The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-10-19

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was debating WhetD .,o darkness Of
more altitude with TIE nv engine
evening GATHERING sD Ms. il way
hogan 10 sputter aha -. more were no
that sounded as though ~
more gasoline in the tam, mid not ba
This, however 1,,hre The tank
the cause of the tiou1. ! starred
had been well filled peloT have nov.
and what the trouble was the now
or ascertained, but ! 4e "a l showed
beginning to give Out a a INST ahort
nv steering post 1of" az lines nose
in time TO get the lAa. ,i,a stonnea
pointed down when the en- .r for II h,,t
entirely. There was nothlnt .aar ha nI.
to plane down and ger az
home as possible. ..o, right for
With the machine poln'ejd helow 20
n long spiral glide, ! LOOKED !. V wharo To ,
get nv bearings, and thai s, 80 hos
cot cot nv FIST fright. The ui l,,,, n li
gathered so thickly that ! Nv 49, eor np'
see n single glimpse Oh .a ~. -
There was nothing below IN - ~ d
billowy sea of clouds, lmpeDF' '''' u
T famed myself in foreible language
for my folly in not taking p0i -, "a Z,
full note of my position on 'aF ", S"Ig l
climb. Now it was too late ! Hau
not the slightest idea what la'. " IN, lne
country ] was over nor in VIA, ulrec.
tion I was headed, but Nau al
could do to take care Of the lua' .iu t
rushing downward through saue as
was at the rate Of seventy lliieS III
hour or more. l thought o. hoyalhG
except the steering and instheuFely
tried to keep her going in senera
way in about the same ViuF eiiVle'
that l had followed an my loafhe! up
Saved by a Fluks.
Soon I entered the clouds and begaI
to catch glimpses of the eafth
thought / saw something tha' 'ooAp'
like one of the buildings on on
grounds, and I steered aceoruihg'y
aiming to plane down SO as 10 nav
plenty of room in the open anu Una
stretched for miles away from tn
hangers.
Suddenly 1 plunged through ID
mists into the ordinary atmosphere 0
the earth's surface. and below m
there was nothing but trees trees
trees. as far as the eye could reach.
seemed to be directly over the heart 0
a limitless wood. To land IN Ii
branches meant certain wreck. ha
no power in the engine TO give me
chance to look about me for an opel
ing. There was nothing to do appa
emily but to plunge down among III
forest giants and trust to luck that ih
wreck of the machine would not ci
me up badly and that my fall from Il
top of whatever tree / landed in Won
leave my features In good enous
shape for Identification at the i1queS'
l took q deep swoop downward al
then desperately turned the aerpiane
nose upward TO coast as high as Il
momentum would take me and scare
for a clearing in this nomentSS, =
spite.
l plunged downward for Ahulap
feet at a terrible rate: then at m
ment of turning up my heart al
stopped beating as ! heard q phi
cough from the engine, then a bth
then another, and suddenly the rr'
Of the cylinders rs the explosion ca
with full force. and the propell
ting its grip on the air. put on Iall
power, and / climbed safely AVID fr'
the treetops. everything workif g p
fectly and once more in contrS Of
safe and efficient piece of mad ine
I sailed close to the ground untp r.
ognized some houses over the fdse
the wood. | was more than Fwer
miles from home; but. with th4engi
working smoothly. the trip hfk W
mere child's play. and ! was foon
the ground again. being an ornate
cursed and Rugged by Mac, VI pile t
mechanics trundled the Bleriof TO t
hangar.
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