The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-05-17
Il Dropped Soft!."

DfS0FSA O-tt.
TT occurred To Bert presently to twist
his knees and LEGS inward and
grip with them or surely lie would
d have been bumped into two cmmsy
halves. And he was going up 100 yards
high. 200. coo. over the streaming. froth-
ing wilderness of water below. UP. mp.
Up. That Vas all right. But how pres
entls would orc go horizontally? lie
tried 10 think if these things did 90
horizontally No They nupped up
and then SCARED down. For time he
would keep on Tapping up. Tears
streamed from his eyes. He wiped
them with one tremendously olsen
gagged hand
Was il better TO risk n fall over land
or over water-Such water?
He was tapping up above the upper
rapids toward Buffalo Ii was at any
rate n comfort that the falls and the
wild swirl of waters below them were
behind him. He was flying up straight
That he could see. How did one turn?
He was presently almost cool. and
his eyes got more used TO the rush OF
air. but he was getting very high
very high He tilted his head for
ward and surveyed the country. blink
Ing. He could see all over Buffalo.
place with three great blackened scars
OF ruin. and hills and stretches be-
yond. He wondered if he was half
mile high or more. There were some
people among some houses near a rail
WAY station hafUaaD Niaoa1.a I'd pu
falo and then more people. They went
like ants busily in and out of the
houses. He saw two m0tOrcars Gid
Ing along The road toward Niagara
city. Then Ear away in the south he
saw 4 great Asiatic airShio going
eastward. oh. Gawdr' he said and
became earnest in his Intellectual at
tempts TO alter bis direction. But that
airship took no notice Of him, and he
continued 10 ascend convulsively. The
world got more and more extensive
and maplike Click. clock. Glitter.
clock. Above him and very near 10
him now was hazy stratum of cloud
He determined 10 diSengage the wing
clutch. He did SO. The lever resisted
his strength for time. then over IL
came. and instantly the tail of the ma
chine cooked N and the wings be-
came rigidly spread. Instantly every
thing was swift and smooth and silent
He was gliding rapidly down the air
against Il wild gale OF wind. his eyes
three-quarters smut.
\ little lever that had hitherto been
ohdurate now confessed itself mobile.
lie turned 4 over gently 10 the right
AMI whiroo-the left wing had in
some mysterious way given 1T its edge
and he was sweeping round and down.
ward in m immense right handed i
spiral For some moments he experi- |
e0c.' I'll the help,eSS sensations OF ca
tas1ropha. lie restored the lever 10 its |
middle position with some difficulty
ard the wings We're eQnaliz led AGAIN.
lie turned il 10 the left AMI had n
sensation OF being spun around back
ward. Too much" IL gasped.
lie discovered that he was rushing
down 1t n headlong pace toward \
Railway line and some factory build
inss. Thee appeared 10 be tearing up
10 him 10 deyour him. lie must have
dropped al thar height For n mo-
ment lie had the Intellectual sensations
OF one whose bicycle bolts downhiu
The ground had almost taken him by
surprise. Ere he cried. and then
WIKI violent effort OF all his being
be got the beating engine Mt work
again and set the wings dapping. He
li0Yn and M and resumed