The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-07-05
CHAPTER IL.

"lIEODORES mind. ndDituateC
to the airy ease of an unit
tered faith in his mastershil
of the air, felt the CALLING OF
reality as he walked westward from
the station toward dlapidated Car,
sons Landing,
Seated on n stump. he sought mental
adjustment before entering his house
He had had his chance with Shayne
''the prince of the powers OF the air."
and had thrown 1t away in hot words
to Shayne in blow to Silberberg and
by leaping from the Roc into the I'M
known abyss of night. These were
actualities. The broken dehector of
the parachute he carried proved that,
as did the memory of his foolishness
over Shayne's niece, now happily for.
ever past.
Mr.. Waddy's money and Mr. Craig
heads kilograms saved the day
The first three yellow dispatches had
come In one delivery at Nashville. ad
dressed to Theodore Carson. the Illus
trious Inventor and Thaumaturge.
Care Conductor, Train TO- Theodore
the illustrious, could not accumulate
the courage to ask for them. but the
wise conductor had pounced suddenly
upon him and said. II reckon you're
Mr.. Carson"
yield not to temptation. fear or cold
feet the first read Your Uncle Full
Ter is ut the helm" This was signed
'The Great Uncalled," with the first
two words run together ms "Thegreat"
In telegraph operators effort to re-
duce to the semblancc of Il name Mr..
Craighead's nom de guerre The sec
ond ran; Have no fear. Monopoly is
as clear in the air as on the land
Apologies to Sir Humphrey Gilbert
None to any one else by n dcrn sight,
Conspuez Shayne." This was signed
''Craighead. the Legal Bloodhound"
"An old Broom" ran the more mys-
FERROUS next. "albeit minus one cover
and dogs cared, nevertheless sweeps
clean. He Jokes the whirllgig to our
ear and sweeps the bowling skiesr'
(Slgned) DANDY Jim of Caroline Gray
BILL The fourth. delivered mt Dir
mingham. was addressed 10 General
Theodore Carson. VI. \. eMonopolist
of the ARR and consisted of ten
repetitions of Eureka" signed ID. J.
of c."
The last came at Bay Mlnette and
was too astonishing to be explained on
any theory consistent with Craighead's
r;.xt, l.,1
1t read. fails dead at unwilling Of
Broom idea. Sees absolute einch and
rises TO 1t MS per lifelong custom.
Formed today Universal Nitrates and
Air Products company. Laws Of West
Virginia. You come In for % per cent.
Caroline impressed Either universal
genius or rodents In campanile. Great
ly encouraged, not to say titivated.
Almost converted to belief In my own
schemes and self. but am cautiously
suspendlng judgment win have Chi
cago surrounded by time you return.
Go east TO Wheeling Tor Is Charleston
capitaiD tonight and will incidentally
run up and construct first line of cir.
cumvallation (see cyclopedia, about
dTeateT New lOTk. MOuOpOiy emu OF
deal absolutely nailed down; brass
nails. with Waddy doubIoons coming
copious. Up to you TO produce fier.
Getting wabbly In head. Losing faith
In you as concrete entity. Have you
any aeronef? Answer Yes or No at
once" This also was signed ID. j. Of
Caroline"
What could he mean by an ian old
Broom" The old copy Of Broom's Le-
gal Maxims In Craighead's library
was indeed minus cover and dogs
cared. but how this Broom" could,
even In metaphor, yoke the whirllgig
to any car and sweep the bowling
skies Carson could not guess. Mr..
Waddy's demand for aeronautlcal mo-
nopoly was being complied with, to
Mr.. Craighead's mind. and the last
telegram seemed to imply that the bu-
collie fnancier had been convinced. His
"fallino dead" might mean much Or
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