Gunnison news-champion., 1914-11-27
All For His "a
n Country
A Story a War With jaeea
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~ J. u. ClESY


spok<L Wnh yoar perasi--sou I shall
ssw alice him ~ explain has ows wi~
si.sn.~
The members mo~ed slightly sse
whispered ~ In expectation.
Gotz ALONE sposse aloud ''Nouae
man jsss where do yoa hail FROM"
From Utah" said stillnaa in ready
reply
~ hat are your poiiticsT
u kno~ almost nothing about poli
tbs. I suppose n ! toos an active in.
terest ! would adopt my fathers par
~" laughed stillman.
j. a.. ehackled DUST wanted to get
you placed. SON" he declared slowly.
Harter frowned slightly. faint
smile twisched the lips OF Commodore
season. and he glanced at Monsel WIN
dropped an eyelid.
Gotz me, the evident dVs-vsss "
his martial companions - . ass
grin. IN keep my oar - o. ~
presens. yoa sons ef Mars. . Ohna
he advised
Meade nosided. crossed. and picked
mp one ~ the cases by the door. With
this he returned to the end " the table
and. unlscking the case with a hey
from his pocket. lifted therefrom q
small model. which he placed upon the
polished mahoeaRy top.
1t WAS ~ I'D lsoking affair
The asosmbled men drew CLOSER With
crsning pscks. Those farthest from
the head rose and tes,k ststioas back
~ their fellows. their eyes fastened
upon the shining object bs.fgse them.
In general lines II appease1 . comb
constructeA esttreiy Of ssetsI Its body
was. roughly speaking. VI a diamond
shape In tts transverse. with each sid,
concave. LongitudinAlly. II hma.J
sBmethiRg hke q tOrpeslo. with tive
vertical and two lateral tins.
Lss,k q \ frVsn any sngle you ch..s,
sn1 NJ SIDES save cOHcave cuivasu /,
- the eye. One-third ef the way from
the head 10 the tail the wings iutied
cut fr0@ the sides. II rested upon
what appeared To be four metal legs
A series Of ports pierced the sides of
the body. aud across the under side
was triangular group of dull metal
Nc circles. in marked contrast to the
sheen Of the rest of the device.
Captain Monsel his dark face hghtod
with acute Interest pushed his wov b
the table beside stillman and beae 20
examine the model "Nou must geaer
ate a deuce of a speed to lift her on
those wings" he remarked. indicating
the twin planes Of the craft.
'Rudders merely. sir" returned Still
man They. of course. add something
to the stability of flight, though the in
terror gyroscopes provide msinly for
that"
Monsel's interest evidently grew. 10
judge by his expression. Lateral
steeraee." he said quickly. "Then
where do you get your control Of ele-
vation? From those planesT
IF I may explain as ! go along
suggested Stillman.
/ Monsel nodded. ''Of course. Pro
/ ceed"
Stillman flushed slightly. A marked
nervousness seemed to have been grow
ing upon him ever since Gotz's inter
ruption. His voice was at first scarce
ly more than a whisper, which slowly
/ grew In volume as he became lost IN
bis subject.
"Gentlemen. he said. this little
I aero destroyer represents the work of
/ my father and myself for the past sew
/ en- years. II is we believe. an airship
I capable Of defending the country
.
/ against it. In the FIRST place, 1t Is
practically imposssfts ~ - 0sa0's
5re to do II V0R
AS you rsna - Oxl - n
hull are uhI.s0D o0D. A.hG -
/ pinging upo. theE w011 - ssise-tet
by its own momentum and slide on
into space. Only the steering vanes
4 could be badly crippled by gun FIRE
and there is an emergency device I'm
side the hull. working on a magnetic
principle. which can at need be mad.
TO control the ships course.
''As you heard me tell this gentle
man here"-he turned to Monsel-'ths
stability is taken care of by gyroscopes
We have. then. a stable airship. practi
csliy invulnerable TO gun fre. whici
could sail over an army or beet and de
stroy 1t by means Of t0rpedoes o,
bombs fired from tubes pointed throagi
the various ports In the sides and Goo
Of the bull.
"Furfhermore. the coostrUcs10 o.
the ship In such that even saQpssin1
shell should pierce the hull 4 woalt
receesarfiy be c00peiled to oxsffD,
that pan instoe ~ tfsnaG1e q aul
spots - ~ be1y - 01ss - SFsag u
machine 10 eartA-
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