The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-06-15

Nhrr ono took note - their enormous
'urrEt guBs-twenty-inch. without
doubt, DaIzabls Of hurllng A ton or
more 20 metal every Eve minutes.
counted ten tattiyshtrs. hye or six tor
lfi"-h'-tt d'~tt"ltIs tr,Cuguizsd 81
their quadruplicsite fuuu,lsi and sew
vr.l cruisers. Two huge coal barEes
we're h'inE tHw,I several mikes To the
rear. This much MAS visible TO the
naked y. licking through my glass
! could see a swarm q torpedo boats
"t.A th'iT coming towers show ing
at.v, %" water. lowering around Ihe
nauks and lsading the advance.
TIL nv,t was proceeding very slowly
In a great curve TO the north. evidently
Mt desiring 10 advance nsar,r the
coast Iy late Afternoon u had turned
aud was heading west at the same
paC,.
A. the sun drew nsaT the horizon and
the wind fr,sh,u,l turned the nuss
% my airship o. the east and prepared
20 spend the night Abort I had ban
sailing lrisurely back and forth over an
area q Perhaps ATTY miles. boo hop, %
seeing the German Feet. Except for
tn many passenger steamers coming
and going Their Was nothing 10 L. sen.
| v4s h4uiLg over the edge Of my
basket smoking IDLY. ! had just chris
tened my ship -L'Aime,.' and WAS
wishing ! hal the original with M.
when q voice came down upon M from
the clouds.
who ar you" u called. IN French.
! luuksd up iu astpuishmrut and
thor, nuated The straugsst airship l
had ever S,cu. IL was merely au asrp-
plane. supported ~ great sauO,r-like
metal Coutfivanccs, With a small has
k,t-Car hung ~ SLENDER otbl.s 10
swept ~. SINE hundred feet above the.
and hal a glimpse Of white face
leaking down upon me. ! Sped ~ the
motor. and rising as ! advanced SON
drew up alongside my fellow Traveller.
To. q ,usued brief conversation.
Where are You going I shouted.
H. Vas ut more than a hundred yards
away.
Il don't know. My steering fans
won't work. aud cannot turn. ! sup
post shall have O. cunsiitr myself
bound foT America"
can you descend
yea"
drop o. the ga. then. and viii
pick you W. Ally ship steers p.rfectly. ="
We were noW far beyond the noet- !
descended By DEGREES. The other tipped
his plans slightly and started down
On a long slant. like boy coasiihg
down a hin. when within twenty feet
sharply ~ the other direction. and his
ship STOPPED with a shudder. h"yercd
for n tius like q hruoiing Eull, and set
Il. i slowly into the ga. was close
bshlnd him with a small Tup'-!Iddsr.
and a minute later, dripping wet. but
cheerful. be ciambercd into my car.
Thsn we russ again 10 thu tNo-thou-
sand-fuot level and with just enough
hcadway on q overcome the wind. lay
az In a calm.
I found that my guest was none other
than Emil l. Fevrc. sUn % the great M
vsnt0r uf submarines and explosives.
When ~ had disrubed and hung his
wet clothes O. dry IN front % IA" radi-
atnrs. swathiug himself IN n rug man
while. he gave me a brirf account Of hts
tourney. The world was ringing Win
In news % tho great battle On the
Cltaiunian Plain: huw tho Frsnch had
hcrn all but whipped when their hcct
n airshiIrs. brlatei by some rniSnan-
agenent. came upon the scene With the
nav explosive. giycolite. and sent The
t;,rmans back upon their camp, kill-
ing and manning thousands. There
had ben NJ moytment ON laid slht .
that. al eyes were nov turned TOWARD
tn s,a. where the Acts were watching