Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-01-05

rang a bell, and the portfolio was
| handed to an attendant. who took 1t
| away.
| Then they reverted to the case of
Bert, and it was evident the prince
was inclined to be hard with him.
Won Winterfeld protested. Apparent
ly theological considerations came in.
for there We're several mentions of
"Gottw Some conclusions emerged,
and it was apparent that Won Winter
field was instructed to convey them to
Bert.
"Mr. Schmallvays, you haf obtained
footing in this airship," he said.
"by disgraceful and systematic lying"
'Ardly systematic" said Bert "I'-
The prince silenced him by a ges-
ture.
And it is within the power of his
highness to dispose of you as a spy"
Ere! came to SELF
SSH! said one of the officers.
However. in consideration of the
happy chance that mate you the in
strument unter Gott of this Pooterage
flying machine reaching his highness
hand, you haf been spared. Yes; you
We're the pearer of goot tidings. You
will be allowed to remain on this
ship until it is convenient TO dispose
of you. Do you underestimate"
I'VE will bring him." said the prince,
and added terribly, with terrible
glare, las ballast"
You are to come with us" said
Winterfeld "as pallast. Do you un-
derstandt?"
Bert opened his mouth to ask about
the $500. and then saving gleam of
wisdom slenced him. He met Won
Winterfelds eye, and it seemed to him
the secretary nodded slightly. Co.
said the prince, with sweep of the
great arm and hand toward the door.
Bert went out like leaf before a
gale.
But in between the time when the
Graf Won Winterfeld had talked to
him and this alarming conference
with the prince, Bert had explored the
Naterand from end to end. He had
found it interesting in spite of grave
preoccupations. Kurt, like the greater
number of the men upon the German
air feet. had known hardly anything
of aeronautics before his appointment
to the new flagship. But he was ex-
tremely keen upon this wonderful new
weapon Germany had assumed so sud
denly and dramatically. He showed
things to Bert with boyish eagerness
and appreciation. 1t was as if he
showed them over again to himself
like n child showing new toy. Lets
go all over the ship" he said with
Zest. He pointed out particularly the
lightness of everything. the use of ex-
hausted aluminium tubing, of springy
cushions inflated with compressed hy-
drogen. The partitions We're hydro
gen bags covered with light imitation
leather. The very crockery was Il
light biscuit glazed in vacuum and
weighed next to nothing. Where
strength was needed there was the
new Charlottenburg alloy. German
steel as it was called, the toughest ana
most resistant metal in the world
There was no lack of space. Space
did not matter, so long as load did not
grow. The habitable part of the ship
was 250 feet long, and the rooms In
two tiers. Above these one could go
up into remarkable little white metal
turrets with big windows and air tight
double doors that enabled one to n-
spect the vast cavity of the gas cham
bers. This inside view impressed Bert
very much. He had never realized he
fore that an airship was not one sim.
pie continuous gas bag containing
nothing but gas. Now he saw far
above him the backbone of the ap-
paratus and it's big ribs. like the neu.
raj and haemal canals" said Kurt,
who had dabbled in biology.
Rather" said Bert approximately.
though he had not the ghost of an
idea what these phrases meant
Little electric lights could he switch
ed on up there If anything went wrong
In the night. There were even lad