Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1925, Page 15

_~ An Expert SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 1925 i FLIERS BRAVE RAIN AND JUNGLE: SWAMPS IN JUMP TO CALCUTTA (Continued from Page One.) we were drenched threugh and through. The rain lashed our faces and ured in behind our goggles. We mn discovered that although wo might fly through storms in America, ‘old Jupiter Pluvius was too much for us out here in the tropics. ‘So swinging to the left we flew | ‘ough this torrential downpour and charted a course farther out to sea. It was while we were flying through the storm that we missed McLaren. Not wanting to take any | chances with his*new plane, when he encountered the typhoon he land ed In a Uttle bay and waited for thc storm to pass. We flew right over lvm, He heard the hum of our mv. tors and eyen saw us faintly thropgh the rain. But we did not ‘tice him down there on the water, “the rest’ of the ficht io Akyab was uneventful. We Iunded at 2:20. hastily took on boa t gas @nd were prepari off again when we b from the destroyer on that, the mcorings tory at Chittagong ing over night In Ak didn't relish. 4 doo, to neariy every other flier had passed this way and we wa to have as little to do with as possible. We knew tho ed to rain again before we we might be held up inde “The British comrmissior to tuke right d by radio who ted place star’ mi- aquatic existence in this little known seaport, enterta: d us at vheir that night, “The commander American destroyer then at Aky made a boast during dinner nearly ‘put us in a tight corn When the English people usked | what time we .were taking off for Chittagong and Calcutta the fol-| owing morning he replied * ‘Seven o’ciock ‘shatyt + “Buty w! if ft should rain they ‘said. “0, that would make no differ ence to these men. When they set a certain hour for departure the; shove off =. 4s Dunctually as your London to Liverpool express trains.’ “Of course, . this was she ‘swank,’ as the British would say And as luck would have it a typical Akyab rain was pouring down when we boarded “the planes next day However, .we decided that we wou'd rather buck a mongcoh or a t; phoon than remain sany longer in the peasoup atmosphere of that par. adise for ducks. At exactly 7 o'clock we took off. Long afterwards we met the commander of that same Ameri can destroyer. He was profuse in his praise and said he would have had an’embarrassing time trying to alibi himself; to the people of Akyab after the way he had publicly bragged about us if we had not’gotten away. “After leaving Akyab I noticed that the rain seemed heayiest near the shore, so with the Boston and New Orleans following, I turned the Chicago straight out into the Bay of Bengal for fifteen miles. 1 then turned: north and an hour later we ran out of the rain, picked up the You Would Have Buy For You If you were in the market for some very fine painting. It is only right that. you would’ request some one whose judgment was good and sound to’ pass on so valuable an article. ~ The advice of the reliable banker ia nearly always sought by one who is contemplating investments in stocks with which he is not familiar. | ‘We claim to know automobiles. If you are in the market for a used car, consult us; we will save you from purchasing a car that will dis- please you. 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WYOMING — fmiles coast and came down at the seaport Here we devoured sandwiches and at noon took off for Calcutta ‘Like cn the flight acrogs the pri- meval forest of Malaya, we now had one of the inost dangerous stretches in the world ahead of us. The deltas of two of the lar ers on earth lie between Chittagong The Ganges and the each of which ts abou the Mississippi, join in cen gal. But net on main strear, do they for Hoogl, which Iu wide, but hun spread out ay the bay. Be- cen these channels und countless ten over te: eks sandbars, dense jungle, and mangrive swamps. Here and there few villages nearly smoth the luxuriant vegeta ior abited mainly t bers of deer e th with region is vir- litte use principal port two miles up t delta region could take was order to always y fairly high be within gliding distance of a body of water of description, in case of engin come down sufely ne! wou!'d of one jungle, swamps, and rivers that searching parties in might hunt a month without finding you. in us spent the nning teh weird ‘andscape tor anning the weird landscape for Possible to alight in case of nec . As soon as we picked out one n we would look ahead for anoth er in order to keep. so: always in sight. Visibi fect und far a Oke afternoo city and a ail through that 3 mil? mmoth docks ocean go native river c ferries handsome resi dential quart, great common tn the center of with @ magnit- icent white marble domed palace at one gnd, ity crowded ets, and modefn. office buildin of the most impressf orient." Knowing tl aft, it © sights of the the Hoogli 4yas merely another name for the Ganges after {ts union with the Brahma- putra, the world flyers looked down upon it with no little awe. From childhood all of them hed read of this holy stream, with its magic powers, and of how Hindoo mothers used to throw their girl babies to the crocodiles Instead of coming down near the nter of the city, arrangements had en made for them to moor fifteen farther yp stream, where there would be jess river traffic to bother them. But even away up there native craft made {t all but impossible to get to the moorings, Only quick headwork on the part of — Smith, »Nelson, and Wade enabled them to dodge in and out of places where the slightest miscalculation would have meant a crash. “The heat was even more oppres- elve than farther south at Akyab, Rangoon, or Bangkok,” adds “Less” | Arnold. “After Lowell had cut off | the motor {t seemed as though there wasn't a breath of alr. Perspiration potred off us. In no time at all we| were as wet as though we had fallen | rboard. While fixing the planes| curely for the night we could moisture trom ou “Turming the cruisers over to the! English river police, we went or board the launch of the governor of Bengal. All the way down stream) to the center of the city people lined both banks and were packed on the decks of river craft. But there Wasn't much onthuslagm until we reached the European quarter, where we were met by @ throng of our o cquntrymen, togethes with many British, quite a e high class Bengal! people, and many strange} types we had never seen before. “Again, in the space of a few hours, we had flown from one world into another, that seemed utterly different. Gone were the smiling | Burmese maide with their long} white cheroots; gone were the laugh. | of the people whom we | had seen on thelr way to the golder © motored to Eastern hotel we eaw sleek looking dark skinned men_ wit round black or white caps, bulg' stomachs, and curlous skirts. passed women who drew scarfs} a es their faces when we looked jat them, but who seemed to think nothing of the fact that their leg: |were exposed ail the way to t thigh. Motor cars whizzed by witl bearded chauffeurs and opulent sengers In tall ollcloth hats. Whe one of our companions e atned, were Parsees, or Persian fi wor shippers; who have cornered much of the wealth of India. “When we got to the hotel Lowei as commanding officer, was given the brida) suite, consisting of two bedrooms, parlor, bath, office, and reception room. Wearing that he} might get lonely with al! of this! regal accommodation, he invited m: to 6h e it, “Before we had an opportu an up there was a knock o door. In walked a bearded, ba: native wearing a bulging turban, a long white coat reaching to his knees, and skin ugh pants. Salaaming low. and with all the dignity of the east, he asked whether the masters did not desire @ personal si We to Jeach other, and more we thought to the idex appea on the spot stay In Cul- engaged in r native eeing to some ot pressed at another washed our liner jome one else bro’ ands refre: twise look ing after ‘our persons,’ as the gait war of Baroda or the Bhopal might say.’ “His chief ation was an nouncing, visitors and _ escorting them In of our sulte. He was in his element at this. He also Was an apt*pupll and learned his name quickly. When not: actual in persona] attendance upon us in the suite’ he would sit outside the door in the corridor, and at the call of ‘Bozo!’ he was there-in a flash ready to carry out our commands. Our chief regret when we left Cal cutta was that we could not take Bozo along.” begum of SEE | L. D. 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