128 THE ROMANCE OF EVERIFARM 



up his limbs and branches and managed to get en- 

 tangled in the truss rods of the landing gear, and 

 was jerked out of the ground with a suddenness 

 that made his head swim. When he came to him- 

 self he found that he was going out of that field at 

 the rate of ninety miles an hour. 



"Hey! Look where you are going," yelled Cockle 

 Burr as the ship heeled over on one wing in a sharp 

 curve, just avoiding a big tree that stood near the 

 edge of the field. 



"This bird doesn't care what happens to me. See 

 him go up," he cried, as the ship turned into the 

 wind again and began to climb. Gathering speed 

 and altitude all the while, Cockle Burr was soon tear- 

 ing through the fleecy clouds at an altitude of five 

 thousand feet, when all of a sudden the motor 

 stopped, the roaring exliaust of the engine ceased, 

 and Cockle Burr found himself falling to the ground 

 with the speed of a meteor. He soon entered into a 

 spiral dive that fairly took his breath away, when 

 very gently the ship righted itself, and glided 

 smoothly into the bluegrass pasture on the big farm 

 of Farmer Good. 



Cockle Burr had hardly recovered himself when 

 Farmer Good drove up in his roadster, and as the 



