MMDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDITORD, OR13GON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19,. 19.10. Virginia of the Air Lanes A ROMANCE OF FLYING By Herbert Otiick SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I Theodore Carson, fevontor of an airship, rescues from A fugitive flyinR machino called a kelicopUr, a beautiful young Rirl. II and III Carson is infatuated ky her and takeB hor whero she can eommunieato with her frionds. IV Carson visits tho Roc, a pant airship owned by Shayne, uncle of Virginia Snarei, the girl ho rescued, mnA hfintr coldlv recoived, leaps from the Boo, at a great height, in a parachute. V, VI aad VII He lands in the grounds of the Slattery Institute for Inebriates, where he makes a friend f one Craighead, who plans to raise capital to manufacture tho new style airship Carson has invented. Thus they hop to rival Shayne, who con trols the airship industry. ' VIII Mr. Waddy decides condi tionally to capitalize tho Carson Craichcnd project. IX Carson goes to Florida to eompleto a sample airship to exhibit to Mr. Waddy, and he finds Virginia there. X Ho is in love with Virginin. Wiener, a rival inventor, conspires to kill Carson. XI, XH, XHI and XIV Wizner with a submarine in a sensational saanner almost nccompushes me death of Carson and Virginia and the destruction of the airship, a case of "devilfish versus bird." Virginia "flees from Carson in the Roe. F am going away with my aunt, who has kindly found me and told mo of your deception In Rll owing me to lire with you, thinking you my uncle. There are .many tfelnga 1 might say, many I should like to my. but 1 might use expression for Which 1 should be sorry. As for the com premising of myself, of which my aunt has spoken, I care nothing. Other things count for so much more. I want our parting to be without bitterness, so, with the assurance that I shall watch over you and pray for your success and with thanks for the many, many good and kind things you have dono for me. I bid you goodby forever. We can never forget ach other, but we can never meet again. VIRGINIA SUAREZ. Craighead caught Theodore as he staggered. -When did they go'f said he. "About noon." replied Mrs. GraybllL Carson groaned, thinking bitterly of the hours wasted at Fort Morgan, and asked for Mrs. Stott. She had gone fcorae on the Roc. They went north, then." said Car son. "So must we." rejoined Craighead. "Yes." said Mr. Wnddy, who seemed to consider the Virginia Incident clos ed. "I'll go homenn' push the work in the west, you boys to New York to start the injunctions an' things." "Mr. Carson." said Mrs. Grayblll quietly, "don't give ,up. I kept the fragments of the letters she tore up. Put them together. They will cheer you up. What a woman wants to say and doesn't dare means much, much more than what she says." CHAPTER XV. A BETOEAT FROM DADYLOX THE date when the Virginia left the dunes of the Alabama coast for her first long voyage is now historic. It placed man as a flying animal on an equality with the bird and bats and Insects. The gas bag of the aerostat and the ae rouefx of the first decade of tho century went the way of tho tentntlve and Im perfect with the steam engine of Tlero and the war gins of Archimedes, Call I- murium und Demetrius. Tho new era is ono of great flying engines beside which tho Virginia was as a humming "bird to a hawk, but which are. every one built on tho Virginia's principles the direct thrust of the blades nnd tho balancing by tho automatic distribu tion of power by means of light gyro Scopes. The new hero was tho misera ble young man who looked liko one with his death wound and maneuvered the new machine like a veteran Theo dore Carson. Every schoolboy knowB those things. Hut every ono does not know of her difficulty In getting off. At least three tlmen did Carson turn back to allow Craighead to converse In farowell with fcfrs (Srayblll and Mr. Waddy. Final ly Craighead consented to ho separated from the alluring Mrs. Grayblll, and. passing over tho bay with a wido west erly detour, tho Virginia came In over Spring hill nnd alighted softly at the aeronef landing at Mobile From a hundred sally ports streets, alleys and Wharfs poured a throng of people at tracted by the strange craft that had Made port "Howdy, folks?" said Craighead "Take a good look, for even wheu ye wist not we vanish. Out of the great deep wo come, into the great deep we gp. The clementals who send us tire the pow'fuloat spirits what there Is But a brief spaco have wo to wnru Mobile. Keponti Repent! Yet n few sab' dnyu an' Mobile shall be doue de stfoyrdT' "Dan Thomn." said Carson to an old negro with n whip In his baud, "come hero!" "Yes. MlMnb Cahson." responded the negro. "Fetch nie at once ono No. 3 can of A quality mothnnose, nnd get mo a list of the ncronat clearings for tho last two days." "Yes. sub." Thomns darted away. Turdon me," said n man who had a withered arm drnwu up to his side In such a way ns to give one the Impres sion that he was holding his breath, "but are you going far so short hand ed?" "Not far In time," replied Theodora "Only to Alaska." added Craighead. Wo meet a Russian admiral In St. Michael at 3. If that nigger doesn't hurry we shall be late, general, and what will Admiral Phlaskorodka say then?" The man lifted his sailor hat, bowed politely and stepped back, unveiling a face behind him which Carson knew tho foxy, suspicious faco of WUncr, the Inventor of the lost helicopter. Carson stooped as if for some casual purpose and laid hold on a spanner. With the spanner In his hand he rose, and with an angry leap ho stood In the midst of the crowd. Winner had fled, but through the thinned crowd Theo dore saw his wiry figure, with the arm that Virginia's bullet had reached hanging in a sling. Carson gave chase. Some one cried. "Stop blm!" and an officer, seeing In Carson tho only fugi tive In sight, stopped him. "Let me go!" cried Carson, strug gling. "Come with me nnd arrest a man for attempt to murder." A boy in a messenger cap Interrupted the colloquy by calling "Mr. Cahson, Mr. Cahson!" as if "paging" a man In a hotel. "I'm Carson." said Theodore. "What do you wont?" "Somebody on tho wire for you at the telephone booth in the hotel," re plied the messenger. Wondering who In Mobile might de sire speech with him, Carson said. "Who's this?' Into the transmitter. "Your old friend Wtzner," said the receiver. "Crazy as ever. Never mind where I am. I'll tell that after I've talked if you want me to. you pup!" Carson glared fiercely into the re ceiver. "I didn't get that," said Carson. "You can have me pinched, but I can prove an nllbL And while I'm proving things I'll fix you fellows for smug gling nnd put Flnrrod where the dogs won't blto him and you too!" "I don't know anything about smug gling." protested Theodore. "Well." went on Wlzner. "If you dig Into the big snud hill with the steel buoy on lu you will. You'll find what'll put you In a better trade than putting me in prison for a frolic with your aeronef. Oh, don't talk so Inno cent! How did you finance your air ship except by free trade?" Carson had nothing to say. He re membered Captain Harrod's expres sion when Wlzner bad called blm an old smuggling fooL De remembered a thousand mysterious things now made plain by the hypothesis of Har rod's having yielded to the coastwise temptation of smuggllug. Wlzner ut tered Into the Instrument a sly, sinis ter, exasperating chuckle. "Lost your touguo?" he taunted. "Well, arrest me. Any one can tell you where I am. But will the girl leave Sllberberg to come and testify? The courtship's Just getting good now. Too bad to disturb them!" Carson hurled the receiver away and strode back to the Virginia. He found Thomas, the uegro. with two men. hoisting tho can of metbanose aboard. Thomas gave him the list of aeronat clearings. The sailings were not many the Tern for Memphis, the Loug Tom for St. Andrews Hay. and. yes, tho Roc departing the morning beforo "for northern points." "We cau overhaul the Tern." said Craighead, with a judicial air, "at, soy, Jackson and take ou our friends for Alaska. I do hope the prestdent can Join us at Omaha. Gentlemen." ad dressing the crowd, "here you see a new aeronef Invented by me. By reaching Alaska before nightfall we win a million dollars. This Is a sure thing, an the sun will not set there for three months The bet Is with a Bra zillan who forgot about the duys com ing quarterly ut Nome. But we shall be honorable und pay blm the million ou tho nail If we fail to make It before sunset In Rio. the real locus Tomor row we shall win five huudred thou baud from Rothschild by leaving Greenwich observatory at sunrise go ing west nnd returning at sunrlso next day from the east, circling the world hi twenty-four hours of continued sun rl.se Wish us well, gentlemen! Good by. honest peasantry, your country's pride, goodby!" The majestic rise of the Virginia, tvltli no preliminary run, drew a round of applause Craighead waved his cap. but Cnrson, paying no attention, laid the Virginia dead for Now York They flew high, and the constant pick ing up and dropping of railway trains nul ut earners and tho swift succession of villages and towns spoke of tho fierceness with which the Virginia was hurled against the leagues between Mobile and New York. They left Montgomery to port and Atlanta to starboard, Carsou bad usslgned him self and Crulghead their duties, and both were busy, Crulghead at the till er, with his eye ou the compass, Car son looking at every working part, oil ing, feeling for hot bearings, watching for the slightest quiver or Jar, greedy of every mllo, Finally they were speeding along over the great national Appalachian forest when ho relieved Crulghead. (To Be ContinuecY; CIRCUS CITY OMTS SELF Population of 1280 People, 700 Hors es, 1200 Wild Animals With Bar num and Bailey How Huge Cara van Is Managed. Tho show ground of tho Dnmuin and Bailey circus is n city in itself, lacking only a town council ami a state charter. It has its own lawyers, painters, detectives, blacksmiths, wagon makers, Inundrymcn, barbers, shoemnkors, tnilors, snil-makers, har ness makers, storekeepers and pho tograuhers. It supports an electric lighting plant, a hospital and a hotel, where 400 meals nro cooked nnd eat en every day in the week. This circus city has a population of 1,280 people, 700 horses, forty ele phants and 1,200 other wild and somi domestic animals. At night the home of this army is a train over ono ono milo in length. In n single season w.555outcw-mosto.erBirottsiAdaa v this train travels over on shrdl shr this train travels about 40,000 miles, making stops in about 200 cities and giving over 400 performances. In its fifty-fith year of life the show has exhibited in every city of any sizo in the world. Royalty has applauded it. The peasantry has hailed its nppear nnco viJi delight. Its prcstigo Is" established in every country. It is, of course, an American institution, though it is quite ns well kknown in Europe und Asia as in the nitcd States. Tho homo offices of tho show nro located in Xcw York city and Chi cago. The winter quarters aro at Bridgeport, Conn. The foreign work shops are in Stoke-on-Trent, England and foreign agencies qro maintained in London, Liverpool, Paris, Berlin, St. ctersburg, Vienna, Hamburg, Cal cutta, Hongkong, Capetown, Mel bouro, Constantinople and Buenos Avrcs. The wonderful policy of . T. Bnr num nnd the remarkable system put into operation by James A. Bailey are still the active principles of the man agement. Not n year has pased with out improvement nnd growtth. On Monday, August 20, at 10 a. m. the show will come to Mcdford for 1 per formance only, with an entiro new equipment from the great imported vehicles of tho forenoon parade to the last stitch in the fourteen acres of canvas. The program offered is the best ever presented by this show. Al most without exception it is mndo up of foreign talent. There are 400 artists ou tho list. The probram op ens with a new and elaborate spect acle. For sensation nnd thrills there are Desperado, who leaps from the dome of the arena tto the ground, lighting on his bare chest; Jupiter, a maagnificent Arabian horse, which takes a balloon ride nnd shoots off fireworks high in tho air, and Charlie the First, a chimpanzee marvel, who is the greatest bicycle rider and acro bat on earth. There aro fifty clowns, among them the Qarcenittis, who until recently were comedians in the court of the Sultan of Turkey. Tho Konyot fam ily of equestrians, tho Sicgrist-Silbon family of nerilists, tho seven Patty Franks, tho Dollar ncrobats, Pnuln Peter's dog and monkey comedy com pany, a brass bnnd of elephants, Winston's equestrian and juggling heals, the La Fnillo quartette of the world's strongest men, tho Berzac comedy horse circus nnd Victonn Codonn, the greatest highlwiro dancer on earth, aro a few more of the head liners of this grcnt show. In the incnagcrio is to be found the first nnd only giraffe baby ever born or exhibited in the United States. It is only three fcot in height. Its mother is twenty-two feet tall, DIAZ GOVERNMENT WARNS REVOLUTIONISTS LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Aug 10. -Much excitement hns been caused in tho Mexican colony as a result of tho warning given the Moxican liberals, Mngon, Rivera and Villarenl, recent ly released from tho federal prison in Arizona, by Juan B. Isabel, mem ber of tho Moxican emigres and nn nrdent supporter of resident Dinz, who suys that to send any revolution ary literaturo into Mexico would re sult in a demand by tho Mexican government for tho extradition of tho thrco liberals. Isabel is in Los Angolcs. In speak ing of the releaso of tho trio from the prison at Florence, Arizona, whore they sorved a senteneo fpr violating tho neutrality laws, he said that any nowspnpor, revolutionary in charac ter, which any of tho liberals thought of printing, must bo kopt out of Mexi co. Somotirao., ;-. Httlo more advertis ing will mof.n a groat deal moro bus iness for a storo. MARRIAGE ENDS BRIEF COURTSHIP Rapid Flro Wedding at Jacksonville Bride Sighs for a Boy to do the Chores and Visitor Volunteers to be tho Kid. A rapid tiro wedding occurred at Jacksonville Wodncsday night. A. J. Colo of Mcdford was visiting Mrs. Caroline demons ot Jacksonville, as ho had boon in tho habit of doing from tlmo to tlino tor several mouths Both nro of maturo ago, Colo bolng G9 nnd Mrs. Clemens 49 years ot age. Thoy had beon frionds for years and loved to talk over old times. "Oh, dear," sighed Mrs. Clomons about 10 o'clock In tho ovoning, "winter la .coming on and I wish I had somebody to carry in tho wood nnd do chores about tho houao." "I'm tho kid," promptly ropllod Colo. Tho county clerk was roused from his pencotul slumbers, Justlco Dox waa brought out from tho Intrench meats w'.ilch protect tho original Bcekmau & Ronmcw bank nnd tho ceromony was performed in tho par lors of tho U. S. hotol closo to mid night. "It Is not that wo wero In such a hurry," ualvoly remarkod tho youth ful groom, "but I had to bo on my Job In tho morning at Mcdford." Staggers Skeptics. That a clean, nice frngant com pound liko Bucklcu's Arnico Salvo will instantly relieve a bad burn, ncnld, wound or piles, staggers skeptics. But great cures provo its o wonderful healer of the worst sor es, ulcers, boils, felons, eczema, skin eruptions, us also chapped hands, sprains and cbrns. Try it. 25o nt all druggists. wf MUCH RELIGION ON THE PANAMA CANAL WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. Ono feature of tho work of digging tho Panama canal, which has escaped goneral observation is tho encourage ment ot rcllglous'instltutlons by tho government. It has been tho policy of tho commissioners from tho be ginning to encourago church work, because it Is considered a strong In fluence in making for tho stnblllty of tho working force, and tho good order of tho canal vitiates. Land has been granted for church build ings and material has been sold at cost to aid In establishment places of congregation for church peoplo. In sovon of the larger communities two-story hi tidings have beon erect ed, tho lower floor being used for tho church and tho uppor for tho uso of lodges. Sorvices of a religious ordor nro also held in the commissioners' club rooms. LADIES, WHY NOT PltKSKItVK youit youth and iiijauty? Parisian Sago, tho quick nctlag 1 air restorer, Is now for salo in Mcd ford nt tho drug etoro of Cho. Strang and is sold wltt a rigid guarantco at GO cents :. large bottle. Parisian Eago has an Immense salo, and hero aso tho reasens: It Is safo iil harmless. It cures dandruff In two weeks, by killing tho dandruff gorm. 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Murdock'B comment on tho Cali fornia prlmnrloH which resulted In an insurgent lnndslllo, was: "It's swooping tho country." Tho sonator stnrtod for tho west last night. More Troops for Hawaii MANILA, Aug. 18. Secretary of War Jacob M. Diukouson today an nounced that ho had authorized the formation of tho dopnrtiuunt of Hon olulu and tho establishment of a con siderable military detail iu the Haw aiian islands. Tho new department will includo two regiments of infantry, ono of cavalry, ono of field artillery and six companies of coast artillory. Tho present dofenso of the Haw waiian group have been strengthened nnd enlarged during tho past year and accommodations for tho increas ed garrison nro practically ready. Hasklns for health. WK AKE I1USY AMi TIIK TIMK Why? Somcono said that It was bo- X causo wo had a good location. T Wo admit tho location Is good, but location is a very Binall ! part of tho roason for our bo- I Ing busy. 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