Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-11

lapeible skiff was half debated, as II by
the bursting of her air-chambers. II he
was TO be saved there war no time to be
lost; so thought Carson. as he depressed
the Virginia more n more. holding
her stationary by q slight wfndward
thrust of the wing-blades, like a swim
mer who meets the current by q down
stream kick, a feat quito beyond the
power of any other airshfp; and. speak
Ing to the mar In the water, az well as
to him in the air, the triumphant sue
cess of the new machine. Wiener set
his teeth In a fierce determination TO
put both man and ship out OF n hclo
at once. The thing became immense
to him, swelling, as the astounding
behavior of the Virginia grew upon
him. He was the sole custodian OF the
secret of her construction. save for
Carson. If he could drown her and
master the secret of the glass globe
he could rebuild her, make his terms
with Shayne, be the greatest In his
line.
The lower works of h alrsnip
descended almost to his head. and WIZ
ner, glancing upward, saw Virginia
looking down and singing out their
aerial "soundings' to Carson. III
swell lifted Wilmer as the Virginia
sank to her lowest, and he seized the
nacelle with fierce energy, drew him
self up into the truss-work,
a steel chain through an opening In
the structure and dropped back n
the water holding the chain in his hand.
IT ran around the aluminium beam with
a sharp, ~rasping. startling rattle.
Hes fallen I'M cried Virginia. He
climbed up under and fell of! Oh,
he'll drown, he'll drown!'
Theodore looked over the side. A
small double chain ran down from the
airship, It's ends moving about In a
most mystifying tanner in the sea.
And as he looked In establishment the
dark blotch of sand rose to h sur
face and defined itself as the rounded
top of the Stickleback, on the black
hull of which sat Wilmer blowing brine
from his mouth, his head shining with
water. The manhole opened, Wilmer
snapped the chain into a ring, slipped
into the submarine, and r~eappeared
with something small and fiat In his
hand.
'Tll fix you, you damned whelp!" he
yCliCa- a. GaO"
to choke me! Take that!"
He aimed at Carson, hred, and the
bullet sang away into the sky. Theo-
dore seized Virginia In his arms and
drew her down into the bottom of the
car, where they lay painting IN each
others arms. panic-stricken.
st must put the ship out Of range!"
cried Carson, leaping to the lever and
S.II ~NnoI r1 md
ahead.
She rose like q feather, for just a
moment, and then she swung about k
a kite with its string fouled, anchored
by some devilish contrivance, of the
nature of which the bewildered Carson
could not guess. He stepped to the side
again and looked over. The Virginia
hung some thirty yards above the
water, n straining backward and
downward ran the steel chain Topped
through her works n fastened by
both ends to the submarine. The
harsh, raucous laugh of Wiener rose
with horrid significance from the
Stickleback's manhole, which was again
above water and open.
Don't be in a hurryi" he shouted.
t.SticI, around us for q whilei We're
going out where it's deep! Come
In. the waters fine, Got your
bathing suits? If you hain't you'll
have to let us len you some.
Sorry to incommode h lady, but we're
goin' out where that chain won't put
you up SO high out O. water. When
she draws short. telephone down. Don't
yell, for there won't no one hear you.
There won't no one hear either of you
again In this world, except just you
two. By-by! See you in Davy Jones'
damn you'll
And with this, as If pulled down from
below. the man vanished into the dirk
interior, the manhole closed, and the