The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-02-22
A FLYING MACHINE.

ID bne WORLD nave you peen oil tn16 Tim
s4"
Cup north" replied Jim as he COOL
secured tho best seat In the club. 4"
"What, you'll" exclaimed Bill.
"The same."
| swell, Pm But thought you despise
the Scottish people, Jim"
So I did before went AWAY, but sine
I've been north I've been forced to chang
my opinions Bit"
| "Wcll, neverl'' cried Bill. "But hoy
were you oonvertedp'
1.-THE first night spent in Barntoul di
st."
| Let's have it, then, Jim. ~
"Woll," began Jim, ION the secon
night of my tour in Scotland I found my
self behind my timetable, stranded In tn
little village of Barntoul. The only I'M
the place had was one called the Barleyoori
Arms. To this went, and right glad
was TO get there, for was dead tired. 4
wash up and good supper, however, sool
set me up again, and as 1t was too early b
turn In gtrolled down into the back par
Tor of the Inn.
"There found several villagers drink
Ing, smoking and discussing politics.
-" Hellop' cried one as I entered
What's this ye haze gotten, Jocks'
"'A stranger that's tourin ABBOTT, an
swered the landlord.
He'll be English, Two me doot, no
marked another.
"'Nane the waur for that, Bob sale
the first speaker
"'Oh, I'm no sayin that, Dauvit, though
they English budles wha come herea boot.
ha'o an awful conceit O. theirsel's.'
"'That's as maybe, said Dauvit.
What dae you kon ABBOTT IT, demand
cd Bob angrily.
MAR nor you,' answered Dauvit
By way of diversion 1 struck in with
You'll not have heard about tho new 1y
Ing machine, SUPPOSE
'Hoots man, feein machines Is auld
things in they PARTS, said tho landlord.
"'Ehl What do you meanf' l cried,
rather taken aback.
"'There, you see, put In Bob, 'ho jist
thinks we're arlignorant lot.
"'But what about these flying ma
ohines2 queried
"'Oh, there's nnethin particular, an
swered Bob Lang Tum mado ane last
fa'.'
"A man In this vllagep' asked.
"'Ou ayl Lang Tam was born here, an
has lived here a hisdays, answered Bob.
ooh, he's a wunnerfu' man, Lang Tam.
mas, continued Bob. He cam room tae
me ae day at the hnner en- o. simmer, an
says he, "'lm thinkiu on maxim 1eein
machine, says he.
"'A' RIGHT, says I, though I'm thinkin
yell be turnin intae craw sumo.
"'We'll SEQ, we'll seel' an wi that he
gaod aft hame
'Weel, for weeks on en- he keepit In
bye O. NIGHTS, chaplin an halmmerin, an,
in short, maxim his feen machine. In
ABBOTT month or MAR he draps intae this
same inn, an says he;
"'1f ony o. 70 lads want tae SEQ me
1eein, come tae the Knows next Seterday
sftornune.
'Of course maist the hale village
turned DOT, for, 20 ken, budy aeein wasna
a sicht tae BIO seen every day, leave alamo
1t bein ane o. oor ain folk. Weel, close on
hauf three, Lang Tam appears WI twa
men ahint him, carryin the Geein machine.
"'The machine l0okit for a. the warld
like big bird, there beln a wudln body
for Lang Tam tue hang on tae, an twa big
wing shapit things, which were for feein
wi.
"Asides these there was sma' balloon
tied on abune the machine, for maxim 1t
gang UP, Lang Tam said. Weel, cfter the
balloon was filed O. gas Lang Tam babe
us a gudebyo an syne ho was strappit on
tae tho frame the rope was cut, an ava
he gaod salin up bonnily
ut was an awful quate day, so the
fieoln machine shot STRAIGHT up. We a.
stood starin, sac n5tonshed that we couldna
cen gle bit cheer. ABBOTT three hummer
feet abune tho Knowe tho machine stappit,
an syne wo a watched tae see Lang Tam
feein; but, look as we likit, dell flee did
we see. Tbs thing jist hung up there quite
quate, no budg!n nae woy. An oor gaed
bye al still the ma0hlno didna move, an
then we egan tue think somethin had sure
ly gaun wrang.
captain Bruce, wha sailed ava tae In
dia jist last week there, he gets cot his
spyglcss an las bit squint up tae sec
what was the matter wi Lang Tam. He
could max naethin OF ava but no said he
saw that Tam was levin RIGHT ENOUGH.
Then the skulemaister he talks look
through the captains gless, an says he,
'Ihere'll be somethip gaun wrang WI they
muckle wings, I'm thinkin, that's keepin
Lang Tam frae Vaughn them, says he.
Aye, that'll be 1t, says the captain,
for saw him masel' workin fell hard WI
his arms.
cts wunner he disna haul the valve
rope an come doom, says tho meenister,
apearn on the scene
THAT'S no tae be wunnered at ava,
answers tho skulemaister, for, as max
it DOT, the en- O. the ropes got on to the
tap O. the frame.
Why does he no. unstrap himsel' an
climb up to the rope, thenS' speers tho
meCnister.
He couldna> If no wanted tae,' says
the skulomaister for we strapplt his arms
on tao the en- osthe wings as he tells.
That's peoty, gangs on the mcenis.
ter 'liae name o. ye plan for gettin him |
doom, for we Gamma afford tae leave him up |
there
"'Ayc, aye, ye're RIGHT there, says the |
captain. Moo, II there had been cen tho |
least Whit o. wind we MIGHT haze flown q |
kite up an pulled Tam doom that wey'
"On till aicht o'clock we stood lookin |
an wunnorin what tao dae, while Lang !
Tam hung up there jist the same. We were
beginnin tae think he would list haze tae
dee, unless it began tae blaw, when the !
doctor cam on the scene. When he found |
DOT what was wrang, says he:
"'l think ken hoo we'll get him DOOM !
says he. We'll haze tae telegraph intae the !,
toon for balloon an sen 1t up for him.
"Tae max lang story short, the doc.
tors plan was agreed on, an balloon
was ordered frae the toon, Hoover, Lang
Tam had tae bido where he was a Setter
day NIGHT an a Sunday on Sunday nicht
for 1t wasna till Monday mornin that the
balloon cam.
"He was ill for mony day efter that,
an can tell ye he leaves neein tae birds
moo an has ta'en tae quater an safer pur-
suits scottish Nights.
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A Mistake.