The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-25
SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAP.

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james adams, West Point graduate
Is IN Paris at the opening of tn,
FreHch-GeTDiGB 1Ddr. In a balloon
reconnaissance for the French he I.
almost captured By the Germans. Tn,
balloon Is tcrecked at the O. dtedu La
0NHdy. Rescued, Adams falls in lopt
11tth Aimee. daughter of the Count
Ld0RndB. The Germans meade France
A German Colonel, GrieSmdn, insults
aimee end Is attacked BIZ adams, aghC
IS IN turn oVerpo1oered on the Kaiser
lie Joins the German army under a
friend, LotCen6erg; engages IN an am
bush Of French column, and return
ing to camp learns that GriesRgdn has
charged Aimee aCith treason and has
Imprisoned her adams pursReS Cries.
man IN an automobile, kills him in
single combat, and takes Aimee to a
cousin at Bethel. In the terrific land
battle too days later Lo0enberg is
Killed Ia The capture OF Montpelier.
The French drtpe the Germans back
lotth glycoltte, a terrible eGploSiVe
spytnkled from dirships. One of the
ships is bloaCn in the night to Mont
peteT, sCheTe Adams is cdHzped. Its
crea0 Is thr0aen out. Adams blunderS
into II and Is ssoept aaCGy in the gale.
CHAPTER VII.
was awakened early the next morn
ing by the sun. My clothes were damp
with cloud moisture. / 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 conforta-
BILE.
The ship fioated steadily high In the
clouds. / 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 found 1t little
ahead of anything 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. |
A small motor, run by a 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 /
for extracting hydrogen from
the air, which operated automatically, |
keeping the bag always fully inflated. /
A wireless telephone outfit, various sci
entiflc instruments, the electric light
Ing and heating apparatus and the tank
for condensing water from the gas
bag were novelties In their way.
found also second hamper of food and
and, to my great delight, a
box of fine Key West cigars, which +
opened Immediately. The car was eight
feet wide and about sixteen feet long,
and there was ample room for party.
ionged for Fieischmann, or poor Low
snberg.
When / had started the motor and
yet the fans to descend / took a tele-
scope from the rack and waited eager
y for a sight of something that would
Indicate my whereabouts. BY the COM
bass / was going due west, and II that
had been maintained all night
was far out on the Atlantic
AT last the clouds around me thinned
md vanished, and / came into clear air.
Below me, stretching away in all di-
'ections to the horizon. lay the sea,
Is tossing waves breaking white under 4