Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1922-05-18


deep, was suddenly white with up
turned faces.
''Raugh Ch-e-e-e-ew
Uplifting suddenly, as If it had
drawn its talOns up and under, 1t
rose in perfect whirring fight.
ooh, mommy mommy"
''Gott in Himmel, boy should take
such chances!
Hes testing the wind. See, the
current is buffeting him little"
"Oh my God, his engine missed
then! Hear? Oh, my brother! Hold
my hands-Max."
See, papa, he's picking up again.
Now he's edging into the wind. His
controls are working perfect. He's
climbing. See him mount! See him
mount Oh! oh ! oh !"
The throbbing of the engine was
suddenly remote then more remote
as If tulle portieres of air and space
were drawing together as the machine
flew through them into uncharted al
titudes.
Finally silence and only a white
sea of faces turned upward to black
eagle, Nnying against star-spangled
sky and circling over the field once,
twice, thrice.
Hes getting ready to loop. He's
looping! Look, he's dipping for the
first loop. Oh, mommyw
"Gott in Himmel!"
"Oh, my brOtherw
Suddenly the remote flying thing
dipped bit and from beneath its
planes two streamers of fire streai ed
the sky.
great booming shout rose.
"Oh, my brother It's the fireworks
I'm afraid of, MAXI
Hell dip now. Watch mommy,
he'll dip now"
The machine fell toward into
loop, curving up again, down again,
up again; the red cOmet-talls circum-
scribing its double course in fire.
Zone" rose in bOmbardment from
the crowd.
The hieroglyphic of fire hung for a
moment, then another vertical dive
and another double circle of fire.
"TwO"
'Twor'
MAX, my-my poor knees won't
hold me-"
Poor, poor little knees"
"Threer"
MAX, dear, l think lin going to
faint"
I'm here, little one to catch you"
whats that falling down? Chew
ing-gum! Take piece, Max. dear
Tits good for you after meals"
Miss Della Kessler twined her small
hands together and beneath that gale
of voices, spoke quietly upward.
STEADY, Arch" she said. "Only once
more, Arch. Steady! You've Topped
three and you can make 1t four
Steady, Arch Steady"
A light jeer rose from the crowd.
"S'matter up there Cold feet
Three amt four What's got YOU
Dizzy2 Loop her up there Loop hel
upw
"only once more, Arch. Steady, ole
boy!"
Loop her up there! Che-e-e-er"
"What If his engine is"
"Fourl" And with the great spira
Of fire from the final loop still drag
ging across the sky, the hum of the
descending engine grilling down again
into the night, and the silent swoop OF
an engine volplaning, Miss Della Kess
Ter stood quiet amid the tumult of a
crowd gone mad, booming in her ears
but her little face still upward In the
attitude of flower.
Through the human swarm, which
had burst the ropes and flowed like
water from broken main across the
field and toward the aircraft just
settling itself to earth with its wings
ever spread, Miss Della Kesslel
gouged, wormed, elbowed her little
way. Men with their shouts still
smoking ON their lips resisted the
small figure and granted her reluctant
right of way. In the tight tangle i'm
mediately surrounding the machine
the crimson sweater was quite tori
from her, but she emerged into the
small guarded area about the still
coughing craft, as 1t hurtled there out
Of the crowd.
From the heart of the winged mon
ster, goggled, legginged and bulky OF
bulk in a double-breasted leather
jacket, a figure moved simultaneously
forward and a shout Numbered up
from threats long since raw.
"Areh !" cried Miss Kessler and un-
der cover of those shouts, speech be-
came pantomime. "Archie-boy Archie
boy-darling!"
Taking her hand in his gauntlet and
regarding her through goggles clouded
with sudden mist, he leaned to her
under cover of that same shouting.
"Cutey!" he said. "Cutey, little
sweetheart -
A tremolo ran down his arm and
the gauntlet to her finger-tips.
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