The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-08
How His Aeriie
Was Captured
By r. A. Mitchell

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groove. and at twelve years of age he
had found errors in the reasoning OF
Aristotle that had escaped the, notice
Of Lord Bacon. His parents sent him
to college. but he amused himself ask
ing the professors questions they were
unable to answer, then answered them
himself. In his junior year it became
evident that he was wasting bis time
at a university. and be left TO enter
upon original research on his own ac-
count ;
Young Gailatly was so absorbed In
his Investigations that he could not
bear any interruption. He was an OBJ
ject OF curiosity, especially among
young persons OF his own age. who
were constantly taking up his time
simply TO crafty desire TO gaze upon
such a wonder. Girls especially an
noyed him By trying to attract his at
tention- Consequently when he en-
tered upon his life work and his father
built him a house for the purpose the
young man had it constructed as a
sort of tower. with only one opening
on the ground floor. the main doorway
Notwithstanding many such OBJ
stacles thrown in the way of persons
who desired TO take up his time to no
purpose. Gallatly was driven from the
bottom TO the top Of bis building by
successive stages till. finding the top
not high enough be added three sto-
ries and did all bis work ia the one
under the roof. Various ruses having
been practieed upon him to effect an
entrance through the door on the main
floor. be built directly under the roof
one Of those little pulley sheds com
mon In old mills and had his supplies
sent up on a sort Of lift.
These precautions so discouraged the
curious that at last Gallatly was left
entirely alone Indeed. he might have
pursued his studies for a lifetime and
given some new and wonderful philos
ophy to the world had it not been for
/ a chit OF girl who for no other reason
In the world than that she couldn't get
at him made up her mind that she
/ would She was neither pretty nor in
tellectual Indeed. almost any medium
+ for breaking in upon the phenomenon 5
studies might be expected in prefer
ence to a freckle faced, red headed
girl
But. though Mehitabel Smith was not
intellectual. fate favored her Her IA
Their was a builder Of aeroplanes Me-
hitabel saw in this fact that what was
denied to beauty. to intellect. TO win
ming ways. had been given to her
namely. an opportunity to get at the
Phenomenon While others We're re-
stricted to making attacks from the
ground. she might sail in the air aud
hover about the windows Of the great
thinker. and how was be going to GET
away from her? Only by going below
to meet d more numerous force.
There was an outpost for Mehitabe
to capture before she could take tht
stronghold. This was her father. She
must induce him to allow her to Learn
to manage one of his aeroplanes- She
did this in the same way she proposed
to bring down Gallatly-when she 60
at him. She put her arms around he
fathers neck and kept them there I'll
she secured the promise she wanted
This faculty in women is not great,
esteemed by men, but has never beef
known to fail Mehitabe took ride
in an aeroplane beside an operator til
she learned how to manage one herself
Then, after some practice, she wa
ready to put her scheme Of conques
into operation
One morning when Gallauy wa
struggling in his aerie with a new di
mension he heard a whirring without
which he at first mistook for som
great bird beating the air with it
wings He was too intent on his stud
j les TO notice it till the light was inter
fered with. when he looked up an
NJ saw
What?
A red headed. freckled girl.
q She threw at him the only missil
nature had provided her with for he
8 purpose-a pleasant smile,
Gallatly sighed. Here was a poin
of attack that he had not calculate
4 upon 1t would be impossible for hiI
TO DuliO his tower SO nlgO I0dL q
Il aeroplane could not reach the top. II
could draw down the shade, but b
couldn't study in the dark He leane
N back in his chair and looked at tn
Il girl resignedly. That was all SD
81 wanted-for that time. She gave bin
another smile and sailed along on ae
way. Gallatly didn't know but tha
her appearing before his window ha
been a matter of chance. Her goin
away without trying to effect an 81
: trance disposed him to this view. Pc
q baps she would never come again.
& But she did come again. just to su1t
81 at him and 90 away. After awhile i
q began to look for her coming. au
when she missed a periodical visit
IS was disappointed She didn't give Is
Is time to forget her, not by any mea
and every time she came she hovee.
81 longer.
one day after Galiauy hsd been ?
pectiug her for several days yit
her coming be descended from
aerie and made a bee line for the haH
q where she lived. After that she i d.