The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-05-10
CHAPTER TX.
The Story of North.
Copyright, 1914 By Harry Irving Greene)

The Stcry of North.
Some three hours later and by the
early moonlight the planes began to
straPgle back One by enc, in twcs
ana small companies, theT arose over
the crest again and settled softly
upon the ground at the place from
whence they had started, until ali
we're accounted for with the exceD-
ton OF North and his big blue Flyer
Those Of the returned aviators who
had stuck the longest in the chase
reported that The last they had sGen
Of thu missing one he was still in pur-
suit Ct tho fugitive. flying swiftly and
steadily beneath the 2rst pale noon
light and app1Te-tiy still holding his
own. As for THEMSELVES, hey had 1t
last realized the imp0ssibility Of over
taking tho apparently exhausCless
CreatuTa that riTht, and IS their ma
chimes we're beginning TO suffer from
divers corr plant as result Of the
long, nr- cling run, they had deemed
it cdvisacle to return for repairs while
yet they could, and also that they
might hold ., council of war as to what
they should do next. II regard to
North they expressed considerable
concern, the fate Of Putnam being
stiu freSh il their minds. The dad
man had been rs skilIfuI as the bo2t
OF them, as we'll mounted, and had
had the advantage Of fCII daylight il
his duel with the incompatible flying
man-biTd, yet the latter had at al
times held him at his mercy. For
North, therefore. to follow him alone
through the uncertain simmer OF the
moonlight with a machine that must
be suffering for rest, oil and adjust
ment, and especially when it was
known that his enemy had owl eyes
by dark, was on every hand conceded
to be foolhardiness even by these
men whose daily business was the
risking Of their lives; a foOlhardiness
not consistent with the missing ones
everyday level-headed Judgment. It
was generally conceded that in the
excitement of the chase and dazzled
by the size of the reward he had for
gotten his ordinary good judgment
and had been lured on by the flying
devil to unequal combat, and it was
promptly decided that if he had not
returned by morning a scout should
be made for him far and wide.
But return in the morning he did.
jaded and weary eyed, and merely
shaking his head in a negative reply
as to whether he had had any luck
he left his machine in the care of a
mechanician and went straight to his
hotel for breakfast and a nap. At
eleven o'clock, however, he arose as
fresh as ever and started back for the
field. MARGINS office happening to be
upon his route, he stepped inside for
a moments chat with his old chum.
Alan was delighted at his safe return.
Tell me about it," he urged.
The aviator laughed carelessly. ooh.
I was compelled to give it up at last
and come down on those mountain
tops by moonlight. Say, they were
not exactly designed for alightiug
upon by an aeroplane, were they? Bad
landing place, bad-shook things up
quite a bit but escaped serious dam
age Yes, had quite night Of it,"
He suddenly seemed to think of some
thing else, changed the subject and
became enthusiastic. "By George, old
fellow, that was a smashing pretty
girl you had with you yesterday, that
Miss Fulton. Yours?" March sighed
and shook his head dolefully.
NO. The field is open so far as
know. Want to enter your name?"
North threw back his head and
laughed, showing his perfect teeth.
'Fraid they'd scratch me as
ringer. Fact is, am engaged to an
other one just about as pretty as she
is and fully as sweet That's the Tea-
son I am in this high flying business
not for love of It, I assure you, but
for the coin Of the realm that is TO be
made out of it. You see l would not
be contented unless I could have Clare
that's her name, by the way-step-
ping along as high as the rest Of
them and wearing just as good things,
and the only way l could think up
whereby l could get the price in a
short time was by skyscraping. She
set up an awful holler when I told
her what l was going to do, but
went at it just the same, because
there was no way out Of it. And if
land that million do you know the
first thing / am going to do?"
Get married, Of course"
Nope, that would be the second.
First thing would be 10 buy an AK
and chon that, Blue Dragon OF mine
into sItvers and then burn the sI1vers.
! love the old girl all right, but she's
e waaton and a devil when she gets
to going and she'll lead me 10 destTuc-
ton yet If I don't cult her cold first.
So I'd take the ak and put temptation
behind me with one fell swipe. Then
I'd marry Glare in peace and live
happily ever afterwards, and if I ever
wanted any mora excitement I'd learn
submarine diving-Pve had enough
OF being up high. But just because
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