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CHAPTER I.
MAIDEKR TtlX. mOM THE 8KT.
FOIl twenty shimmering miles the
gulf bench lay In the suu, a
whlto straight edgo ngiiliKt
blue. Mistily through the surf
hfixe glimmered the tower of Smul Is
land light save when obscured by the
emotee plume of a fruiter standing in
past Fort Morgan for Mobile. It wns
early forenoon. The yellow globe of
tk mooring balloon at the fort shone
1b the nun like n dome of some auda
cious sew architecture flung high into
the psleating air. Two men far down
tb coast toward Pensncoln caught the
faroff aplendor and noted in the very
act of casting off from It a long, cigar
ahaped aeronnt an Immense, elongat
ed bubble of quicksilver. It floated
seaward, rounded to. stood a moment
cad on, llbrating like a balancing top.
"She'B boun' to' N'Vawllns, Ah reck
n, euh."
The speaker was a typical gulf fish
erman, long bearded, soft of speech,
courteous ns a diplomat, barefooted,
weathered in garments and skin. Over
fits checks and nose were scattered
broad brown blotches which bad It
sot been for their size might have
been called freckles. lie rolled a ciga
rette, lighted It, turned his eyes on
bis more youthful companion, repeat
ing, "She's sho' boun" fo KTnwllns."
In tho mien of the younger man there
was something of kinship to the elder,
a there might bo in a New England
CBemlst or engineer something that is
Vka his forty-second cousin fishing on
lie Newfoundland banks. The Boft
xess of speech was modified to a sub
tle firmness and a subdued decision.
The alight, tall frame was arrowy and
erect, as If the youth bad Imbibed
from somo winter air a latent self
steem expressed in the hint of in
ctelveness In speech. Tho boy also bad
Che areas of mottled freckling, overlay
tag a pink glow. He wore a bluo Han
sel shirt with a bright silk cravat
Bis shoes were scoured gray by the
beach sand, and bis well shaped hat
was powdered with It His trousers
were of cadet gray and were striped
sows the side; seemingly they were a
fart of some obsolete uniform. He sat
en a great square timber half buried
te tho sand and had been studying a
blue green Portuguese man-of-war cast
ashore and rolled up before the breeze,
dragging Its yard long tentacles. On
the beam lay a steel square, a brace
and bit, a roll of blueprints, some steel
drills and a book of logarithms. The
speech of the old fisherman made
Blm look up. He picked up a pair of
binoculars from a cast-up crate and
studied the distant airship.
Mo' likely bound for Pensacola, cap--taln."
he said. "She's coming this
way a Condor with bow rudder."
The neronat, drawing nearer, swell
ed like a great silver moon. The men
admired her ns they walked Inshore
flfarougk soft, trodden sand down to a
lower level of yellowed palmettoes
and scaled a steep dune slope thicket
d with curious scrub oaks. Here was
bidden a cabin of rough boards with a
wide veranda or gallery, on the col
mmns of which were to bo seen
' bleached barnacles, telling of the
storm tossed voyuge which bad
brought them hither. Abutting on the
cabin by one end was a spacious shed
without visible door or window. So
thoroughly was the edifice concealed
by the oak scrub and the low growing
atunted spruce that one might have
passed a dozen times within a stone's
throw of it without seeing it, and even
Irom the airships its drab roof powder-
ad with blown sand was well nigh in
visible. Under the gallery was per
"feet safety from observation from
loft.
Aa seen through the glass, the alr-
alp was swelled to impressive bulk
sow. Her rudder stood aslant, a
atrlpo of brown against the sliver foil
of her bilge. On the seaward side ran
the darker line of a toy aeroplane a
matter of appearance more than use
and slung beneath by a gossamer na
celle, steady as the deck of a liner,
bung her roomy car, tho engine room
astern, the three great scrows half in
visible, llko the vibrant wings of bees.
She veered to the north and stood In
land as if to cross the Little lagoon.
that beautiful salt lake which for ten
Biles lies within sound of the gulf
art, but separated from It by a little
wilderness of dunes, then by a majes
tic swooping movement sho threw her
Whole vast sweep of broadside open to
their gaze. Tho captain's dimmer eye
bow mado out the woman and tho two
men on her deck, whllo Theodore Car
aon'o, keen for such a sight and armed
With the glass, observed that tho wo
was wore n broad bat of vivid red, a
scarf of the samo color and a woman
would have toJd blm a pique gown.
"They betto moor," said the fisher
bub. "Thcy's a norther comln' out.
What they doin' now. Mlste' Tbeodo'?"
"Why' said Carson, studying the
aeronat with tho glass and clipping
bT bU .sentences as the astounding
evolution of the Incident far up there
la the bluo rendered every utterance
ebaeleto before It was finished, "why,
they have thrown off a package of
k's BMCbanlsm of somo sort in op
ratios, and They're making a tow
ef It They're reversing and rounding
them drift off! They're ex-
cited and all aback about something.
neavcnsl See that thing shoot upl
It's somo sort of helicopter, I believe
and tho girl's alone in It, captain!
Alone. I say! Why did thoy She's
lost control she's lost! It's shooting
over this way and coming down! It
will-It will- My God! My God!"
Tho thing parted from the great
aeronat was a little speck topped with
n broader, mushroom shaped shimmer
which Carson knew for tho revolving
blades of a helicopter, that Insidious
toy thnt promised so much for tho con-
r quest of the ntr. Then, ns though re
leased from the pull of gravity, it shot
skyward, leaving the silver airship far
below, as a fly might speed from a
floating bubble. Tho two spectators
drew their breaths sharply in, their
hearts frozen in fascinated apprehen
sion. They saw It rise skyward like a
boy's dart until they shuddered at tho
abyss thnt yawned between it and the
earth; saw it struck by the far advanc
ed loftier vanguard of the north wind
predicted by the flshcr captain: saw It
hurled southward before the blast llko
a feather.
The Condor bad a name. She was
the Roc. owned by Mr. Flnley Shayne.
and her home port was Shayne's Hold.
In the Catskills. Those who are fa
miliar with the scope, power and spec
tacular success of Mr. Shayne's opera
tions In aerostatic power stocks In the
latter part of the first quarter of tho
present century will surmise that the
Itoc was the finest product of the art
of aviatlonal construction up to that
time.
This fateful morning she had moor
ed In the aerial harbor at Mobile. In
her berth bard by the lift near the
Bienville statue. Mrs. Shayne. a na
tive Moblllan. pleaded Indisposition,
but went out to see some old houses
dear to her youth. Mr. Sbayno and
their guest, Mr. Max Sllberberg. had
Insisted upon the presence of Virginia
Saarcz, Mrs. Shayne's niece, on a trip
down the bay in the Roc to witness
the demonstration of a new flying ma
chine, and she bad yielded. The In
ventor, Wlzner. a suspicious, foxy,
middle aged man, proved objectionable
to Miss Suarcz because his thumbs
turned back so far that the sight of
them made her feel creepy, and as be
gesticulated freely while denouncing
all devices for aerial navigation except
his his thumbs were much In evidence.
Tlrglnla wished Wlzner at her side,
crooked thumbs and all, for no thumbs
or voice could be so offensive as tho
unrelieved presence of Mr. Sllberberg.
the bead of the Federated Metals con
cern, controlling the copper, gold and
silver output of a continent
She felt herself thrown at his head
by her aunt
"So you think. Aunt Marie." she had
said, "that Mr. Sllberberg is one of the
great ones of the earth?"
"Most certainly." rejoined Mrs.
Shayne. "He is retaining and increas
ing the enormous wealth and power
he inherited. To do what he Is do
ing takes a great man. Tour uncle
will tell you so."
Sllberberg made the hay of court
ship In the sun of opportunity. Vir
ginia pondered on her aunfs standard
of greatness.
"Where's Uncle Flnley?" she asked.
"Wo are getting a long way south."
"Giving the helicopter a private ex
amination," replied Sllberberg. "It Is
a happiness to me that be Is. But the
inventor would go wild If he knew the
sort of expert his precious machine Is
alone with."
"Wild."' repeated Virginia. "Listen
even now."
Above tho purr of the screws came
the angry voice of the inventor in the
engine room abusing tho Roc's second
engineer for some remark derogatory
to helicopters. Already he was quite
wild enough. Virginia thought
"Why don't wo try his machine?'
she asked. "Must we go out over the
gulf? Isn't tho bay big enough?"
"Mr. Sbayno wants to pick up a spe
cialist at the fort" replied Sllberberg,
"the man who wroto up the Chinese
war aerostats. He's here on some
aeronautical business for tho army."
Tho Roc circled to tho west to avoid
the Inhibited passago over tho bat
teries and stood east along tbe beach.
Wlzner abandoned bis quarrel and
came forward to make the test Ho
set the helicopter on tho deck, where
it stood unsteadily on Its slender bam
boo legs, Its painter banging over tho
rail, its top crowned by the screw
wings, slanted a little outboard for tbe
launching.
"now will you get her off, Wlzner?"
asked Mr, Shayne.
"Easy enough," answered Wlzner
tartly.
"Maybo we'd better make a descent
for you," suggested Sllberberg. "It
may bo one of these terrestrial hell
copters." "I'll ask when I want you to go
down," replied Wlzner, glaring. "You
will see whether it's a ground machine
or not. May I tako down a section of
that rail?"
"Certainly," answered Mr. Shayne.
"But don't let the helicopter topple off.
It might fall on a fisherman. What
aro you doing, Virginia?"
Tho girl had stepped forward as if
to tako a scat In tbe little cane car of
the helicopter.
"Let me sjt Jn It," said she, aaai
to imagine how you feel when you get
out into space."
"I wish you would," said Wlzner.
"It will hold her still. It's perfectly
safe."
Virginia, laughing nt playing paper
weight, entered tho car.
"Which Is tho clutch lover?" sho
asked.
"This," said the inventor, pointing.
"I'm going to tho engino room. When
I come back I'll show you how It
works."
Mr. Shayno went aft with Wltuer In
animated conversation, leaving Vir
ginia In the throbbing car. The rail
had been removed, and n little push
would have been quite sufficient to
shove the girl and tho machine over
board Into the empty air. Tho thrill
of the vibration, the sense of risk or
tho intense gaze of Sllberberg made
her face flush. Ho had never seen her
so charming. Sho laid her hand on tht
clutch lever.
"I could move this lever n little,"
said she. "and fly away. I feel as If
I should fly!"
"1 shall not let yon," snld he. "I
shall hold you!"
"Mr. Sllberberg!"
The rebuke was evoked by his put
ting his arm about her. One white.
Jeweled hand was 'slipped behind her,
the other laid on her arm, the oily
perfumed curls stooping until the red
lips approached hers. Perfectly awaro
of what she was doing, but qulto reck
thought the bun ot tin helicon lss
strenuous. The roar of the htvnkvnt
swelled In bur ears llko tho crescendo
of somo tremendous, upruhlng muili',
and she realized thnt sho wns fulling
In u great parabola that might curry
her Into tbe mmi or might dash lior
upton the driftwood mid wreckage of
the beach.
Suddenly the machine careened, nml
sho thought sho had smirk, to bo d lilt
ed broken tin tho ground, lost, sho
had not soon Theodore- Cttrsim on that
hlghost dune, but ho lutd gnmpod tho
pntutor us It dniKKod over htm. mid It
was ho who had thrown the (lying inn
chtno from Its level vonp, even ns It
Jerked him down tho duno, with Cap
tain Hnrnid clinging to his logn. drug
ging tliem almost to the water's edge
The car swung horribly, and finally,
spilled from It by Its cnroonlug. there
fell out of it n mass of red hat, crim
son Bcnrf, pique and silken fallals.
Tho helicopter tore loose nud fled out
to sea beforo tho gale.
(To Bo Continued.)
ns soon iih tho niiiohiuu can tako uh.
Are yon going to glvo us your bless
iiiKt" "Go to tho devil 1" yelled tho irnto
futhor.
Both Girls Alike to Him.
CHICAGO, HI., July -18. It didn't
mnko nny difforenco to Albort Denier
which of tho Gottliehor pirls ho mar
ried. Ho was engaged to Edith. Hor
fnthcr and mother objected, chiefly
because Dcntor was 50 yenrs old.
Edith is n chorus girl, hut sho is not
less of consequences, Virginia pushed J as old ns thnt. Edith wns willing,
tho lever, throw In tho clutch and tho ( but counselled postponement. Denier
wiugs aiartcu.
mechanism
made SUbcrbcrg's very Angers tlnglo
with terror, and ho let go girl and car
and leaped backward. Under tho lift
Famous Painter Is III.
PKOVIDIONCB, K. I., July IS.
bcrnmo known today that John La
Fargo, tho (unions pntntor, la n pa
tient nt tho Butler hospital in this
city, n prlvato Institution tor tho
treatment of norvous and mental
troubles.
La Fnrgo was brought hero from
his Butnnior cottage nt Newport. It
to roported thnt tho ufflclnlo nt tho
hospital hnvo llttlo hopo for his com
ploto recovory. '
cd. The pull of thovivltled.wns persistent, however, nnd nskod
drawing him out to death Edith to eo Sho refusc(1 nm ml
of the wings the car dragged to tho
edge, slipped off with a grating sound
- - - aaeJttW
elope,
vised wnitinp; until her pnrcnts
should relent. Denier waited nnd
waited and finally decided that he
would settle the matter, so ho went
to tho Gottlicber home nt 17-13 Ham
mond street.
Edith was not nt home; neither
were Mamma and Papa ottlicber.
But Lillian, a 17-yenr-old sistor of
Edith was. Just what Denier said or
what Lillian said doesn't matter. A
few hours later tho family telephone
rang. Papa Gottlicber answered.
"This is Denier," said a voice. "I
have married your daughter."
"What?" exclaimed Gottliehor.
"You arc crazy. Edith is here in tho
room with me."
"That's all right," came tho reply..
"I didn't marry Edith, hut Lillian.
Wo will bo homo from Crown Point
Raleigh to Coast League.
LOS ANUTCL12S, July 18. Pitchor
Rnlolgh of tho St. Louis Nationals
will Join tho Vornon Conot loaguo
club noxt weok. Manager llogan an
nounced today that ho has complet
ed negotiations for tho purchnso of
tho young twlrlor, whom ho sold to
St. Louis two yonra ngo. Rnlolgh
did fair work for tho St. Louis club.
Catchor Hasty, whom llogan turn
od over to tho San Joso atato team,
has boon roturnod to Vornon. Ho
will bo given another tryout.
Tho most monger, undornuod ad
vertisement you over print will im
press ifoiuo people, will remain in
somo minds, ns tho inunsuro of your
store nn roprosonling your More.
THEllE FELIi OUT OF TUB OAK A MASS OP
BED HAT AMD CttUISON BCABF.
and swung there in midair, tbe painter
dangling almost within reach 300 fath
oms In the air, supported only by tbe
spinning helices driven by an engino
that one man only knew bow to man
age, and be as far removed from it
potentially as If he bad been In Mars!
The girl's hand trembled so that sho
could not bold to anything, no matter
bow she tried. At last It was over in
a moment more by accident than de
sign, sho moved something. With ap
palling velocity the thing shot upward;
tho aeronat fell away toward tho earth;
the fisherman's bouse far beneath
was whisked down to tbe littleness of
a toy. Tbe air struck her face, blow
ing downward more and more chill.
Overhead the screws hummed impla
cably, tho only sound she heard.
She studied tbe machinery, trying to
apply her picked up knowledgo of en
gines. Here was the thing with which
to stop It she felt sure of that, but to
stop It suddenly was mere suicide, a
swift fall to death.
8bo was growing calmer now. It
would surely slow down of Itself, she
reasonod, and If It did not well, aho
bad escaped from Sllberberg anyhow.
And then the north wind struck.
The puff smoto ber cheek. The bell
copter yielded to It and swept south
ward like a feather beforo a fan. Sho
was blowing out to sea. She reached
out to stop tho engine, but tho vision
passed through ber mind of falling
falling llko tho stick of a rocket, be
ing dashed to pieces on tho earth.
Then a voice seemed to speak in her
ear from tho chill solitude, senseless
words, as of one stammering, like the
phantasms of voices beard In the de
lirium of fever, finally growing dis
tinct and repeating over and over u
command, "Retard the spark!" it snld.
"Retard tho spark!"
Tbo Roc was far below and to the
north now. Tbo gulf breakers foamed
nearer and nearer and still rang In her
ears tbe ghostly command, "Retard the
spark!" Sho tried to remember about
engines, but this one wns so different!
Aimlessly sho put her band out, touch-
eu a iiiuu HijuniK tiling uuu jhjubuu i
She moved the sliding thing and
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4-room house, modern.
10 girls, general housework.
Man and wife.
Woman cook.
Log drivers, $3.50 day.
6 carpentors, 33.50 eight hours.
25 cordwood men, $150 to $1.75.
Ranch hands.
FOR SALE.
Tierwwood, orders delivered.
100 acres, closo to R. R.; snap.
Lots $10 down, easy payments, West
moreland addition.
Lots, West Second, small payments.
0 ncres in bearing, closo to city lim
its, $8000.
Alfalfa tracts, under ditch, $100 per
acre.
8,000,000 feet timbor, $1 per 1000.
40 acres timbor and wood, 7 miles
Medford, very choap.
40 acres and improvements, fine
fruit land, $800.
2 lots, close Wast Main, $550 each.
300 acres, Eagle Point, subdivide
finely, $125 per acre.
Close-in fruit land, under ditch, $200
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17 Acres, 14 acres heavy boaring,
2, miles out; snap at $7000.
80 Acres, 12 acres fruit, teams and
farming tools, $0,500.
1 Aero near South Oakdale on new
street, $2,000.
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2,000,000 feet timbor for Medford or
Portland property.
Income property, Spokane, for acre-
ORO.
2 lots for 2 or 3 acres.
East Side bungalow,
$1700 equity in 2 houses for aercagq
or teams.
20 Acres, 12 in fruit, close in, for
city lots.
100 acres with bearing orchard;
$3000.
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100 acres, 00 acres pood fmit land,
$200.
20 ncres, creek bottom, 12 acres
planted, 4-room house, $800.
40 acres fine rod foothill soil, $350.
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