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wing opposing no sudden resistance
which would throw the plane out OF
the horizontal.
II Hawker had landed In Ireland OF
In England the story might have been
different, for In leaving behind the un-
der carriage he left behind hope OF
making anything but a crash" landing.
a drop onto the field with only the sien-
der lower wing to bear the sudden rough
contact with the earth.
Certainly the plane would have been
wrecked. but Hawker was matching his
sklll-sitill weakened by some twenty or
twenty-five hours of constant vigilance,
on making the crash 30 gentle that he
and his navigator would not be injured
seriously, even though the plane. at
landing speed, would be going some
forty or nifty miles an hour-railroad
express speed.
Details OF Rescue stan Unknown
The circumstances OF the rescue, how
the Mary, crawling along on voyage
from Norfolk to Horsens, q voyage
which already in mid ocean had taken
her some thirteen days. came to be on
| that spot OF all the miles OF ocean, how
she rescued the aviators by boat or
rope, can not be told now. Certain II Is.
seafaring were the master and men OF
the Mary 20 stunned by surprise. and
even by fear at the sight Of an airplane
| dropping downward into the ocean hun
dreds Of miles from land.
That the surprise did not overcome
entirely their seamanship 10 seen by the
| fact that Hawker and Grieve are alive.
The sopwith bipiane which had striven
| 30 long and no dsringiy to spdn the
| Atlantic was left to sink In its depths,
q tragic reminder to man Of how easily
little thing like misplaced Dit OF
solder may overcome his highest hopes
and greatest daring.
The rejoicing through all Britain
| rejoicing which spread as far as Aus
tralia, the birthplace Of Hawker-was
most intense at the little country home
Of the aviator near Surbiton. The great
Joy within. upon which few intruded'
| had as q sort Of halo q crowd OF VII
layers and later a greater crowd OF
people from further off, who gathered
around the house, sometimes shouting:
more often silent, as the emotions OF
| delight and thankfulnesA swept over II.
Tia Admiralty. after the fleet destroy
er woolsun had caught UP with the little
Mary and taken of her two famous pas
senxers, announced officially that the
position where the Sopwith sank to the
sea was latitude 5000 North. longitude
| 80 West. This is a few miles from
the spot where the cable ship Faraday
and the Leyland liner Ninian reported
| few days ago seeing the red light OF an
airpiane. Presumably the Night reported
by these ships was a Very signal OF
distress set OF by Hawker or Grieve
when the plane nrst began to nag.
| On Board the Revenge.
| From the woolsun the aviators were
transferred to the Revenge. flagship OF
the ships in north Of Scotland waters
The welcome extended to Hawker. the
| man who set of In the face OF unfa-
| vorable weather conditions on the
| chance Of beating the American sea
| planes across in a friendly, but no less
stern, race, and to his navigator. an Of
fcer of the British navy. can probably
be as easily imagined as II viii later be
described.
Even had the destroyer failed to reach
the Mary II Is probable that the skipper
Of that craft would have been apprised
fully as to the Importance OF his visitors
for the Daily Mad flashed word to al
the signal stations Within the reach OF
tie cargo boat. which. as may be under
| stood, lacked . wireless. to hoist flags
conveying messages Of the most ferven'
| entreaty to the Danish ship to stop al
some port and put tho heroes ashore.
In the midst OF her thankfulness-5o,
| 10 hardly the proper word-Mrs Hawkei
explained for the information Of q PEG
pie deeply happy how she had stead
lastly kept UP faith in her husbands
safety-even on that dreadful Monda,
levenins when long after dark. afte'
many hours of patient waiting at TIL
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silently homeward alone. reading In tn
eyes Of those who had watched will
her the opinion that her husband wa
dead somewhere In tho waters between
Europe and America
CONFIDENT All the Time.
1T had a presentiment all along tha
should see my husband again." sh'
said. ct wRA> confident all the time
even although all our friends condolet
with me. am overtoyed and too over
come to talk now
Even King George. Mrs. Hawke
might have added. had sent words o
consolation to her. but not even tn
words OF the King could shake the be
lief OF Mrs. Hawker.
There was after the first transport
of 10y q tinge almost OF sadness arnon
the more thoughtful They remembers
that over in Newfoundland there ar
four other British airplanes preparin
for the great flight These men. eve
in the face of Hawker's apparent Ger
tain death. had persevered In thet
preparations. But no matter how man
others following In the path Of Hawke
meet disaster and then death all her
feel sure that a tiny airplane soarin
high will this year spin new bindin
1 he IF
, Atlantic between Britain and her Ne,
| World colonies