Cheyenne record., 1914-07-30
CHAPTER XIII.

The Second Victory.
1t was the Tuesday before Thanks
giving day.
No one would have thought that
the sunshiny, clear sky would soon be
the fiela of the first aerial encounter.
Napoleon took leave of his wife and
mother. assuring them that as soon
as he had finished. his task he would
hurry back to them. After another
embrace from Astra he ascended to
the roof of the Crystal Palace and
stepped into the Eagle. He was alone.
He fioated slowly toward the east.
His preparations were complete.
Jerome Whistler had marshaled all
the men together and they had taken
the aerodromones from the island.
The busy little place was as silent as
the grave this Tuesday morning.
Napoleon rose high in the air and
connected his graph with young Sui
livan who, with his three helpers, had
been patrolling the Pacific Ocean all
night. Young Sullivan told him that
| they had sighted four blue-fiagged
| aerodromones headed for America an
hour before. They were grouped to.
gether and carried a large, heavy OBJ
| ject.
Napoleon told Sullivan to stop them
and make them drop the object into
the ocean. II they refused to obey
Sullivan was ordered to use his judg-
ment in his treatment Of them, but
they were not to be permitted near
the coast Young Sullivan bowed and
! the connection was broken.
The young man was using the Hawk,
| the machine Santos Duprel had used.
He went straight forward to meet the
four strange .aerodromones that were
| approaching slowly, being handicapped
by the tremendous weight they we're
| carrying. He signaled for his three
men to come to his assistance. They
answered from the north and south
and he knew that they would hasten
to him. He sped onward meeting the
four strange aerodromones. They had
slackened their pace and the foremost
answered Sullivan's Hello"
What do you want?" he asked in
German. through the speaking tube.
81 want you to drop that balloon
that you are carrying into the ocean
right here!" replied Sullivan. decid-
edly. in the same language.
We'll drop it in good time. my
friend"
When the four aerodromones re-
fused to stop their flight toward CT
ryne, Sullivan made a dart forward
and upward and those in the bur-
dened crafts, knowing the significance
| of that upward dart, rose also.
"Will you drop that?" shouted Sui
livan.
Sullivan was surprised to see that
they bored into the protecting shell
of his machine. They did not entirely
penetrate the cirynith. THAT is some
thing new" thought he. After the
return to Ciryne he examined those
| bullets and found each tipped with
diamond chips.
He saw. in the distance, two other
| aerodromones coming in answer to his
| call for assistance.
The four hostile aerodromones con-
tinued their fire, and finally Sullivan
pulled the lever that discharged the
collected lightning 1t struck the metal
shell of the bomb and the next second
| an explosion came that sent the flock
| of machines high up into the air. Sui
livan's 'dromone, being to one side.
| did not suffer the shock that the 9th.
| ers had, and he succeeded in spread
| ing the wings and checking the up
ward flight.
The nature of cirynith was such that
the aerodromones escaped without
much damage, but had the explosive
found a greater resistance than air
there would have been great havoc
among the machines
The awful shock in the air was felt
by Napoleon, who was circling above
Madeira. He knew what had hap
pened, as his aerial instruments told
him that the disturbance had been in
the air and not on the earth's surface.
Ciryne was safe. He had been wait
ing for Rositta. but now, fearing that
her feet had been diverted to another
course. he hastened to meet her.
Just as he sighted the Spanish coast
he saw. spread out in great crescent,
seventeen birds. He recognized the
Princess" as the glittering bird in the
center. leading. His powerful tele-