Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-08-23
He Thought He Was in Heaven and
Winked at Passing Bird.

Tong up III an dlEpidHG - sunni
thing ike the feeling a person has
when looking through the wrong end
of a telescope. There's simply
nothing there.
A reporter from the News took a
flight Of fancy with one Of the
Federated Filters who were stationed
in IronwOod last week. Upon
taking off from the ground the first
sensation is numbness, after that
comes dumbness, and then just plain
guinness.
After telling the folks "he loved
them to the last" and folding his
hands in anxious prayer, he waited.
The first mile up was the hardest,
and after that the worst kept COM
ing and coming. There ought to be
traffic regulations for travellers in
the sky. Especially for clouds.
The flimsy things recognize nc
arterials, but sail happily on re-
CARELESS of birdmen and human
feelings.
Upon hitting the raw edge of a
cloud, the planes passenger felt
sharp tinge Of exultation. 1t was
human feeling of revenge for all
the endless rain for the summer
Flying through it an exalted feeling
crept over the passenger, making him
look cautiously around for a pair Of
wings, and strain his ears TO hear the
tinkling Of a harp,
Leaving the cloud far behind, be
ing at least Is miles from the gooC
old ground, and still going up, the
hapless victim of a whim began tC
recount his past life. Had those
petty crimes he had committed beer
recorded in the book, or had they
been overlooked as merely a human
fault? lie had speeded the nigh
before on a lonesome road, no COPS
in sight for miles around. Wa
that a crime of merely a mis-
demeanor. He put his mouth close
to the ear of the aviator and yelled
the question at him. Was h
wrong? The aviator grinned anC
replied:
Sorry Speak louder please"
He settled back as uncomfortabl!
as he could, and wished he were
taking five mile hike through ;
shady woods.
Just as he was resigned to his fate
horror Of horrors, the engine stop
ped He swiftly calculated nov
much his mother would get from hi
life insurance and prepared to die
To a passing bird he murmuret
dazedly:
Eve, who are about to die
salute you"
And the bird never flickered al
eyelid but kept on his swift course
CHANGING apprehensively at thu
aviator, the passenger shaped hi
lips in a prayer for the infidel, ant
said piously;
Forgive. him, Oh Lord, h
didn't know what he was doing"
Was that throb, throb, he hear,
part of an angelic orchestra? Wha
else? and what horrid harmony
The keen air brushed his palli,
cheeks like a slap, and he started
Mount Zion was coming nearer AM
nearer Nice of the old Landmark
to come and greet him. He wondere,
if he looked as handsome dead a
alive.
The plane ghded gracefully on
smooth strip the other side of no
where, and the reporter found him
self in familiar surroundings. VIII
there was his boss ringing a bell il
the most insane fashion.
He awoke with start, rubbed hi
shoulders. No wings. Felt hi
head, no horns. He glanced wildl
around to get his bearings, an
found his alarm clock ringin
mercilessly at his bidside, and in
forming him that another day o
struggle was on.
That day the reporter made
resolve:
Money IN the pocket feels better
and so do you, especially if yol
planned to spend it for a flight int,
the UNEMPLOYED ether"