Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-08-23
VIRGINIA
The: AIR
BY
HERBERT QUICK
CHAPTER VII.
A TALK WITH Mr.. wADDY.
1 HENn0RN rosolvn1 thar

i" HEODORE resolved that he
must bic to the shed in the
n gulf dunes. complete the flying
machine and bring 1t to the
notice Of the world in spite Of the en-
nifty Of Mfr. Shayne, upon which be
now confidently counted. He must
Il know" broke In Mr.. Craighead,
gazing at the ceiling through wreaths
Of smoke. 1.-THE yearnings Of your sub
tropical Alabamian system. But be
practical. You come to this emporium,
Of which, alas. neither of us is fated
to be an alumnus. and you find me in
fine fettle save that am unrelated to
the world. am an Antaeus. with no
immediate prospects Of getting my
tootsies to mother earth; storage bat
terry as big as Pixies peak. but insu-
lated from the mass Of demagnetized
humanity: great force for number
Of things. with no way Of proving 1t.
What do you do? You make profess
sion for me. was naught, not to men
ton naughty. What am now? A
great personal injury lawyer, devel.
oping into a prosperous ambulance
chaser. was out Of touch with the
world Of finance. I have now laid the
foundation for the organization of the
great Carson raighead Aeronef cor
,poration!'
what do you mean7" calculated
Carson.
"What say! What l say! Through
a long, colonnaded. peristyled vista of
marble and onyx can see nailed to
the back fence the hide of Mr.. Finley
Shayne.
but have no clothes" Carson
urged.
"Clothesy' scornfully repeated Craig
head. What are they? Merely woven
fabrics to ill bags to secure credit
withal at hotels. And you need no
credit. for this room is mine for the
whole term Of the treatments paid for
by some one into whose company I
dropped or rose during my last shore
leave from the good ship Lithia. but
by whom I have NO idea. Clothes, in
deed! Scat!'
But it's cold here" persisted Car
son, feeling helpless In the tolls Of this
serpentine logic. I'm not prepared for
this climate"
Look abroadv' commanded Craig
head. with q gesture toward the win
dow. 1.-The sun beats down upon the
last remnants Of the snow, and the it,
tie brooks give the glad ha-ha to the
river and send down the silky billet
doux Of the catkin to remind him that
they've busted loose and are hurting
themselves into his arms. Why, darn
you. It's spring! And you can stay
right here-steam heat, bath. hot and
cold water. padded cell in connection
oh. fair youth. I love thee! Let me
finish bunkcing Mr.. O'Grady and start
the Aeronef company. Don't be
clam!'
You know how feel about those
damages. but IL could get the capital
tor the aeronef'-
why, you don't doubt my practical
genius. do you," queried Craighead in
mountaineering other peoples at
fairs. mean, Of course? Why. sir, II
IN view Of my failure with my own !
can't handle other peoples business
then what becomes of my ability7
tell you. naughty southron, I'm good
for something! have found billion
alre. and you shall meet him."
All that day Carson watched Craig.
head. From trunk covered with the
labels Of foreign travel Craighead took
4 sheet Of cardboard and painted upon
It an elaborate sign which bore the
legend. "Craighead. Attorney and Coun.
selor at Law" This he fastened out
side the door. chuckling from time to
time as the passersby paused as II TO
read It. After awhile he added to 1t,
Personal Injury Cases II Speciality"
Craighead went out late and brought
back several legal looking books. which
be ranged upon the dresser In dusty
old set of Illinois
statutes and a tattered Broom's lie
gal Maxims." from which he read
lnctuously such Latin aphorisms as
DE minimis non curat lex" "Falsus
IN uno. falsus in omnibus" and the like. /
and lectured upon them very informa-
lively. The remainder Of the library
consisted Of q ten years file of Mar
Legal Directory. containing
nothing more authoritative than lists
Of the worlds lawyers.
"Where did you get themf' asked
Secondhand man." replied Craig
head. ION approval. We must keep up
even II we have-to buy
EN-"
They went out for walk to give
OGrady q chance. as Craighead ex-
pressed 1t, to see what he was up
against. a statement that mystiRed
Theodore greatly.
On their return Mr.. O'Grady seemed
to have been wrought upon by what
he was "up against" for he asked Mr..
II he would be SO good as to
give him a few minutes. Mr.. Craig
head looked at his watch. pleaded lack
Of time and asked Theodore IL their
business could wait. When Carson adj
mitted that it could O'Grady said
'.Thank you, sir" In the tone Of por-
ter accepting tip.
What under heaven had suddenly
raised the expelled Craighead from his
position In the Institute to q
thing to inspire terror and panic Theo-
dore could not imagine nor guess the
reason for Craighead's sardontc laugh
ter as he sat in their room drawing In
dictments against O'Grady and With
erspoon. He saw. however. that these
were awesome documents. which set
forth in large. round hand that these