The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-03-28
The Broken Wing
BY FREDERICK PALMER
BY FREDERICK PALMER
fcooyrloh tsi4 by the Newspaper Enterprise Assoeaon)

In n COntiucnNiAi W.
we're started for the station,
aperceptibly SO" Lice Aaan'so"
responded. ahsently =, av
she was convinced that II wv
ono said again that IL was a oeao'
.;n,l dav she should scream
Then she heard him saving:
.,veu he away from New YORK
,,st In time TO escape the hea',
Summer ir Europe always, l shoulu
saw. and fall and winter gu '"'
Hudson, wouldn't youI .,,,
II was talk quite eharaS St'l, ~
q, thar worid-a world sitte1 !"
~ n,aasant uses OF wealth. Now,
o. reaaons she could not explain
30 hsrself. abe WAS rebelling asaihs.
me s,et OF a lifetime. sac wishsu
That Mr. Edwin Shepperson Apple
,or-ans she could think OF MN
only nv his full name that morning
had done something worth VIM mn,
she wished. In her own worus' 1"".
he were an italicized man. even AZ
F.. the expense OF his delighuuily IAN
guild manner. .a,har
Ills mother and her own iather
ard mother had oyerplayed theh
nar,s In behalf OF the future OF an
only SON and an only daughter
When the parental party went
ahead In the tonneau and LETT tine
objects OF their planning to foilo"
an the runabout. this piece OF ehar,
acteristic strategy had reNealea
nrouheticaily line OF torneh's So'
10 come. In prospect was three
yrorths' tour. tied TO n suins OF
rnronean hotels. under the CHAP
cropava OF three old eonspirators.
she was lost unless something hap
nened TO prevent their catehins tne
limited which connected with tue
steamer at New YORK.
She was about 20 make some II.
relevant answer when the Nhir OF
motor rising In cadence at aouoie
railroad speed attracted tneir AT
,ention. At the top OF the nh
which the runahout was ascending
they recognized a sight not untamil-
lar in the year 1912. An aeroplane'
It's great wings flashing a shadow
over their faces. It's propeliers
making frothy swath OF beaten
light, swept by.
Il wish we're aboard" Alice
thought. wildly.
"Whew, Must be the Bolt'" said
Appleton. Going too fast to De
any other.
The Bolt was Rodney Sharps
aeroplane, and she felt peculiar
interest in Rodney Sharp's career.
II was twelve years now since
they had met. From her carriage
she had watched him, youth OF
eighteen. take an iSnominous tum-
BILE on the hillside back OF the Meth
odIst church to the outlaws OF the
local population. She had spoken
10 him and he had smiled in answer
10 the little girl who wa with her
roverness. The picture he made
as. flushed and determined, be stood
beside the wreck OF his machine
facing ridicule. had a romantic place
In her memory. Soon afterward he
had left Thomsonville. And now
that queer Sharp boy" had made
the continents and the seas--for he
was the first 10 cross the ocean
a moving picture under his feet
From the Bolt she looked back at
Appleton, who was about 10 take
M the conversation where he had
left Il. II occurred TO her that he
was positively inane. Must she
dine with him, walk with him. talk
with him all her life? she asked
herself. Good heavens, They
might even live to celebrate a gol-
den wedding
The prospect Of that golden we'd
ding to her overwrought nerves
PLAYED a controlling part In the
events which followed. Ahead on
the silent road a man on horse
back was approaching. Evidently
ne was In a hurry while he crossed
the culvert over a small stream. As
Appleton slowed down. Alice sud
denly saw In the situation the
means to miss the train, TO a recess
from his company which would give
her time TO consider her true feel
ing toward the man at her side. Her
glimpse OF aerial freedom had given
her courage and imagination. Be
sides. a little shaking might dis
cover the latent italics which
seemed lacking In Appleton's ma
ture. With a quick movement, her
hand slipped TO the wheel. and
under the spur OF an opportunity 80
evident and appalling she gave II
the turn that spelled the difference
between security and Catastrophe.
The road seemed TO drop from
under the car and the car from
under her. The next that she knew
she was on the grassy embankment
facing the seat from which she had
been precipitated. She looked for
Appleton, who had gone In a differ.
ent direction. He Was rising from
the water, dripping but uninjured.
How did 1t happen?" he gasped,
as he glanced downward at his mud.
drenched clothes.
Extraordinary" she murmured.
Wasn't It creditable OF both OF us
not to scream"
Look at the machinei" he ex.
claimed. with a Rrievous gesture to
ward the runabout. which lay on its
side wedged into the bank. How
are we ever going to pull It out?"
But he had overlooked the farm
hand, who had dlsmounted and was
standing beside his horse. which
was In its working harness.
Appleton leaned against the ma
chine in despair.
Say" drawlcd the farm hand
with a chuckle:
why don't you both jump on the
boss an when you get to Perkins
that's the next house beyond-you
can rush into his barn an get an
other"
Alice forgot the aeroplane, now
the size Of an eagle and pointing
directly for them, and gave the man
a look that might well make an
ogre pause.
Never Neveri Two Of rs In