Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-11-17

re S2.l. WISH the OF CT acres Ncuid
come Up"
The Skyiark." ! replied. will soon
be here. but we cannot wait for her.
.'aytou has either IuD oct Of power or
ne meai.s 10 make stand. We are so
close upon him that he will have to
maze Ii stand anyhow or else try TO
escape under our guns. and II Know
Ethan Halghts style CT shooting tie
fellow won't run far"
But remember. sir. my daughter Is
aboard. bIoke In Grayman. Her life
must net lie endangered"
surely not" replied. Yet you
see yourself that some risk must be
taken. What i shall try to do Is to
disable the Chameleon. A shell Into
her motors or the breaking Of one OF
her aeropIaues would do it."
But then she might be precipitated
to tie ground"
But she is Tot likely to be. She would
futter down, Il she fell at all. Ike a
wounded bird Remember how the
Eagle behaved last night, and she was
badly hit. Then, Of course, Payton has
parachutes, and he would save his
prisoners In that way"
I'm not 50 sure Of that" said the
secretary. HE would probably think
only Of saving his own neck. But real
ly, Grayman. the danger Of tumble
is slight In the battle above the Eng
fish channel between the French and
British aero squadrons during the last
war thirty fliers were completely dis
abled. shot to pieces, as far AZ any
further utility as lighting machines
was concerned, but not one Of them
fell into the water. All succeeded In
skimming to land on one side or the
other"
III we can" said 1. "we'l stop him
before he can get afy."
you think he is on this side Of the
hummock?" asked the secretary.
''Ethan thinks 30, but Is not sure.
Wen have to look closely now"
While we were talking we had drawn
up within a couple Of miles Of the hum
mock, which was a round hill covered
with timber and rising to a height Of
perhaps $50 feet out Of a broad, level
plain, where there were few trees and
vegetation Of all kinds except grass
was scanty. I now slowed up. for I
didn't want to run into IN ambush.
Seeing nothing suspicious In the vicin-
ity Of the hill from our side. I conclud-
ed to circle II, keeping q good of6ng
and sharp outlook.
"Confound the fellow!' exclaimed
the secretary. ''Where can he have
gone? He must have q hole In the
ground"
perhaps he Is among the timber on
the hill" said, and upon this thought
l ordered the steersman to rise. at the
same time turning inward. We had
not risen more than hfty feet when
Ethan Haight shouted:
There he goesr'
"Where?" cried Mr.. Grantham and
in breath. running to Ethan's side
as he stood BY his gun In the bow.
Low down Almost q tothef side
O. the hummock." replied Ethan. point
ing. Hes as green ~ . gf1sshoppef.
but kin sight i'm"
And Ethan began to manipulate his
gun.
1t was several seconds before I sue.
ceeded in catching sight Of the Cha
meleon. which. verify. ~ Ethan had
said. was a. green a. q grasshoppel
and as hard to spy against the verdurs
that covered the plain, for she wa
running almost in contact with thu
ground. If we had not edged round
the hill toward the west DO quickly b
would probably have got clean away
under the shelter Of the hill
Payton's ruse was 30 simple and ~
so perfectly executed that 1t made me
redden with vexation. Why be bad
not tried q similar game during the
night I could not imagine. unless b
thought that he could easily distance
us and gave up that idea after be
found that the Osprey was hanging on
after daylight. He had merely drop
ped down on the hither side Of the
wooded hill. lone elevation in the
midst of the plain. changed bis color
crept round the base of the hill. keep
Ing opposite to rs. whom he could
doubtless see through the treetops all
the while. and when he found him
self on the southern side and we on
the northern had stolen away like q
sinking fox
Now he was OF for the south at thu
top Of his speed Already be was fully
three miles away and gaining dis
Sance at every stroke.
For heavens sake. Ethan" shout
ed. why don't you fireT'
I'm drawing a bead" replied tn,
gunner. And as be spoke the blut
glare leaped from the muzzle. Their
being no smoke. we could see the nigh
Of the little projectile, which was pol
ished like a billiard bail. He used I
solid shot on account Of the extrem,
range 1t rose In fat curve, chaset
the retreating aero. overlook It in {
few seconds, and we believed We coult
see few splinters ~.
"Hurahv' I cried "Give him an
otherw
Ethan Immediately fred again. bu,
the Chameleon showed no sign of be
ing seriously hurt In a moment she
Cefantly waved a black dag and kent
Oh her course.
In the meantime the Skylark, com
Ing up several points eastward of the
runaway, altered her course to head
Payton or. Then / detected the fash
OF her guns in quick succession. The
two were now not more than q mile
and Z half apart and the shots oush,
to tell
This time Payton, who had not re-
turned our shots, vas more pugna.
cious. He instantly answered the Sky.
lark's fire. and then they went at /,
hammer and tongs, using shells. and
the Chameleon all the while edcine
westward
1t was an exciting spectacle, and we
watched II In breathless expectation.