till sh
turns over again. when we can delive
le mail as well at its original dest
nation"
At that moment Kabhau placed hi
band TO his forehead, while a beatifi
expression stole over his countenanc'
II have just thought of a little el
pedient, he said. we have been III
able to control our elevation becaus
we have forgotten which way to tur
the little lever that pulls altitude u
or down; but as the lever is so devise
as to move in only one direction
now occurs to me to try that way fC
luck"
A touch. and the ship started hom
Five minutes later the hum of cit
was distinctly audible, and it becam
obvious that Prof Thayer had erre
for score Of newsboys were shou
ing;
Hoboken evening papersl Extry
Allabout-the safe-arrival-packet AliC
WALTZ
= Mike was rather confused by the e
citement OF arrival at foreign city.
There do be rumor. Tim"
murmured, that the Alice Wall hay
arrived"
In moment. there was fash an
concussion. Mike lay sprawling upc
the deck, gazing upward,
1 And there was Hoboken away !
above