Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04

at her, smiling, while the Bolt was
as still as if some Yogi had suspend
ed ii by an invisible wire.
wen try it, he said. But we
can't go up like an elevator. We
| have to climb a pyramidal, aerial
| staircase, as it were," and already
| they were rising,
IF l dropped il would be death,
wouldn't it?' she whispered. My
reason tells me so. but not my feel
| ings. 1t seems as If | could flutter
down gently or soar to the top of the
custom house, as | chose. Do you
ever feel that way?'
| Yes. That's the trick-confidence
A pitcher must never think he is not
going to strike the batsman out; an
aeroplanist must never think that he
| is going to fall. And if something
breaks-that's the fight
| She thought of him as a d'Artag-
nan of the air. She wished that they
might be in danger, SO that she could
watch him at war with the battalions
of gravity.
And the confidence that carried
me through" lac turned to her with
| a smile that TAD the suggestion OF
the self-revelatiun which is the fore
runner of inquiry-"yes, it came from
what might seem a little thing" He
paused, as if waiting for some word
from her.
wonderful" Alice whispered.
Very wonderful. and most wonder
full of all is" she was going to say
"you," but she made it, your mas
terry of the air."
! mo. If l am to be mentioned, it
! all goes back toto Thomsonville.
| When l had spent my last cent on
that poor, sorry experiment that cost
me a years labor and all the village
was laughing, there was a girl in a
carriage looking on with the rest.
She said--but do you recall what she
said 2"
! YES" she answered 81 said: But
you did fly a little. You flew father
than you could jump-farther than
two big jumps
ut was the only encouragement l
had had he proceeded. TT stopped
the smarting OF peeled shins and ell
bows and saved me from trying to
thrash the village bully. That night
kept repeating two big jumps 1t
really seemed q beginning, and ]
rose in the morning determined not
to give up"
oh" she whispered, with a sup
preston Of breath.
The mist which enveloped them
grew luminous. The supreme thing
for which she had wished had come.
They were in danger.
Through it. Through 1.-THE
quicker the betterl" he assured her.
1.-THE harbor is on the other side"
A cyclonic whirlwind racked the
Bolt, playing with the ship of the air
as zephyr plays with a thistle
blow.
Careening, the Bolt all but turned
turtle as it emerged from the delug-
ing drive of rain.
Alice's blinded eyes, accustoming
themselves to the light, she saw what
had happened. One of the Bolts
great wings was broken.
Freeing his hand from the wheel
| for an instant, Sharp drew from the
tool box spool of copper wire, and
then looked past Alice to the break
and unconsciously shook his head
| She saw what was in his mind. To
| leave his position meant that the
| Bolt would capsize before he could
reach the break. Their fighting hope
hung on joining the split ends of the
rod. Without immediate repair death
was inevitable.
"A woman may also have courage
| she said.
And l can wind wire" she added
"Courage-and-" he paused
"and the thing which your encour-
agement taught me-"
Confidence. Confidence!" she re-
peated, remembering the keys TO the
mysteries "Confidence!"
She exhibited it by disengaging one
of her hands and taking the spool
from him.
Can you crawl out on the lower
plane and reach up TO that rod?" he
asked in such a way that it seemed
to her the worst coward could not
have said no.
"Isn't that the only thing to do?'
she asked.
Eyes. emember-confidenc
The break lay four feet over her
| head. How was she to support her
self as she reached aloft?
For the first time she looked down.
Il can't! / can't" she cried.
Why, yes you can said Sharp.
OF course you can
This woke her out of her spell
Now l am going to drive her hard
at an angle which will straighten out
the broken part by the force of
! flight" Sharp added. Hold FAST
It's all right"
He was uncertain that he could do
TINS, Dul II WAS tue MAYOR operation
which he had planned. He flung back
the spark and opened the throttle
wide.
See! The parts are together!
Quick, while they are!" Sharp called
to her.
Alice answered mechanically. as If
she We're a puppet at the nerve-ends
OF his will. She threw herself across
the space between the two planes to
the broken rod and closed her eyes.
But she opened them to ind that she
had bridged the gulf. When. with