Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02

answered. as that what takes YOU to Pau"
| "Yes. I'm told that Pau will be distinctly
an aviation center this winter I'm de-
lighted. 1t will be so nice to be able to learn
in place that is not poked off from human
society! l adore Pau! The races there are
perfect, and. barring St. Andrews, l can't
think of any place where ever had a better
game of golf. For that matter, I've never
enjoyed livelier run with the hounds than
had once at Croix d'Arrien meet. But
| sha nj be able to go in for golf or fox hunt
ing this year. | must devote every minute
to my fascinating plane
| "Have you really bought an acceptance"
asked Ann.
| "Not precisely. had almost settled on
French monoplane; but on account of that
cross country fight from Brescia have been
hesitating. Nobody seems to know just what
did happen. | asked your uncle's opinion;
but he told me was barking up the wrong
tree. Isn't he droll?"
Twill you fly too?" Mrs. Blair asked the
broker, who was trailing an imaginary line
| aStcrn.
@Not unless I'm lugged along by force"
he said feelingly.
IL dare say shall be the only woman in
Pau who planes pursued Virginia with an
unconvincing shudder. "That won't be
pleasant; for the newspapers will give me
no peace. My costume will be kodaked at
every turn. But the pioneers, in no matter
what, have to face annOyances.' She turned
on Rodoslav again. you'll be a pioneer
too, won't you? 1 think you're the first
Prince to take to aeroplaning."
"Am I?' he smiled.
| am sure of it. Of course many others
are interested. Wilbur Wright had whole
procession of royalty come to see him fly.
| Ret T tba oil -
through the eyes of their war departments:
just another machine for scouting or drop
ping bombs. You of course" She found
herself checked by the unhappy thought
that the fact that he was not a reigning
Prince might be sore point with Rodoslav.
| He smilingly helped her out of her bog
Il, having no war department to bother
me, he completed, @can 60 into it merely
as sport"
| A nm, knowing what she knew, suddenly
OWNED in his careless words a signifi-
canoe as bold as it was picturesque. Thrown
with him for a moment after they reached
the hotel, she resolved to test her prescience.
| III have had a revelation" she told him.
ayes. my ally?"
| "You have not bought an aeroplane for
mere sport-a part of the make-believe to
blind Europe!"
| mo"
@You mean to use it over there beyond
the Adriatic, where they still have magma
tons. When you go back among your peo-
pie, you will appear riding the air.
| He regarded her fxedly for long moment
"Go on with your revelation he said.
at ends there" she laughed. II leave
you in the air."
| "Alone?"
81 suppose so. 1 have given you all my
vision"
"Then l will complete it. There is some
one who rides with me-"
| Ann foresaw sentiment and lodged.
| "Your mechanician, very likely" she sug-
gested, cor an aide de camp"
| ut is woman l see"
| Probably one of the dew maidens, then
Eyes" he agreed. 81 think she is. l be-
lieve that my temple was not built in vain.
DESPITE the fanciful utterances that
l. ever and again reminded her that he
was unlike other men, AIMS faith in his
fundamental practically remained I'M
shaken. In general she saw what the world
saw, a man Of everyday interests and rather
more than everyday simplicity. Only once