The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-03-04

ObOWSn LOOh miss DlduCu6
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
SO 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
Pittsfield, Mass, was one of the bellies
OF the Berkshires. DR.. Stowell prac-
tised in Pittsfeld too, and one day he
met Miss Hulse.
lure of the City Felt.
At length he gained the coveted in
vitation to call. The handsome young
physician took the very first oppor,
tunity. The visits continued until one
day the young woman remarked in Q
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, 'it'l
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.. Stowell never got tn,
chance he longed for. He stayed a
home while Miss Hulse went to New
York. Automobling had always beef
his hobby, but folks had the balloon
fever in Pittsfield just then and DR.
| Stowell got 1t, too. He Joined the
Aero Club of Pittsfield-the premier
place for the sport in the east, will
| its big gas works and its host of aero
| sharps. Soon he had the bug" a.
they say.
I'm going to qualify as an air-pilot.
| declared DR.. Stowell to his friends anC
he went about it in a matter-offact
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 passenger with William
Van Sleet. The wind was high ant
the pair were blown to Tyngsboro
Mass, but they landed in safety aftel
wild trip through the clouds. Tha
started his qualification for air-pilot.
Under the rules of the Aero Club o.
Pittsfield candidate must make 81,
flights with at least one passenger
and one of the flights must be a
night. All these DR.. Stowell made
but not without peril
Peril In Night Flight.
The night fight was punctuated b,
a terrific thunderstorm In which tn,
balloon was in momentary peril of be
ing struck by lightning. In anothe
fight he was blown across the Stat,
of Massachusetts, dipped down till h,
hit the waters Of the Hudson river
only to rise again and bang agains
the rock-bound sides of the Palisades
But, one by one, the flights were mad,
There was but one left, and then h,
would become full-fedged captain o
the air. He could fly alone now, If h,
chose, or take a person.
He decided that his first passenge
should be John p. Manning OF Pitts
field. 1t CHANGED that day that Mis-
Hulse was in Pittsfield too, on leav
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 sill
and gas that half hundred men coul,
barely hold down.
They had chatted and laughed to
gether before things we're ready, am
Miss Hulse stood close to the baske
to see the CASTOR. DR.. Stowell wa
busy setting things to rights and gel
ting everything ship-shape when b
noted that hts airship seemed evel
too buoyant. 1t was plain to his e,
perienced eye that she would shoe
UP in the air like rocket-somethin,
that every aeronaut breads.
He glanced about There was n
more ballast-yes, there was Miss HUI
Sc, who stood smiling by the side O
the basket to watch DR.. Stowell max
his upward shoot into the air. Pei
haps something else beside mere ba
last was in his mind too
Perhaps there was something In
pair of merry eyes!
Invitation Accepted.
! Anyway, the budding man of the al
made up his mind right then and there