Show of A romance of flying THE A IR LANES LAN t it y copyist 1909 by the bobb robbs QUICK aemil company XIII IE dilill if TIM WI ir III ti be f was nas rua run out oi ot ways by the ions long V w ditl ID ju ubach she bad had ben built there as a flutter of expectancy among those eo so deeply con corned in tier flight the first mate always balls sails with ith the ship uncle V Irgin virglnia la suggested you really BO on the trial trip be aakula try me I 1 said she 1 want ant toll to be b worth a dozen of captain ilar reds replied carson he lie tuno t t je faintest idea of be the principles of he ie virginia irginia while leyon you could fly her in a wc 1 I 1 could now asserted virginia the 16 is 1 it simple manageable little thing like her tier namesake if she shown all her namesakes nanc sakes sweet trait began theodore 11 then I 1 tit to go captain cried theodore I 1 here e a it girl it that anuta to hip ship as first matel matal adale sail captain were going hut but virginia seated herself beside theodore wearing a R dress of t soft whit white wool it close fitting little 0 en cap P on her head bead and nod carrying a jacket over her arm I 1 now shill sh ill I 1 keep the manometer rAdin readings cs oh oil you any I 1 well then the altimeter copol she sh suggested it it relf pelf registering I 1 said theodore really there tb re a nothing to do except lj li emergencies and and there II 11 be no emergencies she be cried throw in the clutch admiral 11 of flip til inane I 1 OU dc do the work and tind III play indy were off A are re you willing eald said he turning to her I 1 to forgive me for or this and everything ery thing I 1 may ever have done what ever happens happen I 1 whatever happens or doean t t happen I 1 forgive you I 1 eho she cried in the clutch before the gyroscope 4 stop top and 00 virginia gets brain fae fag or shall I 1 jurt just for luck hick eald said theodore you throw it in she threw throw over tb levor lever and the wing sections started like 40 boy boys buzzee buzzes the bic his bird rose gerpen dicu lirly irom the wayn and anti fannel fanned the around no more theodore turned on a little more edwd put the ruddi rudd ra rs aport sport to bring her head bead to the light seaward wind and as a ebe she oo 00 higher and rind higher he tried bir con arol lie ile pushed over the lever that determined the thrust of the driving blader and she shot in over the bunei like a neld thing until be beaded headed ber her back for the gulf well inside the bar so 0 o that an overturn might not menu mean a drowning he circled about lu lit a ide curve be he gradually narrowed by a more extreme use of the belm belin all sho hp was spinning round and round in an orbit in which the tipi ups of the inner wings were almost eta sta denary and treading air like a paua paus ing swimmer wimmer fl that teats tests out the balancing balanc luK device shouted theodore hows tre ye aye eye sir eald said virginia that do eure sure test out the balancing derice and if it you let ctr chase ber her toll tail like this muth longer im going to be in disposed allea te whirl her the other way awhile bakle 1 N walled wall forward they were dying higher now and she he lice we the pine lilac woods far inland with their quare square patches of plowed fields their white houses the tuat green gloats of the china tree trees par var over the northwest soared tt a great silver white as u if covered with tin foil toll 1 I wonder if that lent the gocr queried 16 irginia it if it Is laid paid be I 1 and she comes about this wo II 11 show her what real aviation Is then they swept over and down too coast they turned back nod and awl led out over the sea oh oti look look took suddenly ud denly said vir ginta there theres s some one in the nater below fluted the balf collapsed and sinking gu go darll of a submarine beside tt it I 1 ay iy a great blotch of darkness darL nesa ness v w symmetrical that tb odore was lm tin pressed with the sudden idea that it was a submarine rathor than a patch of darl dark stud A min m in on the derel derelict lct iwas was struggling glIng shouting and waving a cloth a ws if in distress theodores eye eyel flashed lie ile reversed the ebrus of the wing propellers and in to an instant they bere fighting the air with all the power of the mighty eu eti the aaseng eners ra felt their moir bod bd he f alti the momen turn tum as the virginia clowd d up baited and moved astern and as accurately as it f he be bad bad years of practice carson brought her to over the struggling man and lowered ber her slowly js slowly lowly toward he the swells which rose to meet her until the line thrown over b carson dabbled in the water by the catA castaways ways side can you climb up tied tried 11 i 1 I dont dare come coul much lower for sake called the ino man adna her down a foot or eol sot rm too to weak brcak tn cheer up culled theodore its risky but try if he was to be eared saved there was no timo time to bo be lost so thought carson as he lie depressed the virginia more and inore more set hia his teeth in a fierce to put both man and ship out of the neld field nt tit once he lie was the sole tusto dlan of the secret of her construction save for carson if he be could drown tier her and master the secret of the glass globe be could rebuild her make bis his terms with shayne be the greatest in his hae and be he elded the nacelle with fierce energy threaded a steel chain through in opening in the structure and dropped back into the water holding the chain in his hand band it ran around the aluminium beam with a ebarp sharp rasping startling rattle lies ilos fallen int cried virginia theodore looked over the aide A mall small double chain ran down from the airship its ends moving about in a most mystifying lanner in the sea and as be he looked in astonishment the nr AIMED AT a AND TUB TUN HANU NANO AWAY INTO TUN SKY jark dark blotch of sand rose to the aur sur faco face and defined denned itself as the rounded top of the stickleback on the black hull bull or of which sat alzner blowing brine from his mouth bis his bead shia a lug jul with water tho the manhole opened alzner snapped the chain into a riny riar slipped into the submarine and reappeared with something mall small and flat in his bahil hand fix you you d d he yelled take tale that lie ile aimed at carson canon fired dred and the bullet ang sang away into the sky theodore seized virginia in his arms and drew draw her down into the bottom of the car where they lay panting in each other 8 artus panic stricken I 1 must put he sulp out of ranger rangel cried carson leaping to the lever she rose like a feather for just a moment and then she swung about like a kite with its string fouled anchored by some devilish contrivance carson stepped to the side araldi and looked over the virginia hung bung some thirty yards above the and st baal backward ard and downward down ward ran the steel bain looped through her work arks and fastened by both ends to the submarine the harsh raucous mucous laugh of 11 alzuer roae rose with ith horrid sig vig alfi cance from the sticklebacks man hole which vis again above water and open dont don t be in a hurry burry I 1 be he shouted stick around with us awhile vere nere going out where its deep coco come in the waters fine got your I 1 a thing athing cult suits hen she draws short telephone down dont yell for there wont won t no one bear you thero there wont won no one bear either of you again in this world except just you two uy by by see i 3 ou in davy jones dovir and with ibia this as an if pulled down from below man vanist vanished ed into the dark interior the manhole closed and taij thain like a line taken by some titanic fish started out to sta the tile airship had been captured by the submarine the mechanics mec hanica devilfish was not running runn lne very deep her round deck rose awash sometime but with the manholes closed cloned and with no sign save the me of her periscope that a she h e was more than an iner mass of steel she swam on still seated where theodore b hid bid id placed her N irginia looked at him 11 in questioning terror ile was white and borri horrified ded at this moment be he was depressing her in her flight so as to get all possible slack in the chain so that by a sudden upward rush he might break the tether once twice thrice bo he did this but the chain held what Is it theodore what Is Ls it said she 1 I dont know aid said be he but I 1 think alvs it the eldr carson was not looking at her no 1 wa looking upward like a man pk in ln for borno sorno sort of inspiration she stood looking out oret the an wat anat at desolate to nea toj j and back to the receding bhore u on which rhe nil jw taw a group of form forms tin tho forms form or of their friends athing could awni corp helpless they were ere chained cb ti it their futta a dark fiend of n mn chint tint ani taking them our out to ma ri 0 deeps profound enough to drown rown them it tut ht be an hour I 1 it might tx bo tho ali wt next moment carbon cargon tood over her with it n pistol in 11 ind virginin can ou be asked she took the pistol and nodded af al 1 I I shall have to ask aou ou to protect me eald said he lie while I 1 try to cut that chain they can see bilth their peri perl acol e what I 1 in dolog and when it 1 Is necess necessary iry they will come up into the 0 open pen and fire by pulling out to sea I 1 cau can att M her at an angle augle that will force them into the opeo open to N W hen the manhole opens shoot into it t if you should hit one of them theta don t let it trouble you 11 1 I shall kill ono one of ot them it I 1 can con aid said ehe she never mind that tell me the things to dor 1 I shall take the pliers and a flie file aid maid he I 1 I 1 dont think the pliers will cut it IL I 1 may be too weak to climb back I 1 don t know that I 1 can do it anyhow I 1 lou ou must take us back to land if I 1 cut her free never fear I 1 know every lever therea theres another thing said he we came out with only a little gaa gas it we go much farther we haven t enough to att ashore with I 1 think I 1 could soar her in with the aeroplane nero plane met of the blada I 1 think we bad had better fly tow low going back and not waste fuel fuet keep her tier gliding about a hun bun dred fet from the water but if you want the nero aeroplane plane at ait C this la fc the way may to fix it IL with a swift movement he showed her the way WILY to nonage the ism 1 lie ile lashed a pair of pliers about hia his neck with a lanyard thrust a cou pie of flies into his pockets took oft bit his boots hia hl coat cost and waistcoat and stepped to the side you may get ashore said he while I 1 may not if so goodby and god bless you dear estl she threw her anna arms about bis his neck and anti kissed him over and over again lie ile felt her arm tears on bis his lips don dont t cryl cry eald said he be clear bour a eyes and shoot straight goodbye she stepped to the rail and looked fixedly at the black shadow like a gl gi gantle fish that represented the sub marine carson had disappeared over oser the side in a terrifying bind under hand descent until ha he reached the truss worL of the nacelle the black shadow grew more inore distinct tho the round deck broke water and as the manhole opened NN alzner appeared and aimed at carson canon coolly as at a tawit watt too hastily fired the bullet truck struck the edre of the deck with a vicious spat pistol spoke his bullet striking metal flew singing away and the girl replied with tup the third of this strange duel she herself against the rail aimed almed at the middle of the mark presented by the villain below and fired fired tired with the curious ertl tude the marksman feels when be he Is making ft a good shot IN uner had just lifted bh arm to ore fire again but his band hand fell as if struck down by a glatts blow lie ile dropped back into the darkness like a lilt shot the manhole closed and the submarine aub marine went on toward deep water as grimly as before goedl eald said theodore I 1 dut but watch the manhole just the same I 1 ball shall hate haiie to lie tile the chain the alie allen N w on t do suddenly she heard carson catilaw bove hove to eald said he 1 I thank they re going to try drowning u here don dout t lose lo 10 control of yourself remember this Is a fight and we arent whipped yet yel do you hear bear yes said ehe she dut but it a 8 so 90 awful so awful it if you were only up here where here you could tell me what to do dol lei me v hat to dor do you see how bow the chalu shortens enst asked carson she abea it going down if the waters deep enough she can drown ua unless we can overcome her gravity turn tho the index so AS its to show a dead down thrust of the blades and then full power on lie the last speed it will take fuel hut but it f the only way hurry flurry the airship sank ank sank dearer nearer and neater to the water hut without waiting to larn how bow the girl was car crying out his 1 orders carson again at tacked the tte chain and the shrill crek I 1 ut the file greeted Irgin las ear ears as she turned the indicator dud aud threw on the power As they had never done before the great engines engin es purred the wing blades trod the air with a terrific roar but with less suction auction like force the submarine drew irr lor down domn closer closer to the water und and ehe she deemed lost the sink ing was as sic ilc now but nevertheless more and more of the chain disappear cd in the bin every me mc ment looked and despaired the waves were eo so terrifyingly near benth in to their cold depths seemed so unthinkably horrible bor ahe she bowed her face in to her hands fhe rho of the file kept on with the regularity of a ula chine carson was as at work lie ile might be drowned but when he went under he would go fighting lighting he ile was wa a mant matil she stepped to the ide aide and called to him blin 1 I think aid said she he that we are doomed Is 13 elere anything I 1 can do dot 1 I ou might adi advance tance lh lb eald said he not ot much juat jut the lea leas trifle leq n I 1 reckon got cot us she sprang to the machinery and did this lat thine thing ordered by br her corn com wander did it with hands as a soldier might take up the weapon 01 of f his coninie billed killed at bai a post by the fatina trifle trittie she be advanced the nod and went vent to the hide to sec see the effect t they were nere lower loner now and the in which carson hune hung roust must be in or near the crest of the swells but the creek i of th file went on not so strong perhaps but steadily still the ot of the unconquerable spirit of the min ell ngin to the truss work beneath tier it wa wac c grand it as immense her ter spirit rose to the occasion rose to the prosaic scree fc of n flip in a hand that was dabbled in the wave at every lifting awell swell of 0 stolid ocean that rolled on just the file same 1 where ita prey dangled w within 11 11 be e lapping 11 of inq tongue and out yonder where perhaps no man bad had been since creation creations s morn theodoret Theod ortt the file stopped for a minute keep her as she Is said he weve pot got the submarine stopped I 1 ve pot got tle me chain about filed through but I 1 m little tired keep her as she Is for lust list a little while to II 11 C |