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Show HH fc oacu ileyal Spree, 9 "Kipling ought to study Jack, " said HL a naval officer. "Jack's the most pic- H tnresquo man on land or sea, and no K body has written abont him as he is. Hj "If I conld do it as well as Kipling, H there is one story I know of which is as Hj good as the 'Reincarnation of Krishna H Mulvaney. ' HJ "When I was assistant engineer on HJ the San Francisco, there was a coal Hj passer named Tom Delargy under ma H He had been saving u his money for a Hj long time to cut a big jlurge when he H was discharged. I think he had about H $600 coming to him. K "Jack is a royal 'spender, ' and his H Bhipmates all told him that he needn't Hj go farther than tho Bowery to have the HJ most gorgeous spree. H "Bnt Delargy wasn't going to be so Hj commonplaca He took time to think it H nil out, and whenever ho got hold of an H American newspaper he studied it The H way the railroad magnates enjoyed life H Etrnck his fancy. H "So when his time was up, and 'Pay H turned over Delargy's $600 to him, he B went and chartered a private car and H rode around the country till his money H was gona Then ho came back and j-a- H enlisted. ' New It ork JnnrnaL H flerr Lilienthal has for several vrnSss H bsen making attempts at flying froia H m little hill artificially throvn up fox B the purpose near Gross Lichterfelde, 2 H the neighborhood of Berlin. This enter' H prising engineer mounted the hill wit Hj two immense wings fastened to hif H ehoulders. Then, half running, half fly H Ihg, be attempted the descent, but fro- H quently his wings sank helpless whea H balf way down, sud he never exceeded H in reaching the foot. One day, however, H the wings bore the experimenter a little H italhei, but only to let bizn fall into a H neighboring pond. His w?ngs were H broken and he himself wounded, but Lt H will probably renew his attempt M koodoo, fitar. |