The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-21

! however ne pNiu out INe ING rs iilst lis
| he could, and SO managed 10 keep the
kite steady. He was little afraid that
it would accidentally get away from
| him, go he tied the end OF the string
round his waist. There was where he
lnade his great mistake.
1.-THE kite attracted good deal OF at
tention in the town, and everybody
agreed that tho figure in the middle Of
the kite was remarkably good repre-
sentation OF a darkey, but nobody
thought for moment that it was q
genuine darkey. Lie had forgotten, in
estimating the amount Of tail that the
kite required, the fact that the wind
might rise while the kite was in the air,
and that in such CAGE tho amount oftail
might not be enough to keep it from
diving. That is Just what happened.
| After tho kite had run out all the string,
and was as high as the string would let
it 20. the wind increased, and the
kite began to dive. Now, everybody
knows that diving is one OF the
most dangerous things kite can do,
and unless it can be stopped it is sure
to bring the kite down and smash it to
pieces. Moreover, in this particular
case, there was Aristophanes, who was
pretty sure to be frightened by the div
| ing OF the kite-that is, supposing that
lie was awake. When kite dives the
only remedy is to give it string. AS
| Lie had no moro string to let out he
was Obliged to do the next best thing.
which was to slack the string by run
ming with it towards the kite. That
stopped the diving, but only for mo-
ment. Every time that Lie tried to
stop running, and managed to hold back
n little against the kite, it would begin
to dive again, and about half the time
| it was describing circles in the air, and
turning Aristophane9 upside down.
However, Lie knew that so long as he
could keep the kite from dashng itself
to the ground the darkey would come
to no harm.
THE wind kept on increasing,
and tho kite pulled harder than
ever. Even if Lie had not wanted to
run, the kite would have dragged him.
He went through the town At about
eight miles an hour, yelling to every.
body lie met, Gimme some string.
But nobody understood what he said,
and they all thought that it was good
| Joke to sec n fat little man carGering
over tho country in tow OF big kite.
| OF course they supposed that Lilo was
acting OF his own free will aud accord.
They knew that he was peculiar in his
ways, and they fanciod that he was TAX
ing little holiday after his hard work.
So beyond encouraging him TO Keep 1t
up. and rGmarking to one another that
Lie was the most amusing darned fool
in the county, they paid no attention
to his outcries.
"Mv brother was not used to active
exercise, and had next to no wind. The
longer he ran with the kite, the more
he felt convinced that a tragedy'was
about to happen. Ii he kept on run
ming, he believed he would drop
dead with stoppage OF the
heart, and il he stopped running
he knew that the kite would dash Aristo-
planes to pieces, and though, OF course,
| it was not as if Aristophanes had been
white boy, still there was the chance
that his parents would be disagreeable
if he were killed. They were ordinary
ignorant darkeys, with no sort OF love
Tor science. But Lilo had grit in him,
in spite of all the science that no had
pumped into his head. lie stuck to the
kite string, and ran his level best until
the moment came when he was unable
TO catch another breath. Then he
threw himself against telegraph pole,
and chung to it with MI his might. The
kite couldn't drag him away from it,
and so it gave one tremendous dive, and
Lie felt by the sudden slackening OF
the string that tho kite had reached the
ground.
at came down in the middle of
negro camp meeting that was in progress
about a quarter of mile away. The
spot was a sandy one, and the kite,
which naturally fell head downward,
buried the ends OF its upper sticks in the
sand, and did no injury whatever to
Aristophanes. The chain tail, how
! ever. damaged the eye OF the Rev.
Hannibal Blue, and then hit the Rev.
Julius Cesar Washington on tho side
OF tho head. and stunned him for half
an hour. There was n good deal oil eX-
| citemeut in the camp when Aristo-
planes descended. Most OF tho colored
people were OF the opinion that he was
m angel who had come down to express
his satisfaction with the services,
though the Rev. Mr.. Blue was strongly
of tho opinion that Aristophanes was
tho devil in porson, who was seeking to
bullet the faithful. In time, however,
Aristophanes was recognized as the pri-
vate servant of Massa Lie, and was re-
leased from the kite and allowed to re.
turn to Lies workshop to report the
| rosult of lila vovnUe in the llying ma.
chine.
"rhe flying mathine was never tried
again. Lie had had enough OF 1t, and
besides some OF the Rev. Mr.. Blues
friends, who were not exactly what you
would call law abiding citizens, sent
Lie word that they rather thought that
If he quit inventing things no would
live longer than he otherwise might.
Aristophanes didn't seem to think any
thing OF his adventure, and said he was
ready to go up again whenever Massn
Lilo should want to send him. But
Lie told him that ne intended to make
little modification in his flying ina
chine before using it again; That was
what he always said when he gave an
invention mp as bad job. and accord
in.ly nobody ever saw or heard any
thing OF the flying machine again. He
was a remarkable man was my brother,
and the doctor OF the asylum where. he
spent his declining years said that he
was the most interesting lunatic that he
had ever me-"
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