New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-17

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that the mixture which was the breath
of life Of the great engines was ex-
hausted at last. Once, twice, thrice,
came the halting in the machinery that
was the death rattle of the motors.
'Virginian' said he.
eyes," she replied.
"Fix the gliding mechanism. The
gas is done.''
Eyes, Theodore
"Turn her nose down a little. With
here. And when she gets within those
breakers, if she is less than twenty
five feet high, tilt her up again a little.
Do you understands
eyes. I'll 90 it. Anything more,
Theodore?"
mo; only remember what you said
about fOrgiving me if I'd let you come
with me. Rememt er, turn her Prov
up little when she nears shore
You'll make it, dear; you'll make it,"
Mrs. Graybill, standing on the shore,
noted with the rest the new motion OF
the airship when the engines were
stopped and wondered why it behaved
so queerly.
And then Mrs. Graybill screamed.
She had seen the man under the car
deliberately let go his hold and drop
into the water The ightened car
tilted slightly upward now as Virginia
obeyed orders. scared slowly onward,
rising little as her momentum
brought the great gliding surfaces
against the air, and then, clearing the
foam of the surf, she softly settled on
the sand with her stern rudder, like
the tail of great dead bird, washed
by the hungry waves which she had
as by miracle escaped. And rowing
in from the ofing where he had gone
in his fishing boat in the wild and i'm
probable belief that he might help his
master came Captain Harrod with
white faced young man lying in the
| bottom of the boat whose fingers drip
| ped blood from the remorseless work
| Of the file
"Allow me to suggest" observed
Craighead as the gentlemen Of the par
ty at Harrod's camp sat in lounging
attitude Oh various articles used as
chairs, mostly jetsam and fotsam of the
gulf, ''that in perfecting the first really
practicable flying machine we have set
in motion social and economic reac-
| tons that will go on and on far beyond
| the ken of those who, unlike myself,
have not made speciality of them.
AS that submarine dragged the Vir-
glnla out to sea yesterday we all
thought it was the last of Carson, M.
A., didn't we?''
Mr.. Carson picked at his bandaged
fingers, embarrassed
Il didn't see much hope of escape
said he.
Breakfast was served. Mr.. Waddy
was upon tenterhooks until the Vir-
g1nia had been explained to him, so
a trip was arranged for Waddy, Craig
head and Carson. They would fly
!! down to Fort Morgan, thence to Pal
metto Beach, get their mail and be
back for dinner.
Mr.. Waddy SHE'D from the sea, but
/ once in air he became intoxicated with
enthusiasm. II this machine, said he,
was so good that the Aerostatic Power
people thought it good business to hire
Winner to drown it and its inventor
he could not otherwise explain the hor-
rible affair of yesterday-it was good
enough to be backed with all the
/ Waddy money in all the eight banks
The Virginia had alighted on the
parade ground at Fort Morgan. The
bamboo braces fell outward, and she
lay on an even keel The aeronats in
variably halted at the mooring balloon
and received passes, but Mr.. Waddy's
declaration of fealty was so absorbing
! and the speed Of the Virginia so un-
Wonted to her pilot that the fort had
been spread beneath him like map
before he was aware Of It. TO alight