Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-02-24

Stowell took Miss Blanche
HuIIn hulse up n a balloon. bows"
proposed to her when they were 10 900
rect IN the air while the other man in
Ihe basket was looking the other way
ana now they are married!
Ut Stowell tried something differ
emit He might have proposed to her
III an automobile, or on the deck of a
yacht by moonlight, or even in the
hammock on the back porch; in other
words, he might have proposed just as
millions OF other men have proposed
But on the spur of the moment he
cnose the air as the scene in which
to bring his wooing to a climax-and
won out.
When his good airship landed IN a
rocky pasture he had the promise; the
rest was easy, thanks to this new way
OF winning her. The 100 pounds or
so of ballast is now Mrs Stowell.
At the beginning it looked as if Dr.
Stowell stood little chance Miss HUI
Sc, daughter of Schuyler Hulse, of
Pittsfield, Mass, was one of the bellies
of the Berkshires. DR.. Stowell prac-
tised in Pittsfield too, and one day he
met Miss Hulse.
lure of the City Felt.
AT length he gained the coveted in
Fitation to call. The handsome young
physician took the very first Oppor-
tCnity. The visits continued until one
day the young woman remarked in a
very off-hand manner, I'm going to
New York to study nursing"
What" answered DR.. Stowell, bare
ly sitting gasp.
Yes" ratified on Miss Hulse, cts
all arranged. I'm going to Bellevue
hospital there and shall take the full
course. Won't it be fine?"
Miss Hulse left Pittsfield soon after
ward and DR.. Stowell never got the
chance he longed for. He stayed at
home while Miss Hulse went to New
York Automobling had always been
his hobby, but folks had the balloon
fever in Pittsfield just then and DR..
Stowell got it. too. He joined the
Aero Club of Pittsfield-the premier
place for the sport in the east, with
its big gas works and its host of aero
sharps. Soon he had the bug" as
they say.
I'm going to qualify as an air-pilot,"
declared Dr. StoWell to his friends, and
he went about it in a matter-of-fact
formal way, with each flight. making
his records and studying the science
OF aeronautics as if he intended to
make it his life work.
He essayed the air for the first time,
going up as a passenger with William
Van Sleet The wind was high and
the pair were blown to Tyngsboro,
Mass, but they landed in safety after
a wild trip through the clouds. That
started his qualification for air-pilot.
Under the rules of the Aero Club Of
Pittsneld a candidate must make six
flights with at least one passenger,
and one of the flights must be at
night. All these Dr. Stowell made,
but not without peril
Peril in Night Flight.
The night flight was punctuated by
n terrific thunderstorm in which the
balloon was in momentary peril of be
ing struck by lightning. In another
flight he was blown across the State
of Massachusetts, dipped down till he
hit the waters Of the Hudson river,
only to rise again and bang against
the rock-bound sides of the Palisades.
But. one by one, the flights were made
There was but one left, and then he
OIL Lode cd 90 foi n
the air. He could fly alone now, If he
chose, or take q person.
He decided that his first passenger
should be John p. Manning of Pitts
field 1t CHANGED that day that Miss
Hulse was in Pittsfeld too, on leave
of absence from the hospital in New
York. She went to see the balloon
flight and was in the crowd that gath
cred about the Juggling thing OF silk
and gas that half a hundred men could
barely hold down.
They had chatted and laughed to-
gether before things were ready, and
Miss Hulse stood close to the basket
20 eco the cast-off. DR.. Stowell was
busy setting things to rights and get
ting everything ship-shape when he
noted that his airship seemed even
too buoyant. 1t was plain to his ex-
narience.. eye that she would shoot
- in the air like a rocket-something
that every aeronaut breads.
He glanced about. There was no
more hallast-yes, :here was Miss HUI
"a who stood smiling by the side OF
Abe basket to watch DR.. Stoweu make
nc inward shoot into the air Per
baps something else beside mere bal
iost was in his mind too.
perhaps there was something in q
nair OF merry eyes!
Invitation Accepted.
ANYWAY the budding man of the air
made up his mind right then and thers.