Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-28

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wider views the higher you go. And
then there are Others" she continued

WIDER views the higher you go. And
then there are Others" she continued
with a vindictive look at the ~stolid
back In front of her, that are just
great, round hard b%oulders."
Her mouth drew down at the cor
ners but she would not succumb again
to feeling sorry for herself. Instead,
n shielded her eyes once more and
took stock of the various handiworks
of God: The world was good to loo
that morning. 1t was twirling
by in a strange rotative movement
that gave it an Elusive appearance. 1t
was like a new toy in the way of pan
Dramas. Things started to come near
er, changed their minds and then
swept into the past. lingering long on
a steep horizon as though they hesi-
tated before an i~rreyocable plunge.
Andrea found that by holding back
her skirts she could look straight
down. She did SO off and on for half
an hour and the things she saw told
her much. Forest and plain, forest
and plain swept under and away in an
endless gentle undulation cut twice by
long, wandering silver bands. From
mig in the air those bands were moth
ing. mere strips of ribbon that a child
could step over. But down there?
She knew that down below they were
mighty rivers. doubtless teeming with
hippos. crocodiles and snakes!
Her eye grew wide at the thought
and then narrowed. ut would be
great fun to stand on the bank any,
way" she was thinking. But to get
across? That would be the hitch. She
frowned over it. Then, suddenly,
curiosity swooped down upon her
again and sank it's talons deep.
."What-what does he think he's go
ing to do with me?" In the ache Of
her whole person to know just that
she forgot all other fears and pains.
The engine missed fire-once, twice.
Andrea would scarcely have noticed
the fact had it not been for its ex-
~traordinary effect on the man. All his
pose dropped from him. He became
galvanized into V life and did
several things rapidly with twitching
fingers. The engine missed again and
he half rose in his seat. craned his
neck, turned his face to one side and
looked down. In the glimpse she
caught she saw that the lines around
his mouth had suddenly depend in
credibly. Not only his hands but his
arms and his whole body were quiv-
ering as though they were held to-
gether only by a deliberate effort of
will.
His eyes seemed to fix with a Ger
tam relief on a spot, a clearing, far
ahead. He settled back tensely and
made for it. The engine back-fred
with the ripping report Of a gatling
sun, coughed and stopped. The mar
gripped the steering-gear tightly and
tipped the machines nose down for a
long, reaching volplane. On the backs
Of his hands Andrea saw little gleam-
ing bulbs of sweat. Swerving to es-
the crest of a tree he made a
reasonably successful landing. in spite
Of his agitation. The aeroplane tool
the ground in the wide beaten circle
of a native craal, shot across it and
then came to a violent stop with
wings buried in the upholstered
walls Of wv separate huts.
The shock cast Andrea forward: in
stinctively she threw her arms around
the mans neck. She felt the uuiver-
ing Of his whole body as though it
were shaking with an ague. To her
establishment he became for an in
slant ALMOST pitiable. But only for an
instant; then he nerved himself,
climbed out of the machine and help
ed her down. She gave a long sigh OF
relief and looked up at him with a
half smile on her face. He had taken
his goggles. His ayes were gray
and large. They stared at without
seeing her and in them was a visible
trouble as Of some deep and hidden
struggle.