Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-10

IN the AERIAL AarDor at Mobile. IN her
berth hard by the lift near the Bienvilie
, statue. Mrs. Sheyne, a native Mo
bilian, pleaded i~ndispositin; but wefft
out to see some old houses lean to her
youth. Mr.. Shayne and their guest. MIR.
Max Silberberg, had insisted upon the
presence of Virginia Suarez, Mrs.
Shayne's niece. on a trip down the Bay
in the Roc, to witness the demonsta-
ton of a new flying machine, and she
had yielded.
The inventor. a suspicious. foxy. mid
dle-aged man, proved personally OBJ
iectionable to Miss Suarez because his
thumbs turned back SO far that the
sight of them made her feel creepy;
and as he ~gesticulated freely while de-
nouncing all devices for aerial navi-
cation except his. his thumbs were
much in evidence. He showed wonder
full capacity for fury, flying passion
ately at all who said that his heiicopter
might not be the key to the aviation
situation. So Virginia was relieved by
his going aft to convince the engineer
that the Roc's screws we're funda-
mentally wrong in construction.
Unfortunate devil" said Silberberg.
why" she querried, because of
those awful thumbs2"
Because he failed to please you,
replied Silberberg. with the kissing
termination of the please" thai con-
stituted the one race-betraying SIP 4,
his speech. ITO displease you-tne
greatest calamity"
Il don't believe he feels it much
said she.
Another misfortune replied he.
mot to know what he's losing. Yes.
he's an unfortunate devil"
Virginia wished Wilmer back. crooked
thumbs. fury and all; for no thumbs
or voice could be so offensive as the
unrelieved presence of Mr.. Silberberg.
the head of the Federated Metals con-
Germ, controlling the copper, gold and
silver output OF q continent. He was
so insistent on little Entertainments
upon her reserve. as he fused about
with rugs and deck chairs, tucking her
wra ps about her as they rose into the
high south-blowing upper drift, con-
stantly touching her with his bedia-
monded fingers in little ways his
breath, heavy with cigarettes. floating
to her like a Whit from some fetid
smoking-room. Virginia wished herself
anywhere away from Silberberg.
She felt herself thrown at his head
by her aunt. Little privileges, which
in another would not q offended.
seemed like the u~nspeakable liberties OF
prospective purchasers with slaves Of
fered in the market. She was getting
morbid and almost hysterical. SLIDER
berg's slight badness. running up in
/ af.;-s.- ax.ar rrnF-7 HE forehead his
well-groomed grossness of body. his
oily black curIs. made OF him
a beastly sultan gloating over the last
importation from Circassia, and yet
his appearance and behavior were not
Inherently bad-the situation mads
them unendurabl Perhaps Mrs
shayne's tributes to his greatness. and
her emphasis on him as an opportunity
open to Virginia, a mere dependent
we're more chargeabie with producins
this tension, of which Silberberg was
Quite than anything actually
lone by him.
so YOU think, Aunt Marie h had
said. that Mr.. Si~iberberg is one OF tbs
great ines of the EARTH"
Mos certainly rejoined Mrs
Shayne. He Is retaining and increas.
ing the wealth and power IN
herited-"
From old Israel Silberberg.' sup
piled Virginia.
virginia said Mrs. Shayne, 1--WE
should not mention an origin of which
Max never speaks. But TO a.
what he is doing. takes a great man
Your uncle will tell 0 so