The Detroit times., 1910-07-16
AVIATOR FALLS
IN A BARNARD
Retaining Consciousness, D. Green
Cries Out: Take Care How
You Light"
BY ]. 7. TrOwbrIdos. staff Correspond.

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BOSTON, July 10, ls69.-If ever
there lived a Yankee LAD, wise or
Iotherwise, good or bad. who, seeing
the birds fly, didn't jump with tiapping
arms from stake or stump, or. spread
| ing the tails of his coat for sail, lake
soaring leap from post or rail-. and
wonder why he couldn't fly, and nap
and flutter, and wish and try.-h ever
you knew a country Ounce who didn't
| try that as often as once, all can say
Is, that's a sign he never would DO
for hero Of mine.
An aspiring genius was u. Green:
| the son or farmery-age fourteeh' MS
body was long and lank and lean,-Just
! right for hying' as VIII oe seen "a
| a freckled nose that grew between,
little awry.-for l must mention that
he had riveted his attention upon ms
wonderful invention, twisting ms
tongue as he twisted the strings; ana
working his face as he worked the
wings, and with every turn OF slmlet
and screw turning and screwinB hls
| north round too, till his nose seemeu
| bent 20 catch the scent, around Some
corner OF new-baked pies, ana ms
wTinkled cheeks and his squirting eyes
! grew puckered into queer grimaSe,
\ that made him look very droll In the
| face. and also very wise.
/ And wise he must have been, 10 90
more than ever a genius did before, ex-
! cepting Daedalus OF yore ana MS son
lcarus, who wore upon thelr oaok Is
| those wings OF wax he had read OF In
/ the old almanacs Darius was clearly
| OF the opinion. that the air 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-
and II YOU doubt IT, hear how Darius nx
an why can't L? Must we give In.
\ says he with a grin. that the blueblrd
an phoebe are smartern we pc Jest
! blackbird an catbird beat us hoIlerF
docs the little chatterin'. sassy wren.
no bigger'n my thumb. know more than
men? Jest show me that! Ut prove
the bat hez got more brains thans IN
my hat. an I'll back down, an not TIL
! Them"
/ what's tn use o. wings TO a humble
bee, fur TO git Twin with; more 20
me;-ain'I ms business imPofi nar,S
! muss-him an his daddy Daedalus
| They might "a knowed wings made o.
wax wouldn't stand sun-heat an hard
whacks. IN make mine o luther UT
And he said to himself, as he
tinkered and planned: But ! am I
goin' TO show my hand 70 nummles
that never can understand the rust
idee that's big an grand. so he kept
his secret from all the rest sately put put
above the shed himself he locks, with
thimble and thread and wax ana nam
mer and buckles and screws and an
+ such things as geniuses use;-two pats
for patterns, curious fellows, char :
I coal-pot and a pair of bellows; some
I wire and several old umbrellas; car
! riage-cover for tail and wings; piece
/ OF harness. and straps and strings,
and big strong box, in which ne locks
these and hundred other things.
| His grinning brothers, Reuben and
Burke and Nathan and lothian and
solomon. Turk al ound the corner 10 see
him wcrk.-sitting cross-legged. IKE
through with a Jerk. and boring the
holes with a comical tauirk of his wise
old head. and knowins smirk- But
and Eoked through knot holes and
pried through cracks; with wood from
the pile fnd s5rsT e ana csked the
cracks: and dipper OF water, which
one would think he had brought up
into the loft to drink when he CHANGED
10 be dry, stood always nigh, for Dari-
us was sly! And whenever At WORK ne
happened to spy at chink or creyice a
ter Nv. Take that! an ef ever We git
a peep guess yea ketch weasel
asleep And he sings as he locks his
small an trim. an he IL little an long
nimbie OF limb an ef you'll be ad-
y ytsre k SS hhH' 6 hsnP "'s
So day after day he stitched and
tinkered and hammered away, I'LL at
ton under the sun! An now" says
Darius, "hooray fur some fun"
Twas the Fourth OF July. and the
i weather was dry. and not a cloud was
| on ali the sky save few light fleeces,
/ which here and there, halt mist, hair
/ air like foam on the ocean went hoat-
ing by,-just as lovely morning as
ever was seen for "A nice little trip In
a Aging machine,
4 sha'n't go along 18th 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' 20 see the, celebratIon2
says brother Nate; No: botheration,
gracious!%Fers though / should ny!S
! Said lothian 'Sho! guess We better
go" but Darius said, no! Shouldn'
| wonder z you might see me. though,
long bout noon, ef 1 git red o this
jumpin'. thumpin' pain my mead,
for all the while TO himself he said: i
tell we what! I'll fly a few times around
| the lot. TO see how [ seems, then soons
i've got the hang O. the thing ez ike,
ly's not I'll astonish the nation: an all
] creation by nyin' over the celebration!
over their heads I'll sail like an eagle;
! III balance myself on my wings like a
sea-gull; I'll dance on the chlmbleys;
| Ill stand on the steeple, III mop up
10 winders an scare the people! III
light on the liberty pole. an crow an.
| IN say TO gawpin' fools below: What
| worlds this ere that I've come near?
Fur I'll make 'em b'lieve I'm chap
rm the moon an III try race ith
| their OF balloon"
lie crept from his bed. and, seeing
the Others were gone, he said TIN
gittln' over the cold n my head And
away he sped, to open the wonderful
Ills brothers ad walked but a little
| way. when Gotham TO Nathan CHANGED
10 say: What IN the Teller up hey?
do no -the's suthin ur other To pay
ar he wouldn't "a stayed to hum to-
day" says Burke: Ills toothache' $
ali n his eve! He never'd miss a Fo'th-
o'.JuIy. 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 tellin' US
that yarn Agreed, Through the
orchard they creep back. along by the
| fences. behind the stack, and one by
one. through a hole In the wall, IN
under the dusty barn they crawi
dressed in their Sunday garments all