Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-08-10
lust MERELY SURPRISING.
What May Happen When the A'rsh'p
Is Fairly Launched.

AIRY IduuSuSN'
There is very little doubt 'hat ,ne
a,rship is an accomplished fact Wn"'
hoo,s q year or two when time is NY
ING as swiftly as 1t does nowadays'
pr+ bos any one considered the new
dangers that will follow In the wake
Of the new machines? Does any one
imagine that life for him VIII De the
old care free existence that 1t has been
for most of us, that when the air Is
filled with iron and steel ana "oou
man will go his way unheeding upper
yther us of oldT
or course, in the very nature Vi
things. the first to equip themselves
with aerial racers will be the reckless
dsvus who now run gasoline Jugger-
nauts on our highways.
Is It not easy to imagine what 'hey
Will do when they get up IN the ar :
VIII life ON the surface of the earth
have any semblance Of safety whiie
"white eagles" and "red hawks are
coreering in upper air, spilling out
tools and now and then an occupant
I'm these pleasant days If man Is
walking about New York all he mas 10
! tbink of are the trolleys, the motor
cvcles. the ordinary wheels, the auto.
mobiles the dear old horse cars ana
the other horse drawn vehicles III
ending the fire engines and the am
hulonces. If he is alert and spry us
chance of life Is as good as that OF a
soldier In q secondary skirmish. Ills
odvarsories are all on the level, so 10
sneak. and he can see what IS coinins
without raising his eyes to heaven,
tbino that mankind fell out Of the hapl'
Of doing ages ago. -
But with the upper air full OF SHIPS
and the ships full of people ana many
Of the people full OF the intoxicatiol
horn of free life In the VOID, why,
r would not write any pedestrians IN
t suronce without charging prohioitiV'
, premium. .,,,oO :,
. Let us suppose two irresponsibies II
= an airship. ~
. "Hand me that wrench, Bill. There
: something the matter with TINS nu'
and want TO take 1t off. Look OUT
: Gee. YOU Just missed hitting that ehim
= nev, Can't you steer? .Oh, you care
( loss idiot! What did you drop ina
Q wrench for? 1t struck the north hsn
IN that studio building. Let's get ava
@ ouick III bet that you've killed ID
{ artist at work, to say nothing OF io'
|. ING the only wrench we have. Hello
Did YOU see that? An old chap lie
d out of that pink machine, ana II
g blamed IL he didn't grab the spire
r, Grace church, and there he Isl?
ii Shall we rescue him
"Rescue nothing. What's the ma
II fer with his own people doing IT."
q. "Wen. I'm going down there ai''
" that wrench. 1 don't see any comm
ZION around that studio building. Gue'
we didn't kill any one"
III The airship turns, goes back, drol
70 until it is about five feet above u
ground glass north light, and theh u
IS man who dropped the wrench, MAXI
n. q cone of his hands, calls OUT
m Say, you artist below there did "
hear anything drop"
IT. A moment later a skylight Is opene
e. and an excited man In a blue Diou
Sc makes his appearance.
or "Did you drop that wrenchT
Is Eyes; awfully sorry. Did you nj
n 1T"
at 81 came near finding 1t on my heS
nd and if YOU were in balloon instead
ND an airship I'd put you out of comm
sion. Confound you all! Life Isl
lr- worth living since you left the n'g
ID, ways"
tie Lets have the wrench, that's 90
an fellow" - Charles Battell LOOMS
de Century.