Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-09-16
Virginia
of the
Air Lanes
A ROMANCE Of
FLYING :,
-. By.
Herbert Quick
) Copyright. 1870. by the Bobbs-
Merri Company

Turn her nose down q little. Win
momentum enough she'll make 1t from
here. And when she gets within those
breakers, If she is less than twenty
FIVE feet high. tilt her up again little.
Do you undorstand|
Eyes. I'll do it, Anything more.
Theodore?''
"No: only remember what you said
about forgivinE NE If I'd let you come
with me- Remember. turn her PROV
up a little when she nears shore.
You'll make 1t. dear: you'll make it!'
Mrs. Graybill. standing on the shore,
noted with the res, the new motion of
the airship when the engines were
stopped and wondered why 1t behaved
SO queerly.
And then Mrs. Graybill s. reLmed,
She had seen the man under the car
deliberately let go his hold and drop
into the water The lightened car
tilted slightly upward now as Virginia
Obeyed orders scared slowly onward,
rising little as her momentum
brought the great gliding surfaces
against the air. and then, clearing the
foam of the surf. she softly settled on
the sand with her stern rudder. like
the tail of a great dead bird. washed
by the hungry waves which she had
as by miracle escaped. And rowing
in from the ofing where he had gone
In his fishing boat In the wild nd I'M
probable belief that he might help his
master came Captain HarrQa with a
white faced young ulan lying In the
bottom of the boat whose 6ngers drip
ped blood from the remorseless work
of the file.
ALLOW me to suggest" observed
Craigbead as the gentlemea of the par
ty at HarrOds camp sat In l0unging
attitude on various articles used as
chairs, mostly Jetsam and flOtsam Of the
gulf, that In perfecting the first really
practicable flying machine we have set
IN motion social and economic reac-
tons that will go on and on far beyond
the ken of those who. unlike myself,
have not made a speciality Of them
AS that submarine dragged the Viz
ginia out to sea yesterday We all
thought 1t was the last Of Carson, NJ.
A., didn't WEI"
Mr. Carson picked at his bandaged
fingers, embarrassed
Il didn't see much hope of escape"
said he.
Breakfast was served. Mr., Waddy
was upon tenterhoOks until the vir-
ginia had been explained to him, so
~s.r sanSCu Evg vVasruy, Crais-
head and Carson They would fly
down to-Fort Morgan, thence to Pal
metto Beach, get their mail and be
back for dinner
Nh. Waddy SHE'D from the sea, bat
once In air he became intoxicated with
enthusiasm. If this machine, said be,
was so good that the AerOstattc Power
people thought 1t good business to hire
Wilmer to drown 1t and it's inventor
he could not otherwise explain the hor-
flhle affair OF yesterday-it was good
enough to be backed with all the
Waddy money In all the eight banks.
The Virginia had alighted on the
parade ground at Fort Morgan. The
bamboo braces fell outward. and she
lay on an even keel The aeronsts i'm,
variably halted at the mooring balloon
and received passes, but Mr. Waddy's
declaration of fealty was So absorbing
and the speed Of the Virginia so un-
tod tn har n
been spread beneath him like q map
before he was aware of it. To alight
might mean arrest, inquiry and dis
charge after explanations to the CON-
mandant. Colonel Krimuitz, of whose
severity Carson felt no real fear. But
II ne tried TO go away after running
the guard he might be fired on rs 4
spy making of with complete photo
graphs. Altogether 1t was. safest TO
alight, thought Carson. and he settled
on the parade ground greatly to the
agitation of an awkward squad drill
ing under a sergeant. whose beloved
commands were cut short off by the
whir Of the reversal Of the Virginia's
wing blades. He turned and saw the
huge dragon fy with its bow rudder
pointed at him like great mandible.
The drill sergeant's expression car
ried conviction to the sergeant Of the
guard. where his description Of dexil
of a bird thing that you couldn't see at
all till 1t struck the ground might not
have been credited. The guard turned
out and moved on the parade ground.
The guard encountered great silver
winged insect with q snug car amid
ships, her four braces sticking in the
Bermuda grass like very short legs.
The guard halted at five PAGES, and
the sergeant advanced obtaining his
first good look at Mr.. Craighead, main
tanning the attitude Of military carca-
ture with steadiness perfectly statu-
esque. The sergeant, little man
with a red mustache turned up Ia
kaiser, looked at him for half q minute
and uttered a mysterious exclamation
Craighead remained mOtionless. his
hand to his cap. The sergeant amaz-
edly returned the salute. Craighead
relaxed his tense muscles. dropped his
hand to his side and winked with the
utmost sobriety of expression.
"Podner," said he, "have yeh got any
eatin' tobaekerT
:4ll trouble you gentlemen for your
passes" returned the sergeant.
UNFORTUNATELY" replied Mr. Craig
head. 1--WE omitted to obtain passes.
Say no more. Mr.. Sergeant. We are
all soldiers This Is Gennle Theodo'
Cahson, NJ. A., and this Mr.. Waddy,