The Forrest City times., 1914-12-11

tii .ho 100 ao oy .he new eastern spn lil 'ne land was only low line 'Su, s me And presently even thas e oeaia' NOW nothing was visjhIe hr. iallet enpanSe of the ocean. Here ans rrls On of0a' rising and falling like cork uu uuo .aea waters saw a tiny steamsb,n poa ger than toy boat And no os olsappeared at last, leaving ma oa tlss with the sun and the sea W aioa I wheeling gulls. ana a.
 Hour after hour went hr favoring wind I sped ovou opon while behind me the hnsN Uu'nWa't nummed n, and sang. Charles, Cb. no'a' | nat was It's refrain. tbousb. ,a incredible dangers that he, oi as Now the journey was almoa. u passed ahd there was little more to oso en0ef l s~ooped lower, until a,ons sKlmmed the surface of tbo aiihoS ing sheer pleasure in the sn1as, s, al the spray and the undulat,na su H a that rose and fell as far as q, "''a could stretch in every d,roct,oa " tue sun neared the zenith I ch.,. my course, little by little. until IsA s' immediately toward 1t In tba uls Is. or my exultation, however a,,, iiuA an awful thought occurred to 'u' mo
 what if should miss Corsica,. f.
 It sooered me. Heaven beln V 'hen, TOT l should fly straight oons ward until reached Africa or fsn '. to the sea. And after night a strs,,s, M an even comparatively straight cop.. would be impossible. ''uiS
 The sun crossed tho vo,,., oiazed in the west. Now I ch.na.s sa, my course little by little, until tba sU. su, was on my right hand. By four o,o,os. should have sighted Corsica hv .,. must reach scouto. for tw;,,ss, would then be approaching. The sn, began perceptibly to decline If v.. half way down in the sky. And elm no sight of land! 'NA
 Another thought now cama to n,,, for the first time and added to m, fears. What if Zeuxis should afts, ,n refuse to return with mel And In, ther. what if the added weight imneda the aeroplane
 But forced these thoughts from m, and strove desperately forward u though by sheer effort of mentality I could add to the speed of the insensa,, mechanism. It must be four ocloct Another half hour passed-an hop The sea was changing from blue h black; In the northeast heavy tbupde, clouds were looming up. did not dare think now My brain whirls the heavens appeared to spin; the sun like fiery Cyclopean eye, drew nes to the horizon. That eye would close, and then-good night to life and all my hopes for Charles
 For my own life I cared nothing but the thought of what would befan him was torment It sent the blood coursing furiously through my veins and my heart hammered like a ham. mer of doom. Six o'clock-for the sun dipped and its fiery edge touched the waterline There, immeasurahy expanded in apparent size, it hid itself behind the murky clouds and seemed to leer horribly at me on its passage into the depths of ocean. was hope lessly lost now. could only shape ny course mechanically southward. But where was |? l stared out over the l pitch black waters, stirring restlessE beneath the rising wind. One hour more, perhaps a little longer, and then
 My hands ached, my body ached, and an insurmountable lassitude weighed down my eyelids. lnvouh tarily I closed them for an instant Then opening them. cried out Vtn joy.
 For far in the distance saw the tinlest blur of brown upon the face d the sea. It was so far to port that, nao not closed my eyes and so reiie'eo them from the strain Of gazing over the sea, should never have seen IL
 But as the suns rim dipped unoel the sea coursed over a high anu rock bound shore toward white nlue town set on a hill dropped into 'ns market square. and from the houses men came running up, shouting in some unintelligible speech. when 'l0 machine rested they ventured near and formed a circle round me al le spectful distance, crossing themseNe' and staring in amazement' 4,
 where am I?" I demanded Ill A' most all that knew of Italian
 One hero strutted toward me- wes ing hack his long cloak, and answereo
 "Scouto." .,
 had flown all along the coass ~ Corsica. to land, by some most iol" nate coincidence of fate, at the P else locality of my destlnauon'
 He knew me too, and began uV- ,,n than that alone. For as seaieu z, the mans face recognized-zeuAl..
 But the coincidence was siess sM ling at the knees. Then. with o,s . cry, he fell face down upon the '1.s,p '' Small wonder when. deemihs n ., hs secure. he saw mo swoop out ol ... skies to drag him from ni'
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