The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-09

conquer yeti" A vision rose before his
eyes, the hand that rested on Lincoln's
arm twitched and thrilled.
'Of course, father" cried the girl:
everything was going Splendidly. One
more trial and you will succeed 7 am
certain of it! But now come TO the house,
and let me nurse YOU
The inventor first bent to his machine
stopped the engine, brought together the
broken ends of the metal ribs that formed
one wing of the great bird; then hobbled
70 the house, leaning on Lincoln and his
daughter. At the foot Of the stairs thar
led up to the balcony he insisted that
Lincoln should come in and stay to lunch
con. The girl supported her fathers in
Vitation, and for the first time Lincoln
looked into her eyes. They were dark as
the forest border deep as a mountain
tarn that reflects the indigo of heaven
Her unclouded smile came softly as dawn,
and the young artist, who loved beauty
bowed before her
When the master of the house was at
rest IN an easy chair, it. was explained
| to Lincoln that the servants of the house
| We're away for the day, having gone
| down early in the morning to see their
| friends a Ottenhofen; and it was Selma
| herself (for so her father addressed herr
| VINO laid the cloth and prepared the meal
Meanwhile the inventor introduced him
| self as Angelo Vaughan, an Englishman
| who had ten years ago retired to this re-
mote place to give up his life to perfect
| ing flying machine, which should revo-
lutlon1ze the world. He had first seer.
| the valley when on a walking tour had
recognized its usefulness for his pur-
pose, had rented the land, and had never
| since stirred beyond it. The experiment
which Lincoln had seen was the culmina-
| ton of ten years of incessant thought
and labor And it was a failure!' he
| added plaintively, throwing out his
| hands. But where is Selma? Luncheon
| should be ready. Will you be so good, Mr..
| Lincoln, as to go out and see where she
is? l am afraid l cannot go myself, for
painful would Lot mo
walk
Gladly Lincoln rase. He had reached
the, door leading to the kitchen, when,
as his hand touched the latch, the door
was flung violently open. He leaped back
| to find himself confronting the two men
who, an hour before, he had tracked into
| the valley. In all the excitement since
! he had forgotten them till now. Each
| had knife in his hand; their eyes flash
| ed murder. They were clearly discon-
certed at finding themselves face to face
| With young man, but after an instant'S
| uncertain pause they rushed at him to-
! Sether. 1t was lucky for Give Lincoln
at that moment, unlucky for the two
| Germans, that he had studied the Eng
| lishman's art of self-defense Up went
| his fists, and before you could count
| three, his left had dashed ike a catapult
full on the bearded mouth of the nearest
ruffian. Lincoln's knuckles spurted
crimson; the astonished German sput-
tered out blood and teeth, and fell back
choking and cursing, jogging his COM
pdHIOH are ana Inadvertently turning
aside a fierce blow Of the knife aimed
at Lincoln's heart. The blade ratified
against his ribs, instead of sinking be-
tween them. and the pain, the sickly flow
OF blood inside his shirt rousedf the Eng
lishman TO white heat of fury. Before
| the second enemy could recover from his
vicious plunge, Lincoln had seized him
by the throat. He did not like abandon
ing the scientific rules of fighting, but
this was no time for nicely. He squeezed
| his assailan's hairy throat til his red
trimmed eyes bulged in their sockets. ana
ms breath gurgled stertorously, then
The other ruffian watched with pale
cheeks, one hand held to his mouth. un-
3ple TO summon courage to renew tha
attack; and just as Lincoln had mastered