The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-08-20

up a little when she ncars shore.
You'll make it, dear: you'll make it!''
Mrs. Graybill. standing on the shore,
noted with the rest the new motion of
the airship when the engines were
stepped and wondered why 1t behaved
SO queerly.
And then Mrs. Graybill screamed.
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 great dead bird. washed
by the hungry waves which she had
as by a miracle escaped. And rowing
in from the ofing where he had gone
In his fishing boat in the wild and i'm.
probable belief that lie might help his
master came Captain uarrOd with a
white faced young man lying in the
bottom of the boat whose fingers drip
ped blood from the remorseless work
of the file.
"Allow me to suggest" observed
Craighead as the gentlemen of the par
ty at Harrod's camp sat in lounging
attitude on various articles used as
chairs, mostly jetsam and fotsam of the
gulf, that in perfecting the first really
practicable flying machine we have set
IN motion social and economic reac-
lions that will go on and on far beyond
the ken of those who, unlike myself,
have not made speciality Of them.
AS that submarine dragged the Vir-
ginia out to sea yesterday we all
thought it was the last of Carson, NJ.
A., didn't we?'
Mr.. Carson picked at his bandaged
fingers. embarrassed.
II 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
trip was arranged for Waddy, Craig
head and Carson. They would fly
down to Fort Morgan, thence to Pal
metto Beach. get their mail and be
back for dinner.
Mr.. Waddy SHE'D from the sea, but
once In air he became intoxicated with
! enthusiasm. If this machine, said he.
was so good that the Aerostatic Power
people thought it good business to hire
Wilmer to drown it and its inventor
he could not otherwise explain the hor-
rible 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 aeronats in
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 I'M
wonted to her pilot that the fort had
been spread beneath him like mop
before he was aware of it. To alight
! might mean arrest. inquiry and dis.
| charge after explanations to the COM
mandant, Colonel Krimnitz, Of whose
severity Carson felt no real fear. But
II he tried to go away after running
the guard he might be fired on as a
spy making off with complete photo
graphs. Altogether it was safest to
alight. thought Carson, and he settled
on the parade ground, greatly to the
agitation of an awkward sqhad drill
Ing under 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 fly with it's bow rudder
pointed at him like great mandible.
The drill sergeant's expression cur
ried conviction to the sergeant Of the
guard, where his description of devil
Of bird thing that you couldn't see at
all till it 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 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 carica-
ture with steadiness perfectly statu-
esque. The sergeant, a little man
with red mustache turned up la
kaiser. looked at him for half minute
and uttered mysterious exclamation.
| Craighead remained motionless. his
hand to his cap. The sergeant amaz-
eddy 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' tobacker?" .
"I'll trouble you gentlemen for your
passes" returned the sergeant.
unfortunately" replied Mr.. Craig
head. I'VE omitted to obtain passes.
Say no more, Mr.. Sergeant. We are
all soldiers. This is Gennle Theodo'
Cahson. NJ. A., and this Mr.. Waddy,
| who served in his youth in the tvnhoid