Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 415
it was doing in that quiet air, hemight hang there for days, until he perished fromcold or starvation, or fell to the earth from sheerweakness. If he pulled the valve cord, he mightbe home in time for supper. The thought made from one side—the possibility of safety on theother. Then he pulled the… … FORD PULLED THE VALVE CORD AGAIN, AND YET AGAIN. him smile—supper and the earth seemed so faraway—so much a part of some past life, so littlein common with balloons, and great heights, anddifficult problems such as he had to solve. If hepulled the ripping cord—! The question was, which ? Ford…
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