The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-22

Hing, and had taken an early boa
for Mobile. Mr.. Shayne graspet
the hand of Mr.. silberberg, who
sat on q log, burying his face IL
his handkerchief.
II know how you feel. old fell
low" said Shayne. "And I want
to say to you. my good man, ]
can't repay you, you know; but
so far as money can go. i hope
you will ask, or, rather, accept
All couldn't accept anythin',
suh," said the captain; "thank'ee
kindly. But maght All ask whar
|you'all's going now"
straight to Mobile" replied
Mr.. Shayne; "why?"
"Ah understand" went on the
captain, chat you ah interested in
all sohts of flynn craft-aiah-
ships. an flynn dinguses lahk
what the young lady come in.
an"
WELL" answered Mr.. Shayne.
Laughing, mot in that sort any
more, 1 reckon; but I'm sup
posed to control in aeronautics,
If that's what you mean. Got a
machine that solves the problem ?
Most everyone mas"
mo, suh," replied the captain;
'but a friend o. mine, raght on
yo' way, Aid pow-ful well like to
hev you stop by an see. He's got
something. If he could list git
yo' attention TO minute, it
maght-It's Mr.. Theodo', my en-
ployah."
1.-THE gentleman who took my
niece to the beach?"
Eyes, suh."
I'VE are in a hurry" urged
Mr.. Shayne. I'VE are about
starting for Chicago. Won't any
other time do"
Its raght on yo' way, sub"
persisted the captain, "an' it's all
the favo' Ah'll ask of you-all. All
leave it to you, sub, of co'se;
but
"Will you go and pilot us tc
the placer"
"Ah CANT ve'y we'll leave hyah
suh," replied the captain; "but il
yo' pilot knows these piny woods
as we'll as he orto do, sub"
Come and tell him the place,
said Shayne incisively. ''Toot the
horn for Wilmer. up there! Yes
yes; don't say any more. Wei
go. But l tell you, my friend
your man might have spent a lo'
of car-fare reaching Finle!
Shayne!"
"Ah reckon that's so, subj" re
piled the captain, stepping int
the lift Hes been a-stud'in' We!
heavy about the mattah, sur, TO- ;
long tahm."
In that era of the changing
world, jewellers in this land o.
sun and dream, half coasta
swamp, half teeming pleasure
ground, were much habituated t.
: the sight of aerial craft then af
fected by the wealthy. The bi
cycle long ago had shown the
Iattractiveness of any new mode
Iof ambulation. The automobile
following, had become the favor
lite extravaganza of the rich. Vul
CARRIED by commerce and trade
this was in turn abandoned b,
u Dives, who now, still envied b.
Lazarus, rose above the thronget
roads, in the great aerostats of thu
lday. The discovery of the metha
nose mixture, with ten times thu
Explosive force of gasoline, hat
made ascensional and depressiv,
lscrews an efficient adjunct of tn,
aeronat with its barely buoyan
gasbag; and. with the improved
propellers which followed, mad,
the old-fashioned "dirigible" ;
fairly dependable craft in ordi
nary weather. 1t was along thi
line, rather than by way of tbs
heavier-than-air aeronefs, tina
development had marched, to tn,
enormous enrichment of Finle!
Shayne, who controlled the Kee
watin methanose marshes. Ever
after the discovery of the Alaskan
methanose and the loss of thi'
monopoly, his hold on the indus
try by patents and secret processes
could not be shaken off. He wa
still "the Prince of the Power
of the Air" and 1t was of him tina
Theodore Carson thought as h
cot IN tho cnItImund pa1Inrv Df hi