The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-12-19

give twice AZ much speed. ~. str.
dent was willing to learn ana initiated
Napoleon's action. getting on hia trail
just as he passed beneath him
They quickly passed from the hori.
zon OF the sixteen other aerodro.
mones. Napoleon was again far il ad.
vance when he began to ascend rap.
idly. As he rose. he saw with satisfac.
ton the faint blue line Of the Amert
can coast.
The Princess was pressing him
closely. rising as he rose The Eagle
slowed down and let them come near.
er, then he turned about and faced
them. They were rising, each irving
to gain in elevation. ROSETTA cried to
Santos: why can't wesrise faster?"
There are three Of us and only one
Of Napoleon"
did you hear that, Sulamov %
sharply said ROSETTA He bowed sub
missively.
"Your ancestors were always ready
to die for their sovereign; are you ?"
II ami"
Thank you'll" She smiled at the
Russian and pointing to the side door
of the aerodromone, continued: ."rhis
way, my boy, we are too heavy"
Sulamov kissed her hand and
opened the door calmly. With a last
ardent look, he jumped
The Princess leaped upward, gain
ing rapidly on the Eagle. ROSETTA
urged Santos and watched Napoleon,
who was following every move of the
attacking Princess closely.
He could have dipped again and run
away, but that was not his game.
They almost touched, and the Prin-
cess ROSETTA shouted through the
speaking tube: "Give up, Mr.. Peace
President; you have no chance!"
Indeed, it seemed so; the larger bird
made leap toward the Eagle that
was below her, but twist of the
steering wheel saved him. Napoleon
was watching the east anxiously, and
Rositta's eyes were focused on Napo-
leon. She felt sure that he was help
lessly prolonging the surrender.
This dangerous play went on until
Napoleon could see the widely extend
ed feet of aerodromones with his
naked eye. He dipped downward. and
stopped in the air, about two hundred
feet above the surface of Pamlico
Sound. There the Eagle awaited the
Princess. AS she made desperate
rush for him, he escaped again, almost
by miracle, then turned and darted
after the Princess madly, changing
from the pursued into the pursuer.
They rose upward together and Napo-
leon waved smiling salute to the
princess.
The aerodromones of the latter were
approaching steadily. She seemed to
have forgotten them entirely in the
heat Of the pursuit, while she was the
aggressor. but now, when Napoleon
turned against her, she quickly turned
to the stylograph and gave orders to
her fleet to close in upon them, but
not to interfere until 1t was necessary
for her safety.
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and waited until she had broken con-
nection, then he faced her machine
and unhurriedly pulled a lever that
was connected with the tube that had
been lately attached to all his aerodro-
mones. A thick stream of white liquid
shot out and landed squarely upon the
left wing of the Princess. The bird
trembled. Santos calmly turned on
the emergency dry battery and, like
a great wounded bird, the Princess
began to settle downward. The white
stream was stopped, a deft turn of the
wheel, well-directed move and the
Eagle slipped between the wings Of
the Princess, and she was prisoner.
ROSETTA was as pale as death. The
terrible disappointment of losing,
when victory was SO near, made her
faint. Then she remembered her feet
and signaled orders quickly.
She had not noticed that Napoleon.
just before he turned on the liquid
that had disabled her machine, had
hoisted red signal, and great feet
of aerodromones rose from the coast
along North Carolina and silently
closed In on the feet of the enemy.
The formation of Pamlico Sound
made this maneuver easy and Napo-
leon had cleverly led Rositta and her
fleet into the trap. He turned his
Eagle landward and, weighted as he
was, moved slowly away. His men
had been fully instructed in regard to
their action and Whistler led than -