Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-07-28
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hidden a cabin Of rough boards with
wide veranda or gallery. OH the col
hmns Of which were TO be seen
bleached barnacles. telling Of the
storm tossed voyage which mad
brought them hither. Abntting on the
cabin by one end was a spacious shed
without visible door or window. So
thoroughly was the edifice concealed
by the oak scrub and the low growing
stunted spruce that one might have
passed dozen times within a stones
throw OF 1t without seeing It. and even
from the airships Its drab roof powder
ed with blown sand was well nigh In
visible. Under the gallery was per-
feet safety from observation from
aloft
A. seen through the glass. the air
ship was swelled to impressive bulk
now. Her rudder stood aslant. a
stripe Of brown against the silver foil
Of her bilge On the seaward side ran
the darker line of toy aeropane-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 In
visible. like the vibrant wings of bees
She veered to the north and stood in
land 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 1t by little
wilderness of dunes. then by a males
tic swooping movement she threw her
whole vast sweep Of broadside open to
their gaze. The captains DINNER eye
now made out the woman and the two
men on her deck. while Theodore Car
sons, keen for such sight and armed
with the glass, observed that the wo-
man wore broad hat of vivid red. a
scarf Of the same color and-a woman
would have told him-a pique gown.
'"They bette moor" said the fisher
man. "They's norther comm out.
What they dom now. Miste' Theodo'T'
why" said Carson, studying the
aeronat with the glass and clipping
or his sentences as the astounding
evolution of the incident far up there
In the blue rendered every utterance
obsolete before 1t was finished, why
they have thrown off package Of
It's mechanism-of some sort-in OPP
Grafton, and They're making tow
of 1t. They're reversing and rounding
to- See them drift off. They're ex-
cited and all aback about something
Heavens See that thing shoot up
It's some sort of helicopter. | believe
and the girls alone In It, captain
Alone. say. Why did they She's
lost control-shes lost. It's shooting
over this way and coming down. II
WILT will My God. Ny God"
The thing parted from the grea'
aeronat was little speck topped with
which Carson knew for the revolving
blades Of a helicopter. that insidious
toy that promised so much for the con
quest of the air Then. as though re
leased from the pull of gravity. 1t sho
skyward leaving the silver airship fal
below. as fly might speed from {
floating bubble. The two spectators
drew their breaths sharply In. theil
hearts frozen In fascinated apprehen
sion
They saw 1t rise skyward like !,
boys dart until they shuddered at tn,
abyss that yawned between 1t and thu
earth. saw 1t struck by the far advanc
ed loftier vanguard of the north wine
predicted by the fisher captain: saw |
hurled southwark before the blast Xix
feather.
The Condor had name. She wa
the Roc. owned by Mr.. Finley Shayne
and her home port was Shayne's Hold
in the Catskils These who are "a
mi,iar with the scope. power and spec
tacular success of Mr.. Shayne's opera
tons In aerostatic power stocks in tn
latter part of the first quarter of tn
present century will surmise that tn
Roc was the finest product of the ar
of aviational construction up to tina
time
This fateful morning she had mooI
ed in the aerial harbor at Mobile. /
her berth hard by the lift near tn
Bienyille statue. Mrs. Shayne. a na
tive Mobilian. pleaded indispositioi
but went out to see some old house
dear to her youth Mr.. Shayne an
their guest. Mr.. Max Silberberg. ha
insisted upon the presence of Virgini
Suarez. Mrs. Shayne's niece. on tri
down the bay In the Roc to witnes
the demonstration of new flying mi
chine. and she had yielded. The II
ventor. Wilmer. suspicious. fox,
middle aged man. proved objectionabl
TO Miss Suarez because his thumb
turned back SO far that the sight {
them made her feel creepy. and as b
gesticulated freely while denouncin
oil devices for aerial navigation exceI
his his thumbs were much in evidenc,
virginia wished Wilmer at her sid
crooked thumbs and all. for no thumb
or Voice cOnld no CO nffanS;ya RI