Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-08
Trust The PHO,

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mother was dangerously IN
was In a small Southern ,os
only train had gone. She w.,
10 wait until the next mornino
IN an automobile was OH, q, - ~
tion; rain had fallen for a wee, KS,
the country roads were impas.,-
while she stood hesitating -
station stranger spoke to her .,
ap," he said, there's an aero,r.. IA
town That would get you bor,a M
Few hours know the pilot wov,4 49,.
you" ne
"Oh, I wonder if | couIsw --
Kathleen. -''--
taxing her courage in both b--.
she sought the aviator. He apre
take her home in less than two r.
At the last moment she held =.
looking at the frail craft that va. ~
carry her through the clouds &C..
seems so dangerous" she said. .,...
terribly afraid"
You need not be-" said the nil.
he seemed mere boy, but his yrr-,
race showed frmness and resolu,.
i've been in the army in actual ,,.,-
fare" he continued; give taught ~
men to hy; since the war have cor.
ried thousand passengers safe',
so far as human skill can 90 Won --s
safe"
Kathleen took up her place in ,ho
aeroplane. The engine throbbed f,s.
er and faster, the plane was rusb.,,
across the field; then suddenly tho
trees began to drop below her. and
they were off. At first so great was
her anxiety and her fear that she cou,i
not look at the earth outspread h..
meath her. When the plane would 5-on
little or the wings sway she found
herself clutching at the sides frantic.
ally. Presently she relaxed and even
found courage to smile. Chow fool.
ishn' she said to herself. NOTHING
can do can possibly make anv djf.
ference. must trust the pilot"
Trust the pilot! 1t dawned upon her
that this was just the word she need.
ed. She was like child cast adrjfr
in a world no longer stable and secure
but shifting and changing like the
aeropiane that rushed her along through
space. And she had done nothing ex-
cePt let fear and anxiety torment her
fear and anxiety over her future, over
her profession, over her relation to
others, and now this last threatening
blow that had called her home.
Trust the pilot. He had carried 10
a safe landing an uncounted multi
tude that had faith in Him. The
Pilots hand was the only firm thing
In the changing world. 1t was time 10
give up her tormenting fears, and 10
/ rest IN the faith that is an assurance
of things hoped for. She would trust
the Pilot.
She leaned back in the seat now and
looked down over the side at the rivers
and woods beneath her, at the towns
IKE neat toy villages, the roads like
winding brown tape, the fields like
squares in a checkerboard. A drift
ing gray cloud shut out the sun and en-.
Veloped her in its ominous chill. The
world was bloted out. Then the aero
plane came out into the sunlight above
the cloud that lay below them, floor
OF opal and pearl. She gazed down
at it, fascinated All her fear was
gone. "Trust the Pilot" she whisper
ed; "He knows the way through the
clouds"
Before she thought her journey could
be half done the aeroplane was set
thing down in a field at the edge of
her home town. Her father, who had
received a telephone message, was wait
ing in an automobile to take her home.
Mother is little better. The doctor
has hopes" were his words.
But before Kathleen left she stop
ped to hold out her hand to the pilot.
THANK you for a wonderful trip" she
said. "And wanted to tell you had
time to think and I've learned to trust
the Pilot"
He saw the double significance OF
her words, and a smile lighted his
ooyish face. 81 learned that long
ago." he said.