MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MED3TORP, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1010.
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Ill
M.
Virginia
of ihe
Air Lanes
A ROMANCE OF
FLYING
Herbert Quick
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SYNOPSIS.
iCHAPTEB I Theodore Carson,
mVentor of an airship, roscuoa from
fngitiv flying ronchtne called a
kelicoptor, a beautiful young Rirl.
'II wad lH Carson is infatuated
ky her and takes her where she can
mraaaieato with her mends.
IV Carson visits tho Roc, a pant
airship owned by Shaync, uncle of
Tircinia Suarex, tho Rirl he rescued,
mb&, beinK coldly received, leaps
rom the Roc, at a great height, in a
parachute.
. V, VI and VII Ho lands in tho
crounds of the Slattery Institute for
Inebriates, where he makes a friend
f one Craighead, who plans to raise
apital to manufacture the new style
.airship Carson has invented. Thus
tkey hope to rival Shayne, who con--feols
the airship industry.
Till Mr. Waddy decides condi
iienally to capitalize the Carson
CraigheSd project.
IX Carson goes to Florida to
omplete a sample airship to exhibit
to Mr. Waddy, and he finds Virginia
there.
X He is in lovo with Virginin.
tWIzner, a rival inventor, conspires to
Ull Carson.
3Tie next umo nns aarea. "En route
t Cosmopolls from Incubator." ami
-was unsigned. "To him who comraunrts
the winds, from him wbo winds the
commands, greeting." It ran. "Be of
,good cheer. The train Is laid, the gin
Js Bet. the dogs of war strain forward
3a the leash. But la there any aeronef ?
JBroom end of pipe dream assumes ter
rifying concreteness. Noble, sir. assure
one of thine! Just wire saying you are
pea and there is an aeronef, collect!"
"Did yon answer this" asked Vlr
Juln. Theodore shook bis head.
!It was days and days before I got
."
"Why didn't he send It to the planta
"Ska?" asked Virginia.
"I gave blm this address," said Theo
Cere. "I I stayed there too too long "
He opened the gyroscope globe and
kegan running the engines lightly, set
Slag the heavy little wheels spinning,
seeking the neronef from side to side
to note the operation of tho balancing
devices. Preserving their perpendicu
larity, as If of intelligent purpose, the
gyroscopes moved the levers of the
wing differentials which wonld accel
erate tho propeller wheels of the low.
red wing and correspondingly slow
tka upper. Right or left, stern or bow,
the depressed area would work the
harder, the raised part slower, while
.powerful rudders co-operated, moving
Mko a fish's fins, even now while the
propeller rested. Theodore was get
tug past an awkward reference to his
long stay at the plantation by a pains
taking examination of the brain of his
airship.
"Seo how it works, Virginia," ho ex
claimed. "It knows the levers to be
Moved. Why, if a puff starts to over
turn her she'll strike with the lowered
wings alone like a bird. And see tho
intelligence of those rudders! And
"Wlrner said she'd turn turtle!"
"And Mr. Craighead doesn't get any
report of nil this! What must he
thinkr
"J told him about It," said Theodore
proudly. "And it was no tlmo to telo
crapu apologies. It was a time to
work."
Virginia opened another of Craig
iend's telegrams. It was addressed to
Palmetto Beach, "or somewhere It is
hoped." and seemed to bo regarded by
Craighead as very important "My
Jack bath turned! It Is Craighead Fe
lix now," said be. "Ilnvo found n
Sang of grafters organized to get us
grants In no time; will clncb New
York by Friday: Chicago already hem
Bed lu. New thought feo of roads in
grangers everywhere. Will securo title
except for road purposes. Shayne, tby
inn sets apace! Whoop! Whoop!
"Whoopee! Wo'vo got 'em, we've got
'em! Caroline's dad ready to bust all
dght banks to back scheme. You must
sake good, Theodorlc. Answer for the
sake of dlvlue pity just one Icetle
teeney peep! Napoleon Bonaparte
Hannibal Miltlades Craighead."
"What does he mean," asked Vir
ginia, "by all this about grants, high
ways and fee simple? It's awfully
lueer."
"I don't know," replied Carson.
8omo visionary thing."
"And who is Caroline?" asked Vir
ginia. "Mrs. Grayblll, Mr, Waddy's daugh
ter. Now, listen, Virginia, and wutch.
Bfao's ready to try."
He threw in tho clutch, nnd tho
wings began whirring like great buzzes.
.Faster and faster the wing sections
whirled until the nerouef strained up
ward oa her lashlugs like a restive
fcwrse. Theodore tipped a lever, and
fee leaped forward, stretching the
at an tuwio at forty-five deere-
.ie reversed It, utut sne sir.ciu-a Back
ward, as might nn eagle repulsed by n
foe. Virginia swung her lint nnd shout
ed. "Pull the Uuo on tho end of that
wing," said he, "and see if you can tip
her. Pull!"
Virginia walked gingerly forward,
her dress flying, her hat whisked to
the top of the room. Grasping the fly
lug rope cud, she pulled downward.
Tho wings settled slightly, and then as
tho gyroscopo bralu felt the depres
sion the lowered wings lifted as if con
sciously rising to a load. It was mar
velous. "Can't you pull harder?" cried Theo
dore, bareheaded, his hah" flying.
"Try."
"Aye, aye. sir." cried Virginia cheer
ily. "Try It is."
flenching up, she pulled herself clear
of the floor, her strong little form
swaying like a most charming pendu
lum. The enormous dragon fly. throw
ing Its power Into tho depressing wing,
rode level, with nlno stono weight of
solid American girl dangling from tho
tip of one wing a mechanical para
dox. The boat stood In air as level as
a ship In a calm.
"Hurrah!" shouted Theodore, swing
ing his arms. ;'Nevcr anything like it
In the world. Curried you on one wing
and kept level. Hurrah for the Vir
ginia I"
He eased her down and stepped to
where Virginia waited, hands out
stretched, red from the rough rope,
hair blown abroad.
"And are you going to name her
that?" she cried. "Oh. how perfectly
dear of you!"
Theodore held the chafed bands, tri
umph lu his face. He opened the little
red palms and kissed them over and
over again. Mrs. Stott camo In and
saw him doing It
"I hurt my hands." said Virginia,
showing them. "And uncle Is kissing
them well."
"Very kind and self sacrificing, I'm
sure," replied Mrs..Stott
CHAPTER XII.
MR. CRAiailEAD (ft CUSTODY.
THE money for the last touches
to the airship was to bo the
extent of Mr. Waddy's new
.financial venture, and then
came Craighead with bis new hatched
plan for actually monopolizing tho air.
and Mr. Waddy. having submitted It
to 'his local lawyer, hesitated and was
tost.
Til go Into It." he said. "We'll make,
everybody come nnd spttle that wants
a trip by airship. Hey?"
"Exactly." replied Craighead.
"Jest as If the whole country was
our farm." cried Mr. Waddy.
"It will be for circumambient pur
poses," replied Craighead. "And, as
you so well said, a farm's a cinch. And
remember. JL. Waddy. In putting
Shayne and bis pirates down and out
we and our pirates are making wny
for the matchless, unslnkablc. double
acting, universal speed, direct drive,
nonbalatlon. ortbochromatic Carson
aernoef. Don't forget our haughty
southron coconspirator who will wing
his way to Illinois by the time we re
turn. Don't fall down and forget that."
"Well, you'd better have him on
hand." said Mr. Waddy. "as he prom
ised, or I'll know why he took my
good bard money."
It was on occasions of this sort that
Mr. Craighead bad sweated telegrams
begging to know If Theodore really
bad any airship.
(To Be Conti&uerYj
FRIGATE PORTSMOUTH
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SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 10. The
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A dispatch from New York states
tlint the Portsmouth will sail short
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the New York navy-yard yesterday,
where her scams will bo freshly
calked for her trip around the horn.
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