That Wright Family! by Ruth Lyons Brookshire

Author:Ruth Lyons Brookshire [Brookshire, Ruth Lyons]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781466905771
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2012-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

EMILY MONTGOMERY who had seen and heard the 1903 flights was one of the irritated women.

Never thought I’d see them Wright brothers again. I figured they’d be rich and famous by now and too good to associate with common folk like us. They did their flyin’, and now our men folk is doing the talkin’.

Mr. Wilbur and the lumber got here first with plans to repair their 1903 camp. Some folks around here had ripped off some of the siding to repair storm damage and had taken some of the stuff they’d left behind. Don’t say much for us now, does it?

When Mr. Orville showed up with more lumber and all the boxes and crates, our men was plumb excited to see what the Wrights was gonna do next. My man George said they had to do some more testing. All them governments wants ‘em to go higher and faster, stay in the air longer, and, would y’all believe this nonsense, carry a passenger. A passenger! What fool is going to want to ride that contraption? What’s gonna keep y’all on ‘em wings—ropes and chains? But our men hardly take time to eat a meal—especially with all ‘em reporters with their cameras hangin’around.

They’s even men here from New York City to watch these shenanigans. They’s comin’ out of the woodpiles, and fallin’ all over each other to come up with some tall tale. One of ‘em reported the Brothers flew ten or twenty miles back in 1903, that the life savers had their boats and safety stuff ready when the Wrights flew out over the water. Now, we women all know that didn’t happen, but our men sure do enjoy makin’ up ‘em stories for ‘em Northerners.

But, it’s like I was tellin’ Addie Tate, the Wrights is different this trip. Oh, they’s still polite, but they’s always in a hurry. I figure they’s hopin’ the reporters and the cameras won’t keep up with them. Won’t matter none, them reporters’ll make up what they don’t see.

The boys, they’ve noticed the difference, too. No singin’, not much laughin’ or talkin’ down at the Wright camp. They’re downright disappointed. Well, the Brothers finally took that Furnas who came with ‘em on a flight. Looked like they was ready to prove to the rest of the country, maybe even the world, that they could fly.

But did the truth shut those reporters up? Maybe a little. But I got own plan to stop all this bragging and blabbing. I just told Mr. Montgomery there wouldn’t be no grits and gravy on his breakfast plate if I saw one more mention of his name with one of ‘em wild stories.

One other little thing more that boils my blood. Them reporters never asked a single woman what happened that day in 1903. You better believe we was all a watchin’ from behind our curtains.

If all them tall tales is part of bein’ famous, well, they can just count me out. I’d rather gather my eggs, cook my grits, and enjoy a sunset now and then.

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