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Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1930, Page 9 (Supplement)

Ever since the night when Richard, had a nightmare in which he imagined he was flying to Australia, he had been very quiet and studious. All he would do was to sit and read hooks on the art of flying tn the air. “Look!” said Gwen, one day, “he’s still at it. He will be making balloons soon,” ..

•‘' u 0 SO oner had Gwen remarked that he would soon be malting balloons than Richard jumped up and cried i'Eureka!” “What do you mean—“ Eureka?” Gwen'enquired. “You’ve said itt v shouted Richard. : . ' “I didn’t say anything of the kind,” retorted Gwen. “I never mentioned the word.” ' , , “You said Balloons," Richard explained. •. “What’s that to do with Eureka, anyway?" asked Polly. “It’s given me an idea,” Richard said impressively.

“Listen,” said Richard, sitting down again, “J ve been trying to work out an idea for an airship. To make one like those described m the books would cost a-lot of money; but when you mentioned balloons I suddenly saw a way of ing one quite cheaply. We’ll be able to go for trips and have a jolly good tune. “How are you going to do it?”-asked Polly. “I’ll show you,” said Richard. “Wait here until I come back.

... Richard was not away very long. When he returned he carried one of the the 6 idea, said. “This balloon is already filled with gas, and ■ yQU <<We- canXV that ” said Polly. “But how are you going to make an airship : “Easily,”'Richard replied.' “This balloon will lift so much! If we weigh ourselves; and do a little multiplication sum, we shall know how many balloons will lift us. “Goodness!” Polly chuckled. ,

Richard goon found the exact weight the balloon would lift. Then he . weighed himself, and multiplied the weight by four to get of j th . < “0f course y.ou will have to add the weight of the car that will hold U • I shall,” said Richard, rather angrily, for it must be admitted that he.is.better at getting ideas than working them out! You see by the picture that they had a terrible struggle to do the sum.

“Well n said Richard at last. “I think I’ve done it.” '“Well’, how many balloons do we .want to raise us all in the air? askefli POU “it seems a lot,” replied Richard. “I make it nearly five hundred.” “How much are the balloons?” Polly enquired next. “Two-pence each,” Richard answered. “Where are we going to get all that money?” exclaimed Gwen. “I don’t know,” snapped Richard. “Then we can’t have 'an airship,” Polly decided. “It looks like it,” admitted Richard. And that was the end of Richard’s idea.