Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-06-01
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
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James Adams, West Point graduate,
Is IN PGfiS at the opening of the
FTench-GernldR aOdr. IN a balloon
reconnaissance for the French ne is
almost captured by the Germans. The
balloon Is a0reCbed at the Chateau La.
gundy. Rescued, Adams falls in loUe
9otth Aimee, daughter of the Count
Ldgnndy. The Germans inUdde France.
A German Colonel, GrieSmdn, insults
Aimee end Is attacked by Adams, a0hO
Is IN turn OUerpOl0ered by the Kaiser.
ne Joins the German army under a
friend, Lol0enberg; engages tn an anu
bush Of French column, and return
ing to camp learns that GrieSmdn 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 too days later LOUenberg is
killed IN the capture of Montpelier.
The French drive the Germans back
10ith OlycoIite, q terrible e1pIOsiUe
SprinbIed from dirShipS. One of the
ships Is bl0t0H IN the night to Mont
pelteT, 1Ohere Adams is Clmped. Its
cret0 is throWR out. Adams blunderS
into 1t and Is swept G10Gy 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 I was more comforta-
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 a brief breakfast examined the
ship more at leisure. / found it little
ahead Of anything 1 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
IlOtlN6 pOWbE. there was dlSO a duI6
condenser 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
Cor condensing water from the gas
bag were novelties in their way. 1
found also a second hamper of food and
drinkable, 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 party.
longed for Fleischmenn, or poor Low
enberg.
When I had started the motor and
set the fans to descend l took tele-
scope from the rack and waited eager
ly for a sight of something that would
indicate my whereabouts. By the COM
pass 1 was going due west, and If that
direction had been maintained all night
was far out on the Atlantic.
n At last the clouds around me thinned
land vanished, and 1 came into clear air.
below me, stretching away in all de
'rections to the shorizon, lay the sea,
its tossing waves breaking white under