Five Weeks in a Balloon

CHAPTER FORTY-SECOND.

A Strug­gle of Gen­eros­ity.–The Last Sac­ri­fice.–The Di­lat­ing Ap­pa­ra­tus.–Joe’s Adroit­ness.–Mid­night.–The Doc­tor’s Watch.–Kennedy’s Watch.–The Lat­ter falls asleep at his Post.–The Fire.–The Howl­ings of the Na­tives.–Out of Range