The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-09-20

.-s,ss the lield the mechanics slow
! sheslsa The blg Curtiss biplaue.
I palle.i a cap tight down over
- Asaa. and fastened on 4 pair
Z rxrlss | vas ready.
ussge lmpFusised seat had been
usu, lur ne on one OF The planes,
49, "a he engine With my
ssnas rasplhg the supports. my
f.es hsaesd AGAINST a wire foot
"a / al sAeFe tease. waiting for
tAs suglne n start
lxns mss a little frightened
N. mwAss bad heard Of aviatOrs
vAa haA ues With terrible acct.
asafs pressed laso my mind Was
fnsaly doing very reckless
arg
htFe heard aviaiors say that
Ter a. nef hse 80 take a woman
o. fixAf because she might
x~san. Or lose her nerve. or faint
. ] rcsulEed that. no matter how
terrified | might b.. would Just
q .lshs and hold fast
sstfenly the engine whlrred I
md feel the wiud Of il and the
ar;khing. MIR willard slipped
esckfy into bis seat beside me.
ri TIE song of tho engine rose
nd and cracking IN my ears. The
nwhine started. | chung tightly
as siplane rushed along the turf:
aiaae. Il vas in the air. flying.
ne solid earth fell away from
r. seemed 70 feat close to the
IT.. No more Of fear. only sxhiI-
rsilon. the soy which comes from
nrlA notion. deep breathing and
o. open sky
TIE sensation Of Tying Is the
rsry essence % exhilaration. eiari-
hed n the higher airs
When we shot from the earth I
lseksd Of the crowd In the grand
ran4 I could hear the cheers
hintiy Far below ! could see peo-
- sssnding In the fields gazing up
h astaniShmeni They looked a.
fskslr faces bad been laid fiat on
n crowns Of their heads. BY some
til mistake
Epssamer ship 10 sail the
rAEss sky And the sky was
~ 43llke an ocean. The wind
Frzyr broke in my face. The
izn d the breeze bubblod about
~ ears There was no sound but
a< hard whir az the engine. like
~ buzz Of huge beetle on whose
hek vas riding.
Below the country changed from
ne fields dotted with tiny honsea
. tie still water Of the bay. gray
WIN the reflection Of the misss
Little boats bobbed here and there.
incnofsd IN their element. while
Tuagsd on through mine.
he broad beaches were contract
e ey the perspective o. distance
mo scarcely enough sand Tor
shlfs playground. The water
ass@d At them, leaving them white
VIII foam.
AL ihat EsS solid or familiar now
Nsaled 70 distant. so remote. Il
- impossible to believe that I
az seen in the air but a minute.
20 Suddenly everything grew even
zrs remote
~ without warning. the misfs
Asa about the biplane and shut
= the world On the fragile
aAip we we're alone in space
asry aide there was nothing
hlmy mist. scarcely firm
zh 70 b. felt as n brushed
a. ny face. We were wfnging
Fay between the earth and shy
solid cloud 81 mist.
~ refe lost In the mist No
ahafk vas visible, nothing any.
49, out the soft film. II was as
.ae blpiane. pluuging through the
haa been a submarine boat
.slag through the depths o. the
Ia 70 completely Immersed
49, ~ se 10 the fog and 30 shut out
-, az else of The world
sse hrm earth now was nothing
80. remembrance. and the un.
49, d Tying through the soft
- N which we we're Lost was
~ 'iy reality As gazed into a.
H. seemed firm One could
pssaaaded that u was solid
~. ADy forward wheel of the b.
49, SUI carrying the lmpatua
va a az ne start. spun around as
l. we're rolling over a boulevard
~. saa Of vhlrling uselesgly 400
n aooFe the earth.
,,s,a 49, moment vas overfnIl Of sen.
svs.a CHS Something appealed 10
be,.h, sens The rarlfied air
nys ssn' With Il ranfied thought
4. @s. = seems 70 me - GOOD for
4 SUI The mist seemed fo be-
,a..slen'y which dissolved the
y e., Ge.' leaFing only The spirit on
~. ~, the cracking Of the bee.
~ Wigs ineeaaauf
~ an. a. suddenly ae he biulape
w. shlesed Tho mist. h shot out
Me-, WIN mighty downward
n.. Once more tho nn,,
4, nsS laha lay beneath ME-. wlth
IA tasfass md crooked streams
ent sie and there. close 40 ne
"a birds darted "
49, ~" NE bIpiane flew stssdif, g,.