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variaby halted at the mooring balloon
and received passes; but Mr.. Waddy's de-
claration of fealty was so absorbing and
the speed of the Virginia so unwonted to
her pilot, that the fort had been spread
beneath him, like a map, before he was
aware of it. To alight might mean ar
rest inquiry and discharge, after eXplana-
tons to the commandment, Colonel Krim-
mtg, Of whose severity Carson felt no real
fear. But IL he tried TO go away after
running the guard, he might be fired on
as a SPY making off 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 drilling under a ser
geant, whose beloved commands we're cut
short by the whirr of the reversal of the
Virginia's wing blades. He turned, saw
the huge dragon fly with its bow rudder
pointed at him like a great mandible; and
in the same raucous voice OF command he
shouted, ''Wen, I'm damned" and took to
his heels followed enthusiastically by the
rockies.
The courage Of the American soldier"
said Craighead, is proverbial The OK
ception but proves the rule--just how, may
be left for future discussion, while we take
up the matter OF awaiting our fate, which
may be a year in black-hole, or ten days
bueksd and gagged. Right here is where
CraighsAd returns to the service. in dur
anes vile, as Of old"
The drill sergeant's expression carried
conviction to the sergeant of the guard,
where his description of devil Of a big
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. while the drill ser
geant became an orderly to inform the
officer OF the day Bearing down on the
defenseless airship like a whirlwind, the
guard encountered a great silver winged
insect with snug car amdships, her
four braces sticking in the Bermdua grass
like very short legs. Standing by her were
Carson. erect and soldierly, as befitted the
surroundings; Waddy, half inclined 70
crawl under the carr and Craighead, drawn
up in an exaggerated setting-up drill, chest
thrown out, chin and stomach drawn in,
spine incurved in the Greoian bend. eyes
set and staring forward Ike those OF a
wooden man, his right hand TO his cap IN
a frozen salute.
The guard halted at five PAGES and the
look at Mr.. CTaighead, maintaining the
attitude OF military caricature with a
stcadiness perfectly stRtuesque. The ser
geant, 8 little man with a red mustache
turned up a la kaiser, looked ct him for
half minute, and uttered a mysterious
exclamation. the meaning OF which was
quite unknown to Mr.. 'Waddy and Carson
What the billy h-hotel bil!" said he
Craighead remained motonless, his hand
to his cap. The sergeant amazedly re-
turned 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 yen got any
eatin' tobacker?"
I'm trouble you gentlemen for your
passes" returned the sergeant.
Unfortunately" replied Mr.. Craighead.
I'VE omitted 10 obtain passes. The fact Is
that the posts were 90 far apart in the
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stratum in which we entered that we
missed the sentries and accidentally ran
the guard. We may have overestmated
the height of the American soldier, and
passed over the heads OF our audience. We
WILL however, make good now, and take
out all necessary credentials Say no
more, Mr.. Sergeant. We see your position,
and you may trust our discretion. We are
all soldiers. This is Gennle Theodo' Cab
son, M. A., and this Mr.. Waddy, who
served in his youth in the typhoid uprising
at Chickamauga in the Spanish American
war. Show your button, Mr.. Waddy, as
an s. A. w V. You see, sergeant, that
you are quite safe against our capturing
Fort Morgan. Am 1 right in my assump-
ton that the building yonder from which
the officer is emerging so incontinently
is the headquarters"
Yes, sir" replied the sergeant.
Then" said Mr.. Craighead, will you
not present us TO the commandsnt? You
may leave a guard for the aeronef. Your
arm, sirl'
1T won't be necessary" said the SER
geant Here's Captain Boger now"
Captain Bolger was choleric gentleman,
with whiskers like General Sherman's,
much thinned by the increase in the area
of the face since the establishment OF
the foliage. The beard was black; but the
red shone through wildly in a color
scheme that made the Bolger face an In
dian summer sun just above the horizon,
with its lower limb in dark haze He ad-
vanced rapidly, with a hippety-hopping
gait, as II catching step with an imaginary
companion very careless OF the march.
What's this, sergeant?" ne sputtered
whats this2 This is quite irregular. SER
geanb-entirely irregular. The parade
ground! A damned thing with wings and
V-type engines-two Of them-two OF theml
What do you mean by it, sergeant? And
no passes? Some one will sweat for this
highly irregular!"
He pulled up suddenly and painted vio-
lently. The Precipitation beginning to drip
down from under his service cap he took
the hat off, turned his back as II conceal
ing some very private matter. wiped his
head and face deliberately with a silk hand
kerchief, then turned 10 the sergeant sud
denly, his heels clicking his posture in
tensely military, as II 10 close the incident
OF the handkerchief and put II into the
dead past forever.
The parade groundw he repeated in an
outraged tone, as II 1t would have been
vastly better IL II had been the glasls. or
the covered way, Of the counter scarp
Pardon me-" said Theodore. My name
Is Carson. miscalculated my speed and
came in before I was aware OF 1t. 1 know
Colonel Rrimhitz, and IL"
Colonel KrimnitE. sir" said Captain
Bolger, is temporarily on leave. am
officer Of the day, sir. You will produce
a pass Tor your COMPOUNDED aeronef or /
shall order you"
Il feel sure" said Mr.. Carson, that
Colonel Krimnitz-"
Colonel Krimnitz be hanged" retorted
Captain Bolger, whose wife had recently
been snubbed by Mrs. Colonel Krimnitz
and TO whom the name OF Krlmnitz had
been made an irritant by Mrs. Bolger.
Colonel krimnitz be damned, in fact
You can't come the Krimnitz game, sir.
while he is, as / have had the honor OF in
forming you, on leave"
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Otthe

Harrods fishing camp sat I'm Ioungng at
titudes on various articles used as chairs,
mostly Jetsam and flotsam OF the gulf,
that In perfecting the first really practice
able flying machine we have set in mo-
ton social and economic deactions that
will go on and on far beyond the ken of
those who, unlike myself. have not made
a speciality OF them, As the submarine
dragged the Virginia out to sea yesterday.
we all thought that IL was the last Of
Carson, NJ. A., didn't WEI"
1T looked bad TO me" said Mr.. Waddy.
"Ah sho' thought" observed Captain
Harrod, that Miste' TheodO' an Miss
Vginny he'd gone off togethe' TO stay"
Mr.. Carson, sitting on a cast-up half
barrel. picked at his bandaEed fingers. EN-
barrassed.
Il didn't see much hope of escape" said
he.
There wasn't any" replied Craighead.
escape is due TO your lack OF logic, fair
knight. Any one with lick Of sense
would have seen and accepted the inevita-
Bile. But that's another work OF fiction.
I am endeavoring to point out, while
breakfast for seven gets itself with utensils
for two, that the fertile and fecund mind
gets hints OF oonnotations rich with wealth
and progress from the lowering brow OF
tragedy itself-the lowering brow OF trag-
edy," repeated MT Craighead. as II TO
give the class a chance to note the phrase
in their books.
Captain HRrrod, 20 whom Craighead was
an object OF supersutious wonder leaned
awry 10 gaze more fiXedly into his face;
and sat fasoina ed, with his fingers crossed.
as Craighead went on with his very practi-
cal suggestions
AS to the Suoklebaok," went on Craig
head, - the Stickleback it was"
1t sho' wus," interposed the capita, n.
"Shes the 'On'y sub as has the manhole
hatch hinged by"
Assuming the fact" resumed Craig
head, TO be as stated, The point Is thaG
when she hooked the Virginia and started
for deep water, az iAea came 10 me which
will reyolunoniZs tA.aon fishing, as COM
pletely AS our mongT3ly-hatched from the
egg OF legal mH SIN found by me, In a
borrowed coPy Or Broom a maxim on
which every law student OF the past has
stubbed his toe with no idea OF It's bear
ing on aviation-wiu rovolutioniEe aeronau-
tics. Under present rules. the fisherman
goes forth TO fish with a launch, a rod, a
reel, hook, and a mullet FOR bait When
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he hooks the tarpon, he has the advantage
in weight, the tarpon, however, bets his
life against the flsherman's time, This Is
unsportmanlike graft on the .fisherman's
part. 1t is like taking toffee from a tad"
Craighead repeated the alliterative phrase
for the benefit Of the approaching Mrs.
Graybll.
Taking toffee from a tad, coping candy
from kid, flching fudge from a feeble
filius-"
"oh, Mr.. Craighead! cried Mrs. Gray
bill. That's execrablep'
so I was endeavoring to show" replied
Craighead. New rules for tarpon fishing
shall be promulgated. The foot-pound CO.
efficient OF tarpon power shall be dyna-
numerically ascertained; the fisherman
must fish from an aeronef, bought of us,
by James! which shall have just the power
Of the tarpon. When he hooks the fish,
each party having an equal show, If he has
the skill and address, he will get the fish:
otherwise, the fish will get him. Accurate
records shall be kept and"
But excuse me. Miste' Craighead" said
Captain Harrod. "S'pose the man fishin'
thataway gifts aholt Of a fish thets heav-
iah than the ev-rige?"
That" said Mr. Craighead, would be a
risk OF the sport, II the tarpon should
have the bad taste to use his advantage.
But victory for the fisherman would be
worth something recording; and he should
be given higher markings; and II the man
lost the tRrpOn would get no credit at all.
This, captain is one of those objections
offered in the infancy to all great re-
forms. Do not knock. Boost! That's the
radium rule captain. Boost!'
Il don't think you could get poor Miss
SuareE to go fishing in a nyingmachine, "
said Mrs. Graybill.
rs she worse?" asked Theodore.
No" replied Mrs Graybill. but she's
Rwfully collapsed That fearful strain she
will never recover from, never!"
she win' said Craighead Il shall
treat her with my system Of mental thera-
peutics-my specialty-from this moment.
She will be well in exactly four hours.
Think no more Of II. sweet lady"
"Oh," cried Mrs. Graybin, can you do
such things, Mr.. Craighead?"
Can I?' ne repeated. Look me IN the
eye. You feel drowsy! You do You do!
in a moment, you will sleep, and you will
dream. Of him who"
"Oh, stop" cried Mrs. Graybiu. It never
thought you had such power"
Mrs. Graybin vanished, throwing back a
glance at Craighead in which archness
struggled with terror Of his magic He
made hypnotic passes, against which she
slammed the door.
Down in Colombia" went on Craighead
are some placers running two ounces OF
gold TO the yard. Can't be worked. I took
one OF EN- from some Creole burglars in
Bogota, Took a crew OF descendants OF
the Incas, and went in. Machinery on the
backs Of mules. Roads like the edge Of
the sword Mohammedans walk into para
disc on. Got IN. Mosquitoes so thick you
breathe EN- Anapheles, with an occas-
ional stegomya sprinkle in. We had every
thing but bubonic plague and leprosy in
fifteen minutes-which is the local period
OF incubation OF all deadly pestilences. Fled
for our lives. Lost paternal patrimony.
Now!
With the Now CTaighead turned upon
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Il pfeinAcy as a live stock market
gYd7IFES hos been megaphoned abroad
ard justly so, TO such an ex-
~ teAt that many other claims to
ols'Incuon have been overlooked notably
the TACT that the Missouri river bluffs on
either side are the natural home OF the
grape and that miles and miles OF vine-
yards hereabouts yield hundreds Of dollars
per acre to their owners.
You hear OF the southern California
srapes-because the railroads, the real es-
tate men and Others concerned in immigra-
ton have poured forth barrel after barrel
Of printers ink in proclaiming California, .
greatness as vineyard You do not. unless
you have made special inquiry, hear much
about the Missouri valley vineyards in Ne
braska and Iowa, because there has never
been any attempt al booming the industry
On the contrary, the grape growers and
the winemakers have been content to plant
grape vines, give them the necessary at
tenton and then reap the harvest. Other
resources have riveted attention OF immi-
grafton agents-and as a matter Of fact.
there Is but little immigration missionary
work being done in this country-so that
inc grape has thus far grown It's way into
greatness almost wholly unheralded
how many persons in Omaha, Council
Bluffs and South Omaha are aware that
one Of the most profitable vineyards and
wine cellars in the United States iB located
almost In the outskirts of the quaint old
town OF Florence, one of Omaha's pretty
suburbsI The answer Is, comparatively
Few. Yet -. H Walker & Son have eighteen
acres planted to grapes and on this vine
yard is a winecellar which has frequently
given storage room to 5000 gallons OF rich
old wine at one time.
Eighteen acres Of corn is a mere patch, -
but eighteen acres of grapes means a won
derful production, for grapes cluster thickly
and figures which are fully verified show
that the Walkers make their vineyard
yield all the way from $500 to 800 an acre.
In addition TO the eighteen acres of vine
yard they also have seven acres devoted TO
garden truck and fruit other than grapes,
but this acreage does not figure in the
story, Tor this Is a tale of grapes and wine.
Not all OF the eighteen-acre vineyard is
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sure market?" asks the man of careworn
brow and pessimistc trend
In the FIRST place, the city of Omaha and
its envlrons offers a market for all of the
grapes likely to be raised hereabouts for
many years. But, should the Omaha mar
ket become glutted almost score of rail-
roads centering here furnish quick and
easy transit to other population centers less
favored in the production of grapes.
Down in the Gasconade valley Of Mis-
souri,, close along the Missouri river terri
tory, grape growing has flourished for
more than hundred years. The town of
Hermann, Mo, quaint old German viii
lage, counts among its 5000 inhabitants
half a dozen men worth near the million
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CHAPTER xIH-Continued.

CHAPTEH A11I-COnttnued.
Turn her nose down little. with mo-
mentum enough, she'll make It from here.
And when she gets within those breakers,
II she 10 less than twenty-five feet high,
tilt her up again a little Do you under
stAndT'
Yes! III do I'll Anything more. Theo-
dorer'
"No-only remember what you said about
forgiving me. II I'd let you come with me.
Remember, turn her PROV up little when
she nears shore. You'll make Il, dear
you'n make IT,"
Mrs. Graybill. standing on the shore,
noted with the rest the new motion OF the
s!rship when the engines were stopped. and
wondered why II behaved so queerly; and
II was her eye alone that detected a man &
form clinEing to the truss work under the
car. This she thought, was the person
they had tried to rescue. She wondered
when she saw the girl managing the ma
rhinery, which was operated as 70 send the
ReFonef on long. long, swift swoop down
toward the land. In across the line OF
breakers she came, the very swiftnesa OF
her descent making for her peril, as she
neared the waves
And then Mrs. Graybiu screamed. sh,
had seen the man under the car deliher
Rtely let 80 his hold and drop into thu
water. The lightened car, tilted slightly
upward now, as Virginia obeyed orders
SCARED slowly onward, rising a little a.
her momentum brought the great gliding
surfaces against the air, and then, ciearins
the foam OF the surf. she softly settled il
the sand, with her stern rudder. like HI
tail OF a great dead bird. washed by th'
hungry waves which she had, as by
miracle, escaped. And rowing In from thu
offing where he had gone in his fishing
boat In the void and improbable belief tina
he might help his master, came Captain
Harrod, with a white-faced young mar
lying IN the bottom OF the bbat, whose fin
gers dnpped blood from the remorseles,
work OF the file; while from the airshiI
they took the senseless form OF girl VIII,
had risen above the fear OF death and b,
sheer pluck had brought the Virginia int,
port.
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mark-and they made It out of grapes and
wine.
The vineyards around Omaha and Council
Bluffs are not of such long standing as the
vineyards of south central Missouri, and
they have, therefore not yet been brought
to quite such handsome earning capacity,
yet it is said by experts on grape culture
that the soil in this vicinity is far superior
to that of the grape growing districts OF
Missouri This is easily understood by the
fact that large area of the Missouri soil
discussed herein is of thin quality and
sterile to the growth of any ordinary
crops of either fruits or cereals. Obviously
then, the Omaha-Council Bluffs territory
offers much greater promise to grape
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growers, and 1t Is predicted that as the
price OF land advances, as 1t Is most likely
20 do, many raisers of general cereal crops
will become impressed with the fact that
ten acres OF grapes lie equal to eighty acres
of grain crops or perhaps even more, and
1t is not at all improbable that the next
decade will bring into this section OF the
Missouri valley a large additional acreage
OF vineyard,
Relative to the future of the grape in
dustry, an expert vineyard authority says
IL Is capable of vast expansion over its
present proportions for the soil and climate
along this part OF the Missouri river are
exactly suited for grape culture. All of
the standard varieties thrive, but those
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most popular are the Concord, worden
and Moore's Early
The process OF making wine is interesting
The fruit is first run through mill some
thing after the fashion of an ordinary cider
mill. This does not crush the seed. but
puts the whole mass into pulpy condition.
This is let stand for several hours before
further pressing the extent Of time being
governed somewhat by weather conditions.
Then It is pressed again and the Juice is
put in barrels for the fermentation process.
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After it has passed the fermentation stage,
It is bunged up and left to acquire that
rare quality which age alone can impart.
There is nothing added to the wine at any
stage of the process, except graduated
sugar hence the intoxicating power is
bound 10 be very light
So, even though omaha is the nations
corn crib, distinction highly priced by all
Nebraska, II also remains true that Omaha
and Council Bluffs form a vineyard center
of no small caliber.
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CHAPTER XIV.

A CAPTURE AND AN ESCAPE
"AnOw me 20 suggest" observed Craig
head. as the gentlemen Of the party Al
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MAHAS fame as the corncrib Of
the nation and its Coincldent SUI
preInacy as a live stock market
has been megsphoned abroad,
ard justly So TO such an ex-
tent tmat mnnv nlhrr rlnlrr,a 10
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Seventh grade-Hilda Ostrom oo.5,
Lilly Ferguson o7.5, Alice Bennett o5.I,
Pauline Price os.I, Katharine Wilson
o5.I.
Sixth grade-Isabel Clark oS7, Eliza
beth Lusbv $50, Marguerite Myers
$50, Ethel Luthringer oS5, Agnes OS-
from o76, Pauline Bloxton 97.,3, Violet
Bennett o7.2 Mary Anderson o6S, Clara
Connellcy 900, Carroll Short $50, Ro-
land Blackway 95.3, David Davis o4.2,
Crawford Short o2.2, Earle Jones oI.7.
Fifth grade-Gertrude Manlove 90
Mary Davis oSS, Frances Bloxton OIL,
Allie Pierce OIL, Robert Brown o67,
John Clayton 952, Edward Mccoy o5.2,
Roy Short o3.I.
Fourth pradc--Marie Price oS.r,
fIllda Darby o7.4 Mary Clark o7.3,
Ella Anderson oo5. Rosalic Luthringer
o5.5, Arthur Lusby o5.2, Elwood Bur
ris 95.I. Herman Stradley o5I, Emma
Anderson 04.2.
Third gradc-William Anderson oSI,
Wickes DAVIS 94S. Anna Bennett o46
Ethel Mccoy $50, Gladys Riggin $50
Helen Jores Of.
Second gradc-Anna Luthringer 90. ?
Emma Short oo2, Elmer Manlove o. 5,
Ralph Clark % Irwin Manlove 81. Viii
lard Burton o5.5, Rettic Anderson o. q
Elva Newton Obs. Edgar Lusby o35
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will he return to the bench.

VIII iN iCiui IL W tiiS bShNu'
This fact being fully understood, law
yers OF the circuit have been casting
their ewes over the list of men who are
capable Of taking the position.
Very short-s;ghted were the trainers
OF the Constitution OF Maryland. That
document demands chief Judge in the
several circuits. 1t will not give a
good lawyer chance For illustration,
the Constitution says that chief judge
and circuit judge cannot reside in
the same county Therefore the chief
Judge must hail from Kent, Caroline
or Cecil Judge Adkins is a resident
of Talbot and Judge Hopper res dent
Of Queen Annes.
Mr. Wickes' selection. therefore, is
a logical one He belongs to family
noted in Maryland for its judicial abb
ity. His uncle, Judge Joseph Wickes,
was for mary years Circuit Judge on
the Eastern Shore
1t had been expected that Governor
Crothers would select a Cecil county
lawyer, possibly Mr. William S. Evans
or Mr. Albert Constable for the va
canEy to be created by the retirement
OF Judge Pearce, but he has not shown
disposition to participate in the game
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Gossip about The Judiciary

y Baltimore daily is responsible for
the following bit ri judicial progrosti-
! .ot;ro ora,,. ,I,., .,,;..,,,..,,,
- ''> 'I''' >''>"' y" "'s'
! e"rct' next year from tile bench
| Democrats oi the upper Eastern
! Shore, who have bc,n IN naI.ir,nrc DIR
;,,, ,l,. '''''. WI
Wv i'''' "e'N ;" H''"i MI Levin
w. Wicles will be the successor Of
, Judge James Alfred Pcarcn on the
Court Of Appeals next year when Judge
pcarc2 will arrive at the zo-ycar limit.
There /, scmc talk that am effor, may
he made To extend the limit Of Judge
PeGrcc's term. There If not much
prospect that the request wifi BE- made
or that it will be granted. Sine Ehs
establishment OF pensions for Marvin, 4
Judges there has been a diSroyiri,n IN
eliminate an extension OF he rms
The best lawyers OF the State claim that
Judges oupbt TO lie elected inr \ lie
time. This is however, another story
To change the story ttie constitution II
the State would hove +, he amrpd.d
fudge Pearrc viii ne c,,ti,Ird to -,
pension under tho ,,or.r,I ,,,,,,te LEs
income will be the SANE az trough he
were member nf H. EN-. o. n.'H ~ .a,, m
of the STATE +, : .a agp." @., H. ,tat
Judge Pcarcc dno. ,n "''Ll ,?.o'',' 'na'
tension lie * rcoordod ~ ,'''' ~ a.
best euuinncd MON j., ~ ~ a. "nt ~ tn'
pcals. So hjphIv !. lie raaa u.i - t(r
he WAS looked rnnn ~ Inr, o,vrr
the Democrats rnr ;",,minat;nn Which
nor tv,, ycars,rhcrs
went ,,,,n,. NJ C,ro.bors ,,,. (';r-