El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-13
An Aerial Feat
By Charles Robert Dumas.)

/ " HE motor buzzed without once
missing fire, the propeller
whirred, raising a veritable hur-
/ ricane with its powerful wings. Fuse
bes Pouiuebes bent forward, shook
/ the hands Of his friends, looked at the
crowd that was urging back and forth
I outside the railing OF the aerodrome.
Goodbye, my friends! Goodbye Mar
I settles! Goodbye auI' he cried.
Then he arranged his feet on the
pedals, seized the levers and shouted
| IN his powerful voice: Let go every
wherer
The swift -mOnOplane ran some yards
along the uneven ground, then set off
like a bird and entered its true ele-
ment in the most graceful manner. II
took the direction towards the sea and
disappeared.
A mighty shout Of enthusiasm went
up from the crowd, which broke
through the railing and surged across
the aerodrOme, madly geSticulating and
swinging hats, canes and umbrellas. I
was nearly run down by the excited
mob and it was only after a hard tus-
sic that I succeeded in fighting my
way to the gate.
passed through the two triumphal
arches with inscriptions setting forth
the extraordinary daring of POuille-
Des and the names Of two cities
framed in a setting Of laurel leaves.
---t-A l'-A--Gi7 AGA
one morning, as we were walking
along the quay together, the daring
idea occurred to him.
A large tramp steamer was being
toWed into the harbOr by a small tug
boat EUsebes looked long at it, evil
IDENTIFY lost in thought, but suddenly
he seized my arm.
Listen" he said. his whole face
glowing with enthusiasm, Il have
plan to astonish the whole world
am going to fly TO Algiers in my mono
plane"
I smiled and thought he was joking.
You don't think I mean It," he said,
looking me, but I forgive you. You
fishy-blooded sons Of the cold north
do not know what powers we children
OF the south possess. Still you ought
to know me If anyone should On the
day when I said TO you: Charles my
wife is tOrturing me, killing me by
degrees. can bear Il no longer, I am
going to run away from her and be-
come flying man, you laughed at me
quite aloud Well, did I tell you the
truth2 LOuisette, my own little dar-
ling, had more faith in me. She threw
her arms around my neck when / came
70 see her in my aerOplane, but was no
more surprised than II I had been a I
mosquito. 1t is quite natural. Having
followed my wife afOOt aWheel and in
auto, run away from her by aero /
plane"
He bowed his head and said after a !
short silence:
There is a string TO my present hap
piness. Ny wife has gone crazy, she is Z
madly Jealous, and spends her time at I
me aerodrOme trying TO catch me in |
the air. Well, / accept her challenge.
And when I saw that tramp steamer
coming in from Algiers I had a sudden 4
Idea. I said to myself: Eusebes you I
are going to cover in one day the dis /
lance that steamer has taken three or I
four days to covert Your old witch af \
a wife will rave when she sees you fly |
HHna H.
a splendid thought More than great! /
To fly across the Mediterranean DO /
YOU conceive the magnitude of this I
feat? To jump from Europe to Africa I
In one gigantic bound, while all Eu-
rope is still praising the fearless dar-
Ing Of a man who merely flew across !
the channel. Calais-DOveri Why, &
lea could jump as far as that. But to
fly from Marseilles to Aigiers is q I
worthy task for an eagle, worthy Of I
the great flier of the south.
I am going to show all the world what
Kind OF man am 4ou are going
10 see me start, Budi?'
I had seen il now. MarseilIes now
passed through a series Of hours Of the
m ost tense anxiety. POuillebes was to
telegraph the moment he landed on Al
gerian soil, but in vain the whole city
sat up all night awaiting for the mes
sage Of victory. Not even the morning
brought any news.
Louisette lived in a beautiful cottage /
In one Of the suburbs. I rushed to her
house
ooh. DEAR" cried the housekeeper,
Wrtnging her hands, the mistress has
left. She was mad with despair and I
am afraid she may take her own life.
She loved Monsieur Eusebes so much"
I also went to see madame POuillebes.
She, too, was in tears when she cried:
'Oh. he has fallen into the sea- I
know ii! I feel ftp
A week passed. A cruiser and two
torpedo boats searched the sea in all d.
-ectons, but in vain-Pouillebes had
disappeared. At last on the tenth day,
q sailing vessel arrived at MarseuIes
with Eusebes's cap and goggles, which
lad been found floating in the sea. Now
All hope was given up. Nine. POuiuebes
had q case made from ebony in which
She tearfully deposited the relics and