The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-01

showed tina; it wa7 time for hlrris 20 20
A.. torbed
From tho gloomy laos about the
Wright hangErs after tombstone came
down wIrh tn. worlds record. Il gloom
raised :" the nth power On the fac -
Johnston" himself. orc would think that
the star ~ the star Dust Twins had inst
been arrested Tor colidiuG with . subway
train Rtr one could understand the
reasol for the gloom n one hed haa ri
the confident predict ions ali a,oT as
Johnstone fret started out hat he would
stay rI7 until ne hai climbed ~ 1900
feet or better Hence the positive dis,are
about the Wright camp in bein q compnIlad
to make rneasly old worlds record Of
only g7Ig fc..+
-Johns,pne was climbing all tho time
said Wilbur Wright, and II he had had
more experience with the machine n"
could hav. climbed rha ~ feet more
which wouli have given hlri the 1890
foot mark In. hiplan- will get that
high. higher hope. b.for" long
o.. orI'K CLIMBING oF GOLDEN STAIRS
tombstone got away from n font Of
his nan gar ~ : ~ O'Clock in rfe aft e-noor
and began TO climb gpidel stairs straight
up from m. iield with Sonde 'fIl rapidIty
All the preparations around the " lghr
tents just before b. started ~ N the
FL little Wright -rnadster' thai was bull,
especially fn- 80 ord climbing by BrookIns
indicIted ~ the g""-Ips standing Gloss.
by that ~nau-'3'ir: put Of IN. ordinary
was unl'.~ W."
The Wright 49, rciS thens.I .,-s - o..
all a.tivitv Ni-p form Ihs 'It.i., &c..
stock a,iatr. IL ~" rre- .!o.r...
walked Inward uIS u'I"hIr" anil he ~.
back an ihI- l."rtiruL.! ,,.lu'.r ,,~s kItn,
inc Wright always WA- r4y.v 70 h.,f
brothers lid" and watched .uHIous!y
with them all that hid - 10 with the
preparations rhr-r were loaEc- ;rnL"..
ings and test -. Of he engines and M.
whole aeroph. % got moe. preliminary
manicifriny AMI fIln ~ expended upon y
while II tugged TO- Start shan usual
Johnston. ~ r'rc 'U"antI-.rc had wrapped
around himself roll of sweaters that .
.iound couIdn't I:.ap over Inc cap and
IN curtains whi"l even over the face hung
down to his shoulders. was a brand new
night to folks who have come 10 expect
almost any so:t Of creation now afte: a
week Of watching the latest cuts in ayia.
ton harness And the cap had an added
fascination In that 50 far as lines are
concerned ~ was the counterpart of the
black cap which is worn by the guest Of
honor AT formsl hangings
Bur at twenty minutes 10 tombstone
was ready 10 leave not only the continent
Of North America but even Arch Hox.
sey. the other Tw below him Hoxsey
stood back against the hangers unhap-
PLY and w. led Friend Johnstone's
!takeof II. . had hopes. had Hox.ey
until the l., that IN the ahsenc. 81
Brookns. still IaId up at the Hotel Manhat-
tan as a result Of his fail on Saturday.
that Teacher would stop AZ he HIS when
running down the h-r IT his pupils TO find
a substitute for Brookins ~ the nigh
climb. But Ho4sey may have the neat
chance.
Johss-:one seemed TO bc almost thou .
sand fe't high IN one wide swing ~ Ih. :
two and "a half klomet"r cours. The
quick way whirh the tiny chatterbnN Il
silverei wood ana Erdy whit" muslin
kicked It.en upward toward IN" Llu"
ceiling MS pLr,cuhriy pleasing - 'h.
wright camp. IRON Wilbur. dean 81 all
Hers. along through ~" rU~. of the. Nr,Kni
foik- ard tn'.I down 10 the nurbI..,
work 'a"r a..ou' 10, tents For h. v n khf- !
during he pr'--rn meet had stnvrd IN
th" nIr tT" long b.. iOwn the highest
made iI- fusS.sJ ,uofi tap 81 th.. nee.
jB coGrsing she two and . half kilometer
TRACK IN l minute 20 8, -..rpnds and had
absolutely rUb away from every rype OF
pachiro AZ the Insot-- In the world for
THAT r1a.s~r-in ths matter - control by
climbing higher than Il f,I,l-, and u hall
IN vis!oT' wind-lor;n thot literally bl.w
their roa~.iines f"r miles backward hut
could no; rock th--n from their ka.is
and now there was promise that before