The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30

tnrnius out he would clear *6o pei
acre.
- But what do You want with ST
much sugar!' asked,
.'IIe answered: why the money
there is in il. ] am going to New Or
lcans next month | mean 10 put $50,
| 900 in the bank and with the rest
propose 10 paint the city trifc Grim
SON for three months. He begged mt
/ 10 stay and take him down 10 the city
and added; But would il not give uS
u swell introduction 10 sail in on that
! nvcr of vnurs?' He insisted ihat
should stop over night at least. He
had some Young darSIcS come in and
sing and dance, and We drank iulcps
until = Il, m,
Sailed Over Storm,
81 started next morning, but not
very early. sailing duo cast. About y
y. IN | WINS sensible Of change in the
air. and looking aft | noticed the whole
southwest sky was black. with here
and there nasty green. tlngc' and
vicious lIphtcnings were blazing along
the clouds, | feared it meant n cy.
clone. | did not dare 10 land. lest !
be caught in lis vortex. and ! noticed
that il seemed to mc low lying storm,
for above the clouds tho sky was clear.
| was thinking very fast just then and
quickly reached u conclusion. | started
my "yroscope, then putting ON All the
power ] shot up into tho alr.
9. was not n moment too soon
With roar like n mad ocean the storm
swept under me-. One vagrant wave of
it struck my flyer, but, though its force
was nearly spent. the flyer pitched ond
tossed like u ship in a storm, but 1T
did not rock Had not tho gyroscope
been working al full speed do not
know what would have happened. IT
was all over in a moment. then for half
an hour I followed tho course of the
storm Its way was through n forest.
IL moved n swath as clear cut ms ever
a farmer cut one through meadow,
and it made me think Of when boy,
crossing the Gulf stream on the way
from New York 10 Aspinwall, that river
with perfectly defined banks OF the
common water of the ocean, slowed
the flyer down and with only Just
enough momentum TO keep atloat. rode
tho night out. AT daylight the eastern
ocean was IN full view.
Just for the Money.
81 made quick landing and came
down on n Georgia rice plantation. y
hoy asked me 10 the house, saving
breakfast was cooking and his father
would be glad 10 sec me. met the
old gentleman and asked what people
did there. He smiled aud pointed 10
where men were thrcshIng rice. saving
he had lust harvested 10000 bushels,
Z" But why do you want so much
ricc7' | asked him. and his answer was
like the others, for the money there
is in IT., and he explained thnt his crop
would net him more than $4,000,
"Thc children were nightly inter
estcd in my flyer. and the oldest girl,
beauty. said low 10 me: Would II
not be great to clope im7' | told her
she madc me wish | was forty Years
Younger. and with n disappointed look,
She said: Il wish you were, Then
I took the air right sudden y, for that
girl would make amy old fellow wish
he were Young again. ! skTied the
coast, intending 10 pass over Charleston.
Richmond. Washington. Baltimore aud
Philadelphia 10 New York, but strong
wind from the east caused me 10 drift
out over the ocean and later ! must
haNe crossed the ocean route between
New York and Europe. for far below
me ] saw many great steamers gong
and coming.
~ finally descended into big little
village. Ii proved TO be r great manu-
featuring town in Connecticut. \
thousand girls were Just going home
from work You never say so many
spindles and looms. They were making
cloth enough every dav TO clotbe An
army corps. / asked man what they
wanted with so much cloth and he
answered. for The money there is in
it,
''Then T went on and next time I
came down in what proved 10 he New
England coast fishing village. That
day the feet came in from the Grand
Banks, thc fishing fleet, and when they
reported how many had been lost
through the season. thc whole town was
in mourning. 1t was pitiable. Wives.
mothers. sweethearts and little chill
dren in their first day Of mourning; it
broke my heart / asked ono man why
they went out year after year. know