The Era-leader., 1919-07-10
PAUL'S ADVENTURE
Ey HATTIE v. MCtiR.
Observation-Disclosures:

noon. They were, "Not 10 dare 20 out
of the yard, or get all musSed up
But he did 90 out Of the yard, ana
he also got terribly mussed, and some
one was provoked about it at the time
For the first FIVE minutes, when
is a long time, considering his age
Paul followed instructions.
Then, looking up to locate the source
of a loud humming noise, he spled an
airplane circling above the arsenal
two blocks down the boulevard. In less
time than it takes to tell it Paul was
violating a very old rule, Never &c
on the boulevard" a new one, Don't
go out of the yard" and, If running
in the tar and gravel as fast as his
short legs would carry him would muss
him up, he was in fair way to vlo'
late a third.
He had covered one block when the
noise became so loud that he looked
up. The plane that before had seemed
so small as 1t circled, high In the air.
was now headed directly at him, and
was q roaring, snorting monster.
With good sense, far In excess Of hl'
years, he dropped down and rolled over
the dirty tarred road +" the grassy
side, while the plane, passing over him
landed, with many bumps 80 feet be-
yond.
The aviator, who a moment before
had been fighting for his life II 6
crazy machine that, without any warn
ing, had gone out of control, quickly
unstrapped himself and ran back. He
was white as the wings of his gas bird
as he picked up crying Baby.
A terribly frightened young woman
who little later forced her way
through the crowd, found a greasy lieu
tenant of aviation hugging mussy
boy, while in a trembling voice he re-
peated, "Thank goodness. Hardly
able to speak with excitement, he said
addressing her, 81 am sure he isn't
hurt; but l don't want to ever &C
through the like again"
"Let us hope not" she answered as
she took the chief cause of his nerv
BUSINESS in her arms.
The crowd had by this time growr
so large, being augmented by number
of soldiers from the arsenal, that she
started to 60.
"Wait, please" he spoke. Cant
have the little chaps address? I'd
like to send him something"
"Oh," she answered, "we live in the
little red bungalow on the left. Paul
can tell you his own name."
"What Is 1t, Paul?" asked the man.
paul" answered Paul, and then he
was hurried away to be scrubbed
dressed again and scolded, for IF you
had stayed in your own yard 1t wouldn't
have happened"
Paul's defense was II guess he didn't
know how to run it very we'll, any
way"
During the following week Paul con
tinually entertained anyone that would
listen with tales of what he expected
to receive from the aviator. He was
even heard on one occasion to confide
to his woolly canine playfellow, Ino
that maybe "well get one Of those big
things, so we can 90 way up as high
as the sky"
But later letter came from near
by government hospital telling Pau
that the birdman had had another acci
dent. It said that if he wanted the
present very soon either his papa OF
mamma would have to bring him there
because "a chap can't walk with &
broken leg"
The following Sunday tall man, @
strikingly pretty woman and talk
ative boy, who tightly clutched a bou
quet of flowers so big that he had diff
Guilty in handling it, called on the in
jured lieutenant. OF course, among
other things, the accident was dis
cusSed, at which time Paul assured
them that he wasn't scared at all
"Well, l was scared" said the officer
and looking at the lady, Il guess youl
mother was scared" The man laughed
and the woman blushed as Paul blurt
ed out, Il guess my mother amt scared
yet, because she don't know about it
cause she's away her own self"
II think" said Paul's father as he
looked from the man to the woman anG
chuckled at their embarrassment, "that
it is time that y0l folks we're properly
introduced. Lieu enant H meet my
sister, Miss c.. She is Paul'S actins
mother just now. His own mamma
will soon, we hope, be home from 6
stay in the country where she has beer
cOnvalescing after a terrible Illness
The first journey Of any length thai
the flying man made after he received
his crutches was over to Paul's home
But 1t wasn't the last one. During the
months that followed he made many
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