Evening star., 1927-10-16

| to read or to write. and as Ruth knows
neither French or German. we had
quite time of 1t now and then today.
However. when words failed. We
looked into each others eyes and
smiled. and really we made ourselves
very well understood.
Ruth. us | have said. was bright
and smiling but there was sad lit
tle moment when her eyes were
uhadowcd aud molst, That was when
aho reached into the pocket or those
smart kntelscrn ahe wears and brought
out niCltrl key
"tli1i" nhu patd. ''ia MI That re-
n,nina of my wonderful plane" And
for a minute or 81 ve weto nuiet. No"
body smoke, mtt then that ltuth Elder
alnlio flashed npau aud aita began To
chat away na If she had never boon
ucar death
II hope vnu flulsh v"ur Night tn
| New York as sune ssf,llv na ynr have
progressed thus far" she Hnld -
| know that America ia expecting r"u
| impaticnt1v." And then Ruth sp"ke
| of n new enterprise abe has In tnlnh
| The girl seems dnuntleSa
IL am going to try once more 70
! nv across the ocean. this time WIN
out a stop" she said. THAT wiz he
next Spring ana II Si'"il" an N'''N''
! getting ready -,
| I can understand that very wei
|. too. would try again
Praises Americans Courage.
Ruth Elder Is wonderful woman
| of GREAT courage. She has my rc
card and nv deep admiration. Ana
| won her liking. too. | think. we
| parted reluctantly. wishing each
/ other luck.
III is nv fondest hope that in n
| few days / shall hear of your Sate
arrival in New York Ruth said III
| farewell.
When we left Lisbon the sky was
entirely hidden ty clouds and there
were showers now and then but II
the skies were heavy, our hearts
we've light. For Mt least we We're fair
" started on thrilling adventure.
| As we got we'll out at sea the
weather began to clear up. We were
cav. and | got out sandwiches and
bananas for a merry little festival
| We tried out our radio. hut II was
! not very clear. We sent call to
! Hamburg steamer. but in vain. Too
! bad. but then we got Lisbon. Ard
| that was fine. talking with world
| we could not see
After 4 while we ran into more
i cloud banks, and again that rain came
! down But only in showers. Then
! came a fog and that was not so pleas
! ant But still we were merry. The
! engines were throbbing in a beautiful
song. Our plane was behaving Won
derfully.
And / love flying. SO what matter
the fog. and then the fog went away
The wind, which had been from the
| southwest. turned into the east. And
! 1t get little b)iSterDus. Then Pico
! Island came into sight and we saw
Pico Mountain away in the distance.
Seas Became Rough.
The boisterous wind b2came rough.
! There came q sudden storm.
Don't worry. Lilli" called Starke.
/ smiled back at him. Worry, with
such a brave commander. such fine
crew. why should /? The seas became
tremendously rough. We could see
| them, far below but seeming to reach
up for us. Great rollers. vast swells,
| their gray green crested with white.
[ smiled at them. too.
Then q glorious sight. rainbow.
and at the foot of the rainbow the
pot OF gold--the Azores. Ian we
We're there. We alighted. gently in a
beautiful, shelterinG h1rbor. safe
Now for our next and greatest ven
lure. that long. long leap across the
Atlantic to the shores of North Amer
ica and the bright towers of New
York
Give us your hopes and your pray
ers. and success will be ours
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