'The wonders of the river that wound below us; We had our first view of those Chinese gunboats and we took a sudden liking for service in the Chinese Navy. 'The President Harrison' was pulling away from her buoy and we shot past her, the passengers waving to us. That gold spot that was rushing forward we had seen before, indeed we had, As we drow closer the Customs Clock, the "North-China Daily News" Building, the sugatloaf top of the Sassoon House, the open grounds of M. Of. Consulate, and we were over the Water Works, And if you ever have questioned the water you drink, get aloft and see how clear it is Now the houses ave thinning out and we shoot past the farm lands toward, Woosung. Here comes the Woosung Water tower, now the Forts Hotel and we are well over the Yangtze, Tt all happens almost as quickly as we are telling it, The door ahead is opened and the pilot, looks in, "We're turning: new," he says. "Hang on."
Now comes the thrill! There are feminine voices behind us and, we turn t hear of the latest in brocade evening gowns, The bored one suddenly wants to know if she should be able to see her husband looking {rom his Bund office wine dow. Wo question it, Then we chance "to look out and we note we're slightly off balance, Quite a bit-In fact. "We see the wings tip. ping earthward but there is no appreciable. difference in: the roomy cockpit. We wonder why we don't slide to one side and we recall Stories of "side slips" "dips" ete.
the plane is in perfect contro! all the time and we begin to wonder what pilots have to do to have ace cidents. Certainly there is nothing dangerous in. it so far. Perhaps the big thrill will come,
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