Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-05-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
|PAUL'S ADVENTURE.
BY HATTIE v. MoHR.

lt, IyIJ, by Tie McCIure NeWs-
paper Syndicate.)

/ gusted with the rules for the AFTER
noon. They were, "Not to dare go out
Of the yard, or get all mussed up"
But he did go out Of the yard, and
ne also got terribly mussed and some
one was provoked about 1t at the time.
For the first five minutes, which
Is a long time, considering his age,
/ Paul followed Instructions.
Then, looking up to locate the source
| Of loud hummlng noise, he spied an
| eirplane circling above the arsenal,
| two blocks down the boulevard. In less
time than it takes to tell 1t Paul was
violating a very old rule, "Never go
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 vio-
late 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 roaring. snorting monster.
With good sense, far in excess Of his
years, he dropped down and rolled over
the dirty tarred road to the grassy
side, while the plane, passing over him,
landed, with many bumps 90 feet be-
You'd.
The aviator, who moment before
had been fighting for his life in a
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 greasy lieu
tenant of aviation hugging mussy
boy, while in trembling voice he re-
peated, "Thank goodness" Hardly
able to speak with excitement, he said,
addressing her, II am sure he isn't
hurt; but I don't want to ever go
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 grown
so large, being augmented by number
of soldiers from the arsenal, that she
started to go.
"Wait, please" he spoke. Cant i
have the little chaps address7 I'd |
like to send him something"
"Oh," she answered, 1--WE live in the
little red bungalow on the left. Paul
can tell you his own name"
''What is 1t, Paul?" asked the man.
was hurried away to be scrubbed,
dressed again and scolded, for IF you
had stayed in your own yard 1t wouldn't
have happened"
Pauls defense was 81 guess he didn't
know how to run it very well, 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 "we'n get one Of those big
things, so we can go way up as high
Is the sky"
But later q letter came from near
oy government hospital telling Paul
hat the birdman had had another acct
lent. 1t said that if he wanted the
present very soon either his papa or
mamma would have to bring him there
BECAUSE "a chap can't walk with a
,roken leg"
The following Sunday tall man, a
trikingly pretty woman and a talk
tive boy, who tightly clutched a bou-
Iuet of flowers so big that he had diff
ulty in handling it, called on the in
ured lieutenant OF course, among
ther things, the accident was dis
used, at which time Paul assured
hem that he wasn't scared at all,
Well, l was scared" said the officer,
nd looking at the lady, II guess your
lother was scared" The man laughed
nd the woman blushed as Paul burt
d out, 81 guess my mother amt scared
ct, because she don't know about 1t,
ause she's away her own self"
81 think" said Paul's father as he
'oked from the man to the woman and
luckled at their Embarrassment, that
is time that you folks we're properly
ltroduced. Lieutenant H meet my
ster. Miss c.. She Is Pauls acting
other just now. His own mamma
Ill soon, we hope, be home from
ay In the country where she has been
,nvalescing after terrible Illness"
The first journey Of any length that
lie flying man made after he received I
IS clutches was over to Pauls home, {
ut it wasn't the last one. During the
onths that followed he made many, {
I'd each time he brought Paul some
ling, until the little chap had accu- y
ulated wonderful collection of toys
Iat ranged all the way from duck 7
at quacked to miniature airplane y
His parents predicted that the lipu- 1