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Larabee, and his voice was not very steady. "I'm goin' in the house," announced Mrs. Larabee. "I don't want to see it!" Uncle Ezra took his place. "I've got accident insurance in case anything happens," he said, slowly. "I don't believe your policy covers airship flights," the lieutenant returned. "Then let me out!" cried Uncle Ezra. "I'll have the policy changed!
Larabee wanted to know. "Oh, soon now. You see it isn't exactly a race. That is the competing airships do not have to start at the same time." "No?" questioned Uncle Ezra. "No. You see each competing craft is allowed to start when the pilot pleases, provided an army officer is aboard during the entire flight to check the results, and the time consumed.
Nephew Richard, I'm sorry I tried to beat you in this race." "That's all right, Uncle Ezra," answered the young millionaire. "You had as good a right to try for the prize as I did." "But I want to say I didn't have no hand in trying to butt into you," went on Mr. Larabee. "It was all that that unfortunate man's idea," he added more softly, as he gazed at Larson who was still unconscious.
"It was an accident purely an accident," said Lieutenant Larson, suavely. "It could not be helped." "Accident? You done it on puppose, that's what you did!" cried Hank, glaring at Uncle Ezra. "You done it on puppose, and I'll sue ye for damages, that's what I'll do! That Baldwin apple tree was one of the best in my orchard." "Well, we didn't mean to do it," declared Mr. Larabee.
Just what arguments the aviator had used to win over Uncle Ezra none but he himself knew. I rather think it was the harping constantly on the twenty thousand dollar prize. That Mr. Larabee was hard to convince may easily be imagined. In fact it was learned, afterward, that the lieutenant almost gave up the attempt at one time.
Rose Harrison wants you to come on in time for her wedding, and Alice has a new baby. And old Mrs. Larabee says to tell you " And so on and on. They didn't forget her, on the Yerba Buena, as the months went by. Mrs. Phelps grew to look eagerly for the letters. And now came this one, and the greatest news in the world ! And now, it was as it should be, Manzanita wanted her more than ever!
"That's what I said! I'm in a position to give you a good chance to make that much money, and perhaps more. If you will give me half an hour of your time " "Look here!" interrupted Mr. Larabee, "this ain't no lottery scheme; is it? If it is I want to warn you that I'm a deacon in the church. I wouldn't go into any lottery unless I was sure I could win. I don't believe in gambling.
They might bust something, and want me to pay for it. Yes, I reckon I'll do some flying myself." "Ezra Larabee!" cried his horror-stricken wife. "Be you plumb crazy?" "I hope not, Samantha." "But goin' up in an airship! Why it's flyin' in the face of Providence!" "Well, it'll be flying in the air, at the same time," he chuckled. Clearly this was a different Uncle Ezra than his wife had ever known.
"He could eat Thelma for breakfast!" "Johnnie and he ain't quite seven yet!" protested Shandon, eagerly. Mrs. Larabee gave her an astonished look, puckered up her forehead, nodded profoundly. "That's right," she said. Then she dragged the wriggling small body from Shandon's lap and held the wondering, soft little face against her own.
There was little left that was worth anything, and Dick, by taking his uncle as an extra passenger, added enough weight as it was, so that no parts of the Larabee could be taken along. "I might have saved a little," said Uncle Ezra, with a sigh. "I've lost a pile of money!" But he realized that it was out of the question.
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