New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR ApkiL L.

thing. saving all my salary could, Mcdn-
wb;le y his Voice betrayed a hint OF feeling
Gmcanwhilc they beganlh everywhere.',I
santos.Dumont, Bleriot Farman, the
Wrights. | don't bcgrudge them their sue,
cces They worked for it. They deserved
i Still. il was hard, realizing what my
machine could do, to look on, to-but m
wandering from the point At last scrapcd
tnaether enough 10 build "A machine that
ernhod;ed all nv latest ideas, and to bring
i 70 France. where they've all along been 80 s,o,
kocn about aerOnautiCS. | knew cou'u
out0v anv aeroplanc in existence and saw
nv chance TO prove it TO the world at RheiInS.
R,,t at Rhcims-wcl, you know more or less
about what happened there. IL WASH a'to-
octhcr the motor, however. | let people
Think il was the whole trouble; but 1t was
not The engine was seriously out OF ORDER
the sea was rough and knocked the cargo
,hout.-but | knew | could remedy IT IN
time What couldn't remedy was the hole
in nv pockct. The expense all along had
been more than expected, and was at the
end of nv tcthcr. | hadn't the money 20
make the necessary repairs. hadn t even
carfare back to Paris.
"You must have been desperate"
ayes. II seems like a bad dream. sup
nose might have appealed to the manage
ment: but it hurt my pride as an American
TO 90 to those Frcnchmcn and own up that
was beaten. SO / secured the crowd, mop
ing to find somebody knew. ! would leave
the sheds arri walk by the tribunes, where
in every form-in Jewels, fine clothes, rich
food-monev stared me in the face. Twice
| caught sight OF people knew; but each
time il was a man who had refused me IN
the past. One Of them was guzzlng cham
pagnc enough TO have kept me IN rations Tor
a week. 1t made me feel like an anarchist:
Yet | reached point where | ncrvcd myself
10 try that swine. | overheard him tell
somebody where he was staying. and on
Saturday night ! walked over to Rheims to
his hotel He was out; but as | came away
ran into your uncle. But hadn't 1t IN
me to ask him.
"Thcrc's nothing he wouldn't do for a son
of your father.
Il know that now He's the salt Of the
earth. But | couldn't hold him up. | got
away from the hotel and walked the streets.
| walked the streets all night. In the morn
ing | went back to ask for that wine swiing
pig: but he wasn't up. Then | drifted into
the cathedral.
HE paused again, and AIMS check grew
IL hot.
81 couldn't tell you what that church is
like" he continued slowly. 81 only remem-
Der that saw you!"
She waited brcathless. Had he seen
through her in that moment Of trial: Had
her silly worldliness brimmed the cup Of his
despair:
81 doubted my eyes at first, he went on.
"Your uncle had not mentioned that You
were with him, and for a moment thought
that worry had added my brain You see,
you have been constantly with me since you
set me thinking. YOU have grown into my
work. That IS why | believed my senses were
cheating me. Then | saw that YOU were
real
Ann found her punishment too hard. "Oh,
why didn't YOU speak to me-" She cried.
"If had only known your trouble"
"You did not see me. You went away
without seeing me, and-afterward-l was
glad.
~Glad!~ Great was as her relief it still
left room for curiosity.
"You would have thought me as mad aS a
March hare had | spoken to you. It be
widcrcd me to come upon you then when