The Washington times., 1910-04-11

Used ep. Right forward aeroplane
S'4nybody klHed2"
Two men
can you repair and limp homer
Yes. ] think so
..-The crow and the BoboIink are COM
ing Detain the BO5Olink TO aid YOU
and send the Crow after Us"
Then I turned again to the work be-
fore Us. Mir Grayman, utterly cast
down and booking very miserable, was
moDine- about the deck
Suppose You take him into the cabin
ana try to cheer him 90" said to the
secretary I'm not in despair yet By
any means
heartily. I've put big stake on you,
and ] have no notion Of your failing"
IT won't fair I replied.
And I really felt that I wouldn't I'd
die first Somehow the image OF that
Door girl WHOM I had never seen, was
becoming more ana more clearly i'm
printed on my mind began TO feel
personal interest IN her rescue ana a
corresponding detestaEiOn Of Alfonso
PAXTON. I imagined her looking TO us
looking TO me-to save her, and VOW
sight has become commonplace, but
If I had stopped to alalyze my feelings
might have concluded that my case
was one Of love without sight
Possibly the inScrutable hints Of she
secretary. who. as I did not then know,
was a nan Of romantic sentiments had
Nh CSrantham did as I requested with
REGARD to the billiOnaire, and when the
two issued together from the cabin an
hour LITER. Nr. Grayman's face wore q
GONNA rativeIy cOntented look, and had
good new 10 inpart. which made him
quite cheerful. and the secretary eXult-
We we're actually gaining on the
The Orsey. Tor some time. had been
making 1875 mifes. a little better than
her best during the night. / estimated
that the Chameleon had dropped 70 not
over. Is9 At this rate. we should over
haul her In the course OF five hours. In
two hours we should be within effective
range. a11 an hour later we ought 70
be near enough 10 enable Ethan 10
knock her aerOpianes 1 sIlinters-
The gunner was dlTet ~ tuning with
izupatierce and continually consuming
ais rauCe finder. changing the elevation
Of hts gun and drawing tma2fneTy beads
III bet q Connecticut cigar, ne said,
as passed him on my rounds. that
when I get another chanst III put
shot into him thetT stop i'm"
IN give YOU word when 20 begin
frfnar said Don't hull him. for
you might injure or XIII the prisoners
but aim for the aerOpianes-
Il know how 10 wing a duck. lOoten-
ant ne returned Eff the range haon'
been so pesky long this mOTnin'. one o
his fiiPpers I'D never a Hoped ag IN IN
I believe YOU did hurt him. Ethan
said 7 cant Otherv=-J account FOR MS
lack Of speed. Las -..l-ht he gained on
u.s. now we are gan ITg on him our
sueed IS a trife better shan IL was, but
NOT enough 10 explain the difference
Frhzu's ewes lighted as he exclaimed
Il kuowed it. lOOtenant. I knOwed tibet
shot wasn't altogether fur nuthin- -
Meanwhile. clouds had begun 10 form,
moving toward Us from the direction
OF Hudson Bay Trey hecked the IN
tenseIy blue sky WIKI CuTled stTearneTs
Of cirrus, and later rolled up IN Dig
f.nHr r-rH-
fuI IN the sun PaytOu now gradually
increased his elevation until he almost
reached the leveE OF the lower clouds,
and at the same time the Chameleon
again underwent changes OF color turn
INK first sky-blue, and atterVTaTd white,
.tTan ft became difficult at times 20
md her against the dazzling cloud sur
T deemed ia best 10 rise. also. 20 his
level in order 10 keep him in sight be
low the clouds.
1 wondered what the fellow would
do. now that we were unTuistalza Oh
drawing I'D on him But when we had
got lust within range, and Ethan was
drawing a bead in earnest PayL0n lost
NOT q second in deciding what 70 do
ne swuuE the Chameleon broadside 70,
and an ugly blue fash showed at each
end OF her simultaneously. We anxious
Nv awaited the arrival OF the proJecule,
and al the same time Ethan fired
Unlike a ship. an aero. when she IS
broadside TO. presents a more difficult
mark because then her seroplanes ar
seen more or less edgeWise-
Both OF the Chsmeleon-s shots passef
under U.s. but Ethan's was bette
pitched. and our glasses showed that IN.
eord nrofectf1e had nit one of her flip
pers.-+ as he called them He fOllowec
with another which -@s effective neal
the same spot A moment later both u,
the ChameIe0n's guns spit blue tir5
again but as before. they were aimed
too low. and the shot went WhistliuE
good hundred and nifty feet below Us
why don't YOU swing round and give
him both your guns, too2' asked tht
! secretary
Because" 7 replied. Il want 10 ru
[ him down ~ DIV. Ethan. keep IL up
Ethan-s third shot hit the same aero
/ plane that had already been touched
Z If Z had been q shell, II might hav,
/ demolished IL, but the Chameleon's con
duct showed that the damage was no
I Yet serious enough 10 stop her or ever
hinder her action
However. she fired no more. but IN
stead turned tail Evidently PaytOT
fn5inE that he was receiving more dam