Just me (1919)

Record Details:

Title:
Just me
Date:
1919
Publisher:
New York : George H. Doran Company
Volume:
Just me
Leaf #:
000188
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
April 18, 2024
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JUST ME didn't dare take a chance of dropping any lower and from now on we could only hope to wait until we were carried somewhere into open country. We crossed over the downtown district and then swung up the North River, then across Blackwell's Island, then back again South over toward Brooklyn for a while, more gas escaping from the balloon all the time. We had been up now over three hours, and by this time we were flying only about eighteen hundred feet up. Then we took another turn North and we saw a large open space before us. "Ah, this is our chance," said my companion. "Take the glasses and see what it is." I took a peek and saw that the ground was dotted with little blocks of marble. Oh! Gentle Kaiser! It was a cemetery. "Well," I said, "I guess it's the graveyard for us, and anyway, it may be better so, 'cause most likely that's going to be our home from now on." But that was not to be. We only passed over one corner of the cemetery, so landing there was out. We drifted on for about half an hour and were getting a little lower down all the time. Then a little open country was sighted in the distance with the [178]