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(Continued.)
CHAPTER XIV.
A Capture and an Escape.

ALLOW me to suggest" observed
Craighead. as the gentlemen of the
party at Harrod's fishing camp sat
in Longing attitudes on various ar
ticles used as chairs, mostly jetsam
and flotSam of the gulf, that in
perfecting the first really practic-
able flying machine, we have set in
motion social and economic reac-
tons that will go on and on far be-
yond the ken of those who. unlike
myself, have not made specially
of them. AS that submarine dragged
the Virginia out to sea yesterday,
we all thought it was the last of
Carson. M. A., didn't we?'
1T looked bad to me-" said Mr..
Waddy.
"Ah sho' thought" observed Cap
tain Harrod, that Miste' Theodo'
an Miss V'ginny he'd gone off to-
gethe' to stay
Mr.. Carson. sitting on cast up
half barrel, picked at his bandaged
fingers. embarrassed.
Il didn't see much hope of es-
cape, SAID ne.
There wasn't any" replied
Craighead. Your escape is due to
your lack of logic. fair knight. Any
one with a lick of sense would have
seen and accepted the inevitable.
But that's another work of fiction.
I am endeavoring to point out. while
breakfast for seven gets itself with
utensils for two, that the fertile and
fecund mind gets hints of connota-
tions rich with wealth and progress
from the lowering brow of tragedy
herself-the lowering brow of trag-
edy," repeated Mr.. Craighead, as if
to give the class chance to note
the phrase in their books
Captain Harrod, to whom Craig.
head was an object of superstitious
wonder, leaned awry to gaze more
fiXedly into his face and sat fas-
cmated. with his fingers crossed. as
Craighead went on with his very
practical suggestions.
"As to the Stickleback." went on
Craighead, IF the Stickleback it
l"It sho' wus." interposed the cap
tain. She's the on'l sub as has the
manhole hatch hinged by"
Assuming the fact resumed
Craighead, ito be as stated, the
point is. that when she hooked the
Virginia and started for deep water.
an idea came to me which will rev.
olutionize tarpon fishing. as COM
pletely as our monopoly-hatched
from the egg of legal maxim
found by me. in borrowed copy
of Broom, a maxim on which every
law student of the past has tsubbed
his toe, with no idea of it's bearing
on aviation-will revolutionize areo-
nautics. Under present rules. fish
erman goes forth to fish with a
launch, a rod. a reel. hook and a
mullet for bait. When he hooks the
tarpon. he has the advantage in
weight, the tarpon, in lightness of
the tackle. The tarpon. however,
bets his life against the fisherman S
time. This Is unsportsmanlike graft
on the fisherman's part 1t is like
taking toffee from a tad"
tfalgncad repeated the allltera'
tive phrase for the benefit of the
approaching Mrs. Graybill.
Taking toffee from a tad, cop
ping candy from a kid. filching
fudge from feeble filius--"
"Oh, Mr. Craighead" cried Mrs
Graybill. That's execrable,"
so | was endeavoring to show"
replied Craighead. New rules for
tarpon fishing shall be promul-
gated. The foot pound coefficient
of tarpon power shall be dynamo
metrically ascertained; the fisher
man must fish from an aeronef.
bought of us. by James! which shall
have Just the power of the tarpon
When he hooks the fish, each party
having an equal show. II he has the
skill and address, he will get the
fish: otherwise the fish will get
him. Accurate records will be kept,
and"
But excuse me. MiSte' Craig