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Virginia
of ihe
Air Lanes
A ROMANCE OF
FLYING
By
Herbert Quick
Cetvtkfat. 1909. by th Bobfet
Merrill Company
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Theodore Carson,
inventor of an airship, rescues from
a fugitive flying machine called a
helicopter, a beautiful young girl.
II and III Carson is infatuated
by hor and takes her where she can
communicate with her friends.
IV Carson visits the Roc, a pant
airship owned by Shayne, uncle of
Virginia Suarcx, the girl he rescued,
and, being coldly received, leaps
from the Roc, at a great height, in a
parachute.
"My worst fears confirmed!" hissed
Craighead "The one man I ever loved
turns out to be oh. ye gods, both a
teller of truth and a victim of regular
habits: The last straw and no julep!"
Carson looked at Wylle, awaiting
Mr. O'Grady's development of his
case.
"We are, of cawse," said O'Grady.
"sorry to have Interfered with your
lans. Mr. Carson, but"
Mr. O'Grady's grave discourse. In
-which Carson could feel himself -being
placed Irrevocably In the wrong, was
Interrupted by Mr. Wylle's making a
vwoop upon an Imaginary animal on!
Mr. O'Grady's nose.
"I most caught him." he cried. "A
bumblebee! A bumblebee! Sunday,
snats: mosquitoes. Monday; Tuesday.
flies; bees. Wednesday; hornets yester
day and bumblebees today. Big game
eon! Ha, ha, ha. ha! Whoop!"
"Long lost brother evidently." re
narked Craighead. "I note the Cralg
kead strawberry mark. Well, when he
gets to elephants I may claim relation
ship." "Of cawse." went on Mr. O'Grady.
paying no attention to the Wylle Inci
dent except to use and examine for
felood stains a neatly folded handker
chief, "your being found In the green
aoosp has been partially explained, sir.
and we are not disposed to mn'xe you
trouble. In fact, with our customary
liberality we shall leave to you both
that and your board and lodgings since
you so strangely came into our into
eur midst."
"Hear, hear!" ejaculated Craighead.
"Hooroar for the emporium!"
"And If you will kindly sign these
mutual receipts In full for all claims
on both sides we will give Mr. Wylle
his room, and here's the pen. Mr
Carson, sir."
Theodore had already made the first
stroke of the "T" when Craighead
rushed upon him like a whirlwind,
snatched the pen, hurled It Into the
door Hko a javelin, where It stoed
quivering, and interposed between
Carson and O'Grady.
"Caitiff, avaunt!" he roared. "Wilt
deprive the widows and orphans this
youth may accumulate of their cause
of action against this dope shotten
emporium? Back, slave! You reach
him only over my dead body! Receipts
In full? Kot on your life to coin an
expression. You have shot his patri
cian blood full of dishwater and blip
juice. You have filled his Innocent and
unworldly stomach with dope. You
have amputated his appetite for Ugh;
wines and may as well pass lilni the
darker drink first as last. He has suf
fered and must over suffer most excru
ciating pain and agony and both men
tal and physical anguish. He's a gone
gosling! And I, the greatest personal
Injury specialist In the legal world, as
his attorney demand ten thousand
plunks as damages, falling the receipt
of which, well and truly to bo paid In
lawful money of the realm, we'll take
the emporium In execution and make
WItherspoon n stable boy. with you us
assistant swipe, both of you to sleep
with Tlgo! Wo don't sign nothlu'.
see';"
CHAPTER VII.
A TALK WITH Sill. WADUV.
TnEODORE resolved that ht
must hie to the shed It) the
gulf dunes, complete the tlylng
machine and brlug It to the
notice of thotworld In spite of tho en
mity of Mr. Shoyne, upon which he
now confidently counted. He must
"I know," broke in Mr. Craighead,
gazing at the celling through wreaths
of smoke, "the yearnings of your sub
tropical Alabamlan system. But be
practical. You come to this emporium,
of which, alas, neither of us Is fated
to be an alumnus, and you find me l:i
tine fettle save that 1 am unrelated to
tho world. I am an Antaeus, with uo
Immediate prospects of getllns my
tootsies to mother earth; a storage but
tery as big as Pike's peak, but Insu
lated from tho mass of doniugnptlzcd
humanity; a great force for a number
of things, with no way of proving l:
What do you do? You make a profes
sion for roe. I was naught, not to mon
tlpn naughty, What am I no'.y? A
great personal injury lawyer, dove,
oping into a prosperous niubuluu
chaser. I wns out of touch with t!i"
world of finance, I have now laid t!i
foundation for tho organization f the
great Carsou-Cralgbead At-rouiif cor
poration!" "What do you uicuu?" ejaculated
'CarftOB, ,,
T,-Vhat 1 sn.v! What I say! Through
a long, colonnaded, perlstylcd vista of
marble nnd onyx I can sco ualled to
tho back fence tho hide of Mr. Flnley
Shayne.
"But 1 havo no clothes," Carson
urged.
"Clothes!" scornfully repeated Craig
head. "What are they? Merely woven
fabrics to till bags to secure credit
withal at hotels. And you need no
credit.' for this room Is mine for the
wholetenn of tho treatments paid for
by some one Into whoso company I
dropped or rose durlug my last shore
leave from the good ship Llthla, but
by whom I have no idea. Clothes, in
deed! Scat!"
"But It's cold here," persisted Car
son, feeling helpless iu tho tolls of this
serpentine logic. "I'm not prepared for
this climate."
"Look abroad!" commanded Craig
head, with a gesture toward the win
dow. "The sun beats down upon the
last remuants of the snow, and the lit
tle brooks give the glad ha-ha to the
river and send dowu the silky billet
doux of the catkin to remind htm that
they've busted loose and are hurling
themselves Into his arms. Why, darn
you. It's spring! And you can stay
right here steam hent, bath, hot and
cold water, padded cell in connection
oh, fair youth, 1 love thee! Let me
finish bunkoing Mr. O'Grady and start
the Acronef company. Don't bo a
clam!"
"You know how I feel about those
damages, but If I could get the capital
for the aeronef"
"Why, you don't doubt my practical
genius, do you." queried Craighead In
astonishment "In other people's af
fairs. I mean, of course? Why. sir. If
In view of my failure with my own 1
can't handle other people's business
then what becomes of my ability? I
tell you. haughty southron, I'm good,
for something! I have found a billion
aire, and you shall meet him."
All that day Carson watched Craig
head. From a trunk covered with the
labels of foreign travel Craighead took
a sheet of cardboard and painted upon
it an elaborate sign which bore the
legend, "Craighead, Attorney and Coun
selor at Law" This he fastened out
side the door, chuckling from tlmo to
time as the passorsby paused as If to
read It. After awhile be added to it,
"Personal Injury Cases a Specialty."
Craighead went out late and brought
back several legal looking books, which
be ranged upon the dresser In dusty
formldablllty an old set of Illinois
statutes and a tattered Broom's "Le
gal Maxims." from which he read
unctuously such Latin aphorisms as
"De minimis non curat lex." "Falsus
In uno, fnlsus In omnibus," and tho like,
and lectured upon them very Informa
tively. The remainder of the library
consisted of a ten years' file of Mar
tlndole's Legal Directory, containing
nothing more authoritative than lists
of the world's lawyers.
"Where did you get them?" asked
Theodore.
"Secondhand man," replied Craig
head, "on approval. We must keep up
appearances even if we have to buy
em."
They went out for a walk to give
O'Grady a chance, as Craighead ex
pressed it, to see what ho was up
against, a statement that mystified
Theodore greatly.
On their return Mr. O'Grady seemed
to have been wrought upon by what
he was "up against," for be asked Mr.
Craighead if be would bo so good as to
give him a few minutes. Mr. Craig
head looked at his watch, pleaded lack
of time and asked Tbeodoro if tbelr
busluess could wait. When Carson ad
mitted that it could O'Grady said
"Thank yon, sir," in the tone of a por
teraccepting a tip.
(To Be ContinuerY;
OFFICIALS DIVIDED
CAR REPAIR GRAFT
CHICAGO, 111., July 29. That
high officials of the Illinois Central
railroad agreed to divide the enor
mous graft of the car repairing de
partment was the testimony today of
Harold A. Sims, a former car in
spector. Sims was a witness in the
suit of the railroad to recover $300,.
000 from the Memphis Car company.
According to the story ho told on
the stand, graft was tho rule in car
repairing'. Lumber belonging to the
rnilrond was used in repairing cars,
he said, and then a bill for the lum
ber wns turned in to tho company.
Cars were reported repaired when no
work had been done on them, he said.
Old cars belonging to the road were
dismantled and tho parts used in re
pairing other cars, nnd tho road
charged for the material thus ob
tained. The profit, he suid, some
times amounted to 40 per cent of the
charge for repairing. Ho did not
name the men charged with the
grafting.
OBSTRUCTIONS IN WAY
OF DIVORCE APPLICANTS
BELLINGHAM. Wash., July 29.
After November 1 it will not bo so
oasv to secure a divorce in the state
of Washington, for the superior
iudges of tho state, before the con
clusion of thoir local convention
vosterday, decided thnt divorco cases
hhnll bo filed at least 30 days be
fore trial and that tho paper shall
be sorved on tho county attorney at
least 20 days before trial in default
cases.
STRIKERS DENY
SEEKING JOBS
Grand Trunk Ex-Employes Assert
That They Never Requested Rein
statement In Old Positions Hays
Could Not Treat With Them.
TORONTO, Ont., July 29. Strike
leaders today angrily denly state
ments ot the officials ot tho Grand
Trunk railroad that tho strikers havo
asked to bo taken back.
The railroad oftctnls say that tho
request was mado at a conforouco be
tween Presidents Loo of tho train
men nnd Garretson ot tho conductors
with President Hays and Vlco-Prosl-dent
Fitzhugh of tho Grand Trunk.
According to tho company, tho
strikers asked to bo taken back nnd
to be allowed to retain thoir ponslon
rights. They said, according to tho
railroad officials, that they had ask
ed arbitration la time to sccuro tho
increase in wages offered by tho
Grand Trunk.
President Hays is reported to hnvo
replied that ho could not treat with
tho strikers.
"The men " ho Is said to havo told
Garretson and ee, "must apply as
new employes. Tho company has
hired a number ot thousand men In
good faith nnd cannot dischnrgo thorn
to make room for strikero. Tho ttrlk
era will loso their ponslon privileges.
We'ro wlllins to take bacl: all thoso
we can make room for, except thoso
who have been guilty of violence."
MAYOR HOLDS COURT
AT FIVE O'CLOCK
H. C. Bnrbicr aud E. Smith, two
young men who had made them
selves conspicuous Thursday after
noon by reckless driving through the
streets nnd general hilariousness,
were duly repentant Friday morning
when Mayor Canon interviewed them
at 5 o'clock, just prior to starting on
his tour of inspection of the pipe
line. The mayor was feeling good
in the crisp morning air and only
nssessed the boys $5 each. This
amount they arranged to pay and
were allowed to get back to their
jobs.
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