| Show 0 0 A ol 01 of of flying 2 thlu A I 1 R 0 LANES by copyright 1909 by the bobb bobbs HERBERT QUICK comply company cai burn nurn tarr r xiv iv i f vi i ir it 11 i ii I 1 ti lot jojn aan its it work al rhe iron irim alite laner was ovar bit both abo tan be lot lo 10 an bill I 1 the cirl girl in the car kne know that the terrific cor of gas in the engines made the seconds too prec precious loui for line la in coni conversation ersa tion A minute a cupply cf of gas ten emonds econ ds supply one second supply likht save me their lives in III the home stretch when the chain rl fl uld mid he be lied filed through and they should tak their flight to ward land to anke triumphant land ing after this till deadly peril or to sink in the kavli from which they were now to save rare themselves the roar of the machinery lorry filled tho the air with tempest tempt temp t the wind from the winf blades driven down on tile water act set it boiling like a whirlpool ono one moment the tile straining Pub submarine marine drew them down by a link or t fo to o of the chain tho the neit the struggling airship lifted th up an inch or so from hei lark lair fair in the depths at last at the very height eight of tho the fierce struggle roggle at the shot upward with fth thi jin gle of dropping chains a worn flie file fell into the foam of a white capped wave and the girl leaped to the leters lovers in obedience to tho the voice of carson telling her to make haste for god a sak and set ct the wings for a forward flight to cut lut the peed speed down ono one third and to steer straight for shore abe be obeyed they had hail risen to a height of perhaps 1 aw feet before her inexperienced hinds could change the propellers and carson told her to keep tho the height she rhe asked if ho the might not use A n little higher speed but bo he eald said no economy in gas was as in the moderate speed keep her na she Is 1 aid said be he can you come up elie she asked nave you the strength I 1 she asked this two or three times and sot got no reply suddenly Sud deni ahe she cre creamed ameil with the fear that ho he bad mated fainted and ni if it aroused from n stu par be asked her to advance thu the spark a little and when ehe she had done so to retard it again are ou oil in lit dancer danger she i liked can you filing hanron hun Ron on im all right aid said he be only my can van you aee see hore iq 1 it far the was rising fast ehe she told him it aas not no very far now but the agns gns rn na almost eone gone could ahe she do anything 1 aa as there nothing to be done to elu ele it out 90 a as ns to bring them a little closer before they fell into the tea sea could he da do anything if he newer u pro in the car keep her na ehe h bild h hen we get close colough so 0 o aho she can elide glide in a ill lighten her tier haw lighten her ebo she asked its easy said paid he lie from down here keep her as she Is the tile dunec lifted white in the eun sun in the heat swelling as the virginin Virgl darted nud and nearer to short shon the horror stricken people on the beach saw her coming ilka like an alba albatross trosa before a sale gale the girl 11 on the deck prated praed fervently for tho ml mi ra culous ro of the tile little cruse of oil froni front 1 filch in was ns made the gas that kept up lip and the man underneath huna hung on oil grimly the cassation of stroke which u aich would A prove that rne e men was tile adreath of life of the great create engines engines aai ex hausted at last once twice thrice came the halting h in the machinery tint that W was s the dedith rattle of at the motors virginia said aid be he I 1 ei es she rt r plied 1 I 1 Is ix the gliding mechanism the gas la Is don done les turn her ww datt dona a a little 11 ith momon tuni though tough 0 shell make it from here anil ani it lieu liell she rth IN athin hoe breakers bra bre ikera it if she phe li ii lee leos than feet high tilt lit her up III again a little do on 64 1 III it do it kny anything thIng more N 5 jonii re nimber what you paid forK lvIn me we if I 1 d let vou tou come with me kit acher turn her prow op a luttio irben shy slit noera nears shore IOU w 11 1 I nuke it dear you 11 make it if 31 mrs graybill standing on tho the shore noted alth the ret rest the new motion of the cheti the origines 1 were ere stor tIed and woud ered it behaved w u friy and add the i sira screamed streamed she had seen the nuin man under ibe the car let go his h id and drop into the batir th the car tilted af thIll dupard tiow as N virglnia ON obeyed order orders soared slowly onward rising a little her broucht the arat gilding surfaces surf acee the tb nir rind tin then clet tring the tile loan i t the surf ahe li guttly settled aued on the saad with lur tem rudder like the tb tu IOU of a IL arc knit it fl td ail ard fished br by tho hun bunfry ware waves which hach she bad had ai by a miracle efaw nd rowing in from the tb etling aber be he had gone in las boat it IL the wild and tilt robab lle belief that he might help his master mm captain harrod with a white raced man loan lying in the bottom oc of UK the boat who whose timers dripped blood from the remorseless 1 work ot of the file ole 0 0 0 0 0 flow me ae to suggest observed craighead Cral ghead a as ai i the gentlemen ot of the par ty nt at harrod Ilar roti 9 camp sit ait a it la in lounging attitude on various arlous articles used as a chairs mostly jetsam and flotsam of the gulf I 1 that in perfecting tho the first really practicable flying machine we have act in motion social and economic reaca tiou 4 that will go on and on fur far beyond the ken of those who unlike myself hare have not made a specialty spec alty talty of them V that sub mariu dragged ahr th lr fr kinia ginia out to sea yesterday wo we all thought it was the laet last of 0 caron af M A didn dian t we ue mr ur canoa picked at bu his bandaged fengers embarrassed 1 I see much hope of escape said he lie breakfast was as servell serve mr vaddy waddy was upon tenter hooli until the virginia had bad amr to him so it trip trai arranged for woddy waddy craig held and carson they would fly down to rort Sl morgan organ thence to palmetto dech get their mail mall ani be back for dinner mr waddy shird from the tho sea but once in air ha he became intoxicated with enthusiasm if it this machine said he fie was so good that the Aero power people thought it good I 1 glaess to hire wizner to drown it and its inventor be he could not otherwise explain the tile horrible affair of yesterday It was good enough to be backed with all the waddy money in all the eight banks the virginia N had alighted on the parade ground at fort lort morgan the bamboo braces fell outward and ahe she lay IRY on an even keel beel the 3 la variably halted at the mooring balloon I 1 and received passes but sir air declaration of fealty was so absorbing and the speed of the virginia so un tin to her pilot that the fort had been spread beneath him like a map mal before he was aware of it to alight might mean arrest inquiry and a nd discharge after eirin explanations nations to the corn com mandant colonel Krin initz of whoso sever carson felt no real fear hut but it if he tried to go an anay ay after running tho guard he might bo be fired on a a apy making maling off with complete photographs altogether it was safest to alight thought carson and ho lie i bottled on the parade ground gnarly to the of an nn awkward squad drill ing undo umer r it se sergeant whose u hoe bellowed com commande mandi wro cut short off by the tho whir i clr of the rt ersal of the N Irgin las whig III hi hades idt N he ile tumid and saw raw the tile huge dragon fly nith lit iti bow rudder pointed nt at him like n grint mandible tho the drill 9 sergeants expression express dpn eslon lon car fried conviction to the sergeant serge int of the guard w u here his fits description of a do 11 of a bird thing that aou ou see at all till it struck the ground might not have betti r edited the tile guard turned out and moved on the parade ground the tho guard a great silver sliver insect ith a snug car amid ships her four braces sticking in the Derti i agns gns like very abort short lega the guard bitted hafted nt at five the sergeant advanced obtaining bis his first good look 1001 jt at mr craighead main the attitude of military caricature with nith a steadiness perfectly statu esque the stir genut a little man with a red mustache turned up a la laker looked at film for half a and uttered it cilous exclamation craighead Cral ghead remained tesi his hind hand to his cap the sergeant abaz idly returned the salute craighead relaxed his lits tan ae niu muscles dropped his ills hand to hn side and winked with the utmost of cipres slon Iod Poti nir ncr I 1 slid sald he I 1 hare 3 a ell got git any tiny eltin e to tobi bicker cler 1 I ill it trouble 3 ou for our t 91 returned return td the sergeant gentit replied d mr craig bend head we ne omitted to obtain passes siy si no more mr sargeant Sir Sor geant V vo 0 are all is e idlers rs mis rats ii ennie theodo babson 11 A and ahli mr NN addy N who ho served in tits youth in the typhoid uprising at chickamauga in the arpan van bh ish It merlean war ar show your button mr ift IN addy as nn an S 4 A W V V ou on see sergeant that you are quite sat safe against our capturing fort morgan I 1 heres captain now tell him about it captain bolger was mas a choleric cho leru gen ionian with whisker general sherman much thinned by the M creace in the are area i of the face since the of the foliage he ile nd ad rapidly with t hippely hoppens gait galt is if catching with on all I 1 mig mag inary lomp anlon very circles of the th march I 1 NN hut lint a this t ir geant he putter sputter el thi 1 quite irregular ser sergeant sergen gentit nt irregular Irre Kular the parade ground Y d 1 tl d thine with winy and V type englum and no passes some one will it sweat for thlu hi highly 1 eam larl larr bardon I irdon me said theodore Thew lore my name ie is carson I 1 miscalculated m F speed I 1 know colonel Krim grimnitz nitz and ir 11 colossi Krim sir air said sald captain bolger dolger I 1 Is temporarily ou on leave I 1 nn am the officer of the day air IOU ou wll will prodico a for your confounded cr or I 1 shall order you I 1 I 1 fei feel eure sure said mr sir carson abit colonel calomi colomi karimu be winge hin gedl dr re ported laotta la otla bolber 01 ger yea you can caret come the Krim altz game sir air while be he la Is on leave serge tritt captain sail the sergeant saluting bee lee what that thing Is in ehri fel el lows hand pointing painting to sir X W adar a camera take it and if it its a bomb explode it at bea it itis it a a camera turn it a 01 cr er to me instantly and confine these men my to major I 1 lathers and eny any to him that I 1 have confined ahme men who ran tho the guard in an art airship with bombs or cameras as the case may be that I 1 have the airship i gilr auard and await hia his in lit at headquarters and captain bolger hippely hopped to headquarters heid quarters followed by a solder with a camera the three interlopers went nent ahto tho the guardhouse while cap tain belgers message went yent to major commandant in tl absence ot of colonel Krim grimnitz nitz I 1 won t stand it mr W addy shouted I 1 want to wire john 11 II gunn I 1 want to wire washington I 1 tell you john 11 II gunn speaker of the bousel housel lie ile 11 make somebody chew hay bay for this mr craighead Cral ghead began hummi humalon tig it its s twenty miles to I 1 vascar assar 11 evid evidently a west point ditty paced the guardhouse turning cornera comers with military precision or stood accurately with certain fingers on certain scans ot at bis big trousers as precise as a tin soldier the atmosphere bad had permeated his system and when a corporals corporal it guard called for tarm his stride might have been offered as a model access to major leathers athers ri desk was opened for them by orderlies de described bribed by mr waddy as states prison looking armed to the teeth the major was thin solemn bilious looking as it if he lie had a bad liver from I 1 led ca in the tropics haughty as if the liver had overflowed flowed his temper who are you eald said major ri rf athers who N ho are we I 1 cried mr waddy N W ho are we e american citizens sirl citizens and taxpayers before you was ever born sir air alro john 11 II gunn at nt washington that cyrus shut up in jail an you 11 find out you IOU 11 I 1 it would seem an u economy of time mr sir waddy said the major after quelling biro with a yellow glower not to trouble mr gann gunn or the dent who might find it inconvenient to attend for purposes ies of identification na what hat can cau you say may air I 1 this query was directed at craig head most high and illustrious one eald said he be I 1 the v i orld 1 i wide its population some sixteen hundred millions of this considerable force 0 to o are but three IOU ou ask us 0 serenity to set ourselves apart from the others by brands brand I 1 and marks how can the thing be proved it Is a hard saying and yet ever see that serrated nose give me a pen and let jet me mark it exhibit Fx hibit A the major arosa 1 with pronounced absence of haste adjusted a pair of rimless glasses to his precipitous beak by a clasp of special construction ex craighead Crat ghead a e nose critically and impersonally as it if looking at a mak spud i nun tn lit u cast slowly removed tho the glis gliates eq and dellb deliberately bately reseated clui self I 1 I 1 tune haie observed such a nose in but one case slid said ho be I 1 but its introduction in lit evidence docs does na establish its llen tiLy with the onla snout of similar symmetry recorded I exhibit al A will III be bo considered to what hat it la Is worth orth is as evidence iro pro eed 1 I I i will III now berder a sang I 1 bo be this honorable body to receive as exhibit B though this declaration made a till sensation among the officers and orderlies and kaough the sergeant who was uns a reporter broke three peti pencils clis in his agitation major r licht rs never let down by even one degree the saturnine dignity of his big presence craighead sang with nith a fine independence of tune time but with an air and of tone which reminded all hearers of a basso pro fundo laboring in lit the brou trou h of the he heaviest avlet ocal sea oh its it a twenty nilea rilles to assar and the hudson for to crossi crossl there theres regulations tn in be broke at both ends ot of the rou u 0 out helanda a ei 0 s are lit III the sky ky de linda a hair nose floss and junr Is 1 black and plagued with love lote and doean t care a hoot oh it its a I 1 twenty enty miles to vassar but its it a aty fifty miles smiles at vassar ard it t a e other lovey dovey things in hoat beyond compare comparet t oh the love or dear belinder ne linder barni 1114 hl heart into a cinder and jim will be at N asar assar ere the morn ine gaslight A slight crept up under the tin tan of major 1 F lathers check a slight quiver of the thin nostril bt betrand betra raed cd the fact that a song had hail touched some spot that thrilled mr sir craighead Cral ghead asked if it it would be necessary to ad duce more proof of his identity possibly said the major with un tin abat d dignity 1 I shall hear the case cae in private tho the major ro rose roe e and passed out with out a glance gla it c e a nt t the intruders 4 the squad took them to hia fits quarter 4 where he fie re ceIrtil them in frozen stiffness and stood aside to let them into a 11 arary rather u well ell furnished u with ith books the major sat like n griven graven image until the receding toot footsteps stepi wire loot to the ear car then theto he ho rushed nt at craig hood head him until lila fits teeth flat mapping him on th bick craig craig aai he I 1 IOU ou c r founded old va ive an art 1 to fernal bood mind to throw thron you in for ten jears cara 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