MAN
      CONQUERS
      GRAVITY
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      by
      Kent
      Nelson
     
    

    
     
      Young
      Terry
      Sloan
      was
      playing
      in
      down-
     
     
      town
      Charlottetown
      when
      he
      suddenly
      dis-
     
     
      covered
      he
      could
      fly.
      ;
     
    

    
     
      ‘*It
      was
      so
      cool,’’
      Sloan
     
     
      later
      commented.
      ‘‘I
      just
     
     
      started
      flapping
      my
      arms
     
     
      and
      took
      off.
      Totally
      awe-
     
     
      some.
      Like,
      I
      coulda
      leapt
     
     
      the
      C.P.
      Hotel
      in
      a
      single
     
     
      bound.”’
     
    

    
     
      Sloan’s
      discovery
      of
      his
     
     
      apparently
      mutant
      ability
     
     
      drew
      a
      crowd
      of
      onlookers
     
     
      who
      began
      to
      appear
      agi-
     
     
      tated
      by
      Sloan’s
      strange
     
     
      powers.
      One
      onlooker
     
     
      shouted
      that
      it
      was
      an
      alien
     
     
      invasion
      and
      before
      long
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sloan
      was
      being
      followed
      by
      an
      angry
      mob
      where
      Sloan
      was
      brought
      down
      after
      rico-
     
     
      shouting
      ‘‘Get
      him!
      He’s
      from
      away!”’
     
     
      The
      chase
      went
      up
      University
      Avenue,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      cheting
      off
      one
      of
      the
      many
      fast
      food
      signs
     
     
      on
      the
      strip
      (‘Mom
      always
      said
      that
      stuff
     
    
   
   
    
     
      was
      bad
      for
      me,’’
      Sloan
     
     
      said
      to
      the
      paramedics
      who
     
     
      rescued
      him).
      Before
      the
     
     
      ambulance
      took
      him
      away
     
     
      the
      mob
      beat
      him
      savagely
     
     
      and
      stole
      his
      lunch
      money.
     
     
      Mayor
      Tex
      MacDonald
     
     
      vowed
      he
      would
      dedicate
     
     
      the
      city’s
      resources
      to
      track-
     
     
      ing
      down
      the
      lunch
      money
     
     
      or
      buy
      Sloan
      lunch,
      which-
     
     
      ever
      comes
      easier.
      Sloan
      is
     
     
      in
      stable
      condition
      and
      is
     
     
      slated
      to
      appear
      onthe
      Ralph
     
     
      Benmergeui
      show
      after
      his
     
     
      injuries
      finally
      heal.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      KINDRED
      SPIRIT
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lucy
      Maud
      Spotted
      in
      Robertson
      Library
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Alan
      Scott
     
    

    
     
      Lucy
      Maud
      Montgomery
      has
      returned
     
     
      ...
      and
      the
      U.P.E.I.
      library’s
      got
      her.
      There
     
     
      are
      now
      confirmed
      sightings
      of
      the
      beloved
     
     
      Anne
      of
      Green
      Gables
      author
      within
      the
     
     
      Robertson
      Library.
     
    

    
     
      If
      it
      is
      indeed
      the
      much-loved
     
     
      Montgomery,
      she
      appears
      to
      be
      relatively
     
     
      tranquil
      and
      inactive
      at
      present,
      resting
      in
     
     
      stony
      silence.
      Some
      theorize
      that
      she
      has
     
     
      been
      hiding
      in
      an
      obscure
      tropical
      locale
      as
     
     
      her
      rather
      bronzed
      complexion
      would
      hint,
     
     
      but
      her
      precise
      whereabouts
      over
      the
      past
     
     
      decade
      are
      as
      yet
      unknown,
      as
      are
      the
     
     
      reasons
      for
      her
      apparent
      return.
     
    

    
     
      ‘*She
      just
      sits
      there’,
      said
      one
      librarian
     
     
      in
      amixture
      ofawe
      and
      fear,
      ‘“‘and
      she
      looks
     
     
      so
      ...
      so
      wise!’’
      Already
      devoted
      Islanders
     
     
      have
      made
      pilgrimages
      to
      see
      the
      newly
     
     
      returned
      Lucy
      Maud
      in
      her
      glory,
      pausing
     
     
      long
      enough
      to
      pray
      or
      simply
      to
      touch
      her
     
     
      and
      bounding
      away
      saying
      that
      they
      have
     
     
      been
      healed
      or
      rejuvenated,
      filled
      with
      new
     
     
      life
      and
      purpose.
      As
      one
      of
      the
      faithful
      said:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      Montgomery’s
      work
      is
      ‘‘strengthening
     
     
      -
      Lucy’s
      already
      steely
      grip
      on
      this
      plane
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘*Since
      Lucy
      Maud
      showed
      me
      the
      way
     
     
      I’ve
      been
      off
      U.I.
      and
      high
      on
      life.”’
     
     
      Bess
      Epperson,
      chairperson
      of
      the
      devo-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      =
      tional
      club
      ‘‘Maud
      About
      You,”’
      believes
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      the
      conversion
      of
      new
      believers
      in
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      existence.
      The
      Japanese
      alone
      swell
      the
     
     
      ranks
      of
      the
      faithful
      every
      day,
      and
      her
      idols
     
     
      can
      be
      seen
      on
      the
      backs
      of
      many
      of
      your
     
     
      new-fangled
      automobiles,
      spreading
      het
     
     
      divine
      influence
      throughout
      the
      province’.
     
    

    
     
      Epperson
      also
      maintains
      that
      if
      you
      play
     
     
      the
      Anne
      of
      Green
      Gables
      musical
      back-
     
     
      wards
      you
      can
      hear
      a
      sacred
      chant
      which
     
     
      foretells
      Lucy
      Maud’s
      eventual
      return
      [0
     
     
      Earth
      and
      the
      remarking
      of
      the
      Island
      in
      het
     
     
      image.
      All
      those
      interested
      in
      learning
     
     
      more
      about
      Lucy
      Maud
      or
      the
      ‘Maud
     
     
      About
      You’’
      devotional
      group
      are
      urged
      '0
      |
     
     
      attend
      an
      ice
      cream
      social
      and
      seance
      bein’
     
     
      held
      at
      Green
      Gables
      this
      Thursday.