The Enchanted Sky
BY LELA OMAN
Three young men were out
hunting seals. They were in their
kyaks and not too far out they
ran into a spot that was smooth.
The water was still and the sun
reflected on it and made it bright
and blue.
“Did you ever see such a thing
as this?” One of them marveled.
The other two expressed their
opinions likewise. And they went
on.
They came to the end of the
glassy sea. Beyond it the water
broke in waves and they knew
that they must get on it.
As the three kyaks skimmed,
one of them had been in the lead
and the other two were close
together with the bows of their
water crafts in the same line with
one another.
The sky above came down on
them. This blue, and impenetra
ble, like a ceiling it came down to
meet the water.
The two at the rear talked to
gether. “This doesn’t look natur
al,” one said.
“I am afraid to even utter a
word,” the other answered. “Let’s
keep talking.” He looked at the
other and smiled. The man at the
lead did not seem to be disturbed.
They came to what seemed the
end of the enchanted sky. There
was a crack, and beyond, the sea
tossed relentlessly. The one in the
lead looked up when he reached
the opening, and like it was a
proper thing to do, he stood up in
his kyak and curiously looked up
into what was above. The other
two saw only the bottom half of
the young man and his kyak. They
did not reach him; they turned
their kyaks around while yelling,
“Get down in your kyak! Get
down in your kyak!” Both at once
they yelled at him as they paddled
hard toward the opposite direc
tion. They heard him calling to
them and describing what he saw.
“Come back and see how beau
tiful it is. There are flowers in
bloom and trees laden with fruit.
Come back! I am going to climb
up.”
“Get down in your kyak and
follow us.” The two men yelled
back to him.
“No, I am going to climb up.
You would want to to'o If you had
seen it.”
“Follow us, get down in your
Colombia produced about a mil
lion tons of coal in 1953 — less
than a day’s production in the
United States.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT. SECOND
DIVISION. TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
OSCAR HENRY LAY, Deceased.
No. 983
Notice to Creditors
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Fred M. Bockman, of Nome, Alaska, has
been duly appointed Administrator of the
Estate of Oscar Henry Lay, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
said estate should present them, with
proper vouchers attached, to said Ad
ministrator at Nome. Alaska, within six
16• months from the date of this notice.
DATED this 14th day of May, 1954.
FRED M. BOCKMAN,
ADMINISTRATOR.
Publ. May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 1954. -
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
CAPE NOME PRECINCT. SECOND
DIVISION. TERRITORY OF ALASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
WILLIAM R. ANDERSON, Deceased.
No. 988
Notice to Creditors
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
E. K. Johansen, of Nome, Alaska, has
been duly appointed Administrator With
Will Annexed of the Estate of William R.
Anderson, deceased.
All persons having claims against the
said estate should present them, with
proper vouchers attached, to the said
Administrator, or his attorney, at Nome,
Alaska, within six months from the date
of this notice.
DATED this 14th day of May, 1954.
E. K. JOHANSEN,
ADMINISTRATOR.
James A. von der Heydt,
Nome, Alaska,
Attorney for Administrator.
Publ. May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 1954.
kyak and follow us!” Their words
echoed at them hollowly. The sea
was no longer smooth, the sky
above infinitely blue. The sun
blazed down at them.
The two young men paddled
hard for home, tossed about
among the waves as they kept
alert. Scanning the sky so many
times. They knew that their third
member was claimed by the sky.
In reaching home, they related
what had happened. Many skin
boats went out to the spot. There
they found his kyak. It boomed
softly as it rhythmically came in
contact with the woo'den paddle
that was stood up on end in the
shallow water.
Many skin boats were anchored
around the kyak and the men
took turns watching it, but the
sky did not return what it had
claimed. Many days later they
took the kyak and the paddle
home.
The boy lives up there in the
sky. Where the flowers are in
bloom and the trees laden with
fruit. He wanted nothing else
after he saw it. The sky was sur
veyed often to see if it would
come down again.
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Chinese Nationalist Air
Force Claims One Red
Ship Sunk, Mig Damaged
TAIPEH, Formosa, UP)—The Chi
nese Nationalist air force said yes
terday its warplanes sank one
Communist warship and probably
sank another, and damaged a
Mig 15 jet.
All of the combat occurred in
the vicinity of Sanmen Bay, about
150 miles south of Shanghai and
roughly 275 miles north of For
mosa.
The air force said:
A flight of more than 10 Na
tionalist planes first spotted four
Communist warships of about 800
tons and dropped two 500-pound
bombs and a napalm bomb on one
of the four. Pilots said the vessel
was sinking.
A few minutes later the planes
spotted two 1,500-ton warships
and sank one with eight 500
pound bombs.
The air clash lasted about 12
minutes and involved two Migs
and two propellor-driven Nation
alist craft. The air force said one
Mig definitely was damaged.
The Nationalists also have re
ported their warships have sunk
one Red warship and damaged or
routed others in recent clashes.
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