The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-26

Gas no one has volunteered for +be
trip today Professor Grimoldi generous
Is offers a premium OF twenty dollars
cesli-tU euty dollars in hard cold cash.
ladies and 5entlemen-to the man or
woman who VIII make TINS perfectly
safe and altogether pleasant ascension
with him
Cheap at the price. yrunted a
farmer near me, and blamed good ad-
FcfJSIHe- But IT'D bet no one takes
him up Too many of us saw that
thing last month He
Tvs enty dollars CASH. rsared the Tar
man. payable IN the presence OF YOU
an the instant the passenger steps from
the car 90 the earth after the abso-
iHteiE safe nfE-mInute tourney into
the glorious upper ether. A dollar
minute Who VIII take advantage OF
this T.r gniiiCcnt opportunity
j stepped over the ropes as he turned
the shoulder
II VIII take that Offer said l.
Here was a chance TO earn the need
1uiiul money by undergoing "a ba. p
twenty minutes Of discomfort and Uhys.
lcal rear. DistastefUl as I found the
sent With twenty dollars I could hold
OUT lt uncaptured, for fun NOR On
Fl VIII take that offer" / repeated.
The fat man WhirIed about in de-
situation fOr him
He EripPed Doth my hands, squcez-
mE them and shaking them with rnc-
Tious terver- Then he dragged ne
over 20 u here the little professor sstOou.
ana lUrr0C ucCd me
and now, for heavens sake. Gri-
mold, De added in fussy under
tone set started as quick as you can
A safe tIip wiz do a Tot TO make them
forget the 1Ienger accidC Mt Climb into
llit car siTs he begged me So III
hold 1t steady for YOU
But I had halted, one hand on the
ram and stood staring at the line OF
automobiles
Hurry Up, sir fumed the fat man.
itS safe and it's so To YOU Get
aboard. Don't lose your nerve
/ had not paused from Cowardice. but
because, amid bevy- OF laughing men
ana women ID big touring car, near
the fourth side of the roDe I had recog-
uized-HI1da Graves.
Yes, and she saw and knew me 7
could tel u by the startled, half in
creoul1IS look that flashed into her
gray eyes
Not content with making me pose
before her as sweetheart of an opera
way unworthy her HOtICe-Fate had
now brought me before Hilda iu the
SllSe OF vuiger nOtOriety seeking
s-aElaIa-n, VINO was seeking 20 win
50 1E making a spectacle Of himself
before q herd OF -OkeI at "a fair.
Tie thought caught me like a whip
l2sh- could not 20 on with this
balloon and moved shamefacedIy back
toward the ring OF farmers.
4 roar of deri=ive laughter greeted
my eHs1Ee o. mind II needed but
that Tra- she should deem me a
coward and see me the Laughing stock
OF a crowd OF fair folk.
The TAT manager ran after me as
reached the rope and caught me by the
Come back he urged. Come back.
twenty dollars Think OF thar. and u1
DANGER either. Come, III make 1T TWEEN
The peoples iee-z at my supposed
C1T-l-oI-e Eei.-uf-I drowned his plead
Ing ] paid no heed 90 either
L- E1.- as Oh the rope when
noticed sudden f0stIiuC and showing
lH the tlronE just before me Some
one was struggling TO force way
Through the close-1aclzed mass OF h-i-
manly ana 20 come 90 us. Through
mpmeU-a-v breach the flushed face
OF the advancing man appeared
u was Hiram RIstchf0rd-
an Els. cold alert eyes were fixed
upon me lu a. light OF assured triumph.
Z shook Off the mana gers grasp.
uarrCG back 90 the car Of the balloon
swung one leg over. snatCHed up q
sheath knife w'--ch lay on the basket
shelf. and s.asfsd furiousIy at the roDe
Thar bound the struggling balloon 20 the
post
Hey rhere-- yelled the manager.
What is he doing. the mailman
=pulteEed Grimoici. franuraIy rushing
toward me
stop I'm the name Of the law
tHuu1eE7ti EIa-chford. bursting at last
into the little r0ucd arena
From the IEUc 0f mo- DIS I heard a
Wrwa-S SrHrrInE CRY
And drove the knIfe-H.eEe once more
WIN al Tiy strength against the hair
severed r1.a.
They were rushing IN u~an me from
every side Would that rope never part .
The Confirmation OF ThIs Storv WIZ
BE Found In Tom Drroyv-s
Issue Of The Tfu7cz