New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-21

ceased, the aeroplane sank nauseatingly De
meath her, and near peak, seen beyond the
propeller, lerked upward like a view IN
mshandled stereopticon. They were falling
falling as a stone fallsl Yet she scarcely
graSped the terrific fact before it was over
She thought "'This is DEATH and even as
She did 1t realized that Rodoslav had
achieved a miracle and snatched them from
destruction. Whatever else he was not TINS
man surely was one Of the worlds great
aviators. As calmly as if he toured perfect
highway, he shifted his elevatlng rudder'
stayed their plunging fall, and sent the ma
chine panlng Stably down toward WhaISo-
ever landing the Destiny he believed IN
might provide. Destiny was not prodlgal.
| The mStS threw their white veil over the
level places Of the valleys, if such there were.
On every side jutted rock or spiked masses
Of forest. The barren cliff on when ne
brought the disabled aeroplane to a halt
seemed the one haven in a bristling wilder
ness.
AT least its a foothold," said Rodoslav
quietly
Fear still clutched Ann by the throat.
"Thank God we're alive" she cried.
He helped her TO the rock without reply
and moved cautiously of into the mist, when
with their very Landing billowcd up and over
their refuge. Ann shrank back underneath
one OF the aeroplanes outspread wings ana
chung TO it as If II was the sole link binding
her 10 her vanished world.
Il know approximately where we are,
said RodoSlay as he came cropping. back
"By the time I've put the motor TO rights the
mist may have cleared altogether.
He went mcthodically about his examlna-
ton Of the engine, and Ann, watching him
at his task was influenced by his bearing.
Perhaps. after all, that fearful plunge
| through space was nothing an aviator might
not expect Rodoslay certainly disrcgarded
it. He applied himself with most matter OF
| fact directness 70 his workman's task.
"You can turn your hand to such things"
she said, thinking he had never seemed more
the Prince.
81 shouldn't trust myself to fly if |
couldn't" he replied. "But | like the work.
| If hadn't felt called upon TO tinker an En-
pire. perhaps should have gone in for me-
chanics. might even have lived in Amer
| lea. invented an aeroplane, found favor IN
your sight. Who knows The irony, if 1t
was there, lurked in the words themselves
rather than his tone. "Thls promises 10 be
tedious business, he said after an interval
of silent labor. 81 shall locate the trouble IN
time. u always do,-but that's neither here
nor there. The truth is if fixed it in FIVE
minutes we should be none the better OFT.
This mist isn't clearing. 1t would be lunacy
to try and fly farther in 1t. We must give
it up"
give up the meeting" Her disappoint-
mcnt was unmistakabe
40, not the meeting he smiled; "the
flight. It's not a long way on foot
I'm willing" said Ann.
"But its hard way
give done mountain climbing before.
an such shoes as those? No, III tramp it
by myself and bring my friends to you.
| THEY'LL be eager to come to you when they
hear YOU re waiting here. It's as out Of the
| way as the other spot, and they can help me
with the engine. You won't be afraid to
stay alone for awhilc?'
40"
Don't move about till it's clearer" He
drew of his leather awaiting jacket and laid
it across her shoulders You'll be cold, he
said. as she protested. 81 should only find
it a burden. And now to bring the Noun
tain to Miss AIohammed!" he added in gay
farewell You'll like those splendid fell
lows. No leader could ask better or Drawer.
They're true as steel.