Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-09-06
~ A Romance
Of Flying
| ANES :
Copyright. 1909. by the Bobbs-
Merrill Company

to the sculptor. Most beauteous
princess of the Apaches. how?"
THAT you. Craig?' called down the
sculptor. What. not sober? Go after
the police. Turn these people out
please. Craig!'
"Friends OF mine." said Craighead
II advertised for 'em. Hope you
haven't been incommoded. old man."
mot at ALL" replied the sculptor sar.
castically. "But get them out so Miss
Brown and can descend.
Craighead's manner of disposing of
the crowd commanded Mr.. Waddy's
sincere respect. He went about with
marvellous rapidity. sending away those
whose nonutility was unquestionable
and making engagements with others
at "our Wall street office" the name
of which made everybody more re-
spectful.
The dinner to which Mr.. Craighead
took Mr.. De Land, Miss Brown and
Mr.. Waddy was the first of series
which reduced Mr.. Waddy to torpor.
The old gentleman. In his long frock
coat which buttoned to surtOut, his
frowzy face and his evident attach
ment to Mr.. Craighead. was remember
ed in certain ultra bohemian circles
for his surreptitiOus sinking into the
dimmest corners Of cafes and roof gar
dens. Hehad dark secret. Mr.. Craig
head said. which, he did not explain,
originated in Mr.. Waddy's agreement
with the lady in goggles that the whole
situation was improper. He felt obliged
to keep with Craighead because Of
suspicion that the aeronef was u
Pigment of two Slattery institute I'M
aginations. and he did not purpose to
let any guilty man escape. So he
providently engaged detective to
shadow both himself and Mr.. Craig
head. the unremitting presence Of
whom IN very plain clothes made Mr..
Waddy feel and look guilty and fugi-
tive.
His second reason for becoming Mr..
Craighead's double was his sense Of
duty of preventing that pupil Of DR..
WitherspooD from breaking the vow
Of abstinence. So he drank most Of
the intoxicants served to Craighead.
somewhat to the injury Of his health.
but much to the betterment of his rep
utation as roisterer. Altogether it
was relief to get Craighead back
home. where he installed him as a
lodger and boarder. charging him well
for his accommodation and lending
him the money on his note to pay for
It. On arrival he went to bed and
turned Craighead over to Mrs. Gray
bill. with strict injunctions to tele-
phone the sheriff's office If he was un-
accounted for for more than an hour.
1t was situation with some unique
aspects. MIR. Craighead began Willing
away time with work on the "Mor-
phology Of the Crawfish" and dips into
De Quincey's Spanish Num-" Look
ing from the library window. he saw
Mrs. Graybill enter summer house,
leaving red hat on the railing out
side.
The "Morphology' grew uninterest-
ing. Craighead stepped from the win
dow, went into the summer house and
started at finding Mrs. Graybill there.
her hair tousled about her head. her
little nose elevated in that cQmical re-
semblance to her fathers. "Mr. Wad-
dy informs me that the late Mr.. Gray
bill was q minister of the gospel" he
ventured.
"Yes." she replied, ''he was"
"And that he has been called" Craig
head went on. ITO better life a year
or more?''
Fourteen months" answered Mrs.
Graybill.
II have been reading" said Craig
head, "a work on the Morphology Of
the Crawfish.' 1t holds me enthralled.
The person who fails to CLEAN wisdom
from the crawfish has never tested his
intelligence with bare toe or studied
his morphology."
Mrs. Graybill looked at Craighead
sternly.
Don't poser said she. Don't think
that want beautiful lesson In every
thing. If l have been minister's wife.
Tell me of Mr.. De Land and--and Sa-
die Brown and the chop suey and-and
that life. Tell me. Mr.. Cruighead"
The point here is that there was no
danger of Craighead's running off
while she listened with such breath
less interest to his adventures. He ex-
planned his natural transition from the
study Of artistic anatomy to surgery
and then through medical jurispru-
dence to law. and over all gloomed the
shadow Of his wonderful. his poetic,
bis epic designations. Mrs. Graybill
was shocked. but she asked for all the
horrible tale that he might so relieve
1t that nothing would ever. ever induce
him to drink again.
"Only one thing would ever do that"
said he, 'or maybe two. The pangs of
despised love-
(Which you have never experi-