The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-13
A New Method Of
Rescue
BY ROCKFORD KING
Copyright, 1910. BY American Press
Association

People wondered why / took such in.
terest IN aeropianes. why contln.
ually practiced At driving them. why
studied different makes. Then. when
he'd .e&et q aigat into distant
land, no one knew where. and after
my return all my interest In air navi-
cation bad vanished they wondered
still more.
have been a great traveller. though
am not yet thirty years old Some
years ago while In Russia | made the
acquaintance. followed by the friend
ship, Of a member Of the American EN-.
bassy OF 81 Petersburg. Ia this way
saw something Of court life there
One night at a function at the Winter
palace | was introduced 10 the daugh-
ter Of general 10 the Russian service
Not for an earIdom would / give her
name. 30 ] shall call her Sophia. In
my travels have picked up number
u foreign languages. Russian | speak
tolerably. and Sophia spoke some Eng.
llsh. There usually comes In a mans
life. II Il comes when be Is young.
some woman who appeals to him as no
other woman has ever appealed 70 him.
From the moment met Sophia |
knew that one had risen up IN my path
whom | must possess. else the vitality
had passed out OF my life
went 10 my hotel after my first
meeting with her TO lie awake half
the night with the comfort one feels
IL having found a mate. and the other
half l dreamed OF her. From that
time for several months l was with
her as often as Russian etiquette
allows. I danced with her. skated
with her. | met her at the opera and
on court gala occasions She gave me
unmistakable signs that IN me she had
found what had found In her But
when came to tell her my story her
whole manner changed.
sNo. no. no." she moaned. II have
permitted myself TO sink into a dream.
You have awakened me. have done
very wrong. Go away from me. For.
get me"
What there was between her and me
that led her to talk thus / could not
induce her 70 tell left Russia and
tried to forget her ] continued my
travels. but the interest for me had
gone out Of the eurioslties OF travel
The pyramids. the Coliseum. the
works Of art that had before fascinat-
cd me. were now unable 10 move me.
One day took up a newspaper and
saw by telegraph from Russia that a
conspiracy against the life OF the car
had been discovered and that the
daughter Of a prominent general had
been implicated. Something told me
that she was Sophia. returned to
ST. Petersburg TO learn thar my antlci-
patton was correct. The girl loved
had already been sent 10 Siberia. Now
! understood her action toward me,
fels that esees ssasss - s'rsas .s;s1iss,s
SONIA. A famous traveller was 10 St
Petersburg at the time and was about
to start. with the permission OF the
Russian government, TO write up the
condition 81 siberian exiies. ! sue
eeeded In inducing him 70 appoint me
tbs secretary. or amanuensis IN this
way would be able 70 locate the girl
/ had made up my mind 70 free. On
arriving 10 the prison region learned |
that sophla's father had been enabled |
to secure for her simply exile, not i'm
prisonment. She was living IN a hut |
close By prison Escape for her was
as impossible as II she had been with
IN stone walls But her position was
encouragement for me. whose life |
work was TO take her out Of Siberia.
/ saw her talked with her and told
her that during the same month TAU
gust the following year to expect me
with means By which to give Der her /
freedom
That autumn and winter l was
known to be one Of the principal devo-
tees to the navigation Of the air, / /
tried every kind OF aeropane that had |
been invented. | made long flights
both by day and by night | few to
the Land of the Midnight Sun In the |
dead Of winter that might become |
used to flying In the cold | tried for
no prizes. entered no contests. work
ed with one purpose IN view. That |
was to make fight 70 Russia. swoop |