Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-09
VIRGINIA OF : ? 5; ;!z;.s
The AIR LANES !
BY
HERBERT Quick

/ sAh undgEtand." went on tho cap
tain, that you ah interested in all
sohts Of fyin' craft"
(, "Well." answered Mr.. Shayne. laugh
ing, '.got a machine that solves the
problem? Most every one has"
| mo, sub, but friend o mine raght
on yo' way Aid pow'ful we'll like to
.hev you stop by an see. Hes got
something. It's MIR. Theodo', my en-
ployah."
! .aThe gentleman who took my niece
to the beach?"
Eyes, subj"
I 1--WE are in a hurry" urged Mr..
Shayne.. 1--WE are about starting for
Chicago Won't any other time do?"
/ '.It's raght on yo' way, suh." per
sisted the captain. IAN it's all the "a
vo' Ah'H ask OF you all. All leave 1t to
! you. sub. Of co'se. but
"Will you go and pilot US to the
place."
.Ah CANT ve'y we'll leave hyah.
subj" replied the captain. but If yo'
pilot knows these piny woods as well
as he orto do. subj
Come and tell, him the place." said
Shayne incisively. Wen go. But l
tell you. my friend. your man might
have spent lot Of car fare reaching
Finley Shayne!"
i "Ah reckon that's so. subj" replied
the captain. stepping into the lift.
i'He's been a-stud'in' ve'y heavy about
the mattah. sub. TO- long tahm."
The discovery of the methanose mix
ture. with ten times the explosive
force Of gasoline. had made ascension
al and Oppressive screws an efhcient
adjunct Of the aeronaut with its barely
. buoyant gas bag and, with the improv-
ed propellers which followed. made
the old fashioned ''dirigible'' fairly
dependable craft in ordinary weather.
1t was along this line rather than by
way Of the heavier than air aeronefs
that Development had marched. to
the enormous enrichment OF Finley
Shayne. who controlled the Keewatin
methanose marshes.
Theodore Carson often thought Of
lEhayne. Carson's barren estate lay
under the lane between Pensacola and
Mobile. and above this ran the sparser
drift from Atlantic and Appalachian
forest points to the Mississippi sound
resorts. He knew the type Of every
Iairship. Most Of these huge objects
dropping like swifts into the chimney
Iof the aerial harbor at Mobile were
Ehayne's Condors, of which the Roc
~ Tho rlv
freauons of Count Zeppelin. The
smaller. quicker. low flying ones with
iput the gas holders were the still un-
successful aeronefs of the Wright and
'Farman types. The scene was varied
81 an occasional orthopter With Zap
ping wings or by helicopters. The
problem Of life was in these various
vessels. and he studied them wistfully.
10 wistfully that the Roc's wild honk
sounded thrice before be heard 1t. he
stepped out upon the Bermuda grass.
saw q retractile telephone spinning
down from the great silver fish bal
anced IN the calm sky, caught 1t ana
put it to his ear.
''Oh, Aunt Chloe!" cried he, running
IN for his hat and coat. "Here's some
ione above the house asking for me,
and who do you suppose it ts?"
/ "Mout be the angel Gab'el," replied
Chloe. "fm whah he Is an de way
he blow dat hon. but All reckon it's
jes' some trifin' sky hooter. Who is
heyT.
| 1.-THE greatest luck you ever heard
,Df," cried Theodore. where's that
new parachute? Never mind, I've
found it."
! Mr.. Theodore ran out, stepped into
the lift and was whisked up to the
Roc's polished deck with his new par
achute over his shoulder.