"Want to take a sail through the clouds for a change ?" "Massa Tom, am yo' really thinking ob goin' up in dat contraption ?" demanded the colored man, earnestly.
"Sure thing, Aleck.

And you'll want to go, too, before long.

Think of flying along like a bird!" And Tom Rover spread out his arms and moved them slowly up and down.

"Oh, it's grand!" "Yo' won't be no bird when yo' come down ker-flop!" murmured Aleck, soberly.

"Yo' will be all busted up, dat's wot yo'll be!" "We won't fall, don't you worry," continued Tom.