The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-30

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months longer"
.Yea deceive yourssll, Yih. You under
rate our resources and-paEdon me-you
0ysrrats your own. Your novel enginss Of
var have bsen effective - fer. but our peo-
pie win soon becomo aocustomod to thems
. tho Romans did to the elephants Of
PhyrTua They will initiate them, and
perhaPs improve on them-
Yih-Hun shook his head. "You have
yet zen but tenth part Of eur engines OF
war" he said. For Instance, do you
know what that IL r. pointing - he spoke.
to huge, dark object. to the transport OF
which whole balloon Of the largest sise
was devoted.
How should l." sid Haines. somewhat
irritably. ut may BE- your army soup
kettle for Ill ] know"
wait momsnt." replied Yih-Hun.
smiling. and 1 viii show you what u 10. :"
Inc balloons were now holding course
which in . few minutes would bring them
within half-mile Of = high. red sandstone
butte which reared it, head proudly above
the chaos Of ravines. precipicss. hills and
plateaus about it Yih-Hun now gave .
rapid command. which WAS repeated BY his
orderly through the aerephons at the air
shir An answering hail Was 81 once heard
from the balloon bearing the mysteEious
object under discussion.
"Now watch the butts. said Yih-H Hun, .
the heet OF balloons reached . position
where the butte was. In nautical pariance.
broad on their weather bow. Look
there.
A. Hatnes obeyed this injunction slen-
DER thread ct light shot from the hide Of the
engine referred to. and, . shrll. Whistling
sound IKE the kissing ct aWmp-lash, was
neard. At the same moment the summit
OF the butte burst into IN tntOlerabae bril-
iiant name. Haines waited to 80 tho ire
50 out, after the charge which had evi-
IDENTITY been thrown upon the hill should b
consumed, bat the hanes grew fiercer and
hercer until It VA evident that the i'm
menses solid sandstone butte WAS being
consumed. Wlerdly Haired the red end
yellow flames from the burning clid, light
ing up with their fitfnl glare many ieagos
Of broken and chaotic country. Haines
watched the strange cendagration tor
many minutes and until the burning butte
was Tar behind the f1eet.
"Something on the order Of Grpek firea"
he inquired ct length, in voice which WAS
intended TO express no surprise.
lyon might say SO. !" was tho reply, ssbnt
great improvement on the old article,
even al We read about the latter ware
true. BY the way, did you know thak The
Chinese were the inventors OF Greek Are,
- we'll IS OF gunpowderf They wera The
invention Of the fire ID usually ascribea TO
Callinicus, Of Heliopolis, about the year 680
OF your era, but the secret Of it manuiaC-
ture was really brought to Constantinopae
from China, or Cathay. by thu way q In
dia."
1t looks. said Haines, whose eyes wsrs
still bent on the glowing mass bohfnd
them. and who apparently had raid hut
little attention to his friends learned r.
mark, .it looks very much a though this
might be . fair imitation of the Ere that
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