The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-12-01

breathleSs expectancy. AT last, salts
fed with the accuracy of my work.
called for large scale atlas. One wal
brought and. opening the North Amer
lean sheet. you should have seen the
establishment OF the two men when
placed my finger on point away uI
In Labrador and said. somewhat ex
citedly. That's where you'll find your
man: there's where your daughter is
MIR. Graymanw
Good heavens" cried the billion
aire Away Off there! Are you sure?'
I'm not more sure that my head is
on my shoulders. There can be nc
mistake about II. provided that you
are sure that both communications
came from the same point"
"I'll bet all I'm worth on that" said
the secretary.
''Then there's your man." And
pressed my thumb nail into the map.
Then I made a little diagram like
this:
Here" I said. is New York. and
this line indicates the path of the
waves received yesterday. Here ia
Buffalo. and this other line shows the
path Of the waves that have Just ar
rived. Where these two lines intersect
must be Pnyton's lodge and the place
Of Miss Grayman's imprisonment"
Suddenly the secretary turned to me
and said. How far do you make 1t to
Payton's placer
ut must be more than 800 miles In
an air line from New York." I replied.
Eyes. should think It must be that
distance. Now. our first, our impera-
tive business Is to see that Payton
doesn't get away before we can de-
scend upon him. They say that his
aero is very fast. She ought to be
able to make 100 miles an hour"
"A hundred and forty. he told me-"
said Mr.. Grayman.
That's mighty fast" returned the
secretary. II doubt If we have a fier
In our fleet that could hold that pace"
YES" I said. with some pride; "the
Eagle can do 1t at need"
The Eagle was my@own aero. and
had often tried her out for speed.
Good again." said Mr.. Grantham.
smiling at me very kindly. Now, tbs
speedier Payton's aero is the better
for our present purpose. because the
less need he will have of making an
early start for the rendezvous. If he
ran only hundred miles an hour he
could do the distance to Utica In six
k,,. "a ~
won't hurry. He need not start be-
fore tomorrow night, and probably he
will not. because he will prefer to
come on by night in order to run the
less risk"
That's what he did before" said
Mr.. Grayman.
'Al right, then" said the secretary.
Well assume that that will be his
curse. But we have no time to lose.
We must catch him before be starts
Fortunately, Allan, have ordered
your aero and four other cracks 10 be
ready to leave Washington, fully armed
and proviSlOncd, Oh the receipt or IA
dispatch from me. I'll tell them to
come on Mt once. Now, Grayman. you
can go along or not. AS you prefer"
I'll co." said Mr. Grayman promptly
Mr.. Grantham. in his dispatch. uad
the foresight to order the aero to meet
us at little town a considerable dis
lance east of Buffalo. where Mr.. Gray
of recognition. Accordingly. after a
good meal we went by train to the
designated place. arriving little be-
fore o'clock. As we descended from
the train | was delighted to recognize
the Eagle lowering over the little town
The four other aeros were running
about near. and crowd had already
gathered about the station and in the
street, watching them.
WED better get aboard as quickly
as possible" said Mr.. Grantham. Lets
walk a little way up the hill. out of
town. and III signal the aeros to drop
down for u.s."
In response to the signal two Of the
aeros. the Crow and the Eagle, swooped
down to the earth. My men were re-
JciNSu w SSC me- anu " oSt iOoI ohSS
more on the deck Of my beloved flier
She had her full complement. but the
other was little short. so | sent two
men aboard the Crow TO make room
for the secretary and MIR. Grayman
without weighing the Eagle too much
wanted to have her in good running
trim.
NOW. Lieutenant Allan" said Mr.
Grantham as soon as we were aboard
and af1y, you are in immediate com
mand Of this feet. | have ordered the
commanders of the other aeros to rec
ognize you as their commanding Off
Ger and the Eagle as their flagship. ]
shall continue to advise you. but you
will take charge Of all technical de-
tails and give the orders. As the fiers
are all duly armed and provisioned,
there Is nothing to prevent our max.
ing a start immediately
No one could have been more eager
to start than I was. Instantly ran
up the signal to get under way, the
others being instructed to follow my
lead Besides the Crow. already men.
toned, there were the Osprey. the
Bobolink and the Skylark. all. as ! was
glad to see. the best fiiers in the serv.