The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-12
FROM AUTO
TO AERO
A Modem Tr.sedy Of Upper Ooudlsnd


he came home one evening.
mol" said Mrs. Cans under her
breath. you really haven't, Edgar
Il really have. Traded my motor
car in on the deal, too. The aero car
cost me $4,000 altogether. The best
the Aerial Navigation Company would
allow me on the motor car was s2oo
Think OF it. And I've seen the time
o motor car like that was worth
s. 600"
But" ventured Mrs. Cans, aero
motoring, or whatever you may call ~.
is dangerous, don't care what they
say to the contrary. Your auto WAS
perfectly beautiful and we had such
splendid times IL it,
Well" replied Cans In defense. I
hope you didn't want me to continue
In the ranks OF the ancient. why,
every time took that auto out |
couldn't help feeling embarrassed No
matter If It was the very last thing IN
auto making, ! was back NUMBER
nevertheless. II | dared to speed a
little | was continually lodging men,
women, children. dogs, chickens po-
licemen and constables. With an aero
car | can scorch around In the
empyrean blue with nothing but clouds
| in the way And running through
towering piles OF cumulus is all the
craze in aero clubs now
From a motor car tn an aero car
was transition as abrupt as II was
| far, and Mrs Cans was apprehensive.
notwithstanding this glowing picture
| She was apprehensive because she
knew Cans much more intimately
| than he knew himself She knew him
well enough to know about what ne
would do under any given cirelSn-
stance.
Cans had been the automobile fend
OF his set He had spent more time
in and under automobiles than any
| other man he knew Motoring had
| been meat and drink to him.
For his aero ear Cans had tent
erected on the best part OF his lawn.
He took daily lessons from the agent
| of the Aerial Navigation Company.
That genial genius, whose tongue
| would have been worth about $40 a
| minute In q presidential campaign.
took Cans on short, low trips at first;
| then gradually extended them 10
greater heights and distances, untih
the new owner had his nerve and
knowledge OF the machinery OF his
| purchase.
The day Cans took his first trip
| alone wns the first day he really lived.
| He sped up to dizzy height, then
| crcied about. lowering, birdlike, above
| the landscape, while Mrs Cans, below,
sazed at Llri in open.mouthed wonder
This Ia the long-lost source or
youth" declared Cans when he alight-
cd from his car "It's simply great to
scorch up and down the environs or
heaven Remember what ! say. the
| aviator will take the place of the doc
tor Why, | feel ten years younger
| You must go with me tomorrow, Car
rie."
But" said Carrie, I've never set
foot In the air in my life and would
be horribly afraid"
Pooh. Not q bit OF danger" Cans
assured her Fact is, there's not as
| much danger up there in that aero car
as there is down here in an old-fogy
auto. Anyhow. you'd be safe with me
You'd be safe anywhere with mel
After the first shock OF dizzy nerv-
BUSINESS Mrs. Cans began to take an
interest. She was feeling that after
few more ascensions she really
Then she glanced downward over the
edge Of the car and almost faisted
They cruised close 10 a little round
silyery cloud-so close that Mrs Cans
put out her hand and let her fingers
| ripple through its surface. Then Cans
swerved gracefully around a massive
heap Of cumuIus and squared OF from
it, stopping the car
Now" he exclaimed sieefully, hold
tight. Carrie; I'm going to run through
that cloud"
He turned the power on full, but the
aero car never budsed He reversed
and tried It again. Not a wheel turned
| ] ne car lay thFfet aiUost mOuoniesS'
What on earth can be the matter
with it," Cans asked. in veNed
tone, Of Carrie, the car. and the air
around
But you're not on earth" inter
posed Mrs Cans. nervously
Cans laughed light heartedly at
what Mrs. Cans meant seriously.
Something wrong with the gear
ing" he said Fix II in moment"
Before Mrs Cans realized what was
taking place Cans monkey wrench in
hand. stepped over the side Of the car.
Edgar" she screamed in sbiect ter
ror. and then tainted
Cans shot down straight for fev
hundred feet. then his limbs spread.
and he whirlnd horribly
Il was a mangled. unrecognizsels
mass that was pried ont Of wheat
field a few miles out OF the suburban
town in which Cans lived
when his aero car stopped the stu
alton 10 Cans. was Ambiguous to
many he had been in before He
forgot that he WAS something like
noo feet in the air lie forgot every
| .ks-- o.rarf that his car Was stuck