The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-16
DARIUS GREEN
FAILS TO STAY UP
In Which Event, He Adds for Every
body's Benefit: take Care How
You Light
BY ). 7. TrowbrIdse. stan Correspond

there lived a Yankee lad, wise or
otherwise, good or bad, who. seeing
the birds ny. didn't jump with tapping
arms from stake or stump, or, spread
ing the tails of his coat for sail. take
a soaring leap from post OF rail, and
wonder why he couldn't fly, and fiap
and fiutter. and wish and try.-if ever
you knew q country Ounce who didn't
try that as often as once, all can say
Is, that's sign he never would do
for hero OF mine.
An aspiring genius was ID. Green:
the son. OF iarmer-ag e iop W.. ms
right for flying, as will be seen; he
had two eyes as bright as a bean and
q freckled nose that grew between, a
he had riveted his attention upon his
wonderful invention, twisting ms
wings. and with every turn OF gimleI
and screw turning and screwing his
mouth round too, till his nose seemed
corner, of new baked pies, and his
wrinkled cheeks and his squirting eyes
grew puckered into queer grlmace,
that made him look very droll In the
And wise he must have been, to do
more than ever genius did before, ex-
ceptlng Daedalus OF yore and his son
Icarus, who wore upon their backs
those wings OF wax he had read of In
the old almanacs. Darius was clearly
of the opinion, that the air Is also
mans domain, and that, with paddle or
fin or pinion. we soon or late shall nav
igate the azure as now we sail the sea.
The thing looks simple enough to me;
reasoned about it, The birds can fly.
an why can't I? Must we give in,
says he with grin, that the bluebird
an phoebe are smasser M we eer ' en
blackbird an catbird beat us holler?
docs the little chatterin', sassy wren,
no biggsr'n my thumb, know more IMAM i
the bat hez got more brains than's in
my hat, an I'll back down an not TIL
He argued further; "Nur can't see
what's tn use o. wings 10 humble
bee, fur 10 git a Twin with. more'n to
me;-aint my business importants
muss.@him an his daddy DaedaIus.
They might "a knowed wings made o
wax wouldn't stand sun-heat an hard
whacks. I'll make mine o. luther Ur
And he said to himself. as he
tinkered and planned: but ] aint
Eoin' to show my hana 20 tba fnss
idee that's big an, grand" So he kept
his secret from all the rest, safely but
toned within his vest: and In the lott
thimble and thread and wax and ham,
mer and buckles and screws, and all
such things as geniuses use;---two bats
coaI-pot and pair of bellows; some
wire, and several old umbrellas; car
rlage-covet for tail and wings: piece
and a big strong BOX. in which he locks
these and a hundred other things
Ills srInaning broth srs Kensen ana ana
Solomon, Turk around the corner. to see
him work,-sitting cross-iegged, like
Turk. drawing the ,waxed-end
holes with a comical quirik OF his wise
old head, and a knowing smirk But
vainly they mounted each others backs,
pried through cracks: with wood from
the pile and straw from the stacks he
plugged the knot-holes and calked the
one would think he had brought up
into the loft to drink when he CHANGED
to be dry. stood always nigh. for Dari-
US was sly! And whenever at work he
blinking eye, he let the dipper OF wa
ter fly. Take that! an eff ever We git
a peep guess yen ketch weasel
big strong box: THE weasers head is
small an trim, an he IL little an long
an slim. an quick of motion an
vised by me. keep wide awake when
ye're ketchin' him"
So day after day he stitched and
tinkered and hammered away, till at
iast't was done,--the greatest inven-
tion under the sun! An now" says
Darius, "hooray fur some fun!'
weather was dry, and not q cloud was
on all the sky, save few light heeces:
which here and there, half mist, half
air, like foam on the ocean went noat-
ing by--just as lovely morning as
ever was seen for a nice little trip in
a flying machine: -
Thought cunning Darius: Now
sha'n't go along ith. the fellers to see
the show. I'll say I've got sich ter
rible cough, an then, when the folks
ave all gone OF, I'll hev full swing fur
to try the thing, an practice little
Amt goin' to see the celebration2,,
says brother Nate. No; botherationl
gracious!-FeFs though / should fy!"
60" but Darius said, Hno! Shouldn't
wonder z you might see , me- ns, though isss
jumpin. thumpin' pain n my head,
for all the while to himself he said: Il
tell ye what! III fly a few times around
i've got the hang o. the thing. ez like
ly's not, I'll astonish the nation; an all
creation. by fyin' over the celebration!
over their heads I'll sail like an eagle;
I'll balance myself on my wings like a
sea-gull; I'll dance on the chimbleys;
I'll stand on the steeple, III mop up
~
light on the liberty pole. an crow; an
IN say to gawpin fools below: What
worlds this ere that I've come nearT
Fur I'll make 'em b'lieve I'm chap
rm the moon an I'll try race 18th
their oil balloonH
He crept from his bed. and, seeing
the others were gone, he said I'm
Rittin' over the cold n my head" And
away he sped. to open the wonderful
box In the shed.
- aN Nn Mn faHan oh al
to say: What is the Teller up. hey?'
do no, --the's suthin' ur other to pay,
ur he wouldn't "a stayed TO hum to-
day" says Burke: His toothache's
o'-July, ef he hedn't got some machine
to try" Then Sol, the little one. spoke:
"Consarn! les hurry back an hide n
the barn. an pay him fur tellln' US
that yarn" Agreed! Through the
fences. behind the stack, and one by
one through a hole In the wall, IN
under the dusty barn they crawl.
dressed in their Sunday garments all:
and a very astonishing sight was that,
when each in his cobwebbed coat and
hat came up through the floor like an
And there they hid And Reuben slid
the fastenings back. and the door un-
did. Keep dark said he. while l
As knights OF old put on their MALL
from head to foot an iron suit, iron
Jacket and iron boot. iron breaches,
and on the head. no hat, but an iron
pot instead, and under the chin the
bail. Il believe they called the thing
"a helm). then sailed forth TO over
whelm the dragons and pagans that
plagued the realm, so this modern
knight, prepared for flight. put on his
wings and strapped them tight,--joInt-
49, M lob