The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-19

He was doing his best 10 atone Tor bid fatal
The windows wsre now coated an inch
deep with boar frost. Tho three could see
nothing. At q tremendous. elevation, the
Aeropola kept Ito course BY the spirit, POM
pass. Tbs interior was far below zero.
hus this fact was providsntial. II saved
the sergeant.
a emsls can be frozen and thawed and
sti!l iivs-- provided the process 10 gradual:
~ 70 We same with frozen man, provided
III send her for all she's worth. Inl
punish her for her nervous prostration!
Shell have TO 80 to make mp answered
tine professor. He spoke and looked rs II
no would have liked TO lash his rscrsant
touched the lever with ruthless hand.
The whirljng OF many wheels took to
itself a higher and higher pitoh. The air
ship, a. il conscious Of her past fault and
OF her ability. to atone. sang through the
air like a proiectile. Carless of the danger
OF their unprecedented speed, with wild
looks OF triumph, he still urged the mo-
chanism to it's ultimate power. The wind
gauge measured 276 miles an hour. At this
rate they would be in Chicago in eleven
hours.
At last q drop or two Of brandy found
its way TO the vitals of the sergeant. His
swollen lips moved.
::Doa't bother about me-" he family
The hero was dreaming Of the moment
whom he and his party were rescued years
ago. II was the time when a u poor fellow
J lying BY his side, with his last breath asked
the rsscurers about belong and his marty.
When told of their fate. with tears in his
eyes, forgetful of tie fact that his own
arms and legs were frozen of, he said:
Poor fellows, how they must have sut-
Such is the stuff our Arctic heroes are
made Of. God bless them! If they had
only spent the same energy in civilizinr the
slums of London or New York, they would
nave become the Landmarks Of mankind.
It was the following evening. The sun
was Just setting in the west. and behaving
nitude should.
The luxurious guest chamber of the
Chicago millionaire. MI. Vanderlyn, was
occupied. The room was darkened. An
unconscious man lay upon the bed. Four
men watched the sufferer anxiously. Two
physicians sat beside him.
The patient sighed and tried to turn. He
felt of the sheets with an action different
from that familiar clutching at the bed
clothing which is regarded as an ominous
symptom. His fingers seemed to express
surpTise at the contact with thesfne linen,
Piteously he tried to opep his closed ewes.
J He'll pull through whispered the
younger doctor; but the elder made no
"Where am II" asked the patient fesblv.
Jack looked at Royal Significantly and
said:
You're all right. You're safe in your
own bunk"
You've got the room too hot said the
leader with feeble authority. "You'il catch
the scurvy! Open the door a triher' Still
believing himself in the eighty ninth de-
gree Of latitude, he foil asleep.
Unable to DO ANYTHING TO- help their
they could not relieve, the four men left
Sergeant Willtwig to his doctors and his
nurse, and n down to the Library.
After the sensible manner of men, who do
not bear DISTRESS without a fight, they tried
to divert their gloom by plunging into an
animated discussion.
well, gentlemen, this is pretty serious,''
began their patron sadly. "What shall we
Ppm afraid I've let tho whole thing out"
sald Jack Hardy apologeticnlly.
let il out!' exclaimed the millionaire.
II wasn't going to let it out until Sergeant
Wiiltwig recovered, so as to write the re-
suit out fully. l want your sublime achieve
ment to burst upon the world. How could
you without my permission?"
You see." said Jack Hardy sorrowfully.
II rosted up to see my partner about two
- aNo. AAO uONA . OVAAc IA yGt, ana
while waiting for him in came a reporter to
inquire If we had made any sales. Il want
says he. nm exclusive! It's an awfully dull
season. I'd give q humid ed dollars for an
exclusive! Tn word exclusive was like
the opening OF a throttle valve. I'll give
you one,' says l, and the biggest one Chi
cago has ever had.'
"'What ia it9" he asked skeptically.
"'I have just come bnck from the north
POLE said !. sitting back to enjoy his as
Constituent.
NORTH polev he calculated, edeine
"" ":Y e. : / " answered Uas d h hay dsaI; This j.
honest. We wont in Professor Wilder's
aluminium airship I'M got back last night
Look hsrev' he said. You're not jok-
ing. are you? What's your proof?'
"'Proofn cried I. 'Myself, Prof. Wilder, (
another young fellow who went with us
and the famous SerRt. Willtwig; he lies
sick at Mr.. VRnderlyn's house on Lake
avenue.
my manner seemed to convince him.
but he asked another question.
Where's the airship?. II this 10 true,'
said he, warming up. I'll have the mana
ger around,and see you all in half an hour
Then ! told him how it happened, how we
down within a mile Of the city in the |
fog last night. how we struck the water think |
it was building lots, how the skiff on
deck barely saved US. l said: The fact of
1t 10. We had to come down, and We couldn't
alight in the city; the oh,mneys would have
killed every mothers son of US. So when
we struck the lake We were SO wild to save
ourselves-for life had got a sort of value
it after all we'd gone throuRh-that We
out like a streak of lightning, and for
got all about the old airship. When abe
coming down the professor started the
lifting wheels agoing to ease her. He
must have started them too fast2" I
explained.
"'You are right interrupted the inven-
lor, sadly.
Il told him 40. aud that as soon as we
got the sergeant out. which was no small
Job. and atepped into the skiff ourselves.
The old ship. eased of her burden. went up
And-swish! BY Jove, she was gone! wont
IN to tell him the professor said she had
power enough left in her to keep a going no
Tor five months before she stops"
THAT 10 too bad,' said the reporter;
but III bring the manager around AZ soon
10 he gets into Mr.. Vandsrlyn's house.
This IL the biggest thing ! ever struck he
ldded. They ought to be here now" con-
'luded Jack Hardy, looking at his watch.
Inc merchant bit his lip in his disap- |
continent. well, IL ivs out" he said, /
we'll make the most OF it,"
1.-Two gentlemen wish to see you. air."
As the butler spoke the two newspaper
men walked into tho library.
This 10 a most remarkable storv." be-
our word for IT," turning TO the million
ire, u should seriously doubt les truth. I
Doubt II! 1t had never entered tina heads (,
n INV NJ khA saeks thnA n J--AA IL