Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-08
Qopyrighi. 1915. By me Century Co.
Copy rt2ht. 1910. by The Buocess Co.
The Man With WInas.


the exact number Of them-he haC
been flying slowly northward down Z
mild southerly breeze Hundreds o.
feet below him was the dazzling, ter
rible expanse of the polar ice PACK
which shrouds the northern limits Of
the Arctic ocean In its impenetrable
veil Of mystery.
compass. a sextant a bottle OF
milk and a revolver comprised, with
the clothes ne wore and with the
shimmering silken wings Of his areo-
plane, his whole equipment His near
est base Of supplies if you could call
Il that, was a 20-pound tin OF pemmi-
can. hidden under stone on the
north east extremity Of Herald island,
300 miles away. The United States
rescue station at Point Barrow, the
extreme northerly point Of Alaska.
the place which he had called home
fOr the past three months, was pos
sibiy, half as far again away. some
where of to the southeast.
But for these past weeks OF IN
broken arctic sunshine, he had fairly
lived awning. The earth had no OBJ
structions and the air no perils. To
day, with his great broad fan-tail
drawn up arc-wise beneath him, his
planes pitched slightly forward at the
precise and perilous angle that only
Just did not send him plunging. head
first down upon the sullen masses Of
ice below, he lay there, prone. upon
the sheep-skin sleeping bag which
padded the framework supporting his
two wings. as secure as the great full
mar petrol which drew curiously near,
and then. with a wheel and plunge.
fed away squawking.
For all practical purposes Cayley
had learned TO fly The great fan
driven air ship. 100 feet from tip to
tip, which had long lain idle on his
ranch at Sandoval. would probably
never leave its house again. It had
done yeoman service. Without It's
powerful propellers for the last re-
source, Cayley would never have been
able to try the experiments and get
the practise which had given him the
air for his natural element He had
Qutgrown it. He had no more need
OF motors or whirling fans. The force
Of gravity, the force of the breeze and I
the perfectly co-ordinated muscles Of I
his own body gave him all the power
he needed now
Perhaps the succeeding generations !
Of humankind may develop an eye
which can see ahead when the body
s lying prone. as a bird lies in its
light. Cayley had remedied this de-
iciency with a little silver mirror.
lightly concave. screwed fast to the
rossbrace which supported his shout
lers Instead Of bending back his
ead or trying to see out through his
yebrows he simply cast q backward
lance into this mirror whenever he
Tanted to look on ahead 1t had been
little perplexing at first. but he
ould see better in it now than with
is unaided eyes
And now. minute or two. perhaps,
fter that fuImar had gone squawkng
way he glanced down into his mir
DIV. and his olympian cain was
laken with the shock Of surprise.
or what he saw clearly reflected in
is little reducing glass was land.
here was mountain and long
ark line that must be a cliflike :
,ast
And it vas land. that never had ?
zen marked or any chart In abso-
te degrees Of latitude he was not, ,
ON the arctic explorers view. very :
r north. over on the other side Of .
e world they run excursion steam b
3 every summer nearer to the pole i
an he was at this moment Spitz- +
'rgen. which has had q permanent =,
,pulation Of $4,000 souls. lies 500 ;,
Hes farther north than this IN
arted coast which Philip Cayley saw ?,
fore him p,
But the great ice cap which covers bi
e. top OF the world is irregular in III
ape. and lust here northward from IL
aska. il juts its impenersble bar b,
~ FAR down into the Arctic sea.
gers. Collinson and the Inflated De n,
ug-they all had tried to penetrate m
is barrier, and had been turned ri
elk h;
rayley wheeled sharply up into the
nd. and scared aloft 10 a height Of. ST
rhaps. a quarter of a mile Then. O,
tn long. flashing shimmering al
eep. he descended. in the arc of ic
sat circle. and hung poised over th
land itself and behind the iutting wi
builder OF the mountain OF
rhe land was narrow-necked Pc m
lsula. Mountain and CLIFF prevented pc
d from seeing the immediate coast no
the other side OF it: bur out little pr
y to sea he was amazed to discover
IN water. and The smoke-like vapor on
Il he saw rising over the clifrhead tn
de It evident that the opening ex- BIZ
ldsd nearly. II not quite. to the a
y lands edge II was utterly IN lin