The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-08

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bearing OF man who is fuI,.cro.
and knows 1t, and when he ma,
gave an exhibition OF long, Thin 49,,
Giles under perfect central co,,S
His mouth seemed to be posses.oa
a smile that never wavered in s,,, M
of the fact that he held niece N
wire between his teeth and was Other MI
wise intent on number of things H4
II was the black man who frs III
sensed Andrea's presence ana Gown
warning to his master in low. gut
tural, rolling string of flowing vowels Il
The white man did not look round
he merely shrugged his shoulders andV ~
went on with his job. Andrea watched
him In silence until she was convinced
that everything that could be done to
the machine was about to be accom-
plished and its proprietor on the verge
of flying away and then, emboldened
by that unwavering smile, she said in
such-'a voice as children use when
pleading for cake, "Please, Mr.. Man,
take me with you"
She knew a good deal about flying
machines; she knew they couldn't
stay up very long and that If they
were worth anything at all they nva-
riably came back to where they.
started from like well-trained pigeons
She had left her door locked and she
| figured that she would be back long
before Aunty Gwen could work her.
self up to the point of having It
broken in. When her voice rang across
the silence of the false dawn, clear
| and light as a silver bell giving tongue
across snow, the white man started
and dropped the wrench he was ma
nipulating. He caught 1t in midair;
then let 1t fall to the ground DELHI
erately and turned to look h&r'cver.
She was certainly something to see
and to wonder at. Her eyes of Irish
blue danced with light younger than
her face-a light that attends the eter.
nal wistful child within us-but be-
meath their shining gaze were shad.
ows and her cheeks were ,over-pale.
Just to one side Of her rounded chin
was q bit Of black courtplaster, shame
full mask Of tiny sign Of too much
chocolates and too little exercise. She
was slim enough to look tall In spite
Of that cloaklike affair Of dark blue
glove cloth that fell from her shout
ders to her ankles In overwhelming
folds. e,,a
| Through all his inspection the mans
face never changed. He looked her
over deliberately, judged deliberately,
and deliberately let down the little
ladder that gave access to the observ-
ers seat. He helped her up without
word, strapped her in and then turned
to pour out voluble Instructions in dia-
lect to the bronze statue that stood at
attention, black eyes fixed on his mas.
ter's face, red lips repeating like
prompter In Latin theater all that
his master said.
The white man clambered to the
drivers seat, placed before Andrea's,
and shouted a word of command. The
plane swayed, moved slowly forward,
raced fast down the sand and faster.
until with billowy lift 1t rose straight
in the eye Of the rising sun.
Andrea started to draw full
breath Of absolute joy and instead K
swallowed an entire gale of wind. 1t L
almost burst her omen. She had to T.
clench her teeth to conquer Is, Ind
with her hands made a yiZor for hef1
eyes, n wind mask for her mouth. Shst
wanted to sing, but she was inartlcuI4
late in the face of an element I'll
large and sparring for another chuncN
to rush down her throat. She felt the II
cheated song racing around in he,
blood, swelling her heart, informing
all her limbs with new joy, a neI
life.
she swayed this way and thai
looked up and down; then she leane
far out to study the rugged brow
face of Mr.. Man, the face that Away
smiled. From where she sat at
shoulder the goggles were not so coHl
plete a mask. She looked and Nd
eyes became fixed In u fasclnate
stare. Two deep lines lay like parer
theses from the mans nostrils " TN
corners of his mouth. They made hi
mouth look as though It smiled, bu
the man was not smiling. SuddenlN
she knew that through II all, from th
/ moment he had laid his masked eye
upon her, he had never smiled. III
\ heart turned cold.