MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 10.10.
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Virginia
of ihe
Air Lanes
A ROMANCE OF
FLYING
By
Herbert Quick
MmUI Compaq
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Theodore Carson,
inventor of an airship, rescues from
a fugitive flyinR mnchino called a
kelicopter, a beautiful younE girl.
II and III Carson is infatuated
fcy her and takes her whero she can
communicate with her friends.
IV Carson visits the Hoc, a Riant
airship owned by Shayne, uncle of
Virginia Snare, tho prl ho rescued,
and. beinjc coldly recoived, leaps
from the Roc, at a Rreat height, in a
parachute.
V. VI and, VII He lands in the
grounds of the Slattery Institute for
Inebriates, where ho makes a friend
of one Craiehoad, who plans to raise
capital to manufacture the new style
airship Carson has invented. Thus
they hope to rival Shayne, who con
trols the airship industry.
VIII Mr. Waddy decides condi
tionally to capitalize the Carson
Craighead project.
IX Carson goes to Florida to
eomplete a sample airship to exhibit
to Mr. Waddy, and he finds Virginia
there.
X Ho is in love with Virginia.
iWiimer, a rival inventor, conspires to
loll Carson.
CHAPTEn XIII.
DEVILFISH VERSCS BIBD.
WHEN the aeronef was run out
on her ways by the long
shed in which she had been
built there was a flutter of
expectancy among those so deeply con
cerned In her flight
"The first mate always sails with the
hlp, uncle." Virginia suggested.
"Would you really go on tho trial
trip?" he asked.
"Try me," 6dld she. "I want to."
"You'd be worth a dozen of Captain
. Harrods." replied Carson. "He hasn't
the faintest Idea of the principles of
the Virginia, while you could fly her In
a week."
"I could now," asserted Virginia.
The Virginia Is a simple, manageable
little thing, like her namesake."
"If she shows all her namesake's
aweot traits" began Theodore.
"Then I'm to go?"
"Captain," cried Theodore, "here's a
girl that wants to ship as first mate!
Hake sail, captain. We're going."
But Virginia seated herself beside
Theodore, wearing a dress of ooft
white wool, a close fitting little cap on
her bead and carrying a jacket over
her arm.
"Now, shall I keep the manometer
readings? Oh. you haven't any! Well,
then, the altimeter stntoscopo?" she
suggested.
"It's nelf registering," said Theodore.
"Really there's nothing to do except in
emergencies, and"
"And there'll be no emergenclesr
she cried. "Throw In the clutch, ad
miral of the circumambient Inane!
Ton do the work, and I'll play lady!
IWe're off!"
"Are you willing." said he, turning
to her, "to forgive mo for this and ev
erything I may ever have done, what
ever happens?"
"Whatever happens or doesn't hap
pen. I forgive you!" she cried. "Throw
In the clutch before the gyroscopes
stop and the Virginia gets brain fag
or shall I"-
"Just for luck." said Theodore, "you
throw it in."
She threw over the levpr, nnd the
wing sections started like 40.000 boys'
"busczea." The big bird rose perpen
dicularly from tho ways nnd fanned
the ground no more. Theodore turned
on a little moro speed, put the rudders
aport to bring her head to the light
seaward wind, and as she mounted.
higher and higher he tried hereon,
trol. IIo pushed over tho lever that
determined the thrust of tho driving
blades, and sho shot In over the dunes
like a wild thing until ho headed her
back for the gulf. Well Inside the bar,
so that an overturn might not mean a
drowning, he circled ubout In a wide
curve, which he gradually narrowed
by u moro extreme ubo of tho helm un
til she was spinning round and
round In an orbit, In which the tips
of tho Inner wings were almost sta
tionary nnd "treading" nlr like a paus
ing swimmer,
"That tests out tho bulauclug de
vice!" shouted Theodore. "Uow's
-that?"
"Aye. aye. sir!" said Virginia. "That
do sure test out the buluuciug device.
And if you let her chase her tall like
this much longer I'm going to bo in
disposed. Please whirl her tho other
way awhile, unkle."
Virginia walked forward. They
were Dying higher uow, and she could
seo the plnp woods far Inland, with
their square patches of plowed fields,
their white houses behind thu great
green globes of tho china trees. Far
over the northwest soared u greut
aercuui silver white, as if covered
with tin foil.
"1 wonder If that isn't tho Roc?"
queried Virginia.
"if It Is." said he, "nnd sho comes
about this place we'll show her what
real aviation Is."
Then they swept over and down the
coast. They turned back and swirled
out over the sea.
"Oh, look, look!" suddenly said Vir
ginia. "There's some one in tho wa
ter!" Below floated the half collapsed and
sinking go-devll of a submarine. Be
side It lay n great blotch of darkness
60 symmetrical that Theodore was im
pressed with the sudden Idea that it
was a submarine rather than a patch
of dark sand. A man on tho derelict
was struggling, shouting and waving a
White cloth as If In distress. Theo
dore's eyes Hashed. lie reversed the
thrust of the wing propellers, and in
an Instant they were fighting the air
Svlth all tho power of the mighty en
gines. Tho passengers felt their bod
ies sway forward with the momen
tum as the Virginia slowed up, halted
nnd moved astern, and as accurately
ns if he had had years of practico
Carson brought her to over the strug
gling man and lowered her slowly,
slowly, toward the swells which rose
to meet her until the line thrown over
by Carson dabbled In the water by
the castaway's side.
"Can you climb up?" cried Theodore.
"I don't dare come much lower."
"For God's sake." called the man,
"bring her down a foot or so! I'm too
weak to climb."
"Cheer up!" called Theodore, "lfa
risky, but I'll try."
If he was to be saved there was no
timo to be lost. So thought Carson as
he depressed the Virginia more und
more. Wlzner set his teeth In a fierce
determination to put both man and
ship out of the field at once. Hc was
the sole custodian of the secret of her
construction save for Carson. If he
could drown her and master tho se
cret of the glass globe be could re
build her. make his terms with
Shayne. be the greatest In his line.
And he seized the nacelle with fierce
energy, threaded n steel chain through
an opening In the structure nnd drop
ped back Into the water, holding the
chain in his hand. It ran around the
aluminium beam with a sharp, rasp
ing, startling rattle.
"He's fallen in!" cried Virginia.
Theodore looked over the side. A
small double chain ran down from the
airship, its ends moving about in a
most mystifying manner In the sea.
And as he looked in astonishment the
HE AIMED AT CABSO.V, FlItED AND THU
BOTiLET SANQ AWAY INTO THE BKT.
dark blotch of sand rose to the sur
face and defined Itself as the rounded
top of the Stickleback, on the black
hull of which sat Wlzner blowing
brine from bis mouth, bis bead shin
ing with water. The manhole opened,
Wlzner snapped the chuln into a ring,
slipped luto the submarine and reap
peared with something small and flat
In bis band.
"I'll fix you. yon d d whelpl" ho
yelled. "Take that!" '
He aimed at Carson, fired, and the
bullet sang away into the sky. Theo
dore seized Virginia In his arms and
drew her down Into tho bottom of the
car, where they lay panting In each
other's arms, panic stricken.
"I must put the ship out of range!"
cried Carson, leaping to the lever.
She rose like u feather for just a
moment, and then sho swung about
like a kito with its string fouled, an
chored by some devilish contrivance.
Carson stepped to the sldo ngaiu and
looked over. The Virginia hung some
thirty yards above the water, and
straining backward and downward ran
the steel chain looped through her
works and fastened by both ends to
the submarine. Tho harsh, raucous
laugh of Wlzner rose with horrid sig
nificance from tho Stickleback's man
hole, which wus again abovo water
and open.
"Don't be in a hurry!" ho shouted.
"Stick around with us awhile. Wo'ro
going out where It's deep. Como in;
the water's fine! Got your bathing
suits? When she draws short tele
phone down. Don't yell, for there
won't no ono hear you. Thero won't
no ono bear either of you again in this
world except just you two. By-by!
Seo you lnDajJonesd uyouT
(To Be Continued.)
Pittsburg wants to got rid of its
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Central Point Items
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn l'urdln visited
relatives at Gold Hill Friday own
ing. Slv thousand dollars "In slv dny.
Is tho slogan adopted by the army
oT"Yr"M."C. A. workers, who will
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Ed Drako traveling salesman of
Seattle, Wash., and old timo friend
of your correspondent, Is spending a
month's vacation In southern Oregon.
Ed says ho did not know thnt such
a flno country ns this was on the mnp
nnd adds that In flvo years Medford
will bo among tho Important whole
salo cities of tho coast country. Mr.
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that othcrwlso he would not bollovo
that such an unsurpassed country ex
isted ns tho Rogue River valley,1
which ho avers Is only in Its Infancy
nnd predicts great things for us In
tho near future.
William A. Cowley has several
teams busy hauling soil nnd filling
hi his lots at his rcstdleaco proper
ty preparatory to sowing his lawn
nnd planting shrubs, flowers nnd fruit
trees Mr. Cowley has largo grounds
adjoining his home, which ho is beau
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Rev. T, M. Jones wnt to Phoenix
Saturday evening at which point ho
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among tho new arrivals in Contral
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W. E. Whiteside, eCutral Point's
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Isltlons in tho valley with a view to
locating. Mr. Whltesldo expects a
noticeable stir In valley property a
few wcoks later.
S. H. Murray, who recently sold his
grocery business to Mr. Nlchol, will
devoto a greater portion of his at
tention to the development of somo
mining claims during the romalnder
of the summer nnd fall. Sam is an
enthusiast on the future of Roguo
river mining. !
Thero is somo trJk of tho old mill
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Many wagon loads of peaches were
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Our merchants aro still selling ap
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W. E. Wbltesldo sold today tho
A. W. Clemens property on Pjno
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W. O. Leover, for tho sum of $2500.
Tho property consists of eight busi
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