Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-09-09

| by Il more extreme use of the helm un-
| til she was spinning round and
round in an orbit, in which the tips
of the inner wings were almost sta
tionary and ''treading" air like paus-
ing swimmer.
'That tests out the balancing de-
vice." shouted Theodore. "How's
that?"
faye. aye. siry' said Virginia. THAT
do sure test out the balancing device.
And If you let her chase her tail like
this much longer I'm going to be in
disposed. Please whirl her the other
way awhile. unkie."
Virginia walked forward. They
were flying higher now. and she could
see the pine woods far inland, with
their square patches Of plowed fields.
their white houses behind the great
green globes Of the china trees. Far
over the northwest scared great
aeronat, silver white. as if covered
with tin foil.
II wonder il that isn't the Roc
queried Virginia.
"If it u.s." said he, "and she comes
about this place we'll show her what
real aviation is"
Then they swept over and down the
coast. They turned back and swirled
out over the sea.
"Oh, look. look" suddenly said Vir-
ginia. "There's some one in the wa.
teri
Below floated the half collapsed and
sinking goodwill of submarine. Be-
side it lay a great blotch of darkness
so symmetrical that Theodore was i'm
pressed with the sudden idea that 1t
was submarine rather than patch
of dark sand. a man on the derelict
was struggling. shouting and waving
white cloth us IL in distress. Theo.
dore's eyes flashed. He reversed the
thrust of the wing propellers, and in
an instant they were fighting the air
with all the power Of the mighty en-
gines. The passengers felt their bod
les sway forward with the momen-
tum as the Virginia slowed up. halted
and moved astern. and rs accurately
as if he had had years of practice
Carson brought her to over the strus-
CLING man and lowered her slowly.
slowly, toward the swels which rose
to meet her until the line thrown over
by Carson dabbled in the water by
the castaway's side.
"Can you climb up?" cried Theodore.
II don't dare come much lower"
"For Gods sake" called the man.
"bring her down foot or SO! I'm tod
weak to climb"
''Cheer upw called Theodore. cts
risky. but III try"
If he was to be saved there was no
time to be lost. So thought Carson as
he depressed the Virginia more and
more. Wilmer set his teeth in Il fierce
determination to put both man and
ship out Of the field at once. He was
the sole custodian of the secret of her
construction save for Carson. If he
could drown her and master the Sc
cret Of the glass globe he could re-
build her. make his terms with
Shayne. be the greatest IN his line.
And he seized the nacelle with fierce
energy. threaded a steel chain through
an opening in the structure and drop
ped back into the water holding the
chain in his hand 1t ran around the
aluminium beam with sharp, rasp-
ing. startling rattle
Hes fallen In" cried Virginia
Theodore looked over the side.
small double chain ran down from the
airship. its ends moving about in a
most mystifying manner in the sea.
And as he looked In establishment the
dark Dlotcn OF sunu rose 10 the 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 shin
ing with water. The manhole opened.
Wilmer snapped the chain into ring.
slipped into the submarine and reap.
peared with something small and flat
in his hand
"In fix you. you ID whelp" he
yelled. Take that"
He aimed ut Carson. fired, and the
bullet sang away into the sky. IheO-
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.
II must put the ship out Of range"
cried Carson. leaping to the lever.
She rose like IL feather for just q
moment. aud then she swung about
like kite with its string fouled. an
chored by some devilish contrivance.
Carson stepped to the side again and
looked over. The Virginia hung some
thirty yards above the water. and
backward and downward ran
the steel chain looped through her
works and fastened by both ends to
the submarine. The harsh, raucOus
laugh Of Wilmer rose with horrid sig
niticance FROM the Stickleback's man.