The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-16
Copyright. 1909. by the Bobbs-
Merrill Company

stripe of brown against the silver foil
Of her bilge. On the seward side ran
the darker line of toy aeroplanc-a
matter of appearance more than use
and slung beneath by gossamer ma
celle, steady as the deck Of 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 IL 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 majes-
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
ANAL. lucy . uOtlI1cl COlulI Ou(
What they dom now. Miste' Theodo'?"
why" said Carson. studying the
aeronat with the glass aud clipping
off his sentences as the astounding
evolution of the incident far UP there
in the blue rendered every utterance
obsolete before it was finished. why.
they have. thrown on package Of,
it's mechanism-of some sort--in op-
Grafton, and They're making tow
of it. 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 hclicopter. ] believe
and the girls alone in It. captain!
Alone, I say! Why did they She's
lost control-she's lost! It's shooting
over this way and coming down! 1t
WILT will My God! My God"
The thing parted from the great
aeronat was little speck topped with
broader. mushroom shaped simmer
which Carson knew for the revolving
blades of n 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. it shot
skyward, leaving the silver airship far
below, as a fly might speed from 81
floating bubble. The two spectators
drew their breaths sharply in. their
hearts frozen in fascinated apprehen.
sion.
ri cv.u Nd Tho n
boys dart until they shuddered mt the
abyss that yawncd between it and the
earth; saw it struck by the far advanc.
ed loftier vanguard of the north wind
predicted by the fisher captain; saw it
hurled southwark before the blast like
a feather.
The Condor had name. She was
the Roc. owned by Mr.. Finley Shayne.
and her home port was Shayne's Hold,
in the Catskills. Those who are ia.
miliar with the scope, power and spec
tacular success Of Mr.. Shayne's opera
tons in aerostatic power stocks in the
latter part Of the first quarter of the
present century will surmise that the
Roc was the finest product Of the. art
of aviational construction up to that
time.
This fateful morning she had moor
ed in the aerial harbor at Mobile. in
her berth hard by the lift near the
Bienville statue. Mrs Shayne. a ma.
tive Mobilian. pleaded indisposition.
but went out to see some old houses
dear to her youth. Mr.. Shayne and
their guest, Mr.. Max Silberberg, had
SuareZ, Mrs. Shayne's niece, on trip
down the bay In the Roc to witness
the demonstration Of new flying ma.
chine, and she had yielded. The III.
ventor, Wilmer. suspicious, foxy.
middle aged man. proved Objectionable
to Miss Suarez because his thumbs
turned back so far that the sight Of
them made her feel creepy, and as he
gesticulated freely while denouncing
all devices for aerial navigation except
his his thumbs We're much in evidence.
Virginia wished Wilmer at her side.
crooked thumbs and all. for no thumbs
or voice could be so offensive as the
unrelieved presence of Mr. Silberberg.
the head of the Federated Metals con-
Germ, controlling the copper. gold and
silver output Of q continent,
She felt herself thrown at his head
by her aunt.
$50 you think. Aunt Marie" she had
said. that Mr. Silberberg is one Of the
great ones Of the carthf''
Most certainly" rejoined Mrs.
Shayne HE Is retaining and increas.
ing the enormous wealth and power
he inherited To do what he Is do
ing takes great man. Your uncle
will tell you So" e.a ....
Silberberg made the hay Of court.
ship in the sun Of opportunity. vir
ginia pondered on her aunt's standard
Of greatness
"Where's Uncle Finley?" she asked.
1--WE are getting long way south"
"Giving the helicopter n private ex-
animation" replied Silberberg. 1T is
a happiness to me that he is. But the
inventor would 90 wild II he knew the
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