The Yale expositor., 1913-12-11


81 guess that scared him, for he !
screeched back, took skim over me, |
saw that he could not get at me ex-
cept from in front and then Tapped
across the valley and roasted on the
edge of rock about a quarter OF a
mile away where he could watch me.
| was pretty tired and sat down, but
of course / did not dare go to sleep.
What ] was most afraid of was that
he would drop rocks on my machine
and smash it. but for some reason he
didn't Maybe he did not happen to
think Of it just then, and maybe he
was too tired to go carting boulders
around and concluded to wait until
morning when he was rested. Any
way he certainly must have been
pretty we'll played out, for | could see
| his head sink until it rested on his
chest. He made me think Of condor
roosting. ! did not sleep wink all
night, but l guess he was snooZing
most of the time; anyway when the
sun came up could tell that he was
| in sound doze. l got my machine
! ready as quietly as | could and then
took another look at him. He had
not moved and | decided to risk a
shot or course he was so far away
that IL was a thousand to one that |
would miss, but it was a chance all
the same, so | steadied myself against
a boulder and let drive. | did not
hit him, but made some shot at that.
for | could see a chip of rock fly up
from between his very feet. You
ought to have seen him jump-straight
up in the air, and his wings out as
quick as you could snap a fan open.
Then | started up the machine and
managed to get afloat. He started In
to try the rock game now and got hold
OF one as big as my head and COM
menced trying to get above me, but
| gained on him so fast that he had
to let drop and light out. had barely
enough gasoline left to carry me back,
so there was nothing for me to do but
give 1t up for that time. made
pretty fair time and arrived here
; about an hour after sun up. He did
not follow me. The last | saw OF him
he was nothing but speck In the
southwest and still going. That is
, about all"
/, The luncheon had been finished for
! some little time and now North be-
3 gan to evidence signs Of uneasiness
{ Sorry to leave you so soon. but you
. will understand how necessary IL Is
4 that stick close to my machine. Most
of us are going to roll up in oul
n blankets and sleep beside our planes
Z they have furnished us with mat
D tresses and we will be quite comfort
able In the open. And now | had bet
ter be getting back TO the field Sc
/ as to be on hand in case he shows vi
r again unexpectedly as he seems II
It have a habit OF doing. Thanks ex
s ceedingly for the luncheon, and II
n tell you about Clare some other time
She is a wonder. March, passini
| down the hall with him and the CIR
| was hoping that Doris by some sig
might signify that he should remain
! but at the door she babe them bot
| goodby with no sign given, so Their
! was nothing for him to do but bi
her good afternoon also. Somewha
disappointed, he strobe away by tn
side OF the actively moving hero {
the lone moonlight chase.
| The week which followed was on
| of fruitless activity. From the m'
ment when North had caught his lai
fleeting glimpse OF the Flying Man di
appearing into the southwest in II
rays of the early morning sun, not
| | - NJ
Il Day by day the scouting air nee
ranged the mountain tops, whirlt
past precipitous cliffs, swooped dow
| into valleys and gulches, alight'
upon points OF vantage that the
might scan other heights with the
powerful glasses, but all their effor
remained unrewarded. Either he wi
In close hiding somewhere among
the recesses of those vast fastnesst
had met with some disaster reno
from the abode of man or had taxi
himself far afield to haunts where ;
life was In less jeopardy than 30 clio
to the swift air crafts of his relentle
hunters. Day by day the impatien
of the eager aviators grew more al
more chafing, and nothing but the {
lossal size OF the reward prevent
,.k many from returning to fields viii
offered more certain IL less dazzli
prizes. But the immensely Of the Il
aw tune that dangled before their ely
lily still held them and they remained
lex scour the country day after day
)se wide flights that each time gre
nd, more and more perfunctory. Then o
us morning, when some OF them we
hat actually preparing to leave for goo
In news came that caused them to pri
yed up their ears bit and decide to
Zen ter while longer. for from Quar-
lad VILE, two hundred miles away, cal
cir the report that citizen had Sc
gan roosting upon far distant crag
strange, winged figure. half manli
ere half, birdlike, but whether II was
ked Flying Man or not the observer v
Yer, no able to positively testify becal
and OF the great distance, although he v
strenRly inclined 70 the belief q