The Prescott daily news., 1913-04-09
CURBING OF CHARLIE
By LAURA HOOVER.

 and then gave final pat to the large wads of hair plastered over each of her ears as she warily located the dis tant form of the floorwalker.
 "Mame!" she called across the isle. "Seen them airships?"
 "Sure!" responded the girl at the handkerchiefs. Art he said last night he'd take me up in one, only he was afraid I'd yell. He knows a man who is cousin to a man who cleans an airship garage-an-"
 Charlie took me down Michigan avenue yestidday," interrupted Miss Stelter, ruthlessly. Charlie always wants me to be in on everything. Say,it was great! nearly broke my neck
 Those r ten cents card. No. we ain't got none bigger for ten cents.
 Wouldn't some people frost you, always wanting more'n their moneys worth! We'll, we looked at them things floating around in the sky till l was dizzy. Then I grabbed Charlie by the arm. Don't you never,' I said to him, don't you never go up in one of them machines as long as you know me, Charlie Johnson! You've got to promise'l 7"
 "What'd he say?" inquired the girl at the handkerchief counter.
 T ought-a-known better" pursued Miss Stelter. T ought-a remembered Charlie's highstrung nature, and how it always makes him stubborn to cross him. But 1 was that foolish! It made my head ache to think of his being thousand miles up in the air and me down below wondering if two baskets'd be enough to gather up the pieces in. Anyhow, I'm nervous.
 Dress goods, three aisles to the left. No, madam, we don't carry that style button. l tell you that we don't, so what's the use of locking for it here?
 I'd like to give these people piece of my mind who think because this is the basement they can impose on us! So l said, Charlie Johnson, you can just promise me this min ute. You know how stern Charlie can look when he wants to-I suppose 1t comes from ordering people to step forward in the car-and he just turn ed his full expression on me. And then he said he wouldnt!"
 My" said the girl at the handker- chiefs. 'Is he that stubborn
 "Uhhuh," said Miss Stelter, proudly. That man is a regular stone wall. He said man that was a man court ed danger instead of running from 1t, and it was duty he owed
 "Six cents dozen. These are eight
 He looked grand, too, as he said is. Five aisles down. 1 wish peo- pie would go long about their busi- ness and stop interrupting! He said ishness.
 But aren't you afraid?' l ast him. He just laughed at me in a scornful sort of way 'Afraid!' he said. Me afraid! Well, guess not! Going up in airships is the best thing do! Why. I'm perfectly at home in the air. Of course,' he says. I've never been up in one of these here machines, but being on top of the Masonic temple shows a fellow what te can stand. These. people who talk about danger, huh!' I felt proud of Charlie when he talked like that"
 "Of course you did agreed the girl at the handkerchiefs. T know when Art says"
 But wasn < going to give in" went on Miss Steltef It's bad habit to get into. But it's dangerous I told him.
 Charlie just hooted. Danger us! he said. About as much danger as you could put in your eye! The ma chimes are perfectly harmless, and you can manage 'em with single twist of the wrist, because I've read about em. I expect I'll buy one when they come down cheaper. Why. there won't be any accident when every body travels by airship. They're great!'
 We were standing looking up with ous necks most broke an me hanging on to Charities arm. coaxing him. 1 was bound to get my way, though l was proud to hear him talk.
 Right in the middle of sentence Charlie give yell that you could have heard mile off, and waved his arms like thrashing machine. Run!>he shrieked, run for your life! The thing'll get us all,' and he streaked 1t.
 You see. somebody in an upper story of 8 hotel had dropped an open newspaper from the window, and Charlie's eye had caught glimpse of the thing floating down on top of our heads-it was getting kind of dusk