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MEDFORD MAIL frRTJBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1910.
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Virginia
OF THE
Air Lanes
A ROMANCE OF
FLYING
By
""HERBERT QUICK
Copyright by Bobbs - Merrill
Company.
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I Theodore Carsoa,
1Tetor of an airship, rescues from
m facUiv flying machine called a
awlieaptw, a beautiful young girl.
XI a4 m Carson is infatuated
ley bar asi takes her where she can
comimi-nftto frith her friends.
IV Carson visits the Boo, a giant
.jKrsfcuf) owned by Shayne, uncle of
TiTOaia Snarei, the girl he resoued,
H Wbag eoldly received, leaps
-Ares the Roc, at a great height, in a
V. VI aad VII He lands in the
jcroaads ef the Slattery Institute for
ebriatee. where he makes a friend
mt eac Craighead, who plans to raiso
cnsital to manufacture tho new stylo
airship Carson has invented. Thus
ky hejM to rival Shayne, who con
trols the airship industry.
Vm Mr. Waddy docides condi--AioaaHy
to capitalize tho Corson-
Craiaead project
f IX Carson goes to Florida "to
aomplete a sample airship to exhibit
e Mr. Waddy, and he finds Virginia
X Ha is in lovo with Virginia.
Winer, a rival inventor, conspires to
3ill Carson.
XI, XII, XIH and XIV Wiznor
with a snbmarino in a sensational
wanner almost nccomplishcs the
death of Carson and Virginia and
ike destruction of the airship, a case
- "devilfish versus bird." Virginia
Bees from Carson in tho Roc.
XV, XVI and XVII Carson and
Craighead pursuo tho Roo northward
ia the Carson airship, the Virginia.
They land at the Shayne home,
Sfeayse's Hold, in tho Catskill moun--tains,
at night. Carson talks with
Tirginia and isi-forced to .flee. A big
lawsuit is brought by Craighead to
gala exclusive dimonion in the aid
. based on the rights to their air he
las acquired from hundreds of land
owners. Craighead argues in court.
jCSa yet, .even affr her turn, all
aeemed well with the Roc. The sea
3ey aosth asd east Northing was lm-
posslblc; but, edging Into the gele
"with all the power of her screws, she
"worked stanchly oft Into the west
"Yet Carson knew it was a losing tight,
asd Shayne walked the deck In agony
as she gaTo ground at last before the
-wind, which howled In across tho 1
Pennsylvania mountains and beat the
xreat hunted creature to the Dela
ware at Philadelphia.
Virginia came on deck. "Where are
we. ancle?" said she.
"Oh, we're all right!"
Time enough for the trouble when
.the crisis came, for shipwreck In aerial
voyaging boo no tossing before the
cyclone ere the flnnl plunge, no wres
He with tho waves, no tiring at the
Vamps, no roaring of white surf scab
Warding tho teeth of tho reef. Ail is
.steady and comfortable until under
aeath yawns destruction. .Though ev
ery moment Inevitably marked u loss
et gas In tho balloon once out ut sea,
they must keep up to win the far Afri
can coast or to bear around the whirl
to Nova Scotia or Labrador, and In
that qnadrant was rain. ' Refore that
could be done the huge gas bolder
-would grow wrinkled, flabby, weak;
-the car would drag her down, tho
stronger ones would cut everything
away to lighten the ship, the weaker
would drop into the brine with no hope
-save In the prayer time accorded by
take lit araservers, and dually the last
jaian cllugiug to the fragments of the
.nacelle would see the huge mass of
lapsing silk and gum and tin foil drop
Into the waves, himself utterly lost In
the utter desolation of hopeless soil
twde food for the fishes.
Dinner was served, Shayno trying to
emtio and dlscusslug with these dear
creates the time of reaching 'Temagu-
XBl.
Virginia, again on deck, stood gazing
-ahead, not knowing that their actual
flight was astern. She thought she
was looking toward her destination.
She bad lost sight of the Virginia, and
she was not sorry or displeased to
have -Carson givo chime unsuccessful
ly. She was very uugry with him,
Suddenly she looked UBtcrn and was
jiawxed that such u body of water
awl been passed without her knowing
,. Jt as ose Journeying over u prairie
" aright feci to look behind and ueo an
ecetra. The subtle expression of tho
"towing waves told her that this wan
the opea sea. For miles and miles bIiq
ww great waves bursting in Immense
pIokns of spindrift and upray,
wwept clean of shipping, the glassy
mar ef the racing billows throwing
lack to her eyes sinister glints from
the rare gleams of the western sun.
wad eat into this fierce fight of tho
tSeinte the Hoc wau drifting stern
m in spite of the frenzied thrust of
bar great screws into the suck of the
, "Haalt," said she, pointing, "I see!
TcV TsafiT ho. "God forgive me
Virginia, for murdering you ami your
nuntl Go to lierl"
Suddenly Virginia pressed his arm.
"Uncle" p ' ' she.
"On beam the ship!"
Tho call sounded In their very ears.
Within thirty yards hung the Virginia
headed into the wind and drifting easi
ly with the Hoc.
"What do you propose to do?"
It was Carson's voice through the
trumpet, but it Bounded sweet to
Shnyno. no had no Idea of any man
ner in which the Virginia would aid
him, but the sickening speed with
which ho was driving out to sen mndo
anything welcome ns n modification of
his despair,
"Do you understand?" shouted Car
lson. "1'ou are lost if you drift on.
Drop your painter, and I'll givo you a
towl"
Swallowing bis pride, Shnyno order
ed tho painter dropped. The Virginia,
running easily Into the wind, dropped
back, took the line and. with a word
of cheer, walked up into tho blast,
pulled the painter tnut and, like n tug
with a freighter, threw herself against
the pressure of the Immense gas bag.
and for the flrst time the people on the
ncronat's deck clung fast and turned
their faces from the wind ns they felt
Its stroke.
"Hurrah I" came the cry from the en
gine room. "She's holding usl"
For a moment she did, and then she
droped the painter, and the abandoned
Hoc fell off before the storm again.
The neronef, having shown her power,
had quitted Its exercise. But tho Vir
ginia again drew close lift
"Put on your life preservers!' cried
Carson. "I'm going to put you in tho
wnter."
"No, you'll not!" said Shayne. "WI1
lett keep her up and run before it.
We'll circle the whirl and make shore."
"Mr. "Willett." said Carson, "do as I
suy or as there is n God In heaven 111
go above, rip your envelope and let you
drop from wherever you happen to be!
If Sir. Shayne Interferes confine him.
and take orders from meor drop from
here!"
The second engineer went forward
to Mr. Shayne. The answer of the
itlicrs was to set the depressor screws
,-oIng, and the doomed Roc, now quite
over the sea, dropped nearer and near
rr to the waves.
"Now," said Carson, 'Til tell you
Thy I turned you ndrif t Tour envelope
won't stand the strain. It had started
to cave in nt the bow, and in another
moment it would have ripped open and
dropped you. But I'm going to give it
the test If the Hoc can stand the
strain I believe I can tow her and land
you. If she doesn't I shall drop you
Into the Atlantic, you'll collapse, and I
can tow you in the water easily. Put
on your life preservers! Hurry!"
Again the Virginia took the painter
aboard and surged against the gale,
but this time drifting with the wind
while the life preservers were adjust
ed. Carson was confronted with a
fearful alternative. If he let the Hoc
got out to sea she had a bare chance.
though no such escape was recorded.
On the other hand, dropping her in
the water was an expedient full of
danger. The collapsed envelope might
blanket the passengers and drown
them; some might be hit by breaking
beams or stunned by concussion with
the water from a badly judged height.
;ud Virginia! Yet, weighing the
chances, he did not hesitate.
"All ready?" he shouted.
"No!" cried Shayne. "Come bnck
here!"
"All rpady, Willett?" asked Carson.
"Yes!" cried Willett. "Go ahead!"
Slowly crowding on power, the Vir
ginia fought forward into tho storm.
The painter strained taut as a steel
bar, and Carson wondered If It would
hold. Suddenly a rainy gust bore down
on them In fury, the envelope of the
Roc crushed in at the bow with an
awful ripping sound, and the huge
steely bubble Jbngcr than a city block,
higher than a four story building be
came a ragged cloud of tattered frag
ments and. with all On board, fell into
the Atlantic and floated In a shapeless
mass of wrecknge.
Carson looked down to see whether
the form he loved was smothered un
der tho torn fabric or floating free,
but never halted for the drowning or
the living. Ho let out fifty yards of
line lie had made fast to the painter to
give slack for the Roc's fall, and then
with frenzied eagerness ho dragged
the whole huge mass ashore, and as
the Virginia alighted on the beach her
skipper, leaping out. began a flerco on
slaught on the wreckage, seeking in Its
chaotic mass for her whoso drenched
form he dreaded to see.
ciiAPrnu xix.
CXNAI.E.
TIIKODOItE carried Virginia to
a seasldo cottage Just In proc
ess of being put iu order for
Its owners.
"Tell me, dearest," ho kept whisper
ing, "that you nro safe safo!"
Virglnlu, wet. druggled, her strong
little form resembling a rough cast
statuo of Home one quite Irresistibly
shapely, silently hung about bis neck.
"You lovo me!' said he. "I'm not
going to let you leave mo nguln. dar
ling!" She squeezed his hand in gratitude,
Carsou went out rndinnt, meeting
Crulgheud with the red mantilla on
his arm,
"You all do know this man tie." said
ho, "but not the soul of paltry Iu
things great. Ktlilcully. tills is n lost
dainosel snatched from a watery grnvo
as hho 'went down In the penultimate
descent. I put my confounded llfo in
pawn for what? For a mere trum
pery kickshaw of silk with no moro
woman in it than a rabbit. Rotten!
Rotten! This 'ere rescue ain't up to
sampler
(To Bo CoutinnerYj
Ilaskius for health.
SH
PAVING
GRANTS PASS
Work Progressing Rapidly nntl Prop
erty Owners Are Well Pleased
Will Be Completed Bcforo District
Fair Is Held.
GRANTS PASS, Or Aug. 31.
Tho paving company now is laying
'rotn TOO to 1000 squaro yards of
finished pavement a day, which
amounts to about two blocks along
Sixth street In ono week. At this
rate the contract cannot bo complet
ed beforo tho latter end of Septem
ber. Thero is littio danger, howovor,
of any bad weather beforo that timo
and the streets may bo in readiness
for tho fair in tho early part of Oc
tober. No doubt tho contract would
havo boon completed by tho last day
of August, as specified, had not a
scries of accidonts occurred at tho
rock plant, which delayed starting
the pavoment at least a month, but
every part of tho eutorprlso Is work
ing perfectly now, and no further do
lays aro anticipated. Tho pavomont
ns it really appears when finished
upon our own streets is so nearly
perfect that tho "show mo" Thomases
have been made to sec, and tho num
ber of our citizens who havo worked
and worried with so many hindrances
aro already beginning to seo that thoy
have started something which will
do much toward tho municipal bet
terment of tho city. Property own
ers along tho side lines aro showing
their appreciation of tho work, and
petitions aro being circulated and
filed with the city officials asking
for lmmcdiato action toward paving
alleys and streets galore.
This movement is by no means pre
mature, or the result of any sud
den flash of enthusiasm. It is Just
what is needed and just what will
make'thls town what it must be to
keep in timo with irrigation, rail
road and other similar developments
which aro upon us.
LONE HIGHWAYMAN
HOLDS UP STAGE
ASH, Wash., Aug. 31. Sheriff
Knox, with several deputies, is hunt
iiig through this district today for n
lone highwayman who held up the
Mineral Creek stuge near Ash Inst
night, relieved four pnsfeengcrs of
their watches, jewelry and $180 in
cash and escaped to tho woods. The
holdup occurred in the henvv timber
half a mile from hern.
Thero was only ono white pnssen
ger on the conch, two of tho vic
tims being Chinese, who were going
to the snuitnrium ns cooks, the
fourth men being the driver. Tho
white man refused to givo his name.
The highwayman jumped from bo
hind n tree, nt the hnmo timo cover
ing the driver with his gun. Tho
robber ordered tho other three men
to line ud with their arms above
their heads and bncks turned toward
him. Ho then rifled their clothing
of all valuables and then ordered the
quartet "not to move." Then tho
robber "made tracks" back into the
woods and escaped.
SARATOGA GAY ON
LAST RACING DAY
SARATOGA, N, Y Aug. 31.
With the running of the great Fu
turity today, which probably will
ring down tho finnl curtuin on racing
in Now York, Saratoga bus, for u
day, assumed its old-timo racing
guricty. Crowds of people attracted
by the turf classics havo thronged to
the city iu anticipation rf tho greut
event. Everywhere people uro dis
cussing tho race and tho chances of
tho various cntrios.
For the first timo sinco the first
Futurity was won in 1888, two
homos will tro to the barrier equal
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Thirteon othor horses will fnco tho
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Tho now anti-betting lawn passed
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Wo make- any land mid stylo of Windows.
Wo carry Glnss of any aizo on hand.
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