The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-24

had stuck the longest in the chase
reported chat the last they had seen
]. OF tho missing one no was still in pur.
sri5 of the fugitive, flying swiftly and
steadily beneath the first pale moon
light and apparently still holding Ills
own. As for themselves, they had tt
last realized the tmpossibility Of over.
taking the apparently exhaustless
creature that night, and as their m&,-
chimes were beginning to suffer from
divers complaints as result OF tho
long, gruelling run, they had deemed;
1t advisable to return for repairs wl!lt;
yet they could, and also that the"
might hold G council Of war as to VIVA!
they should do next. In regard t.
North they expressed consideraDl /:
concern, the fate of Putnam BENZ
still fresh in their minds. The daa..
man had been as skillful as the hes:
Of them, as we'll mounted, and iHtS
| had the advantage Of full daylight IN
his duel with the Incompatible dying
! man-bird, yet the latter had at all
times held him at his mercy. FOR
| North. therefore. to follow him alone
| through the uncertain simmer Of the
moonlight with machine that mus.
| be- suffering for rest, oil and adjust
! ment. and especially when it w3s
known that his enemy had owl eyes
| by dark. was on every hand conceded
to be foolhardiness even by Ties
| men whose daily business was tho
risking Of their lives; foolharduoes
| not consistent with the missing one s
| everyday level-headed Judgment. J!
| was generally conceded that in n,
| excitement cf 80 chose I'd 1888
| by the size Of the reward he had TO-.
gotten his ordinary good judgmen,
and had been lured on by the flying
devil to unequal combat, and it was
promptly decided that If he had net
| returned by morning scout should
be made for him far and wide.
But return in the morning he did,
faded and weary eyed, and merely
shaking his head in negative reply
as to whether he had had any luc!:
he left his machine in the care OF q
mecilanician and went straight to his
hotel for breakfast and nap It
| eleven o'clock, however, he arose as;
| fresh as ever and started back for Ii .
! field. March's Office happening to be
upon his route, he stepped inside fsr
a moments chat with his old chuuI.
Alan was delighted at his safe. return.
"Tell me about It," he urged
| The aviator laughed carelessly. "On,
| was compelled to give it up at last
and come down on those mountain
tops by moonlight. Say. they were
| not exactly designed for alightns
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 smashing pretty
girl you had with you yesterday, that
Miss Fulton. yCurs? March sighed
and shook his head dolefully,
NO The field is open so far as
know. Want to enter your nams7'
North threw back his head arc
laughed, showing his perfect teeth.
'Fraid they'd scratch me as a
ringer. Fact is, / am engaged to an
other one just about as pretty as she
is and fully as sweet. That's the rea
son am in this high flying business
not for love Of 1t, l assure you, but
for the coin of the realm that is to be
made out Of it. You see would not
be contented unless could have Glare
! 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 could think UP
whereby I could get the price in 4
short time was BY skyscraping. She
set up an awful boiler when told
her what l was going to do, but
went at it just the same, because
there was no way out Of it. And i!
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 to buy an ak
and chop that Blue Dragon of mine
into slivers and then burn the slivers
love the old girl all right, but she's
a wanton and a devil when she gets
to going and she'll lead me to destruc
ton yet If I don't quit her cold first
So I'd take the ak and put temptatio,
behind me with one fell swipe. Then
I'd marry Glare In peace and liVl
! happily ever afterwards, and if ever
wanted any more excitement I'd lear,,
submarine diving-lve had enough
of being up high. But just because
I'm engaged to a girl whom l would
not trade for all the rest OF them pat
together, that don't prevent me from
| approaching some other thoroughbred
high stopper when l see her. 1t is
my innate love of the beautiful crop
ping out, you know, and besides that
am normal human male animal
Hope I will meet her again before
leave or get killed" March nodded
and turned to the telephone.