Menomonie High School - Menomin Yearbook (Menomonie, WI)

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THE BIGGEST LIE I EVER TOLD QA True Blue Storyj INCE my early kldhood I haye been bummlng the roads and ralls X playmv' hunches as the wlnds of fate decreed I had no guald 1an to lay lestralnt on my Wanderlust and It IS probably th19 that made me what I was It so happened that I was ln a small town ln WISCOHSIH tMenom on1e I b9l19X6 was the namel w hen I got one of my perodlcal hunches W1th a beatlng heart and set 1aws I hopped onto the eastbound fl elght Bv l lsure tray el I arrlved on the Atlantlc coast 1n a weeks tlme Wlth no place 1n partlcular to go I was wandering almlessly around when I esp1ed a warm glow C0m1Hg f1om a bulldlng nearby I walked toward It On 1nspect1ng It closer I percelyed that It was a hangar I sllpped up to a wmdow and peeked IH Two mechanlcs were check mg oy er a monoplane Here s mv chance says I to myself for a good warm sleep tomght I crept around to the front The door was partly opeu so I cray led ln unpercelved by the two workmen I managed to crawl up to the plane and get into the cabln Once I got 1n there lt too c but a moments tlme to get snugly settled out of sxght of a chance ob seryer In a yemv few mmutes I was snoozlng soundly When I awoke It was the rythmlc throbblng of a powerful motor and a gentle rocklng swaylng sensatlon It took me a moment to collect my thoughts and concentrate them on recent happenmgs Wlth the sudden shock of reallzatlon I sprang up and ran to a wlndow As far as I could see 1n all dlrectlons there was but a turbulent mass of seethlng waters about two hundred feet below We were ln the was gazlng at mc from agonlzed pam racked eyes He was a tall sllm chap w 1th an honest looklng countenance so I went forward and asked lf I could help hlm He dldnt hear me for the nolse of the motor o I yelled asklng h1m what was the trouble Too much p1e before I left he groaned Before you left where? I roared Before I left the Umted States saye he and 1f you can t HV a plane we re both outa luck I cant hold out any longer wlth the pam Im ln What s your name? I bellowed next He Sald somethlng which I afterwards found out was Llndberg At any rate I helped hlm from the pllots s at and I took control of the plane w hlle he lay goanlng on the floor I flew stralght ahead It seemed no tlme at all t1ll I saw France loommg up before me but ln reallty I had p1loted oy er two thlrds of the way over the ocean Imdberg got better after a r st of ten or twelye hours and he landed the plane m Flance I returned to my hldlng place w hlle Lmdy got 111 the conglatulatlons for hls tlansatlantlc fllght I don t hold lt a unst h1m how ex er because he gaye me a llberal sllce of hls prme money and a swell feed I haxe told thls esperlence for the first t1me and only now because I trust you all to keep mum Elghty Qex en If Y y ' v ' . '1 . A w b ' 3 Y. Y. I - n. Z3 ' ' ' X ' f . - . 5 L Y .. L - . I . , . . 0. 7 . . . . . Y. Y . V . Y - . 7 I u v rr C6 , c ! ' ' 79 - . . A 1 . 'YY . . Y , , . . . . , 1 ' Q' - . . . V Y ' . . v I K w w ' I I sl I A1 n . 311' and a fellow was pllotmg thls plane. I turned to look at hlm. He y ' , 1 ' ' v v 1 . . , , . . . , . . . , . I a A , s . . li ' Y! , . aa , rv U - sy n - 1 ! ' 9 W , 1 1 , , ' ' 7 ' 77 I it Y - !! ' ' V ' KK ' 93 , . v . L . Q v ' ' V I L' Y ,' e. ' . , Q ' '. 4 -f ' ' I l 4 . . . , . . v '-1 I I 1 I Y if v-KI v