Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-29
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~ HATTIE v. MohEa.

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Little Paul. age four. was much dis
xugted with the rules for the a9teS-
noon. They were Not to dare 30 cut
a. the gard. or get all muEsed up.
But he did 80 ont Of the yard, and
Ne also GOT terribly unused, and some.
Oue was provoked about It at the time
Ror the firsf ave minutes. whicA
Il long time, considering hia a6e
PauI followed Instructions
Then, looking up to locate the source
Ok loud humming noise. he spsed 81
mirpIane elrcling above the arsenal
two blocks down the boulevard. Ii less
dine than Il takes to ten It Paul WIS
violating 4 very old rule. Never Sc
on the boulevard" new one. Don't
80 ont Of the yard, and. Il running
ln the tar and gravel as fast so hia
short legs would carry him would muss
him up. he was III fair way 70 vio-
late third.
He had covered one block when tbs
noise became 80 loud that be looked
40. me plane that before had seemed
10 small as Ii circled. high Id the air.
was now headed directly 90 him, and
was i rearing. snoring monster.
with good sense. tar In excess at biz
years, he dropped down and rolled over
the dirty Sarred road 10 the grassy
side, while the plane. passing over him,
landed, with many bumps 30 fest BE-
yond.
The aviator. who moment bef0ne
had been lighting for his life Ia a
crazy machine that, without any warn.
ing, had gone ont 81 control, quickly
unstaapped himself and ran back. He
was white as the wings Of his gas bira
as he picked Mp d crying baby.
Il terribly frightened young woman.
who d little later forced her way
through the crowd, found greasy lieu-
tenant Of aviation hugging q rnussy
bog, 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
nurt hut l don't want to ever go.
through the like again. !"
Let Is hope not. she answered aa
she took the chief cause Of bis nerv-
BUSINESS In her arma.
The crowd had By this time grown
81 large, being augmented BY number
C9 soldiers from the arsenal, that she
started to go.
walt, please" be spoke Cant 4
have the little chaps aldresaa I'd
like to send him something
s'Oh," she answered. I'VE live n the
little red bungalow on the left Paul
can tell y0u his own name
what IS Il, PAUL. asked the man.
aPaul," answered Paul. and then hs
was hurried away to be scrubbed.
dressed again and scolded for IF you
had stayed Ia your own yard II wouldn't
have happened.
PauIs defense was II guess he didn's
know how to run Il very well, any-
way"
During the following week Paul con-
tsnuaIly entertained anyone that would
listen with tales of what he expected
"a receive from the aviator. BE was
even heard on one occasion to c0nf1de
to his wo0lIy canine playfellow. Inc.
that maybe Even get one Of those big
things. SO we can 90 way up IS high
ag the sky
But later letter came from near
BY government hospital telling Paul
that ths birdman haei had another acci-
dent. It said that Re he wanted the
present very soon either his papa o.
mamma would have to bring him there
because "a chap can't walk with i
broken leg.
The following Sunday q tall man, q
gtrikingiy pretty woman and talk.
at1ve boy, who tightly ciutched bon.
Quet of lowers so big that be had diff
Guilty In handling II. called on the in
fnred lieutenant or course, among
other things. the accident was dis.
cussed, st which time Paul assured
them that be wasn't scared at ali.
Well, was scared ( said the o1Acer.
and looking at the lady, II guess your
naokher was scared. Z The man laughed
and the woman biushed as Paul blRrt-l
ed out. = guess my mother ain't scared
JET. becanse she don't know about II,
cause she's away her own SELF. "
Il think" said Paul's father ais hs
looked from the man ID the woman and
chuckled at their embarrassment, that
ii Is time that you folks were properly.
introduced. Lieutenant III meet my
sister. Miss c.. she Is PauI's acting
mother Just nov. His own namHaa
vim soon. we hope. Be home from
stay in the country where she has been
couvnlescing after d terrible illness
me first journey Of any length that
the flying man made after be received
his crutches WIS over to Paul.s hons.
Bur tt wasn't the last one. During the
zaonths that followed he made many,
md each tine ne brought Paul some
thing, until the little chap had accu-
Sn0lated wonderful collection 81 toys
that ranged all the way from s duck
Chat quncked 30 miniature airplane.
His parents predicted that The heu-
tenant vrnrlsa zYs0fl him Later. nvanfz