The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-03-07
DARIUS GREEN'S SUCCESSOR.
The Wonderful Flying Machine That
Was Invented by Samuel Love.
A Disastrous Experimental Trip Made by
One Of His Sons, and the UnSelish
Spirit of Another

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to drain Pogue's run into sllbterranean river,
which he thinks runs from Michigan City to the
| Gulf of Mexico, about two hundred feet under
the surface at this point. Mr.. Love is Il phioso
pher and inventor, his discoveries being so far
in advance of the age that is feared civilization
will fail to catch up with them. 1t has
recently leaked out that he invented a flying
machine which puts the famous effort Of Mr..
| Darius Green to shame But one trip was
made with it, but that was sufficient to demon
| strate the entire practcabihty of the scheme so
Mr.. Love thinks. Heis exceedingly reticent about
the affair and has persistently refused to give
the newspapers the facts in the case. However,
Mr. Love has son William, a nice young man,
who is at present bailiff of the criminal court,
and at the urgent solicitation Of Il Journal re
porter yesterday. he consented to give an ac-
count of his fathers flying machine and
the experimental trip it made The following
truthful account is in Williams own words:
You see, my father had been acting in a very
mysterious manner for about three four
months, going early every morning into the
smoke-house and locking the door, and being
careful to have board nailed over the window,
so that my brother or l couldn't see in: and the
other day, as he arose from breakfast, he gave
Inc the tip to come out in the yard. I followed
him out and he took me around behind the
smoke house, and after looking all around to see
that TO one was in hearing distance he asked me
if i could slip in the house and bring cut four or
five sheets and quilts without being noticed. |
said could. He begged me to do 50 mmedi-
ately. which did, and when brought them out
he stretching clothesline around four trees,
which formed square. He took the sheets and
put the edges over the line and fatened them up
with clothes pins making an inclosure into which
no one could see, and | began mentally to
kick myself to think [ had never i'm
provised those sheets for my circus, which
was running nightly (playing to crowded hOuses)
in the hay-loft My admiration for my fathers
inventive talent was infinitely increased when
he stole on tptoe into the smoke-hOuse and
brought out apparatus which IN my EN-
thuslasm, Immediately took to be a new and
improved skyrocket which throws out hun
| bred tails of different colors when is bursts in
mid air. lasked him what it called, but he
| placed his fingers his lips and pointed to the
sheets. We stole inside, and he set the machine
down and rolled his eyes toward the sun and
said: How grateful, oh, how grateful [ am
THAI have lived to see this hour ! asked him
why he was so glad he was living He said:
Not for myself, my boy not for myself, but for
| you, for this day you shall be made the highest
in the land. This day you shall be made the
| most renowned person in tho world | blushed
| Think OF it my boy. You to morrow will be the
subject of long editorials; your name shall be
every tongue and We'll, what's going to raise
all this racket" I asked somewhat con
! IuSeu, 'WHdIn Lney get SUCK on me
| forf' Because, nay boy, you shall have the
| honor of making the first ascension | had
hear the word ascension mentioned in
church, and was positive in my own mind that
there had been one previously, but being
somewhat in the dark as to the exact meaning of
the word in this ease L let it pass without argu
ment. Now, Willie, he continued, Il will ex-
plain the workings of that wonderful invention
Pay close attention, for your safety depends
it, began to get interested, and the old gen
tleman continued: You see | have compressed
the machinery into very small space; to this
pole you see, is attached seat for the occu-
pant; on the top OF the pole the wings" He
pulled little iron rod and they spread out
about eight by four ''NOw, you see, underneath
the wings is the motive power, which consists of
two wheels, around the rim of which are ar
ranged, as you see those large rockets weighing
four pounds each and having great force. The
wheels are connected to the wings by iron rods
and when the wheels whin the wings work very
rapidly" had gradually tumbledas this expla-
nation proceeded. and as my respected parent
turned from the machine to me L tried TO stop
the futtering of my heart and knocking Of
my knees and look him in the eye. You see,
my child, he said. Il care naught for myself
| am growing old now and you are young, and
by allowing you to so up on this occasion, CON
fer upon you the honor of having your name
handed down to posterity i'll the pages of history
as the foremost of his time; what care for the
worlds appreciation when you are in the scales!'
And my father snapped his fingers as though the
idea was folly. My knees had been playing a
tune on each other, but when my father turned
me with a look of stern determination IN his
countenance. a look that Abraham must have
conferred on Isaac when he drew his knife, saw
in my Imagination a confused picture of myself
hanging with death grip to jumbo sky rocket
sailing through the air bathed in shower of
fire, leaving train of smoke miles behind; saw
myself flying past the sun with no time or op-
portunity to drop letter to my friends assur-
ing them of my pleasant voyage and safe arrival;
| saw l0, 900 confused sights | shall never be able
to disentangle so rapid was my flight, when l
suddenly, recollected my brother Andrew.
to the front, drew in long breath, and looked
my father square in the eye. Said l.
Father cannot tell you the feelings that take
possession of my breast when think of you
foregoing the honor, glory and pleasure of this
excursion and reinquishing it to your erring and
unworthy child" Here / wiped away great
big imaginary tear that welled up from my emo
ton, removed my cap and proceeded: But,
dear father, when L think of my loving and gen
tie brother Andy; when | think of him, ! cannot
find it in my heart to rob him of this golden OPP
portunity-this priceless boon. Dear, dear
brother" / apostrophsed, what would not
sacrifice for you" My father shut one eye,
screwed up his mouth and looked like Il three
card man when you pick up the right one. Then
his face settled into broad grin, as though he
didn't if he did lose as long as the pile
held out. and he told me TO bring
my brother, and to do it without
letting any one know what up to.
l found Andy in the garrett reading the latest
edition of ''Sixteen-string Jack, and, telling
him had some great fun on hand, he accompa
MED me down to where my father was waiting.
l got him inside the enclosure, and felt like l
had roped him against brace game. As soon
as he was within reach my father took him by
the arm and said: MY son, you have great
reason to be proud and thankful This appara-
tus you see before you is the product of years of
study, natural ingenuity and unparalleled me-
chanical skill; and the person who practically
illustrates its great worth for the first time will
be considered in every land the benefactor of
his Now, my son, your brother, l
thought perhaps, as he is rather retiring in his
get him before the world, and to him l have
rendered the first ride, and he declines to go up,
on account of his uncomfortable affection for