The Marshall republican., 1913-08-08

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The countess, or rather the prin.
cess. IL at present on her Italian es-
tate, at the Lago di Masgiore. No
doubt she could give information In
regard to the man. But I will, myself.
order investigation at once" -,
His vhesitatipg answer told Napo-
leon plainly that the count was stifi In
doubt, that their preparations were
not yet. complete. He said:
~ am Obliged to- YOU for your kind
ness, and you may be ure that. should
the Ting v come when your excel
lency needs anything from me, you
will nnd me ready to render you az.
s~istance."
This finished the formal part Of the
visit and they talked a short time on
ordinary topics. Then Napoleon in
vited the count to have . ride In his
~acrodromone.
THAT will be Q treat I have been
longing for a ride In one" The count
evidently accepted the invitation with
genuine pleasure. These two men
were antagonistic. but not enemies.
Their principles were different, tina,
vas ell. They ascsnded and at Napo
Icons glance Sullivan opened the dooi
and the count was c~ourteousiy ush.
cred 10 tho comfortable cabin. Sulli.
van was at the wheel and the bird
few q few thousr nd feet over the
town. going slowly. 90 that the count
could appreciate the easy flight. Ma.
poleon sat by him. explaining the
mschAnism In simple language.
When the count alighted on his own
roof he shook Napoleon's hand warm.
" and said: Il wish. my dear sir. that
We ware governed by the same ideals.
no I would like you for q friend" 2
THE Tina may come whom We Win
have the same ideals" commented Ma
poleon. The Eagle dew away end van,
lshsd arom sight
= Nlpole0p spent q few hours N the
capital attending to committee affairs,
and the next morning left again. His
knowledge Of chemistry told him that
there should be some natural means
Of removing the highly developed mag
tstfc quality from cirynith and thus
enable ono machine TO ,eain control OF
the other. He decided to make o
thorough search through all the vol.
canic regions Of Western America be-
fore he settled down to experiment
with chemical combinations. He
stopped at Ciryne. leaving Sullivan. and
\ yisited with his mother a few min
utes before he asft tor. the South,
Some Irresistible power drew him
toward the Garden o.. Eden.
He landed once more on that beauti'
full carpet Of green.
He drank once more from the crys
tai lake and started on his search.
The blush smoke from a distant
volcano attracted his attention. He
neared the active giant, circied oveI
II. then went toward the southeast
where o new marvel Of nature called
him.
Inclosed by rugged mountains hks
the Garden Of Eden. but a hundred
times larger. stretched q green, fertile
valley. From the height ut which hi
was flying II looked like an enormous
basin, with q large zone Of almost per
feet shape looming high In the center
II was an ideal volcano, but instead o.
smoke steam was pouring from III
mouth. and on its sides and AROUND
the base several geysers spouted hun
dreds of feet into the afr.
The valley evidently was inhabited
- It was highly cultivated. and town.
and villages were 20 Napoleon new
toward the steaming giant and circlet
around II. lower and lower. until. b,
chance, . liquid from one Of the gey
sers touched the Eagles wing.
The a~erodromone shuddered and thu
two wings came together with q shocl
and stuck. The machine fell dow
~helplessly, like q crippled Sh& blIl
II Had come dpickiy. yet Napoleon
sss l "a .ss;sSsl.sE aah,93tc11.ISRHHss !
not know whether he was falling 4
his doom or not; still he shouted 81
citediy: ~ have found It'll"
The machine crashed into tn
marshy ground with terrific force. TIL
man In II was hurled against the wall
He slid down into q motionless hear
His eyes wer closed, and the RICH
side Of his head was bleeding from
contact with the sharp corner Of tn
bench.
'fv saiisaasSt77asx. Il a
g,lH sfqf ga
to Bsriss tE5s sKan5s isr.rsilssd tsW
Princess Schomburg Lithow his COZ
versation with the president OF tn
peace committee.
my dear count" remarked Oh
beautiful Rositta d~isagreeably, "yo
are getting old; you should retire fror
diplomatic service altogether"
The chancellor took the rsbuke q
. Joke. Rositta had become undise
plipsd lately. and said what she wouls