New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24


with q charmingly becoming enjoyment Of 'hc stu.
Then pull me down. and III show YOU, sa
man.
Il may look as If were an IDIOT, and had no
bone but | assure YOU that | am not india rubber
Meaning"
Il simply cannot reach that rope
But YOU haven't tried.
81 know have not; but | have q mathema'ia
and rooted aversion 20 usclce, effort. The eye
me that a person five feet FIVE IN height, with q
tina, amounts 10 eighty inches cannot by any poss
catch hold Of anything floating free IN the AIR aboy
az a height close upon ninety inches from the grp'
and picking up the oilcan and wrench with wick,
Of hnality. she started again on the trail to"ar
chalet.
But want to come down" the man fairly 70
Miss Playiairs mouth widcncd into the suspici
a smile. I'm not keeping YOU. She said.
But you're not helping me, sad the man, %,
can't come down unless YOU do
whats the matter with the attraction Of grl
tom"
That's Just it, said the man. "That's the sc.
have attached 10 the Old Girl here. I'll explain II
YOU, if YOU will pull me down. | don't want 70 sh'
out 20 the mountains from here
There was an accent of truth in the man voice
Katherine could not overlook. But She only said n
ingly. ACTIONS speak louder than words. How
be sure OF the goodness Of the intentions OF man
bombards me from the skies with a wrench and e
ping oilcan2'
But neither hit you,' said the man.
And no thanks 10 YOU
But | made careful calculations. ! knew Nh
could not possibly catch YOU, considering your rt
progress, the lack Of wind and lot
more X-y-zs."
But suppose | had checked my
rate Of progress" SAID Katherine
dryly. The man was silent for "a mo-
mcnt. Suppose | had made it roses,
ne said al length
Katherine laughed in spite Of her
self 81 think" she said, 81 really
think that | might have had more
confidence in YOU, If It had been roses
at first"
The mans face frightened. Sup
pose | make it roses, even now, will
you pull me down."
Again Katherine laughed I'll say
I'm from-from New Jersey, or any
where but Missouri" she said. and
I'll climb tree, cvcn 10 reach that
rope l.
Hardly were the words out Of her
mouth, when as she looked the aero
plane seemed TO burst into a cluster
Of gorgeous crimson particles which
hoatcd through the air and fell ina Il
heavy fragrant shower all about her, p
on her head her shoulders, and almost
a foot deep at her feet. For moment
she stood silent in her surprise then
without a NOiQ Slc set down the
wrench and the oilcan and, still silent
Is, scrambled up the trunk Of a dead
tree that leaned at a sharp angle 10 n
the ground, and, reaching up, seized ~
the rope that danglcd easily within. ~
her reach. 70 her surprise, the aero ~
plane responded to her slightest touch ~
and came as lightly to a landing dis "
lance as if She had caught piece Of
thistelown as it sailed past her
through the air.
RY the time the man had anchored
the acroplanc, touched button here and there
stillcd the hummng motor, katherine Plavfair wa.
ting calmly on a stump, her hands folded in her
apparently as unmovcd as if she were accustomc
pulling strange men in uncanny flying machines OF
the air every day of her life.
Will YOU tell me what that thing isl" she said
The man smiled and pattcd the canvas
widcsprcading wing, as one touches a thing
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