| Show mk A romance U of flying THE AIR LANES LAN IN irs 0 by copyright 1909 by the th bobbi bobbs HERBERT QUICK merrill company ell U TER N TUE THC I 1 UI 1 I I 1 THAT YOU WED PRIDE 11 ll L re bunt burst from run S 1 the he floor 0 of f he cloud like a ain and saw a lone iong pru pro aloo apsolon of white and violet sp seeding eding purt past and away into the distance tibt anfe the an art tights lights of a t wu set into app ap trl nt light by the tie speed of his headlong bead lotie corker before the wind var ot off in the ai re of it locomotive firebox he b could aze u a devilish binik anre man weirdly stoking the town tied awa 1 I 1 bo be roar of the wind rose about him lie ile was whipped by the branc branches bei of 0 a tall tree then a lower oue bowed him through its danse 1 l top ho ile inid laid bold hold of a stint bemb and us as it bent like a fishing tod lih ill he let go the nbettie ot of hn p pira chute the wind stilled tiled from the silken leach and ho tie tumbled tum bleil heavily into a mattress like bridal bush wilt nn an asphalted walk and laed lawn town by the shrub bery liu lie ruse unhurt to 0 o far as ni be rould could feel td to ond himself by a it rustic a lat at war near a dry fountain on bis his left be he could make out a long ao 10 buil dinIC threat or four stories high V high wall running bick from each cad end of abl structure seema to him to bound the for a garden be tt to be hack back in some cular jungle he lie attard the throaty bellow of it great dop dog roi following lowing the wall he dowid tt it in with that of the house it wai WAs blank and high rind ne reconnoitered the rear wall to a brick barn into which it was built HP ile rp returned turned to the long house and stole to one side where he be found a door through the wall tight hut shut and biml ani reg pregnable callina up hai scattered courage he went with some steadiness up to st long veranda shrill whistle sounding from the top of the instantly commended his hi theodore fh eodore raw bair a bian inan nn on the ti arnof just in the at a t of swin stIng ahlm himself belf down mer the eave oft get under her beep old port sport nid said the voice I 1 and give lre a liberty loving 11 ransa majc u r lee lea down Th theodore renewed ren cheil up und and tl a somewhat bony leg and wan wait nebout to lt let bin bix burden down cherp the liberty loving one collapsed in all nil his meta members an I 1 fume came do dona u by the run carson started ferard to raise the demoralized to lis his feet hut but be he wm already u und anti d to be bowing and kissing his trind to nn an imaginary aud lince my net act said he special gravitation ua expert to tho th crowned heads hut blit blot let uie me greet thee an ye be noble tny iny cheek an ye yo be lob receive ave my contemptuous hey iley old aport I 1 barsou tood stood mute te alone 1 ith a poa elble 1 lunatic and n alry probable dog in a walled garden into ho he had dropped from the night sky from your enaut cometh a rattle like a mute I fa cat nent on the strange personage and aaion like a battery of telegraph stay I 1 ii Is it possible that it emanates from the clit terin of your teeth I 1 caitiff you are art or in nn an ague that would a foundry rattler to rt cold fair youth V little barsou 1 I 1 nm am lightly drevier then cuine come come away tra li la lit with me to it malin of balmy air 1 and breezes of ceylon to heel and if it thy heiry hetry hoof but scrape the grabel to betray our thou blest and all thy wad wail 14 1 gobbled by the privy coffer cotter of the emporium to acil mth mith a swift inoc mert the stranger turned and followed follow etl obeal antly by carson went to a building which theodoro gi sied to be a gr III gulde opened the door and stood stool back with elaba ate cour courte sv thil carson might precede him entering theodore found himself a amon beds of flowers which filled the tile houe it 14 I 1 too daric dark said his hi guide re joining hlin him to make the exchange ct of cards more than an empty and la visible formality let I 1 would fain know more of you than the bright and leeb technique of your tooth chat 1 I 1 don t understand I 1 cir son I 1 caine came here by accident quite ey so interposed tits 1 tor tot I 1 eti ets sit down by the american Amer tenn beauty awl there if we galgat strike a match now I 1 estimate tl mato that half halt Us VS lush lowd logged derelitto derel dere kte litts RO go ashore here la so a state to coin t word of orey eyed L I 1 way say a hit I 1 came my bolt self by accident and ond to t do so sor r I 1 mu roust at have at smoke sm then came the scratch ot of the match and theo I 1 re we the face by the dare of the match as with nervous un steady movements the th ranger stranger lighted the weed IT HP wae was a medium lw albeit person with deep met et eye flick flickering erini from their car erna a blurred sharpness ilia ills face was allow tallow and colorless will with helloes it 1 the checks cheeks illi ilia nose w wis ts irregularly notched in pr profile like the th tab stub ot of something else broken off ciff his hi face my aty name la is carson bald sald theo borg and I 1 am from the onta south fron from craighead Is I 1 mine 11 rejoined the other 1 11 I nin am from hero here and elsewhere there are twenty places where I 1 might vote veto were there nay question under the our worth oll 01 I 1 think I 1 may venture to give jou you sir as my permanent residence until further notice only ino the hat mort sort parts 1 I began carson tho the ilat hat mort interposed craig bead head I 1 one deep midnight night lu in the dear dand past beyond recall I 1 was wa ejected from the rat mort because my conduct was not up to the theretofore 1 I AU AM moil 11 AND closed standards tan darda of the efrom the hat flat mort stort actually trun out to coin au an expression doth it not open glimpse of a depravity hitherto f abu lou lous 0 and when I 1 have been graduated from tuli emporium I 1 shall return pride in III alny port inclining meaning nothing defiance in mine eaps and I 1 hall sit down in the ilat mort and behave behare myself for lore loriz lone long periods of time for agel carbou grew somnolent mr me craig hend head lilt sat upright making occasional with his cagar 1 hand ha 1 I morning cume two or three men came past thip went round it and walked abuy again as if mak ins ing saint mott of search they came bark back after a n time and entered one was a tall ruddy complexion cd ed youngish voun gish tuan who seamed to be the lender tender of the trio they razed gazed nl at the sleeping 11 carson end britt craighead as if taking stock dispassionately of re r turned estraya in vi the form of dogs or horses home well mr nir craighead anti the tall one doo il 11 accents distinctly british Urit lab im no end sorry to ond find ou out of bounds again sirl lr instantly wide awake craighead as fumed an attitude of jocular tartly it me tue to hivo given you a wo luora foments cuta ments pain dennis said he be I 1 but believe no I 1 should hao hae ben howling like a ban banshee stice bad had I 1 stayed d it lu the lite storm center of sir AN addy a phieu matic slumbering t i roin his evident irritation at the mention of ills his Iti pneumatic lu niber lug ing carson guessed that the shorter of dennis dentils companions was sir aad ad dy lie ile was and strong in ILI build aud and boarded bilth gray ebere ac sc ense ns e that grew forward and up wani from ill points as it eye eyebrows broms v w hi a ard mustache niu stache had been train td 1 through a In knothole otholo for a long time and then suddenly cropped off and left standing tan ding iio ile was as putting audibly this la bored breathing coupled with his appearance pe arance of h hiving dressed hurriedly g give ivo him the kentrat effect of one who has leaped suddenly from bed and chased something at high speed lie ile had on a topcoat over shirt and trou brou st sirs rs on ono one foot toot was an arctic overshoe on the be other a 1 ellington boot mr craighead Cral ghead slid wild lie aa as it carefully choo choosing slug terms of scathing rebuke ive been all kinds and you do boat beat the dutch thank you eald said mr ur caighead cr bon lur pardon roe me dennis have ou on not met in friend mr carson from froin alabama A tie new arrival k periodical I 1 believe mr camon mr ur dennis 0 grady mr 0 grady Is the clil dispenser of dope tonic sir Crall beed it if I 1 may correct you pir I 1 eald said ar clr 0 grady ot of course dennis protested Crall bend head 1 I meant tonic and is this mr carson a jas jag loss boss I 1 hope his slum alum ben bers anre leas less sonorous non orous than mr sir wad dye dys mr carson I 1 attendant suggested mr sir 0 grady softly I 1 mr sir evens evans Is 11 tho the attendant of mr sir wylle iso no doubt an error on mr part mr sir wylie but we understand perfectly that you are the mr wylle wylie who arrived vry very ill last night sir lr and who departed before fore we could give him the examination alon and the formal admission mr sir evans an will attend upon you mr wylle wylie and we hope sir to have you feeling much better in a few day days 11 I 1 ei O 0 mi it aro nr greatly exclaim el theodore T I 1 I 1 don t belong here at all quite right steril clr responded sir 0 grady quit quite right I 1 am glad that you are already able to 8 air that you belong with mr sir E evana v an la in room 31 air I 1 hut but I 1 am not mr me wylie inter posed carson pardon inc me softly suggested mr 0 bridy but I 1 find you be hen bee e mr sir wylle wylie where noe noie but inmates can come I 1 I 1 dropped into this garden from an se 0 nut 11 reiterated theodore and nd wallowed swallowed your parachute 0 grady no cried carson producing it from under the baich here it Is 1 I have no knowledge of machinery said bald 0 grady but the existence here of so common a contrivance does not at all prove the absence of mr me wylle wylie and mr sir wylle wylie Is accounted for by no personality except your own sir the bl institute loses no patients you are mr wylle or mr sir wylle wylie la Is lot loit hence sir you are mr sir wylle mr sir alvans ushered young mr sir cr cir son arto room 34 as it if conferring a great favor in thus naming him wylle and anti arresting him instanter under the new cognomen I 1 am not mr wylle reiterated rite rated carson 1 I 1 atu Ib eodore carson as I 1 mid said and I 1 this matter of names Is so campil bated quavered mr evana evans pushing up his cuffs as if it about to attempt some feat of physical prowess N io 0 man drabin my pay c en n be expected to work it out I 1 git awful stu III wages mr nir wylle wylie my sly duties la Is sini 1131 pie you git your tonic tunic an treat ments an keep hours whole lot of gentlemen comes hero here under epe ape lal tat names mr sir craighead Cral ghead rapped and entered 1 I quite agree with the remarks of my querulous friend mr evans said mr craighead lour position mr sir carson Is na nit equivocal one the question Is 1 your field it Is aeronautics replied theodore 1 have deviled the first effective arronet P 1 very interesting returned craig head I 1 have bare made that a I 1 know th defects of the present day acro and I 1 understand the failure of the gae gas supported aerostats aero stats except as toys for us parasitic capitalists but to the point in controversy are you the fulton of the entry rean or the edison of the hot air mr evans porcine ton tonally allt has expressed the only conclusion open to accept the A alle themy a a working cypoth cila ests a and n d to work nork it at tit the figular per diem dost toiler foller anet me I 1 suppose that this wylle wylie must turn up sooner or inter later mused theodore hut lly should I 1 take treatment hat df do they do to you 11 Th theadore endore they she alit sou dope they feed fwd you for a few laa on bra bran avish they phool you i ice a day thy lit rive ire aou ou a litell bottle to wint they call your thirst the first night or so though why they call that a thirst which Is only a tendency entirely d with irrigation do de coneth not I 1 et acts s to breakfast break fast breakfast 1 here wa wai something to be of tho the people car sou son vas famishing and before he returned to his tits room he learned thit th it he ho was an inmate of the slattery institute for drunkards CHAPTER VI THE of TUB THE W young OUNG mr ur careon carson detain deta luel 1 at yr r tho the slattery institute to bal bat M mice ance the books on account of the of mr wylle thought often of shayne a charm ing lug niece but manlike gaie gao scarcely a thought of the situation on board the hoc ai a she boro bore northward ia ju the night sly sky after dropping him as a hank bank might let fall tall a too belligerent weasel the warfare and insurrection which ho he laft behind would have interested had he known mr ir silberberg Sll SlI hurt la in amour as well uell as p proboscis ra n was as deeply disturbed in bis his sul 1 tattle regard for virginia he ile was as too angry to follow her to the dock as she swept out of the cabin to take leave of her bandit of the dunes for some minutes the girl apty pty 1 ay iy half fainting wholly terrified by the rail where she hid hd fallen as theodore dropped over the side into the cloud and the night where Is queried aunt marle at lat la t lias ilas she eloped with that creature look 1001 for beri herl shea my niece after all alit mr shayne called mrs mald and gave orders that virginia be sought on deck the maid looked about hastily and falling to observe the little heap in which virg virginia sit hudd huddled letl up by the rail ran in edly and s ild that 1 suarez waa was not on d dk dek ek I 1 in the least 1 I told you gasped mrs shayne shei she i thrown herself away bilber berr walked walled in from the cabin this T his assassin assa sain slid wild he must be aft with the crew there a only one place where miss can bo be shayne ran aft anil astonished the i crew by bursting into their midst and staring wildly about as it demented dement wL I 1 ft N bat hat Is it clr it willett asked calmly here la Is suarez panted mr shayne I 1 don t know sir wheres Wh erea that fellow we picked cpr don t know responded willett goner guner sabyne exclaimed into the raban kope golie over the mid id 3 lax could ahat if they tb death even not nove save two tr from drop akl abd ID in this dark d ma ie le a robi poo riess I 1 tuv hang lug reo revered her hor self control of her bee and the potion elon po cabin entering her rw 1006 and knes knees threw hermit berit on 00 her bed betl abbe he felt feka 1 I bor of fu huberberg berberg a 11 60 beneo use of e disgust thin think that bat they 10 with ill the tile could so in alt this toung mull jbv wb treated her r L had maed lier life and anti beautifully no matter what hat he tie as send him aft all to to to offer like a maut 0 o wonder he be bad struck silberberg 8 odious nose latar like it bird before the she roae ro preened mirror ml and at down to think lie tle jolea of her tier untie and anti aunt and sir ile iane to her tars ears from the thal main salon opening her window for air she noted that the roar of the wind from the earth had ceased and enen that they had reached the calm area of which allett had spoken in the middle of the low 1011 thy would probably alve an eacy landing in chi ago uld ud then thea certain she m would one thin waa nits not live longer with the bharnes they hard bard too cruel were mere too sordid too and nd she v would not no alth i thein hem any longs r oh ob if she oal oni had just one relative in the world orld save aunt mafe batayt the thought struck her tier of her mothers failure people somewhere in the south her tier mother had been dis owned by her family foa perversely contracted marriage but they were 4 an and they would mould not see on au orl ban girl of their kin go home IMS ahe would mould leave aunt marle a note of thanks for all her tier 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