Show The Worlds World's Great Airmen Captain Captain 1 the Russian Terrorist Who Vho Was to Have Killed a G General in the Sky BY MON O. O PLANE In the back room of a cafe almost III in the shadow of of the great rett gray a granite winter palace of the czar at St. St Pe Po ur a a group of ot Terrorists were t th tho assassination of a high Russian Rus sian official Tho The band included Cap Cap- tl tain a famous military a aMator a v Lots were wore finally drawn and upon Captain fell the the honor honorof of t being charged ed with the task of slay slay- lug ing the official General Alexis l e. e witch during tho the coming day was to tao take General Alexis f for for- fora r. r a Right flight ht and we LICe fc that ho hoVas was Vas killed The Thc minor d de tails tais were loft left to to the ingenuity of the aviator t 1 tor If Ie pO possible th p passenger er only wa was to b be sacrificed if not then tho machine was to bo capsized in midair an the thc pilot was was to go trO to his death with the general Important bomb throwing tests j were to bE bp conducted by liy the flying squadron on Scores ScorcH of military men were on hand band at the tho aerodrome to wit witness ess th the maneuvers It was ean easy to induce General Alexis to take a trip iu in u tho the airship The Tho genera general gen gen- en era eral was one of the most mott enthusiastic supporters of m military aviation General may I have the honor of your com compan pan in my first flight today today to day was Captain s it invitation in i t tation tion the aviator a adding J laughingly You 01 may bring briDI mo me luck Nothing would please me better the thc general replied returning the airman's airmans airmans airman's air air- man mans man's s 's salute Captain ordered his machine machine ma ma- ch chine n out onto the field Everything E is read ready inquiringly inquiring ly demanded Captain of his assistants Everything E wa was read ready We We will start then said Raid tho the captain cap capS tam taint tain turning to General Alexis The aviator raised d his arm aria as a signal nal nalto to let Jet go o and with a roar the aeroplane aeroplane aero plane shot into the air and was soon soon up a thousand tho feet None was wan moro more interested in the flight ht than the men mentho who t had arranged arr that Alexis should be he slain of Here they cornel come shouted one the plotters it as fi the tho aeroplane sudden suddenly started to drop earthwards The machine faltered and fell All AH but the plotters wore were stricken dumb at th the tho helplessness of their tion As the crowd thought two more moro men were being sa sacrificed to the cause causo of aviation saved the shout sudden udden suddenly I ly went up Hats and helmet were thrown into the air in jO joy Eighty feet or so o from ro rothe the ground when instant death seemed inevitable the aeroplane was safely 1 There was a stampede ta to reach the machine Congratulations were showered showered show show- ered on the aviator and his intrepid companion Terrorist friends were dumfounded Why had not the accident accident accident acci dent happened Was 38 the toe aviator a a- aspy aspy spy or a traitor in their camp No o matter which death Of or worse still exile was now their certain lot Mat Mat- then must be bo forever silenced Criminals' Criminals secrets are seldom kent kont for lon long From some mysterious source was warned to flee the country He understood was tho the hero the second da day of or tb the trials He was hailed as R Russia's greatest aviator Clear the way for Long Lons live cried out t the e soldiers as the aviator trundled trundle out hi his warplane The airman was as queerly un un- responsive Adieu he shouted as he took theair the tho air Fifteen minutes later his crushed and man mangled Jed body was as wa e extricated from his wrecked pla plane e. e From an nn altitude of ot a thousand feet machine and pilot ha haul had 1 been dashed to pic pieces es The whole story came out out- later It IL t was wa officially reported that Captain fearing fearin the vengeance of his Terrorist friends friend tor for having lO failed to murder General Alexis deliberately I took his own life |