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Virginia
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Air Lanes
A ROMANCE OF
FLYING
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Herbert Quick
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Theodore Carson,
. !.! ..,in fwim
It 'avenior 01 an uirauit, sui .
I tnitfrrtx TltrirKT mnnhinfl colled a
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rieucopuir, " jv"i "
II unci III Cnrson is infatuated
it her and takes her where she can
1 lflmmunicato with her friends.
)h IV Carson visits tho Roc, a Riant
; Warship owned by Shayne, uncle of
!rirpnia Suare, the Rirl ho rescued,
V.&...3 un:HM mUK. vAtnivAfl lonrw
imu, ueuiK vuiuij .wv...-, .-..,.-
i liVnm the Roc. at a creat height, in a
tiuarnchute.
"S" V. VI asd VII He lands in the
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rounds of the Blattory instituto ior
neonates, where no maKes a mono.
"jjfwpitnl to manufacture the new style
t'Urship Carson has invented. Thus
fiey hope to rival bhayne, who cou
Horols the airship industry.
HIT Vili atr. muuuj uutiuwo .uui-
Jionally to capitalize the Carsou-
Y,Jraichead project.
t't IX Carson coes to Florida to
I.!Jomplete a sample airship to exhibit
i so Mr. Waddy, and he finds Virginia
,&erc.
. ( X Ho is in love with Virginia.
j rVizner. a rival inventor, conspires to
kill Carson.
XI. XH, Xm and XIV Wizner
lirith a submarine in a sensational
"'maimer almost accomplishes the
Jitenth of Carson and Virginia and
,the destruction of the airship, a case
;3f "devilfish versus bird." Virginia
iQecs from Carson in the Roc.
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,','' TnThe"Tlttle locker were found the
falements from wblcti Craighead pre
yared the luncheon of bacon, eggs and
.coffee, cooked on the mcthauose stove.
jj "We shall get Into the upper Atlan
.tie regions," said Carson, "just in time
'to bit the area of local storms to-
JJdcht,"
j' H looked from the tiller to tho com
I;3mss and hesitated about leaving it to
J (AA FT k(.f nnrtAB .nlji.l In.tt... U h
v' Virginia follow her nose with the tiller
lashed.
1 1 "Of course." said he. "she'll fall off.
But If she turns I can put ber back
en her course. 1 bellevo 111 try her."
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I go away this blessed day
To sail across the state, Matilda.
My airship starts for various parts
At twenty after eicht, Matilda.
I do not Know where we may go
Or whether near or far, Matilda,
For Captain Carson don't make a parson
Of any foremost tar. Matilda.
That mystic man beneath my ban
Shall suffer, coute qu'U couto, Matilda.
What right has be to keep from me
The airy, scary route. Matilda?
Although, In sooth. 1 am u youth
ur common sailor lot, Matilda.
Am I a man on human plan
I Devised, or am 1 not. MatildaT
"And echo, If there were any place
to echo from, would answer, 'Not Ma
tilda!' nave some of the milk while
the Virginia chases ber tall above Mr.
Plnchot's forest."
"She doesn't chose her tall much,"
replied Carson, "so far, at least"
She did not. The gyroscopes held
her on an even keel, and the altimeter
Btatoscope delivered the verdict that
the Virginia was following a course as
level as a battleship's. Cnrson ute.
watched the triumphant test and for-
sot to frown, and ho little Uuew to
i ward what danger he was burling blra
i self.
Peak after peak, village after village
and occasionally a big smokeless town
about the natloual power plants of the
v Lelguton reservoirs came hurrying to
ward them, passed beneath like vi
sions and fell behind.
"See that big stratus cloud?" asked
Carson. "Shall wo go over or under
It?"
"Personally," replied Craighead, "I've
been under a cloud long enough "
The stratus was mi Immense vapor
f sheet half a mllo above tbo earth. Dn-
dcrneatb were tho gloom and dullness
of cloudy weather, but above it the
. un sbono with a brightness augment-
' ed by tho brilliancy reflected from the
J tipper surface of the cloud ns from n
great glittering plain of snow. The
' Bttri lima nnafr rlin munlfllnn nml cili Initio
. uu tiuu j'Ubtv MU IMVKUIUtl UUU BUJItiiJii
Wflrm hut on tho wlnr nvor Mint
S sreat expanse of pearl the air felt, not Ht0a u ,,lu ra" of tho. b,S a,rshln
! 1 cold, but "caller." aud they put on ,wo or tbrpe men w,tb KU.n8' who maile
their topcoats. Tbo shadow
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ocean, r want to cotnparo tho nlnp
with the landscape."
Obedient to the tilted rudders, tho
Virginia pointed her prow downward.
Iler propeller blades hurled ber swift
ly forward and toward tho earth, nnd
Bho plunged Into the cold stream of
tbo stratus cloud Into mist nnd white
scarfs of Incy fog and tbo snowy ob
scurity of an aerial bllziard. Craig
head gasped at tho chill and tho blind
ness "Ring for a guide, said he. "Pm
lost."
lie was not lost for long, for tho Vir
ginia clove tho fleecy hoodwink and
emerged through Its lower levels Into
the clear shadows of the nether nlr.
They could feel the warmth radiated
from the ground, balmy with earthy
scents. Far to the northeast lay a
shining river, widening at the limit of
vision into n broad estuary, and Just
within sight could be discerned the
clustered spires nnd towers of a city.
Carson looked tho landscape over and
studied his map.
"Craighead," cried Carson, "wo'vo
made Richmond thrco hours quicker
than I thought It possible. A stork or
a Canada goose couldn't have covered
the distance, and both sometimes go
200 miles an hourl Why'
"Let us exult over yon Insufferable
plutcs!" cried Craighead. "Let's fly
rings around 'cm! Let's sail circles
around the snobs!"
Craighead, scanning the southeast
with his flcldglasses. had discovered
at a distance of six or seven miles a
huge silver acronat steering north
ward. Theodore threw over the tiller
and made for the airship. Craighead
looked at blm In wonder.
"That ship looks," said Carson, ad
vancing the spark and crowding the
engines, "like the Roc."
After a few moments on a straight
course to Intersect that of the neronat
Carson threw the Vlrglnln up Into the
cloud. Soon they emerged on the shin
Ing upper levels of the cloud, which hid
their approach to the other craft. One
below the curtain and one above It.
the airship of the future and the air
ship of the past flew on converging
courses. They dropped below the
cloud Into the thinner vapor They
looked about and saw nothing. And
yet. above the purrlug of the tnachln
ery. came to their ears the tremor
from powerful engines. Could the
Condor have ascended Into the cloud
ns they descended from It? Voices
came closer and closer
"My Cod. Carson!" shouted Craig
head. "You're going foul of ber
Look down!"
Just In time Carson looked. From
the depths of air below the great bub
ble of silver rose, swelling In her swift
approach. A collision meant ruin
The propelling blades of the aeronef
would cut the envelope of the gas hold
er like paper, and the two ships In a
huge ma's of tangled wreckage would
fall to the earth In death and ruin, or
the escaping gas from the oeronet. Ig
nited from the exhaust of the Vir
glnla's engines, might explode, burling
the fragments of both vessels far and
wide. And Carson saw In the ruin the
fair form of Virginia Suarez hurled to
earth from the Roc and crushed to
formlessne below
Quick as lightning Carson threw on
full speed forwnrd The Virginia obey
ed her machinery, and as she swooped
to the uerouat's starboard the latter
rose swiftly. The Virginia's stern rud
der grazed the gas bag and was all but
carried away; a cord of the suspension
system of the airship snapped with a
detonntion that set the huge fabric In
a tremble. There rose a cry from the
deck of the hitherto unconscious mon
ster as her people realized the fearful
fact that here In these dizzy heights
they were in collision with something
A man came running out of tbo cabin
with a gun lu bis hand, ns If with
some wild notion of giving battlo to
the destroyer
The Virginia was bnlf a mile from
the airship before tho crew of tho lat
ter had time to assure themselves of
her safety. The Virginia went astern
as well as athwart the course of the
other craft, and as she sheered to star
board the aeronef nnd the aeronat
sped from each other at the sum of
their two speeds, perhaps four miles
a minute. The people on tho latter
must have thought the other gone for
ever when an astounding thing hap
pened. The aeronef wheeled about
and gave chase nny, she gave chase
so swiftly that she swelled visibly In
her swift overhauling of the aeronat
In a time so short that it seemed like
a breath the Virginia, on a level now
with the other's deck, came in close
nstern. then sheered off and deliberate
ly ran around the big Condor as she
stood on her course at full speed. As
she crossed tho bows a cry went out
from the great ship's engine room n
cry of mingled fenr and astonishment.
Why did this new craft so course about
tliem? It was some new engine of
avlutlon that was sure. And with
such Incredible speed and such un
heard of mobility!
So us Carson came up on his second
circumnavigation of tho Condor there
Finns CAR
ATNATHTORIUM
Toon Largo to Go Through Entrance
at Kcntncr's, So Another Placo
Had to Be Found for It Can Sco
It at tho "Nat."
Tho Flnndors car to bo disposed
of by tho Crntor Lr.ko Highway com
mission, nnd vhlch was to hnxo bcou
placed on display at Kontnor's today
was too largo to bo takon through tho
ontranco at Kcntners nnd bo wna tak
en to tho Natntorluin where It may
bo Boon.
WOMAN, 89, IS SWIMMER;
ASTONISHES THE BATHERS
BOSTON, Mass., Aup. 22. Old
Orchard boasts of tho oldest summer
Rirl in tho world in Mrs. Patrick IT.
Burns of Dover, N. II., npcil S9. Airs.
Burns is an all-round athlete of won
derful ability for her njo nnd has
never allowed a summer to pass
sinco 1846 without n few weeks of
sen bathiuR. She is a good swimmer
and undoubtedly tho only woman of
her ago that indulges actively in tho
pastime. Mrs. Bums whilo swim
ming breasts tho big waves for from
five to ten minutes nnd thou spring?
out ns spryly as a bonrding school
undergraduate to hurry to her room
in the Dorr House and prcpnro her
self for luncheon.
OLD TANK SOON
TO COME DOWN
Councilman Wormian Secures Con
tractors without Dffftctilty City
to Retain Tanks and Iron and Pay
$50 for the Job.
At Inst tho old water tower Is to
bo torn down and dono away with.
Councilman Wortman has socurod tho
contractors and has let the Job. Work
will start at onco.
According to Mr. Wortman it pays
to ndvortlao. Tho Mnll-Tribuna
Btntotl that tho counrll had put tho
Job up to Mr. Wortmau and ltnmodl
atoly ho was besieged with offors.
fly tho torms of tho contract tho mon
will tear tho towor down, nnd got tho
material and B0. Tho city will ro
taln tho tnnks nnd Iron.
YACHTSMEN STARTLED BY
GERMAN SHAM INVASION
HtiltlilN, Aug. UU.ltumora of tho
iuvnHiou of Kngliuul by (Umimuy
would bo surely ravivoil wore it gun
orally known what a parly of British
yaohtsnioii witnessed whilo on it ro-
t'oul tour of flormttn wulurs.
Tho BritlsliorH woro Hailing bu
tweon tho Kroisiiui islands mid tlio
Gornuui nmiiiiuiul when thoy mai
denly came itemss hundreds of
barges laden with Gumma troops
being towed from tlio coast to the
islands. Watching tlio operations
irom a distance, tho ynchtmiiou wit
nessod a full-dross rehearsal of thor?" '-'
landing of nu invading army, with 2""
$5,000,000 IS MISSING
FROM PARIS FLOOD FUNDS
I'AUIS, Aug. 23. Another iicntulnl
ovon moro norlona than tho Ilochottu
affair, In looming la Franco.
A group of iloputlort, with Mk Mau
rlco Darren at their bond, ban boon
onilimvorlng, without mim'iiH, to ob
tain dutnllo of tuonoy received for
distribution among tho unfortunate
people who woro moro or lomt ruined
by tho flootlo In 1'arla last January.
Hundreds of appllvatloiiH for help
still ruiunlu uutiatlsftod six months
aftor tho catastrophe, and tlio com
mitted dcolnroo ltuolf unr.blo or tin-
willing to inalto any flnaiiulnl ntato
inotn, An liuiiionno it ti tit of money
linirto ho arcouutod for. Tlio Kruncli
Parliament voted 1-1,00,000, In ad
dition to thin, a much larger iitiin linn
lieon roculvoil from private iiiibiiuilp
tloiiH all over Franco, from public In
HtltutloiiH and from abroad,
Wears Hohlilo Skirt; Is Hurt.
NUW YORK, Aug. 'J'J.Woaring
liur firnt linbblo skirt, MIhh Iiilllnn
Shultluwortli, i!!l yours old, of Now
Hoohollo, tried to run down a Hteup
incline at Ohm Inland and mtHtuincd
a fracture of hot loft log when nIio
t ri ppod and foil.
air-
all tho nocessnry purnphorunlin of
horses, gun carriages and supplies.
When tho Britishers nftorward
Mpicstionod tho Gorman officers thoy
mntlo no secret of tho fnot that thoy
woro engaged on a sham invasion,
adding that snob umnouvurs formed
otio of tlio most important purls of
their military ourriouluin. Tlio Brit
ishorg departed moro thoughtful
men.
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WILL SELL 369 ACRES IN BLACK AT $30 PER ACRE
Price includes 700 shares in the Kcrby Irrigating Ditch.
ASK FOR TERMS. This midsummer price will be with
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Virginia ran with ber across tho cloud ' Ul ? s,n"'1 a ! tli??' would shoot.
"tviiui snip is mail cneu uarson.
"None of your business! Tou stand
off or we'll shoot!"
"Shoot If you darel" cried Carson,
"Don't you see that I cau go above
where you can shoot and rip your gas
bag iu perfect safety? Come, now, an
swer my question."
"This is tho Daedalus of Spokane,"
was tho reply. ' "What devilish thing
Is that J"
"The Virginia of of Carson's Land
ing, iu Alabama." replied Theodore.
"Whose aeronef is that?" usked tho
map whp seemed in commaud.
it's mliie," snid Theodore, "I built
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(To Be Continuer)
like a black bat haloed in tho un
speakablo glory of a triple rainbow
which ringed tbo scudding shadow
mbout in concentric flrcloq sn tirli'ht
! so refulgent in dye, so glorious In their
mingling lines, that the voyagers,
(lancing from radiance to radiance,
towered their voices to tbo thrill of a
beauty too intense for speech.
The immenso engines were moving
saoro regularly than clockwork, keep-
;i lng the pledge of their makers that If
a supplied with fuel and oil they would
uu uiiuuui u oiutjiv niuji utuii wurii
out the perfection of the Internal
combustion cnglue, once so untrusr
iworthy,
"I want to sea where wo are," Unally
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tho joy of tho homo on hot summor ovonlngo.
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Fans aro portablo and may bo connootod with
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