Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-10-28

cerned two lines Of men engaged in
combat They were SO intent on kill
ing one another that they did not see
me TIL ! was nearly over them Then
one after another looked up at me.
and. forgetting the human enemy in
the monster bird, they took to their
heels. grad ally disappearing as they
obtainSa steer
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high "a attrpck their attehtif
", sectng 1 dozen men tied % aishos,
descended TO gel nearer tiew
They were evidently prisou8ra iasan
in battle, who were to be roasted alive
and eaten afterward, for under each
was a pile of wood, some OF which
was already lighted, u small fiame
curling up near their ankles. II was
too dark for them to discover me, and
the ground was not favorable to alight-
ing, so, taking up roman candle. l
lighted 1t and bombarded them with
the balls. Looking up and seeing the
dim substance OF a huge bird lowering
over them vomiting Are balls, they fell
on their faces. aim.
called to them till they looked up
and made signs to them to unbind
their prisoners, which they did. and as
soon as the last man was loose l
drove the would be devourers away
at the point OF another roman candle.
Then rose, firing rockets as ascend
ed with a view to striking terror into
them, hoping that they would con
slider themselves forbidden by the god
bird from further returning to their
captives.
/ then returned to where l had left
my supplies and after partaking Of u
supper rolled myself in my blankets
under the shelving rock and went to
sleep.
The next morning after taking In
fuel and oil sailed away again. BY
this time some OF the natives had got
sufficiently accustomed to me TO con-
slider me amenable to attack and made
attempts to bring me down. Suddenly
while making some adjustments which
took my attention great stone pass
ed within few feet OF my aeroplane.
Looking down, saw u tribe who were
working n machine that looked like a
Roman catapult. They were directly
beneath me and about to throw an
other stone. If 1t hit me It would
break my aeroplane. Not daring to
risk taking time to rise out OF range,
picked up a stick OF dynamite and
dropped 1t on them l saw dust, smoke
and fragments, and after the two first
had cleared away looked for the ma
tives and their catapult. Where they
had stood was capacious hole in the
ground.
Observing a native village beneath
me, determined to descend among
them and remain with them till they
had got used to me in order that I
might commune with them. When yet
some distance away could see them
standing together watching my APP
proach. The first evidence Of their
solicitude was when ] came near them
and began to descend Then they all
ran away. But when ! had aIighted
waited patiently till they should
come back. Presently | saw heads
peeping at mo through the long grass.
The children came 1rst the women
next and last the men. ! worked with
them some time In order TO establish
communication, showing them my
wonders. Rigging telephone, ] told
a man to 20 some distance away and
would make his wife talk to him.
Having arranged matters for hlE. !
placed a receiver at his ear aud. going
back to the woman. motiOned her
TO talk through the trnnsmItter Al
the first words spoken the man drop
ped the receiver and looked about him
as though he expected to see his wife
near him
Then ] established wireless and
placed man between the two ex.
tremes. He could hear the clicking at
both, one in keeping with the other.
He looked about for some connection.
but, finding none, ran away from me
and the machine.
To cap the climax took little
child from its mothers arms and set
It beside me in the machine. The
mother was frantic, though by signs
I endeavored to make her understand
that would bring her child back safe
ly. think she believed was a super
natural being and wns about to fly
up to heaven with the little one. No
one dared oppose me. and. rising In
the air, few away. When ten min
utes later ] returned aud placed the
babe IN It's mothers arms she tainted
for Joy. Then was sure she had ex.
pected not to see II again.
Confident as TO the safety and docil
fly OF my mammoth bird having been
established, ! was besieged with re-
quests for a ride In the clouds. But
II would have been impossible TO
choose between the applicants, so
was obliged to refuse them all.
Returning TO my landing point on
the coast. picked up what desired
TO take away with me. then rising
looked out for ship. Seeing one some
forty miles distant. few for It. It
happened to be nm American steamer.
and the captain called TO me. inviting
me to alight. made a safe descent
on to the roomiest part Of the deck and
at once covered my recently tried de.
vices.
/ am now waiting the result Of ap-
plicatiOns ! have mnde for patents
and 80 soon as II seems safe TO do so
will announce inventions 10 the world
which will make aviation far safer
than Il has been heretofore