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   By this time I became disgusted wit the motor stopping.  We engaged an expert mechanic to see what he could do about it.  He studied the motor, studied the timing, the spark plugs and the circuit breaker.  We used batteries and spark coil in those days with a circuit breaker.  He said, "Why, this motor should run all right, there's nothing wring [[wrong]] with it."

   I said, "What makes it stop?"

   He didn't know.

   Two gentlemen traveled from Brockton, Massachusetts to Columbus to see for themselves just how exhibition flights were made.  Fortunely [[fortunately]] they arrived on Wednesday in time to witness my return of the flight to the city.  They stayed until the next day and then made a contract with us to exhibit at their fair in October.  They returned with many photographs of the airship in the air and on the ground, and some showing the large crowds.

[[underscore]]TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES[[/underscore]]

   The problem of transportation was not easily solved.  Our last flight at Columbus was at 4:30 Saturday afternoon and to be able to leave on the 6 o'clock the tent and outfit, with the exception of the ship, had to be taken to the depot and placed in the baggage car in which we shipped the outfit.  Immediately on completion of the flight, the balloon was deflated and everything bundled on a scenery flat (a wagon used to transfer theatrical scenery) and then rushed down to the depot just in time to get it all safely aboard before the train started moving on its haul to the next fair. On arrival at Detroit, our car was shunted to tracks at the fair grounds, and we immediately