The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-04-27
exhibition flight"


exhibition flight"
"But Miss Kessler-"
81 know a mans got a biplane Il
his back shed right now that will fo
Gus the eyes of the world on Cadilla
Springs over night, if we a get hin
down here for his first exhibition
flight. What would you say If 1 coulC
get him down here on a moderate
purse, for the first exhibition flight Of
a machine that's going to put flying
forward a quarter of a century, fol-
you? This is the kind of a field he
needs to prove that he's done that lit
tie thing! Ask any aviator the value
of a fiat country. Why, I've got SO
much faith, ladies and gentlemen, in
that Meyer biplane and in her new sta
bilizer that I'D stake a million dol
lars on it, if l had it. I'd bank my
soul on that machine"
"Loog how egzited she gets. Amt
it a treat, Riley, to see her"
"But-"
start the ball rollingl Who'll start
her? Who? Mr.. CAM, you're a sue
cessful business man who told me not
ten minutes ago hat my smile was
worth five thousand. Prove it. Look
at it now. Is it still worth the money?
Start the purse with that five thou
sand, Mr.. CAM, and if she don't loop
the double loop four times and write
each loop in fire, purse refunded like
1 promised. Start her with five thou
sand, Mr.. CAM. Are you a gentle
man of your word, Mr.. CAM, and
game enough to start her with five
thousand?"
Miss Della, you-you're only fool
ing. Such a little cut-up!"
"Foolingl If 1 was any more in
earnest I'd break a blood vessel"
dots ride, Miss Gezzler, mage him
bay"
Start her with five thousand, Mr..
CAM. Come in on your share, Mr..
Riley. It's your enterprise, after all,
and you go him a couple of thousand
OCblCAs L 1lCdp at LIZ PlAICy "
Riley. Bjordstedt got twenty thou
sand for his last flight and came down
ten minutes with a broken rudder,
out just the same he put Great Neck
IN the map. Don't be a bunch of
)ikers. You, Mr.. Lobenz, if you're the
FOOD sport l think you are, what's a
thousand to you? Come on in it,
dr. Chalmers, and I'll make you for
ret what ails you; you, Mrs. Van
Ritz. If you're a gentleman of your
word, Mr.. CAM, you'll start the ball
,olling with that five thousand"
Twenty twenty-five - hundred,
Hiss Kessler, is all IL"
Good! twenty-five hundred for a
tarter. Mr.. Max GAM Of Chicago
tarts the ball rolling with twenty-five
tundred. Am l bid more? Am 1 bid
lore? It's your enterprise down here,
ir. Riley, and the net results will be
ours. The proprietor of the Hotel
must head the list. Am I bid
usiness man and know a good thing
hen you see it. Five thousand for a
thousand worth of publicity!
i've thousand?"
give thousand"
"Hurrahl Five thousand from Mr..
Hey, and don't let them leave you at
lie post, Mr.. Hirkhimer."
"a tousand doolar, Miss Gezzler,
ut 1 want from way up in the air he
hould drop one tousand packages
chewing-gum when he reaches
tousand feet"
"No sooner said than done! One
from Mr.. Hirkimer and now
III, Mr.. Lobenz. How much?
'You can't expect a man in the au-
business, Miss Kessler, to
describe to aviation"
''Why not? The biggest automobile
in the world started out manu- l
cturing one-horse shays. 0 much,
Lorehz? Mr.. Mango? Mr.. Chal- |
ers? Goodl Let me put you down !
r one thousand each, and now you !
er there, Mrs. Van Ritz. Let's have l
salth, wealth and beauty on our list, .
ID it's up to you to supply the last. i.
ow much, Mrs. Van Ritz? How !
uch?"
"Two thousand" Spoken coldly as l
rough a wei blanket and the yellow l
still held in profile.
"Catch me, darlings. while l faint! y
even thousand five hundred, and be- L
re the day is over, it'll be twice that.
dies and gentlemen, you're helping Z
make the history of the air, and u
0 proud of you'll" d
She jumped lightly down without
e proffered aid of Mr.. Riley and y
:. CAM and darted into the shaded II
lex leading up toward the hotel. g
But, Miss Kessler@ g
'I'm off to the hotel TO send off "
egrams before you change your d