Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-26


strings Of a gigantic harp. HIS clothing
dragged 81 his body. He was too high;
he leaned Over the mass Of levers and the
glider eiid down q long. steep descent
tin in TIRE starlight he could see the blue
gray Bur q roofs. the massea shadows
q little parks Of trees Nov he was pass
ing the edge Of the cisy-now below him
Was the gloom Of the nee relds low
sobbinE sound came in the wind: Il vas the
bubblinE chorus o. the frogs. end across Il
he heard the bark Of peasants COS
To tEe night q dark hin doomed without
Earuing. win a dim oongeries Of red tea
houses u vas tire famous Ikeranl Tire
shrine Of the Buddhist saint Iehirsn, famed
for its piun gardens. Il feI away behind.
and now. Tar off q score Of miles ahead
grew up on the horizon q misty blotch o.
rn4anee- Tokohams- He sEsrved. had
ing out Across the lagoon. straight as the
bee Mes Tor the shlmmsrfng SPOT Pst-pst-
pzt-pEt-faEttr and faster spat the tiny sK-
piostona The Glider throbbed and sang
IKE a thing alive. and the hum Of the pro
peilor shrIiied into a scream
Tokyo vas Tar behind nov. the pale glow
ahead rising and spreading. To the rfEaf
he could see she dumped lights q the vii
lagos along the railroad. Kamsta-KaWa-
sasi-Tsurumi. He dropped SIN lower. oct
Of the lash Of the wind.
suddeniy a flying missile struck the for
ward plane. which resounded Ike great
drum A drop Of something red fell on
his bare hand and q featheTed body fen
like q stone between his feet A dark car
pet. dctted with foam. seemed 70 spring up
out of ire gulf. Daunf threw himself At
the levers and rammed them back The
TsrlTr~ NrH -Hr4 e~r,rNr-a efse
heartbreaking instant he thought 81 could
never rise. He heard the curl Of the waves.
and cry from behind him Then. slowly.
slowly, hreasting the blast. Il came staggsr-
ing up the hin Of air 20 safety.
The sky was perceptibly hghtening now
Daunt realized Il with a tightening OF his
muscles It was the first tentative vita
drawal OF the forces Of the dark. Should
he be IN time? with his free hand he lOos-
ened the soil Of the grapnel- Suddenly the
chances seemed all against success A
feeling OF hopelessness caught him He
thought OF the two men he had left be
hind. waiting--Waiting. What message
would come 10 them that morning.
The engine was doing its best. every
Fiber of tested steel and canvas ringing
and throbbinR Bat the creeping psllor Of
the night grew apacs KanagaEa--the
H.
The misty glow was al around now. lights
prieksd up through the shadow. Yoke
hama was under HISS feet. and ahead-the
darker mass toward which he was hurting
WAS the Bluff
Slowly. With painful anxiety. he swung
the huge floAt in 70 skirt the cliffs sea-
ward edge There Was the naval hospital
with its nag staff There beyond. was the
familiar break in the rampant q foliage
and there. napping IN the wind. was the
awning On the nat roof OK the RoOst In
she dawuing twilight. Il seemed to be a
monstrous. leprous Hchen. shnddsrfng az
the unholy thing II hid Daunt threw out
the grapnel
He curved sharply in. aslant to the wind.
flung down his prov and sWcoped upon H.
There was a tearing. splintering complaint
Of canvas and bamboo: ghe Glider seemed
20 stop, 20 trsmble then leapd on Turn
ing his head. Daunt saw the awning dis
appear like a collapsed kite He caught
q glimpse. on the steep. ascending roadway
Of q handful Of naked men running stag
geringiy. one strREEler far behind. The
thought flashed through his mind that
these were the cadets from the Naval col
lege. But they would be too late! The
sun was coming too swiftly. The sky was
a tide o. amethyst-the dawn vas very
near! Re came about IN q wide loop tha;
took hifp out over the bay. making the
turn with the wind For a fraction q q
second he looked doWn-On the squadron
OF batfleshipE a EeometrfcRl cluster OF
black blots from which straight wisps Of
dark smoke spun IKE raveied yarn into
the formleSs obscurity. A shr5l mad
laugh came from behind him.
Daunt was essaying a gigantic figure
of-eight whose waist was the nat bunga-
low roof II. vas . difficult evolution IN
sin sunlight and over q level ground He
had now the ssuli-darkness and the suck
ing doEn-drafts o. the wind that made
his flight. with its driving fails and re-
ooveries. seem the careless fury Of SUI