Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-22

yes l said. and wondered just
what was going to happen for I got
so used to thinking / might be ar
rested (althoGgh / never was) that ]
was prepared for 1t all the time.
But he held out his hand. ~ lived
seven years in Chicago" he said
and I am glad to meet any person
from America"
then was training in the aviation
corps. He had been training only n
few weeks, but, one day when we
were talking of aeroplaning, / said
/ would like to go up in an aero
plane.
Wouldn't you be afraid?" he
asked me.
Just give me the chance" I said,
"and I'll show you"
He did. 1t was forbidden that any
person should go with an officer, and
in addition to this, 1t was dangerous
as he knew comparatively little about
aviation. But he said he would take
me, and l would have taken any
chance to get to go.
My girl friend tried to dissaude
me. When she could not, she said,
We'll. al least, il you are killed, l
will testify that you went of your
own free will"
READY FOR THE VOYAGE.
Capt Viewer flew from to 10 a. m.
and from to 10 p. m. He took me
on one of the morning flights.
1 was up long before daybreak.
trembling and too excited to eat. BUT
he told me to eat something, as /
might get "airsick" If I did not
"Airsickness" corresponds to sea-
sickness, and. I am told, causes much
the same discomfort, l did not get
airsick, so / cannot gay.
Capt. Viewer WINS waiting for me at
n. NJ. with n machine. He did not
go to the camp with me as that
would have made MY trip too con-
spicuous and he did not want my
person to know I was going.
The camp was called "Schlicshe elm"
and was about 8 or 10 miles out Of
Munich. don't know how many
neroplnncs were there, but they raa
into the hundreds.
Capt Viewer hurried to the camp
before ! got there. / was in a taxi
cab. I had the cab stop about a half
mile from the camp and L got out.
I hurried across the field. When ]
reached Capt. Viewer he had the
leather coat and hood which I was to
wear, ready for me. He hurriedly
helped me off with my own coat. ]
pulled off my hat and thrust both
garments under the seat in the areo-
plane. Then he buttoned the big
leather coat on me and tied down the
hood, which had heavy flaps over tho
ears.
A TRIP THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
climbed into the machine. both he
and I afraid every second some per-
son would come and discover I was
a stranger and forbid him to take
me. In the machine, I sat in front.
he behind me, and n little above me
so he could look over my head. 7
was strapped in the seat. I was
afraid every minute-not of the ma
chine, but that some person would
stop us before we got we'll started.
But no cne did. Evidently they all
thought that Capt. Viewer simply had
a workman with him, for every per-
son was too busy to watch any per-
Ron else.
When we first rose off the ground
! caught my breath for then 1 real
ized that ! might never come back.
l knew we were going over the
enemy lines. But ] was in for IL, so
I took my courage in both hands
gritted my teeth and sat tight"
We had to rise 5000 feet in the air
and stay at that height most of the
time, as the ascent was made over
the Tyrol mountains. The air cur
rents between and among these
mountains and the suction are 50
strong that a lower level is thor
oughly unsafe.
Az we rose, 1 could see the Italian
and Austrian armies In battle army