Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-05
By ETHEL HOLMES

Mise. ! am going TO bring home a
10 dinner today"
Vas the housekeeper and this
that the meal should be served
b extra person.
no II itT' I asked.
>ncford Is his name he is twenty
Ffars oldrand-well. you can Judge
DureaA He Is either fool or n
=. l ~ not certain which; you
kive>rhe your opinion after you
seen him"
ben Mr.. Langford came l saw
ing unusual In his appearance. In
he was rather plain. He was GER
" not up to the ways Of society
Instead Of appearing In evening
y he woe n business suit. He took
4 little L)tice Of me. addressing his
/rks TO father. They were chat
phen dinner was announced and
the guest was introduced TO me
We me n nod without pausing in
he waAsaying, evidently more in
@(cd In II than I'm me. The subject
mind was engInes.sabout which
q absolutely ignorant.
ring the dinner he hoped about
one subject to another like a bird
tree. At one moment II was
ficr than air" the next something
would 20 n hundred miles an
and the next-heaven knows
Lthink II was about gas bags.
II believe father understood half
bat he said and I didn't take In a
Of II. I was certainly very much
and glad when the dinner was
As father rose he said TO me:
Cuise. I shall have to ask you TO
lain Mr.. Langford for awhile; I
some letters to write that can't
offr
IT. heavens entertain Mr..
ord. with his "gas bags" and
Ter then air" talk. I gave father
nihilatlng look. but II produced no
He went upstairs to his den
led Mr.. Laneford into the draw
>m. He came down from his gas
md became for few minutes n
INHERENT person.
psi apologize" he said, "for talk
BUT 1atfers that you cannot be
III to Understand"
>Qt in the world were you talk
put anyways" I asked.
FIgating the air: I expect TO see
" when a man will fly like a
de up my mind at once that II
either fool or genius, he
s. S'', looking Gward." he con-
ITO the day when a man will
New York to Chicago in much
De then would be required by.
bad II ~. He will soar over
ins. I'M war there will be no
81 scouts to report on the posi-
Id strength Of an enemy. Men
up in flying machines and take
|raphs OF whole battlefield. OF
there viii be men on both
lind they will fight TO drive each
Way"
X was far-away look In his
>cn he. said this and began to
that he was insane.
b see ~ went on. thousands
n flying machines pltted against
Ms ON the other side firing at
other, now and again one drop
the enrth. some OF them max
&dfial descents either on n slant
lrcles. These battles above the
you excuse me a moment, Mr..
III" / interrupted, II wish to
i<h my father"
from him upstairs 10 father.
u said. out Of breath, II dare
5he moment longer alone with
d. lie is a lunatic."
id you think that?" asked
pain Pwhat the man had said
oen fighting up In the air.
De- an enthusiast. my dear; /
.lnk his mind Is affected"
not going back without you,
when he was talking about
titles in me clouds he fright
20 down again; when l finish
II I'll join you"
med TO the drawing room. 1
Mr.. Langford had surmised
md gone too far with his non
but going up in the air. At
be tall2SQ 10 me delightfully."-
subjeetN forgot his weak
enjoyed the rest Of the time
with him immensely. That
went 10 bed with my brain In
Ind dreamed that l was fiitdng
ID IN the sky.
Us happened. as have said.
NO. ! was recently invited TO
Dnautic exhibition and was In
IA to a man who had been prom
airplane inventions and had
|1n the air on the Belgian battle
= did not hear his name when
presented 20 me. but there was
rs about htp that was familiar
BE war NJ enthusiastic about
and had brought down many