Middletown transcript., 1910-10-15

Jim Daniels isn't the man fol-
you. l won't have him for q son.
in-law.
Jeremiah Walsh strobe back
ward and forward before the big
fireplace in the dining room and
tried to scowl fiercely upon the
fearful piece of femininity which
huddlcd in one corner ola win
dow seat. Jeremiah Walsh, ex.
pressing his final and unchange-
able opinion, was an object to
inspire tears, even to his own
daughter.
But, Dad, began a shaBy voice
from the window seat.
There are no butts Nary q
but reioined jeremiah That
young fool you want to marry
will go up some day in one of
those crazy birds of his, and
when he comes down yon'l be q
widow, or you would if you mar
ried him, he added. But you
won't.
Having Jim characterized as a
young fool was bad enongh, but
to have his beautiful flying mach
ines called crazy birds-that was
entirely too much. Marion arose
promptly from her seat, shook
out her mussed.up gown with q
few angry jerks, and flung her
head high.
Dad, she said, and her voice
was omfnously cool. Dad, / think
you are-you're a perfect beast
If you weren't such a-sueh an
old granny. you'd take some in
terest in the man-in those who
are teaching the world to fly;
who are
Teaching the world to break
its neck! interjected jeremiah
scornfully,
Marion ignored his remark.
Who are making practical a
new line of locomo tion, she con.
tinued.
Locomotion-from loco, crazy;
motion, to move, interrupted her
father again.
Which will eventually do away
with all these screeching, grind.
ing, crawling old trains and
steamboats,
Jeremiah Walsh had grown
wealthy though his railroad and
steamship stocks, and his deugh-
ter's explanation of the ideals of
the flying men was no balm to
his injured feelings.
Yes he grcwled. They II take
people up into the air on a pair
of sheets backed by q paraIytio.
engine, and when they get 'em
up there, the sheets win rip or
the engine will have another
stroke, or some internal balloon.
ist will drop a sandbag into the
internal economy of the bag
and then Catch me going up
in one of those crazy-one of
those crazy June.bugs and-and
you can marry Jim Daniels any
old time you want.
The mere idea that under any
conceivable conditions, she might
marry Jimmie, as she called him,
stirred the girl strangely.
But Dad, she resumed. You
don't understand. You don't
know what it means to the men
wholly.
I'll bet I do, replied Jeremiah
testify; a funeral.
Evena funeralis is better than
doing nothing at all replied the
girl, dabbing one eye with her
handkerchief. Just look at what
they We done Just look st what
Wright has done; look ct Paul. |
uau with his Farman biplane;
look at Delagrange; look at
Who are theyf ! don't know
'em: But you seem to be very |
well posted on what do you call
'em, loconantics
Marion shifted contemptuously
II yen are going toact silly
Her father eyed her sternly
Sillye It's Marion Walsh Who's |
acting silly; and al over q man
who conldn't take out dollars
worth Of life insurance TO protect
bis widow.
Illon't care not q bit, replied
Marion. Idon't want his money.
He has none, Jeremiah pointed
out
Iwaut him,
And that's just exactly what
i've been wasting al hour telling
you that you can't have,
But / win The girls eyes