The Marshall republican., 1913-06-20

ments Tor your visit 10 my fslaud."
"How long does 1t take to make the
tripr
Edison smiled. THE word distance
ls stricken from the American diction.
airy. I will place you on the island
within three hours"
Where is your ieland?"
where the 1874 degree w. Of Green.
wich and the ~ degree N. meet" 4, oI
In the Pacific Oceanl Wonderful
Could we 60 tomorrow" !.
ayes, but 1 think Il would be beet
to travel at night. As I wlsh to Keep
the existence Of tho American Eagle
a secret for q while" f,uft u0
THAT is wise. Let us start at eleven
tomorrow evening"
Napoleon bowed, and 10 the matter
raj settled.
The Countess Rosltta Rosiny was
led into the room.
Astra embraced the countess kindly.
Welcome to our continent. my dear
countess
Countess Rosiny sobbed. Her heart
seemed touched by the kind reception
given her by the representative OF the
greatest republici But though Napo-
leon Edison was a scientist, inventor
and q d%iscoverer. he could not see into
the heart OF the weak, beautiful wom-
an. Had he known what was going
on within II, he would have acted off.
ferently.
Astra invited the countess to stag
with her In the Crystal Palace. II
was almost midnight when Napoleon
left, assuring Astra that he would call
for her at eleven the next evening.
At the time appointed he was at the
door with q powerful automobile. As.
ira refused to sit in the tonneau OF the
machine. 30 Napoleon assisted her to
the seat beside him at the wheel and
she let her hand rest lightly on his
arm. The big machine ran evenly out
OF town, into the suburbs, and turned
into a big garden that was a natural
forest. The large mansion wal desert
cd, but n garage showed signs OF life,
A broad stream OF light spread out
into the quiet summer night from one
window. The sound OF Napoleon's
horn must have been familiar to the
occupant of the building. as the large
door was pushed open In time TO let
the large car enter.
Napoleon stopped the car and as.
sisted the President down. Then taxi
Ing the arm OF n man who opened the
door. he said:
"E~xceliency, allow me to present Mr..
Santos Duprel. my best and trusted
comrade." .Itr eco. m
The short man bowed with rever.
ence. I'm, ,Y
rs everything roadys" asked Napo-
leon. The little man nodded.
Napoleon opened n door and led hie
guest through It: Santos locked the
door OF the garage and followed them.
The room they entered opened sky'
ward. A shimmerins object, entirely
filling the place. cleaned In the star
light. Napoleon led the President uT
n few steps. into a small space thai
was inclosed. but with something that
M perfectly transparent, and asked
her to sit down on a couch.
"WM you kindly wait hae for a few
m%oments7" he aeked. and he went fur
Their forward. Astra's eyes became
used 10 the dim light; she saw Napo
leon stop before some complicated
mechanism and q steering wheel. San
tos came and closed the door through
which they had entered the car Elec
trio sparks few from something a
the front.
"Are you ready?" asked Santos
Ready" was Napoleon's reply Al
10 turned q lever. Tho machine star,
ed upward and two huge wings tina
Astra had not noticed before, began 4
beat the air. She had not experiences
the slightest shock. yet she realizes
that they were going up with grea
velocity. The machine was PRACTICAL
noiseless. the only sound being
whistling murmur caused by the beaI
|, Ing wings.
III The GOODNESS was perceptible an
Astra wrapped her cloak more closel
about her. Napoleon gave a~twist B
the wheel. and with q small light stut
led his map and the compass.
Santos now took the wheel and M
! polson sat down opposite the Pres
I dent. He pointed out the difSsren
places as they rushed over them
1 Frankfort, Louisville, st. Louis, Wicl
G TIA, Ashland, Santa Fe, Prescott an
Los Angelee-then came the oceaI
Aatra sat silent. She had a gres
mind and her appreciative qualitie
we're far above the average. ~
4 THE greenish light that you see Jus
before us is the Island Of ciryne." sal
Napoieoh, 9dt arJRlad IiSr .tnrt 0
Afew minutes later the aerodromon
y settled down In q very large hanga
but az the place was dark Astra coul
d not zee the machine and it's outer a
pearance. Napoleon helped her on
e and, showing her his watch. ~convince
her that they had made the trip l
three hours; It was eleven o'clock, a
cording to Pacific time.
" AS rapidly az the earth revolves
U remarked Astra,
Napoleon led Astra into q larg