The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-17
Continued From Page One.)

with moss. Beyond was deeper
hollow, quite out of sight of the
sea, but lulled continually by it's
roar. Here was hidden a cabin of
rough boards with a wide veranda
or gallery, on the columns of
which were to be seen bleached
barnacles telling of the storm-toss-
ed voyage which had brought them
hither. Abutting on the cabin by
one end was spacious shed, with
out visible door or window. So
thoroughly was the edifice con-
Icealed by the oak scrub and the
Ilow-growing bastard-spruce, that
one might have passed dozen
times within stones throw of
it without seeing it; and even
from the air-ships, it's drab roof
powdered with blown sand was
well-night invisible. Under the
gallery was perfect safety from
observation from aloft.
AS seen through the glass, the
air-ship was swelled to impressive
bulk, now. Her rudder stood
aslant, stripe of brown against
the silver foil of her bilge. On
the seward side ran the darker
line of toy aeroplane-a matter
of appearance more than use-and
slung beneath by gossamer ma
celle, steady as the deck of a liner,
hung her roomy car, the engine
room-astern, the three great
screws half invisible, like the vi
brant wings of bees. On the for
ward deck was a splotch of white
and red, like a brilliant gown, and
grouped about it were two or
three darker forms of men.
How she cracks on!" cried the
young man. "No end of power
the new nine-teen-cylinder, fan
type engines, / suppose"
She'll be wuth about TO- bits
when we get through, Miste' The
odo'," said. the captain. Amt
she sheerin' Off"
She was, though with no
of them. She veered
to the north and stood inland as
If to cross the Little Lagoon
that beautiful salt lake which for
ten miles lies within sound of the
Gulf surf, but separated from it
by little wilderness of dunes
then by majestic swooping move
ment she threw her whole vast
sweep of a broadside open to
their gaze. The captains DINNER
eye now made out the woman and
the two men on her deck, while
Theodore Carson's, keen for such
a sight, and armed with the glass;,
observed that the woman wore a
broad hat of vivid red, scarf of
the same color, and-a woman
would have told him-a pique
gown. The young man who did
not wish to be discovered knew
only that it was white.
They're past the Palmetto
Beach resorts" observed Carson,
"and-"
Eight mile past" interrupted
the captain. They're on this side
o. Bon Secour."
Making for the hotels on the
Lagoon" said the young man.
"They bette moor" said the
fisherman. "They's norther
comm out"
Carson scanned the sky for
signs of the "norther," but saw
nothing more threatening than
blue sky barred by a few white
scarfs of cloud putting up from
the north.
"I see no signs of blow that
she can't be held to by her en-
gines," said he. 1.-THE sky looks
fine"
They'll sho' hey a fight to keep
from BLOWN out to sea-" returned
the captain, "onless they tie up.
What they dom now. Miste' The
odo'?"
why" said Carson, studying
the aeronat with the glass, and
clipping off his sentences as the
astounding evolution of the Incl
dent far up there in the blue rem
dered every utterance obsolete be-
fore 1t was finished, why, they
have thrown off package Of
It's mechanism ;.
of some sort In opera