The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-31
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
TIERS.

1ELS.
JameS Adams, West Point graduate
;s bl Paris at the opening of the
Fre1cR.G German 1odr. In a balloon
,econEoiSsance for the French he is
almost captured by the Germans. The
balloon is acrecked at the O. dtedu La
oQHqy. ReScued, Adams falls in 7ou6
iUith Atmee, daughter of the Count
LGguHdR. The Germans inudde France
A German Colonel, Griesman, insults
Aimee end is attacked by Adams, 1oho
is in turn operpOi0ered 6y the Kaiser
He jOiRS the German army under q
friend, LolOenber0; engages in an am.
bush Of French column, and r"'urn.
ina to camp learns that Griesman has
charged Aimee aoith treason and has
IMPRISONED her. Adams pursues Cries
man IN an automobile, kills him in
single combat, and takes Aimee to q
cousin at Bethel. In the terrific land
battle t,oo days later Lo,Uenberg is
Killed in the capture of Montpelier.
The French dripe the Germans back
trtth glycolite, a terrible erploSiue
sprIghled from airships. One of the
ships is blo,on in the night to Mont
pelicr. aohere Adams is cdmped. Its
crclU is thrOi0f out. Adams blunderS
into ii and is stoept dioay in the gale.
CHAPTER VII.
was awakened early the next morn
Ing by the sun. My clothes We're damp
with cloud moisture. 1 did not learn
until then that there was an aluminium
roof TO the air car, which was pocketed
in the basket-work sides, and that there
were four electric radiators to provide
heat Thereafter was more comforta-
Bile.
The ship fioated steadily high in the
clouds. l could see nothing but vapor
being rapidly dissipated by the sun,
which occasionally shot clear rays into
my eyes. The barometer indicated an
altitude of two miles, and the speed
gauge registered. for the past twelve
hours, an average Of twenty miles an
hour.
After brief breakfast examined the
ship more at leisure. I found it a little
ahead Of anything I had ever seen. 1t
sttered perfectly, and could be sent up
or down by the elevation or depression
Of broad aluminium blades fore and aft.
A small motor, run by powerful
chemical battery, operated the propel-
lers; though 1t was often possible to
travel rapidly with the wind alone as
motive power. There was also Faure
condenser for extracting hydrogen from
the air, which operated automatically,
keeping the bag always fully inHated.
A wireless telephone outfit, various sci
entific Instruments. the electric light
Ing and heating apparatus and the the tank snn
for condensing water from the gas
bag were novelties in their way.
found also a second hamper of food and
and, to my great delight. a
box Of fine Key West cigars, which l
opened Immediately. The car was eight
feet wide and about sixteen feet long,
and there was ample room for a party.
| longed for F'leischmann, or poor Low
euherg.
When I had started the motor and
set the fans to descend l took teie-
scone from the rack and waited eager
ly for a sight of something that would
Indicate my whereabouts. BY the com.
pass was going due west, and II that
direction had been maintained all night
| was far out on the Atlantic.
At last the clouds around me thinneo
and vanished, and came into clear ar
Below me, stretching away In all ai-
rections to the horizon. lay the sea,
It's tossing waves breaking white uiioei