Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-29

then. She could not realize what she asked
Of him.
tie repeated almost har~hly. Vet without
having the courage ~ look M her ewes I:
you must 80 up with me. That u ny one
condition"
so il came about that the flavor Of ro-
nance of the kervelan-N illefranc wedding
was still further heightened by the news
that the happy pair would begin their hon
cymoon journey via %aeroplane. Paris was
beside itself with rapture.
II was a trifle cloudy. but otherwise w
perfect day for the flight.
Nilletranc handed hi bride tendcrly and
.proudly from the moior-car which had
brought them from the motor-car which
had brought them from the church TO the
grounds where hi biplane was standing.
Tn. aircraft was already surrounded by n
corps IL ramcramen. and 4 perfect vnllcy
ut clicks sounded ~ the two approached.
M. korvclan and NJ remaining daughter.
with the rest VI the party bringing up the
rear.
VI. kervelan kissed Celeste on both
checks and upon the little curI~ hat peep
ed out from beneath her gray. tightly drawn
motoring veil. and muttered 10 himself con
c%erning her husband: "Beast-beast-to
think ~ such m idiotic way Of beginning,
Bea~t-or hirdr'
GLOW ! envy vonI' whispered Cele-ie'~
aH - ~ fH Al ~
next moment Nillelranc had lifted the slight
figure into the seat behind him in the boat
like fuselage and placed her hands upon
his shoulders.
She was terribly frightened. but made no
sign. gripping his coat firmly and waiting
She glued her ewes ~ the elevator III front
a- II ~he expected to mount the moment ii
tilted.
There was another volley If click~ from
the cameras. Then a slender Young man IN
~overall~ ran To the rear of the machine.
Partly turning her head. Celeste watched
him pull down the propeller. and. n her
husband uttered the word Contact swing
the blade about once and dart aside from
the ~himnNring circle that -prang into hc-
ing.
The engine roared into her ears: -hc frlt
the Jerking movement ~ Nillefrnnc pulled
the throttle lever fully hack and ihcy be
gan To- roll forward along the ground. more
and more smoothly, at a constantly in
creasing pace. Then they skinned the sur
face. like q stone skipping across water.
suddenly II seemed ~ her that they rush
pd up Y steep hin in the air.
Her heart seemed Ky spring into her
mouth.
They rlattened ont with ~ almost im-
perceptibIe movement Of the ~tahilizutor
and were going horizontally again.
The rush and the press of the air were
terrific. Her chest seemed 90 be- Stove iu.
her ribs giving away. She could hardly cx-
hale. the slightest parting of her Hp~
admitted to much mir.
She was reminded Nj \ drowning person
Struggling against the entrance WI water.
Another air-hill. She was aware WI THE
glowering shadows Of 4 wood rushing
wildly past far below-the trees she had
barely diScerned at the far end of the open
space.
What 4 distance they had come il 4 few
seconds
The continuous rush nf air wa~ begin
'ning ~ affect her blood like an intoxicant
RAPIDLY inducing Y dazed feeling. IVY that
when Nillafranc turned hi~ mead momcn
tarily. showing hiS teeth III 4 smile. She
smiled back vaguely.
Then she beat franticallv pon his -houl-
dcrs when she realized he had mi~under-
stood her.
She summoned all her strength and
screamed ~ him, hnt the a%rticulate words
we're torn from her lips and lost in the
Ihnmming roar of the engine. Nillctranc,
barely hearing. nodded and laughed APP