Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-26

only TO drop back into II sgaln with a
grimAoe OF pain and a little dow Of
porspirStion on his forehead He
looked rather white himself under tho
tan
Il suppose"--the girl said almost
voicelessly, Il suppene ! mustn't dare
even lot myself begin 10 hope yet,
must I, pot--yet9"
'T don't know" said Tom. "The fel.
low seemed half.orazed; seemed, al.
most TO have lost the power Of speech
from long disuse OF t. But he meant
10 take us somewhere that was clear
enough from his gestures. II could
only have seen you before ! began TO
blurt the thing out I'd have spared
you the suspense until there was some
thing to tell I'm sorry Jeanne"
Its queer" she said, at the end Of
q rather long silence I'm sure there
was no Portuguese In fathers expedi.
tion. Except for two or three swedes
and Norwegiaus. they we're all Amer
leans know the name OF every man
who sailed in his ship"
He might have taken some one on
At st. MiohGels," suggested the elder
Esnshaw.
Yes" she said little dubously,
only he never thought much Of south.
ern Europeans as sesfarlng men"
There was another silence after
that, She reese presently and began
sweeping the shore line with q pris-
matte binocular which was sluBg
ncross across her shoulders The two
men exchanged glances behind her,
the elder, one Of inquiry, his son, a
reluctant negative, No, II would
clearly be Insane to build any hope on
the incident
At last she let the glass fall from
her lisless hand and turned to them,
her face hagsHrd with the torture Of
impossible hope. 81 Wish my sky.
man would oome"-shs said ferlornly,
come whlrling down out OF the air,
with news OF them"
Your tky.man2" said Tom Fanshaw
questioninEly.
Here was something to talk about
at last, and the old gentleman seized
the chance II afforded.
Yes we've another mystery" he
said See what you can do toward
solving IT," With that for an introduc.
tlon, he plunged into humorous ac-
count OF Jeanne's report OF her ad-
venture OF the night before, OF the man
who had dropped down from the sky, in
the middle Of the night, and talked to
her awhile, and then flown away again
"she was really out on the ice foe"
he said; so much concede; but
when | assure her that che dreamed
the rest, she Is skeptical about my ex.
PLANTATION"
But even you can't explain" she
protested, how could dream about
an Eskimo throwing-stick. and then
bring II back to the yacht with me
when was wideawake. and show II
10 you at the breakfast table this
morning"
I'm have to admit" said the old
gentleman, that my explanation
doesn't adequately account for that"
Tho expression Of the younger
mans face was perplexed rather than
incredulous
But, my boy" cried the elder man,
"think OF III He comes down out OF
the sky and says he Just dropped IN
from Point Barrow, and that's 500
miles away, That's Just as impossible
as II would be to msterlalize an Esld-
mo throwing out OF dream.
very bit"
me, hardly that" said Tom judioi-
ally. What was his aeroplane like7
What was Il made Of Did you notice
Il particularly
"Yes," she saidi 81 helped him fold
It up It waa made Of biadders and
bamboo and ca&gut. he snid.'
And HIS motor1" cried Tom What
WAS his meter liko7"
There was no motor at all" she
said; "just wings"
There you see, Tom" interrupted
his father absolute moenshine."
But still the younger man shook a
doubtful head. No" he sald The
things not impossible-not inc9noeiv.
able at least, The big birds can hy
that far, and think neth!ng OF H."
The old man snorted They're
built that way Think Of the immense
strength OF their wing muscles"
"Eot 80 enormous said tho young.
or man. Il dissected the wing OF an
Albatrosa once TO see It's not by
main strength they keep ahoat In the
air; It's by catching the trick OF IT,"
That's what hS said" tho girl cried
eagerly HE told me he could fly
across the north pole. from Dawsen
City to 81. Petersburg, and when
asked him II he could keep dying, gy.
Ing all the time like that, he said tho
biggest birds didn't hy; they sailed,
and he said he sailed, too, and the
force OF gravity was his keel"
Her story was making its impres.
sion on tho younger man, At least,
even II his father was as imperylous
TO Il as he still seemed.
well, II you dreamed that" said
Tom. 1T was mighty intelligent