Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-12-01

than twenty miles an hour, bus N.
perfected engine will work up to one
hundred and twenty. Langton, You'll
go whizzing round and round at the
speed OF an express train, and you'll
be horizontal with the ground and the
boat will go sailing upon her side
and yet you won't fall out because of
the centrifugal power"
He gave one last twist to the cords
that bound me and glared into my
eyes
But suppose / suddenly shut off
the engine? What then?' he asked.
smile fickered across his face. III
tell you, Langton," he said. What
happens when you whirl the pail of
water round and round your head and
suddenly stop? What happens to the
water? Does it stay in the pail? Or
does it go through the air? Langton,
you're going through the air The
sudden cessation of the centrifugal
force, converted into energy, will
throw you just about as hard as a can
non ball.
you may land in the EarPs Court
Road or you may land in the Preston
Road or in Bromley street. l can't
promise for certain, but my aim is i'm
proving, and l can assure you of four
hundred yards clean travelling over
the rooftops" He ceased and broke
into revilings. He struck me several
times, kicked me with his heels, and,
in his uncomfortable rage seemed on
the point Of numbering me. Then,
tearing himself away with shout of
final defiance, he left me.
heard the mechanism begin whir
ring in the engine house and felt the
boat begin to move. 1t glided gently
at first, but soon its motion was ac-
celebrated. Now l was flying high in
the air over the grounds; faster and
faster | flew, till the trees, the build
ings and the night shadows were moth
ing but blur under me. The speed
was inconceivable! it was as though l
were dashed to the engine of some
train which spun on its circular course
at about twice the speed of the Chica-
go flyer. My brain reeled, my senses
were DESERVING me; terror, even, fed
from my benumbed consciousness and
| waited calmly for that supreme mo-
ment when the power suddenly ar
rested, l should be sent flying out of
the boat and through the air, over the
revolving housetops. Each moment
seemed an eternity. Would that cul-
mination never arrive? And even as
/ wondered | felt shock that Jared
each nerve in me; a binding light, an
consciousness.
When ! opened my eyes I was st;n
in the boat But my bonds were I'M
fastened and Crewe was bending over
me, rubbing my chafed and tingling
limbs. My head swum dizzily.
It's all right, Langton," he said
cheerily. "The watchmen have him
under guard in the engine house"
I stared at Crewe, hardly yet con-
scious Of my surroundings, memory
slowly filtering back through her ac-
customed courses.
What happened to your" l NUT
tered, striving to recall the occur
rences Of that period after Crewe's
departure.
Crewe sat by me in the boat and
rubbed by legs and arms briskly.
why, Langton, l must confess that
the maniac outwitted me- He cam.
~ Ill
and choked me into -insensibility.
When l opened my eyes I found my
self bound in the engine house. 1
knew exactly what sort of deyiltry he
was up to, and | surmised that you
would be trapped as easily as I. Pres
emily he came back; he was SO intent
on your destruction that he did not
seem to notice me, but from his inco-
herent mumbling learned that he had
you fastened in one Of the boats. He
threw on the lever which starts the
mechanism and, as the machinery be-
gan to work and the speed acceler-
ated, he stood there, rubbing his hands
and chuckling, with me bound hand
and foot not ter PAGES away, i'm.
mediately behind dynamo.
From where 1 lay i saw the speed
indicator creep up from nothing to-.
ward the century mark / understood
that, when it reach 100, the maxi,
mum, the fiend would throw the lever
back and send you flying into perdi-
ton. strove to free myself 1 got
one arm loose, but that was all. L
could not stir. But l saw an iron
bolt lying not five feet from me and
somehow can't imagine howl
managed to reach it. Just them the
end came. I saw the indicator needle
reach the end Of the dial. Shay flung
back the lever with a shrek of Joy,
and then, maddened by the thought
that your life had been sacrificed. L
managed to catch his ankle as he
leaped back and brought him to the
ground, when / stunned him with the
bolt. l found penknife in his pocket
cut my bonds, and summoned the
rFFI A.l.