Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-07

Her mouth drew down at the cor.
pers, but she would not succumb again
to feeling sorry for herself. Instead
she shielded her eyes once more and
took stock OF the various handiworks
of God. The world was good to look
upon that morning. II was twirling
BY in strange rotative movement
that gave 1t an illusive appearance. II
was like 2 new toy In the way Of pam
Dramas. Things started to come nearer,
changed their minds and then swept
into the past, lingering long on q steep
horizon an though they hesitated be-
fore an irrevocable plunge.
Andrea found that by holding back
her skirts she could look straight
down. She did 20 of and on for half
m hour and the things she saw told
her much. Forest and plain, forest
and plain swept under and away In an
endless gentle uDdulauon cut twice
by long, wandering silver bands.
From high In the DIR those bands
were noth'ng-mere strips OF ribbon
that a child could step over. But
down there3 She knew that down be-
low they were mighty rivers, doubt,
less teeming with hippos, crocodiles
and snakesl BE-.
The engine missed fre-once, twice.
Andrea would scarcely have noticed
the fact had 1t not been for Its ex-
traordlnary effect on the man. All his
pnsa 1ropna5 <roy,n hiyc Ia hao,r,a
galvanized into nervous life and did
several things rapidly with twitchins
fingers. The engine missed again, and
he half rose in his seat, craned his
neck. turned his face to ono side and
looked down. In the glimpse she
caught she saw that the lines around
bis mouth had suddenly deepened In
credibly. Bis eyes seemed to fix with
g certain relief on q spot. clearing,
far ahead. He settled back tensely
and made for II. The engine back
fred with the ripping report Of a ga.-
ling gun, coughed and stopped. The
man gripped the steering gear tightly
and tipped the machines nose down
for long, reaching volplane. On the
backs Of his hands Andrea saw little
cleaning bulbs Of sweat. Swervlng
TO escape the crest Of tree, he made
q reasonably successful landing. in
spite Of his agitation. The airplans
took the ground in the wide beaten,
circle Of a native kraal, shot across II
and then came to violent stop with
wings buried IN the mud-plastered
walls Of two separate huts.
The shock cast Andrea forward IN
stinctlvely she threw her arms around
the mans neck. She felt the culver
irg of his whole body as though 1t
we're shaking with an ague. To her
establishment he became. for Tn ia.
slant almost pitiabie. But only for
en- instant: then he nerved himself.
climbed out OF the machine ard helped
her down. She gave a long sigh Of
relief and looked up at him with a
half smile on her face. he had taken
OF his goggles. His eyes were gray
and large. They stsred at without
seeing her and in them was q visible
trouble as OF some deep ana hidden
struggle .-. aE@p@
Andrea gazed at him. her tips parted
In wonder. At last he felt her eyes
upon him and q deep flush mounted
from his neck and swept upward,
lighting the tan Of his face with
subdued glow.
"If that happened to me-" thought
Andrea. I'D be as red as a field Of
poppies."
IL beg your pardon" stammered
the man and started walking up and
down with quick strides. Andrea
knew instinctively that he was warm
ing up muscles that had been sud-
denly frozen. steadying shaking knees
and shaky heart.
She turned her eyes from him and
gazed around to get her first glimpse
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