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 1 1 |         came to Morganton with his balloon. By waiting for a breeze
 2 1 |           could easily rise in his balloon and drift over the Great
 3 1 |           detect their source.~The balloon rose at once to a height
 4 1 |          Then, unlucky chance, the balloon was caught in an adverse
 5 1 |      citizens of Morganton saw the balloon disappear on the wrong horizon.
 6 16| constructing an enormous dirigible balloon, the “Go-Ahead.”~At a meeting
 7 16|          the construction of their balloon, this unknown Robur had
 8 16|        spectators. We saw the huge balloon rise gracefully; and, thanks
 9 16|          could. Knowing that their balloon had nothing like the horizontal
10 16|         three men rescued from the balloon leaped to the ground. The