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He threw in the clutch, and the
wings began whirring like great
buzzes, blowing the sand off the
floor into the farthest corners and
setting light things flying in the
| tremendous currents of air, so that
| Virginia chung to her hat, wound
her skirts about her legs and sat
on them, in the cage of domesti-
Gated tornado.
tons whirled until the aeronef
strained upward on her lashings
like a FESTIVE horse. Theodore tip
ped lever and she leaped forward,
stretching the ropes at an angle of
forty-five degrees; he reversed it,,
and she Stacked backward, as
might an eagle repulsed by foe.
Virginia swung her hat and shout
ed.
Pull the line on the end of that
wing" said he, land see if you
can tip her. Pull"
Virginia walked gingerly for
ward, her dress flying, her hat
whisked to the top of the room
Grasping the flying rope-end, she
pulled downward The wings set
tied slightly, and then, as the gyro-
scope brain felt the depression, the
lowered wings lifted as if con-
sciously rising to a load. 1t was
marvellous.
Cant you pull harder?" cried
Theodore, bare-headed, his hair fly
ing TRY"
AYE, aye, sir" cried Virginia,
cheerily, try it is! But suppose
| lose my clothes in the gale? l
haven't many"
Reaching up she pulled herself
clear of the floor, her strong little
form swaying like a most charming
pendulum The enormous dragon
fly, throwing its power into the de-
pressing wing, rode level, with nine
stone weight of solid American girl
dangling from the tip of one wing
"a mechanical paradox. Back and
forth she swung; until, with mus
cles weakened, she dropped to the
floor. Instantly, the released side
rose a thought too high, the other
took the power; there was mo-
mentary vibration, as the momen-
tum of the swing was taken out by
the differentials, and the boat stood
in air, as level as a ship in calm.
| "Hurrah!' shouted Theodore,
swinging his arms. Never any
thing like it in the world. Carried
you on one wing, and kept level.
ilurrah for the Virginia."
He eased her down, and stepped
to where Virginia waited, hands
outstretched. red from the rough
rope, hair blown abroad,
Are you going to name her
that" she cried. "Oh, how per-
fectly dear of YOU"
Theodore held the chafed hands,
triumph in his face, as he only con
be who tastes the fruit of achieve
ment.
she carried YOU on one wing"
said he. she did, didn't she?"
she did" replied Virginia, and
it made my hands too sore for
tsqueezing purposes. uncle. But she
did"
Theodore opened the little red
| luiiliS anu hiSHtu 'i'lii oNNi thu
over again. Mrs. Shot came in
and saw him doing it.
Il hurt my hands, said Virginia
showing them. And uncle is kiss
ing them we'll"
Very kind and self-sacrifcing,
I'm sure!" replied Mrs. Stott.
I'm going with you, now" said
Virginia, taking Mrs. Stotts arm
1T may be as WE'LL" said Mrs.
Stott
Virginia looked back, rosy, smil-
ing. a little reckless. Theodore went
for Harrod, to help with the launch
ing. They were all excitement; for
by noon of the next day they would
have her in the air. Mr. Wilmer,
outside in the Stickleback, thought
1t quite time.
| CHAPTER XII.
MIR. CRAIGHEAD IN CUSTODY.
Mr. Waddy says that he never
should have gone into Craighead's
schemes, but for the children"
meaning Mrs, Graybill and tho
eight banker-brothers. He was
comfortably ''reverting to type"
when Caroline interrupted the pro-
Cess-which was n return in old
age to the ways of his youth. This
was family scandal involving a
mode of life quite inconsistent with
wealth---live stock on the lawn,
seed corn In the library, cream
separator by the bust of Shake.
speare, cast-iron stoves burning
corncobs. for radiators; and more
scandalous than ALL he had actu-
ally hired out to Doctor Wither-
spoon, and between meetings of di-
rectors and stockholders, he was
performing the more or less useful
labor of a Jag boss; not for pur-
poses of investigation, or to pro
cure materials" for book. but
with the horrible object of earning
wages,