Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-06-02
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TIERS

5anseS Adams, West Point graduate,
4 in Paris at the opening of the
-fanch-Germdn Wdr. IN q balloon
s.aonnoissance for the French he is
almost captured by the Germans. The
aa1f00n is Wrecked at the CT dtedu La.
4g8Gy. Rescued, Adams falls in Lore
18th Aimee, daughter of the Count
LaguRay. The Germans inVdde France,
4 German Colonel, GrieSmdn, insults
.dimee end is attacked by Adams, Who
IS IN turn 0UerpoiCefed by the Kaiser.
lie joins the German drmy ander a
mend, L0l0enberg; engages in an am
lush Of q French column, and roturn-
'H1 TO camp learns that GrieSmdn has
4arQed Aimee lcith treason and has
Imprisoned her. adams purSueS Cries
ian in an automobile, Kills him in
..8gle combat, and takes Aimee to q
.5Rsih at Bethel. In the terrific land
taffle tiOo days later LOaoenberg is
hllled in the capture of Montpelier.
The French driUe the Germans back
.tih glyc0lite, q terrible erploSiue
sprinkled from dirShipS. One of the
sHipS is blol0n in the night to Mont
Uelier, a0here Adams is cdmped. Its
CreU is thr00R out. Adams blunders
INTO it and is SWept alCay in the gale.
- CHAPTER VII.
l was awakened early the next morn
ing by the sun My clothes were damp
with cloud moisture. l did not learn
until then that there was an aluminium
roof to the air car, which was pocketed
i'm the basket-work sides, and hat there
were -four electric radiators to provide
heat, Thereafter | was more comforta-
ble.
The ship floated 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 a brief breakfast 1 examined the
ship more at leisure. l found it a little
ahead of anything l had ever seen. 1t
steered perfectly, and could be sent up
or down by the elevation or depression
of broad aluminium blades fore and aft.
4 small motor, run by a powerful
chemical battery, operated the propel-
lers; though it was often possible to
travel rapidly with h wind alone as
motive power. There was also a Faure
condenser for extracting hydrogen from
Lllt ill NillCIl Optl 1ltd oQlOlild NlOdllSY
keeping the bag always fully inflated.
A wireless telephone outfit, various sci
entific instruments, the electric light
and heating apparatus and the tank
for condensing water from the gas
bag were novelties in their way. I
also a second hamper of food and
drinkable, and, to my great delight, a
box of fine Key West cigars, which |
Immediately. The car was eight
feet wide and about sixteen feet long,
and there was ample room for a party.
l longed for Fl -ischmann, or poor Low
enberg.
When 1 had started the motor and
the fans to descend l took a tele-
scope from the rack and waited eager
ly for a sight of something that would
my whereabouts. By the COM
pass | was going due west, and IL that
direction had been maintained all night
l was far out on the Atlantic.
At last the clouds around me hinned
and vanished, and l came into clear air.
Below me, stretching away in all di-
rections to the horizon, lay the sea,
its tossing wave breaking white under