Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-10

Edith Hulse up n balloon, boys,
proposed to her when they were 10000
feet in the air while the other man In
the basket was looking the other way;
and now they are married!
DR.. Stowell tried something differ
emit He might have proposed to her
in 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
chose the air as the scene in which
to bring his wooing to 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
30 Of ballast" Is now Mrs Stowell.
At the beginning 1t looked as If DR..
Stowell stood little chance Miss HUI
sc. daughter Of Schuyler Hulse, of
Pittsheld, Mass, was one OF the bellies
OF the Berkshires. DR.. Stowell prac-
tised in Pittsfield too. and one day he
met Miss HuIse.
lure Of the City Felt.
At length he gained the coveted in
vitation to call The handsome young
physician took the very first oppor-
trnity. 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
~ stifiing gasp.
Yes" rkstled on Miss Hulse, "it's
all arranged. I'm going to Bellevue
hospital there and shall take the full
course. Won't 1t be finer"
Miss Hulse left Pittsfield soon after
ward and Dr. Stoweli never got the
chance he longed for He stayed at
home while Miss Hulse went to New
I York. Automobling had always been
his hobby. but folks had the balloon
fever IN Pittsfeld just then and DR..
Etowell got 1t. too. He joined the
Aero Club Of Pittsfield--the premier
rlace for the sport I'm 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 fight, making
his records and studying the science
of aeronautics az if he intended to
make II his life work.
he essayed the air for the first time,
going up as passenger with William
Van Sleet. The wind was high and
the pair were blown to Tyngsboro,
Mass, but they landed in safety after
wild trip through the clouds. That
started his qualification for air-pilot.
Under the rules of the Aero Club OF
Pittsield 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
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 we're made
There was but one left, and then he
would become full-nedged captain OF
the air. He could ny alone now, II he
chose. or take a person.
He decided that his first passenger
should be John p. Manning Of Pitts
feld. II 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 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
to see the cast-off DIR. 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