Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-01-09
THE
AERONAUTS
How a Girl Went Up In
the Air and How
She Came Down
By R ATwATHR

by the Dye, mH8- G~IObVeuOEs Bulu
Mrs. Emngham, "your nephew, Jack
Kenworthy. comes Of age soon. does
he notf'
I'm a week from today"
How nice to be coming Of age and
into a splendid property at the same
timer"
"Jack will not enjoy his inheritance
long"
mot enjoy it longl why. what do
you mean2"
Jack, like other wealthy young men,
has been inoculated with the aviation
fever. For the past year he has been
thinking OF nothing else. He has made
a number oftrips and learned all about
a~eroplanes and bow to fly them. He
has ordered one liner than any that has
been produced to be made for him. 1t
Is finished, and he is only whiting for
bis estate to be turned Over to him to
pay for II. These aviatOrs do not live
on an average more than two OF three
years and are liable to get killed at
any time while they are flying. It's
too bad about Jack. He will have a
splendid fortune. he is very bright
and has a fine future before him."
HAS no n any influence over him
to show him that death is the inevita-
bic end to his flights IL he persists in
themF'
II am his only living near relative. /
have pleaded with him to desist from
aviation, 10 study a profession, to at
himself to live rather than to take
measures for death. l have not pro
duced any impression on him"
rDon't you think that II you could
get him married his wife might &C.
compllsh that in which you have fail
edT"
1--WE thought Of that, but Jack is not
a ladies' man at all. He won't consent
to my introducing him to girls. Indeed,
he won't have anything to do with
them. Several women who have got
the aviation craze have begged me to
intercede with Jack to take them for a
ride in the air. He scouts the idea.
DO you suppose he say to me, that
I'm going to take up a woman to lose
her head at the slightest Jar in the ma
chinery. grab me like a drowning per-
son and land me n mass of pulp on the
earth hundreds OF feet below2- Not
muchP"
"Does he take men up with himT'
"Only such us he is sure will not get
ratified"
Edith bingham, aged nineteen. was
| .4kkH,. -. n v-faao-v -,oN ,,.o..I,a -.
curtains. with n novel on her lap, lis
tening to this dialogue. She had caught
the aviation fever and was much inter
ested in this Mr.. Kenworthy. who
skinned about in the air at the risk OF
bis life. who disliked girls and who was
about to step into a fortune. Could
there be any combination better cal
culated to impress a girl in her teens7
But when we consider that Miss Ehlng-
ham was DESTROYS OF flying among the
clouds herself we have conditions that
are likely to produce results.
Mamma" she said after Mrs. Gros-
venor's departure, II have a curiosity
to see this man who has no more sense
than to risk his neck by trying to make
a bird Of himself and who prefers to
get smashed against the earth instead
OF living to enjoy his fortune"
"Good gracious, Edith. what do you
know about Mr.. K~enworthyY'
81 was sitting in the window seat
when you and his aunt were talking
about him and heard all that was said.
Please ask Mrs. Grosvenor to bring
him here to dinner. But don't say any
thing about me. or he won't come"
'T1l do no such thing. don't wish
you to have anything to do with such q
man; you'll DO going up with him In
his machine"
"How can I do that when he won't
take a girl up with himT"
why do you wish to see himT"
"For ~curiosity's sake"
When a girl OF nineteen wishes to
get her clutches on q young man. her
mother Is not the best person to stand
in her way. Mrs. Grosvenor was in.
vited to dinner and asked to bring heI
nephew with her. Since she had
brought him up from a boy Of twelve
she had sufficient influence to induce
him to accept the invitation. At Mrs
Emngham's suggestion. prompted b!
Edith, Mrs. Grosvenor told Jack thai
there were only children In the Efing
ham family, and for that evening thu
young lady appeared with her hall
hanging uncOnhned down her bach
and ROBBED in a becoming snow Whit
dress. the skirt OF which reached ONLY
midway between her knees and hel
ankles.
Upon her entrance into the dining
room. where Mr.. Kenworthy. mucl
bored In his efforts to please his aunt
sat waiting for dinner to be announc
ed. his attention was Immediately Ok
ed on this falry-like child who mad
him a courtesy and began ~immediatel,
to chat with him in a very anlmate'
fashion. KenwOrthy, judging from
her appearance. thought her to b
about thirteen. but he had neve
known a child Of that age to talk o.
much like a woman.