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Virginia
of ihe
Air Lanes
A ROMANCE OF
FLYING
Hy
Herbert Quick
Cofvdtfit 1909. by ! Bobfcs
Mmill Company
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Theodore Carson,
inventor of an airship, rescues from
a fugitive flying machine called a
kelicopter, a beautiful young girl.
II and III Carson is infatuated
by her and takes her where she can
communicate with her friends.
IV Carson visits the Roc, a giant
airship owned by Shayne, undo of
Virginia Suarez, tho girl ho rescued,
and, being coldly received, leaps
from the Roc, at a great height, in a
parachute.
"Well, Mr. Craighead," said the tall
ae in accents distinctly British, "I'm
bo end sorry to find you out of bounds
again, sir!"
Instantly wide awake, Cralghend as
turaiil au attitude of jocular famll
larlty "It agonizes me to havo given you a
moment's pain, Dennis," said he. "but
believe me I should havo been howling
like a banshee had I stayed longer in
the storm center of Mr. Waddy's pneu
snatlc slumbering."
From his evident irritation at the
Mention of his "pneumatic slumber
tog" Carson guessed that the shorter
of Dennis companions was Mr. Wad
sly. He was blacky and strong In
fculld and bearded with gray ercre
censes that grew forward and up
ward from all points, as if eyebrows,
whiskers and mustache had been train
ed through a knothole for a long time
and then suddenly cropped off and left
standing. .
He was puffing audibly. This la
bored breathing coupled with bis ap
pearance of having dressed hurriedly
save him the general effect of one who
aas leaped suddenly from bed and
chased something at high speed. He
bad on a topcoat over shirt and trou
sers. On one foot was an arctic over
shoe, on the other a Wellington boot
"Mr. Craighead," said he. as if care
fully choosing terms of scathing r
touke, "I've seen all kinds, and you do
beat the Dutchl"
"Thank you," said Mr. Craighead,
bowing. "Pardon me, Dennis, have
you not met my friend, Mr. Carson,
from Alabama? A new .arrival. A pe
riodical, I believe. Mr. Carson, Mr.
Dennis O'Grady. Mr. O'Grady is the
official dispenser of dope"
Tonic, Mr. Craighead, if I may cor
rect you, sir!" said Mr. O'Grady.
"Of course, Dennis," protested Craig
bead, "I meant tonicl And is this Mr.
Carson's jag boss? I hope his slum
bers are less sonorous than Mr. Wad
ay's, Mr. Carson. I"
"Attendant," suggested Mr. O'Grady
softly. "Mr. Evans is the attendant of
Mr. Wylle. No doubt an error on Mr.
Craighead's part, Mr. Wylle. but we
anderstand perfectly that you are the
Mr. Wylle who arrived very HI last
night, sir, and who departed before
' we could give him the examination
and the formal admission. Mr. Evans
will attend upon you, Mr. Wylle, and
we hope, sir, to have you feeling much
better In a few days, sir!"
"You are greatly mistaken!" exclaim
ed Theodore. "I don't belong here at
all!"
"Quito right, sir!" responded Mr.
O'Grady heartily. "Quite rightl I am
glad that you are already able to see,
sir, that you belong with Mr. Evans
in room 34, sir."
"But I am not Mr. Wylle," inter
posed Carson.
"Pardon me," softly suggested Mr.
O'Grady, "but I find you here. Mr.
Wylle. where none but Inmates can
come,"
"I dropped lata this garden from an
acrount." reiterated Theodore.
"And swallowed your parachute?"
Interpolated O'Grady.
"No!" cried Carson, producing it
from under the bench, "nero It is."
"I have no knowledge of machinery,"
said O'Grady. "But the existence
hero of so common a contrlvanco does
not at all prove the absence of Mr.
Wylle. and Mr. Wylle Is accounted for
by no personality except your own,
sir. The Slattery Institute loses no
patients. You are Mr. Wyllo or Mr.
Wylle Is lost; hence, sir, you aro Mr.
"Wylle."
Mr. EvanB ushered young Mr. Car
sou Into room 34 as If conferring a
great favor In thus naming blm Wylle
and arresting him Instanter under the
new cognomen.
"I am not Mr. Wylle," reiterated
Carson. "I am Theodore Carson, as I
said, and I"
"This matter of names Is so compli
cated." quavered Mr. Evans, pushing
up his cuffs as if about to attempt
some feat of physical prowess. "No
muu drawln' my pay c'n bo expected
to work It out. I git awful small
wages. Mr. Wylle. My duties Is sim
ple. You git your tonic an treat
ments regMar an' keep hours. A whole
lot of gentlemen comes hero under spe
cial names."
Mr. Craighead rapped and entered.
"I ijulte agree with the remarks of
my uuerulous friend, Mr. Evans." said
Mr. Craighead. "Your position, Mr.
Carsou. U an equivocal one. The
question fs. whntVyour fleldT5"
"It Is aeronautics," replied Theodore.
"I havo devised the first effective
ucronef. I"
"Very Interesting." returned Cralg
hend. "I have made that n specialty.
I know the defects of the present day
acrouefs, nnd 1 understand tho failure
of tho gas supported aerostats, except
as toys for us parasitic capitalists. But
to the point In controversy. Aro you
the Fultou of the empyrean or the
Edison of the hot air? Mr. Evans'
porcine tonality luis expressed the
only conclusion open to him to accept
tho Wylle theory as a working hypoth
esis nnd to work It at tho regular per
diem. Dost folter me?
"I suppose that this Wyllo must turn
up sooner or later," mused Theodore.
But why should 1 take treatment?
What do they do to you?" persisted
Theodore.
"They give you dope; they feed you
for n few days on bran mash; they
shoot you twice a day: they give you
a little bottle to assuage what they
call your thirst the first night or so,
though why they call that a thirst
which Is only a cerebrospinal tendency
entirely unconnected with Irrigation do
poncth snlth not. Let's to breakfast."
Breakfast! Here was something to
be "undcrstanded of the people." Car
son was famishing. And before he re
turned to hts room he learned that ho
was an inmate of tho Slattery Insti
tute For Drunkards.
CHAPTER VI.
THE MYSTXUIY OF TUE EMPORIUM.
YOUNG Mr. Carson, detained at
the Slattery Institute to bal
ance the books on account of
the evnntshment of Mr. Wy
lle, thought often of Shayue's charm
ing niece, but. manlike, gave scarcely
a thought of the sltuatlou on board
the Hoc as she bore northward in the
night sky after dropping him as a
hawk might let fall a too belligerent
weasel.
The warfare and Insurrection which
he left behind would have Interested
him had he known. Mr. SUberberg.
hurt in amour propre as well as pro
boscis, was deeply disturbed In his sui
table regard for Virginia. He was too
angry to follow her to the deck as she
swept out of the cabin to take leave of
her bandit of the dunes. For some
minutes the girl lay, half fainting,
wholly terrified, by the rail, where she
had fallen as Theodore dropped over
the side into the cloud and the night.
"Where Is Virginia?' qnerled Aunt
Marie at last "Has she eloped with
that creature? Look for her! She's
my niece, after all!" .
Mr. Shayne called Mrs. Sbayne's
maid and gave orders that Virginia bo
sought on deck. The maid looked
about hastily andv falling to observe
the little heap in which Virginia sat
huddled up by the rail, ran in agitat
edly and said that Miss Suarez was
not on deck "In the least"
"I told youl" gasped Mrs. Shayne.
"She's thrown herself awayl"
SUberberg walked glumly in from
the cabin.
"This assassin," said he., "must be
aft with the crew. There's only one
place where Miss Suarez can be."
Shayne ran aft and astonished the
crew by bursting into their midst and
staring wildly about, as if demented.
"What is it sir?" Wlllett asked
calmly.
"Where is Miss Suarez?" panted Mr.
Shayne.
"I don't know, sir."
"Where's that fellow we picked up?"
"I don't know," responded Wlllett
"They're goner Shayne exclaimed,
rushing into the cabin. "Max, they've
goneover the side!"
(To Be Continue!7.)
UNCLE SAM TO TRY
AIRSHIPS FOR WARFARE
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 27.
If congress doesn't balk the United
States government will within the
next year havo aeroplanes to use in
determining tho exact value of air
craft in modem warfare.
According to belief, a plan to ask
congress for $76,000 for tho purch
ase of the aeroplanes is being back
ed by Secretary of War Dickinson
and Secretary of the Nnvy Meyer.
It is expected that the proposition
will be up to congress at the next
session and that strenuous efforts
will be made to secure tho appropri
ation. It is tho intention of the authori
ties, it is said, to experiment with the
machines for both army and navy
use.
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