MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 10.10.
Virginia
of the
Air Lanes
ROMANCE OF
FLYING
y
Herbert Quick
ltt. fer Km
MotUI CompMr
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Theodore Carson,
wrentor of an airship, rescues from
fugitive flyinjj machine called a
idicopter, a beautiful young girl.
II aai m Carson is infatuated
fcy her and takes her -whero sho can
cemmuaicata 'with her friends.
TV Carson visits the Roc, a giant
airship owned by Shnyne, uncle of
."Virginia Su'arer, tho girl he rescued,
ad, being coldly recolved, leaps
from the Roo, at a great height, in u
parachute.
V, VI and VII Ho lands in the
grounds of the Slattcry Institute for
inebriates, -where he makes a friend
f one Craighead, "who plans to raise
eapital to manufacture the new style
airship Carson has invented. Thus
tkey hope to rival Shayne, Avho con
trols the airship industry.
V1H Mr. Waddy decides condi
jtienally to capitalize the Carson
Craighead project
IX7 Carson goes to Florida to
semplcto a sample airship to exhibit
:to Mr. Waddy, and ho finds Virginia
Ifeerc.
X Ho is in lovo with Virginia.
JWIxner, a rival inventor, conspires to
till Carson.
"Can't you go a little faster?" said
fee, laying down the binoculars.
"Aftah we clear "Week's hay." Ud
the captain.
Once clear of tho channel, thoy rooi
for r!i( south sharp. t!'f fi-i-j -
In ifintlntion ,.-,..- -...,
to iook upward past the awnlrg.
3 tho water. Instead of bird or sail or
aloud, she had seen, coming up from
tie depths under their rail, th Roc.
aader full speed, her great engines
jarring like tiger cats, her screws
almmerlng, her giant hull a resplend
ent bubble of steel. Looking up, Vir
ginia saw her overhead and cowered
keck Into the boat, for peering over
the rail and calling like an evil bird
.-was Sllberberg.
"Shall Ah answer the hall, mlsa?"
asked the captain.
"No!" whispered Virginia. "Take
Be notice, I beg of you, captainf
The Doc swept on like a meteor.
leaving the launch behind. Virginia
I vxaauoA studied ncn absoubkdly with
UEU field OLABSES.
I asked tho captain if he supposed she
bad been recognized.
"Ah reckon not, miss," Bald he. "Jlst
1 chance meetln', Ah reckon. She's
Ieeme to, ragbt ove' tho inn," said tho
captain.
Virginia sat under tho middle of tho
awning, quite in a tremble. Tho boat
Islewly threaded the shelly entrance to
I the bayou and passed tho wharf of tho
The people on tho quay wcro
leraalng their necks at tho descent of
passengers from tho Roc.
"Hurry, captain, hurry!" urged Vlr-
Iglnla.
"Ah cain't, ma'am," said ho. "Ah'll
tr to He to a mlnuto fob that boat
Ceve fear, miss; yo all ragbt with
1!"
"Here you see," said a voice from
wharf, "two soon to be discarded
lea of navigation tho boot dlspluc-
water and the aerostat floating In
1 air upheld by gas, Tho hydroplane
ust replace tho boat; tho neronef.
aerostat I bavo made a special-
of this, I know, Tho value of
it cigar shaped craft up thcro as
ink, deducted from her present value.
the measure of Mr, Finloy Suayno's
whaour big show opens its
ket wagon. Seest thou?"
iLLLvLLbbbK nBMLr bbbv
sventfef, Martlwt to hear her uncle's
nanio mentioned almost In tils pres
ence. She saw n youngish man of
medium height, thin habit of body and
long, thick hair, who was gazing, with
every nppearancc of Interest, not nt
tho airship, but at n lady of perhaps
twenty-seven years, short, plump, ad
mirably gowned In a sort of reduced
half mourning, with her Jolly llttlo
face turned toward the Roc, her brown
hair tousled about her face, her prom
inent little chin carrying the facial an
gle forward and downward.
"That talk will do with me," said
she, "but you've got to show papa
something besides oratory pretty soon
or there'll be trouble. Ho tells mo
that you and Mr. Carson nro tho flrst
ever to sell him a gold brick, and ho
proposes to make an oxamplo of you.
You're supposed, to be in custody now.
Why, here's papa!"
Mr. Waddy came down tho wharf,
combing his whiskers and mustacho
out in front of his noso with his An
gers. As llarrod'8 boat glided within
arm's length of tho wharf the lift de
scended from tho airship, tilling Vir
ginia with terror.
"I don't think I'll get you another
posy, Caroline," said the old man,
"picking it to bits Uko that"
"I'm trying my fortune," said she,
with a little embarrassed laugh.
"Humph!" said her father.
The younger man, seemingly recov
ered from his perplexity, was touching
the row of buttons one by one, and as
the launch gathered way Virginia
heard him say to button after butten:
"She lores me! She loves mo notl Sho
loves me! Hooray !"
The shout greeted the favorable an
swer of the oracle. The lady, as If
feeling the fingers In her curls, turned
and gently slapped the gentleman's
ears. The launch shot Into the canal
and out of sight. Tho ladles were made
!e owners of Carson's cabin, and the
men slept with the neronef by night
tvMIh t- ilfur Pnntnln TTnrrrvl Rtruvl hr
to aid Theodore, slipping away to tho
top of the dunes at times to scan the
ofllng for the slimy nosed Stickleback. I
Inexplicably reappearing with her oval j
deck Just awash, her thin, seml-lnvlsl- I
ble periscope In air. Having arranged i
with Reagan for n cessation of tho
contraband business until the neronef
was off the stocks, the captain was
worried. He waved the Chautauqua
salute one day, whereupon the subma
rine sounded like a gallied rorqual.
The captain's Ingenuity was not equal
to the task of developing a theory to
account for her presence or her alarm, j
Carson suddenly became possessed of I
an unremitting energy that command-
ed Virginia's admiration. As he told
her again of his struggles, his experi
ments, his falling Into the garden of
Dr. YVltberspoon, hU meeting with
Craighead, the financial enlistment of
Mr. Waddy and of the puzzling mes- I
sages he had received she became an I
enthusiast too. i
"I'd like to meet Mr. CraJghead." I
said she. "I'd like to feel sure that be
can secure a monopoly 01 me naviga
tion of the air."
"You might form an opinion of him."
said he. "by reading his telegrams."
"Of whom?" Inquired Virginia, evl
dently thinking of something else.
"Craighead." replied Carson. "Here
they are. What do you think of them?"
The first was dated Charleston,
W. Va. "Air products lncorporatei"
It ran. "Immense sensation In trust
Incubator and brooder. Why don't I
hear from illustrious co-conspirator?
Craighead, the Piute."
"Tries to be humorous." said Vir
ginia. "Let's fpf nexn."
(To Be ContinucrY;
WOMAN, AGED 60. TO
SWIM MISSISSIPPI
ST. LOUIS, ITo., Aug. 9. Though
the is past GO. Mrs. Lena Branden-
burger will in tho next few days at- j
tempt to swim tho Mississippi river. I
Mrs. Brandenburger proposes to J
swim from near tho Ends bridge on i
the Illinois side, across to a landing t
nt Altenheiin, on the Misouri side in .
South St. Louis.
Hasklns for Health.
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SEPTEMBER 12 TO 17,
$35,000.00 IN PREMIUMS
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14STUDENTS ARE
BURIED ALIVE
Dormitory Hurled Down Hillside by
Landslide Caused by Heavy Rains
Llttlo Aid Can Be Sent as the
Tracks Are Washed Out.
TOKIO, Aug. J. Fourteen stu
dents of tho Sizouka commercial
school were burled allvo today In
tho collapso of their dormitory In a
landslide caused by n heavy rain.
Prefecture authorities nro handi
capped by washed-out bridges and
submerged railroad tracks In sending
aid.
Tho Tokaldo (government high
way) railroad has been un table to
move trains, owing to tho heaviest
rains In many years.
OLYMPIC CLUB ATHLETE
TO REPRESENT FRANCE
SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. 9. An
drew Glarnes, formerly nn Olympic
club athloto, who holds many dis
tance records on tho Paclifc coast,
will represent Franco nt tho Interna
tional games to bo held at Stras
burg, Germany, August 31. Agnlnst
him, representing tho United States,
will bo pitted J. B. LIghtbody, for
mer University of Chicago middle dis
tance runner. Frank Angold will wear
British colors.
Hasklns for health.
Jusft
Published
Mining Mnps of Southwest
ern Oregon and Northwestern
California, showing the forest
reserves, surveyed nnd unsur
veyed land. Sold by
W.P. Wright
Grnnts Pass, Or.
Price of Wall Maps, $2;
Pocket Mnps, $1.50.
Wanted
To buy or can trade
work horse for single
driving mare; good for
orchard work; not over
8 3Tears old; weight
about 1200; if broken to
saddle preferable.
Wanted
Someone to bale hay at
Westaway Orchard;
must furnish all machin
ery for baling; quote,
price. j
For Sale
Fine team, weighing
about 1250 pounds each,
(bay mare and roan
horse), age 6 years and
8 years; price, including
Jiarness, nearly new,
$335.
Will sell roan horse sin
gle for $50.
F. H. GOWLES
Westaway Orchard,
Eagle Point Road, near
Vilas Ranch.
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