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72 a roadway had been cleared [[red underline]] Nevertheless young Sperry, that big overgrown boy [[/red underline]] managed to leap in a machine and [[red underline]] was up before we knew it. [[/red underline]] after awhile when machine was way up in the air, we saw him drop then [[red underline]] parachute [[/red underline]] unfolded and he [[red underline]] came down slowly and gracefully [[/red underline]] the wind pushing him towards the town. His father who looked very pale and preoccupied seemed somewhat relieved. The ambulance car - a Ford-ambulance follows the parachute and we were soon notified that he [[red underline]] had landed safely. Orville Wright [[/red underline]] drove me to the field. [[red underline]] Tells [[/red underline]] me he prefers [[red underline]] Franklinͯ car [[/red underline]] [[annotation in left margin]] [[black underline]] ͯAir-cooled [[/black underline]] [[/annotation]] to all others and told me some of his earlier experiences also some of his experience in [[end page]] [[start page]] 73 the use of [[red underline]] kerosene as a motor fuel for stationary engines. [[/red underline]] Was driven to [[red underline]] Mrs. Deeds [[/red underline]] for lunch with [[red underline]] Sperry and Carthy Deeds [[/red underline]] was there too. Suddenly while at table I saw a [[red underline]] lank lean boy with navy aviation uniform plodding [[/red underline]] thru snow and [[red underline]] there came young Sperry [[/red underline]] laughing and joking taking his seat at lunch. [[red underline]] gulping [[/red underline]] his soup and everybody questioning him about his experiences the boy [[strikethrough]] hardly [[/strikethrough]] trying to answer all questions and trying to eat at the same time all this done in a [[red underline]] a lovely clumsiness [[/red underline]]. His father called his attention that his plate was [[strikethrough]] nearly [[/strikethrough]] over the border of the table and [[presently?]] that he should upset it. [[strikethrough]] He was [[/strikethrough]] He [[red underline]] told us [[/red underline]] that when he dropped the [[red underline]] parachute was weakly tied to the fuselage. [[/red underline]] He