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From: jo f. <ssa...@ci...> - 2006-11-01 23:13:32
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html><head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <img alt="" src="cid:B7B...@ci..." height="690" width="591"><br> Indeed, the instrument now worked better than at any time since he had reached the cannibal island, and the boy was greatly delighted The wind at first sent him spinning away to the south, but he continued to rise until he was above the air currents, and the storm raged far beneath him.<br> Then he set the indicator to the northwest and breathlessly waited to see if it would obey.<br> Hurrah! away he sped at a fair rate of speed, while all his anxiety changed to a feeling of sweet contentment His success had greatly surprised him, but he concluded that the jar caused by dropping the instrument had relieved the pressure upon the works, and so helped rather than harmed the free action of the electric currents.<br> While he moved through the air with an easy, gliding motion he watched with much interest the storm raging below.<br> Above his head the sun was peacefully shining and the contrast was strange and impressive After an hour or so the storm abated, or else he passed away from it, for the deep blue of the ocean again greeted his eyes, He dropped downward until he was about a hundred feet above the water, when he continued his northwesterly course.<br> But now he regretted having interfered for a moment with the action of the machine, for his progress, instead of being swift as a bird's flight, became slow and jerky, nor was he sure that the damaged machine might not break down altogether at any moment.<br> Yet so far his progress was in the right direction, and he resolved to experiment no further with the instrument, but to let it go as it would, so long as it supported him above the water.<br> However irregular the motion might be, it was sure, if continued, to bring him to land in time, and that was all he cared about just then, When night fell his slumber was broken and uneasy, for he wakened more than once with a start of fear that the machine had broken and he was falling into the sea.<br> Sometimes he was carried along at a swift pace, and again the machine scarcely worked at all; so his anxiety was excusable.<br> The following day was one of continued uneasiness for the boy, who began to be harrassed by doubts as to whether, after all, he was moving in the right direction The machine had failed at one time in this respect and it might again.<br> He had lost all confidence in its accuracy, In spite of these perplexities Rob passed the second night of his uneven flight in profound slumber, being exhausted by the strain and excitement he had undergone.<br> When he awoke at daybreak, he saw, to his profound delight, that he was approaching land.<br> The rising sun found him passing over a big city, which he knew to be Boston.<br> He did not stop, The machine was so little to be depended upon that he dared make no halt But he was obliged to alter the direction from northwest to west, and the result of this slight change was so great a reduction in speed that it was mid-day before he saw beneath him the familiar village in which he lived.<br> Carefully marking the location of his father's house, he came to a stop directly over it, and a few moments later he managed to land upon the exact spot in the back yard whence he had taken his first successful flight, 7.<br> The Demon Becomes Angry When Rob had been hugged and kissed by his mother and sisters, and even Mr.<br> Joslyn had embraced him warmly, he gave them a brief account of his adventures.<br> The story was received with many doubtful looks and much grave shaking of heads, as was quite natural under the circumstances, I hope, my dear son, said the father, that you have now passed through enough dangers to last you a lifetime, so that hereafter you will be contented to remain at home Oh, Robert! cried his mother, with tears in her loving eyes, you don't know how we've all worried about you for the past week! A week? asked Rob, with surprise.<br> </BODY></HTML> |
