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But Riley, looking over the country and taking account of the direction
in which the balloon was traveling, was unaware that he had taken on
another passenger.
Hand over hand Ted climbed steadily, until at last he reached the car
and looked over the edge of it.
Riley's back was toward him, and noiselessly Ted slipped over the side
and into the basket.
Then the midget happened to turn his head, and saw Ted and uttered a
frightened cry, which brought Riley around so that he found himself
looking into the cold, dark bore of Ted's forty-four.
"Got you!" said Ted coolly.
"How did you get here?" said Riley, trying to smile. "If I'd known that
you wanted to come I'd have waited for you."
"I don't think," said Ted. "But now we'll go down."
"No, I've got to give the people a run for their money. We must go a
little farther."
"I said we'd go down."
"But we can't until the gas gets cool and exhausts. I have no escape
valve."
"Then I'll shoot a hole in the bag. I guess we'll go down then.


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