The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-08-11

TnuE WAS so sI6s % HUMAN PRESENCE
NY scared eyes secuted FOR the enemy
There lowered between me and The
vanishing moon an enormous rhosuy
creature, like DO AFFECT IN a swirl Of
dark sapor Il swept by. almost with
iu touch aud AT the same instant the
FIRST chill breath Of the approaching
storm struck through the humid
warmth ~ The night
The thing that passed me was o
balloon. the car just clear Of the
ground Il lied eastward across the
neld. aud the zig beech Tree seemed
10 reach out and seize It There Was
something so remarkable Ia the Inter
position VI this solitary ohjeci W the
nlrslhp's path toward destruction that
! had the impression Of rescue, and
my hands iustlnctiycly clutcbed
had not seen the car clearly, but
my confused notion was that Il con
tanned several persons, aud ! looked 20
see them clamberIng out as | ran TO
ward the spot Nothing of The sort
happened There was 20 sign Of hu
man presence. The car swung higher
Than my head. and ! could not be sure
That there was not some person lying
~ the bottom Of IL II 80 now was bis
last chance. for OF any moment the in.
oyitable tempest might come and the
balloon 90 whirliug ever the quarry
into the rock walled gorge OF the river
I jumped and caught the rim " the
car and pulled myself up an ! could
look over saw q prone figure and q
stnrilingly white face very close 20
mine q girls face ! can shut my
eyes now and see II Just astit looked
then. Another moment aud had
scrambled into the car beside her
She was unconscious seemingly IN
what is popularity known as a dead
faint" her hands thrown W over her
head aud cllnched upon some eordage
With . grip not easy TO break ! fas
tened rope under her arms and low
erred her 10 The ground. aud just then
tho sQuall struck ! felt the balloon
struggling ia the embrace ~ the tree
and knew that Il must break away
but meanwhile ! could not get to the
end q the rope by which bad low
,red the girl There seemed 10 be
thousand fathoms Of Il. and Il was
foul Of everything 10 the cat. ANA the
gIrl was tied 10 the other end Ike an
anchor
got out small penknlfe which
was an ! bad. aud sawed away with
dun blade. while horror heightened
every second 20 FIVE minutes II the
balloon should treak away and the girl
be- dragged after Il the though, fresc
my what's And whrn 81 last BAT rope
VAS severed the breath went out Of
~ Ia q CREST sob
had NOT dared % jump oar 20 unite |
the rope lest should dislodgc the bal
loon. and Indeed that was lost what |
bappcntd wbrn ! started hastily 10 /
climh from Nc car Whilc siill hung 4
over The eiec ghe aifsbp burst g. |
moorlnEs end began 70 soar bet 80 |
and dropped 10 thc darlncss farther
than | carei about, perhaps twenty /
teet. boa Il seemed d mile
My bones held. and presently | was
afeot aeain after lying long enough 70
set Hy brrath There was weakness
Ia ny knees and Wy hrad swan, bui
fNa ssasn.. - ,slssss.ts. fFsfgEt. ssa.a..4 g. 4
restore ne Tor the EiE under the
bsssch no ans my patirat requiring
my imfne8iHle attention
u may haYc bvea the cold rhln upon
hcr facr Tbs, tad raired heF AZ any
rate shr had resamc8 sort o. con
> lonsuess SOD bad RAISED herself upoa
one afm A. carried Der toto the
SHELTER 81 tbc tree she uttered some
inoohercai Honis but Der lrsi inlelu
gibbs ufie'shcr pas tails. 10 tone ~
ape slriekea surprise. childish and
charming
"Did ! cone down.
Wasn't that your inieutianY said
/ "fcu caBt haye meant 90 stay
~
Am 20 siocktonr where are 40
BE- peaple' on rs sight They've
u g0ae home"
VIVA ihsi sbr began IL cry.
Her miud was 90 ~ clear. and for
'ope mlantes shr favored noe with
dds and eads q comment upon multi
udes q peepe sM ~ mhom were
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