River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-11-19

chase.
AS Gotz swung east it. too, turnGe
in long slant aimed I, intercept tsll.
The colonel swore ten.vly and srule
again. I'm going clos II that chap
Farrell. Have try at m.
Farrell. crouched at i piiot's back.
saw the outlines OF IT, I4r's plDne
sweep up TO meet him. 9{s r;he CAME
up. and he fired ut ne nan Yet
even as he fred he Il, oy Instinct
that he had missed ar: i2rEed in aa
other she'll and fred / fred again.
His bullets went wild.
Again. when the IA reSe machine
doomed in what SCENE, i"etifatie COZ
lision, the plane TO i L re c!uns
dipped toward the IA ndSS OF the
earth and rushed dow .rd. as q, IL
evaded that meeting in a.dair. For
sickening instant they rene1 dashing
to certain death, rigi 5sl once more
and began to climb j !, ,olg, easy
sweep.
Gasping, Farrell LOCKE fet their pur-
suer and found him be-. and below
them. where he had s~io~ed that
earthward rush.
He was mounting, avon as they
were, his vanes flowip. Wiz III noon
light. his shadow thro y b"teath him
in widely distorted r. inc on the
earth. He left his a and threw
himself face DOWN. ~ he plane
beside the motor, allG rom there he
| fired downward on t@ e.ale below.
He became conscious ~ stopped to
reload that his colon raS speaking
! TO him.
There's another o.. behind AID
higher up. Wen ha, t.v@ble do0S-
ing them both. Get iat3 your seat,
Farrell, and hang on IN going TO
show this first chap alu..o Yankee
trick"
Without question h, ,yr.g"icd back
to his place and grip ID hold. Gotz
whired the aeroplar .To.nd in
turn so short that fol ~ instant the
great vanes stood in naai,y pCrpcn-
dicular line, brought ar upright and
started back down taa promulgated
hill of air which they 3ad climbed n
few moments before
In the swoop of a v tire de rushed
! downward, the air 81 '2srg q aibilant
harmony about the ta stays OF the
plane. Farrell caught gii1apse Of the
Jap plane turning to 2Vade that doS-
perate assault, then. With I'D elastic
yet rending impulse IL Uurtiss struck
her foe one terrible DloW with ger
| middle and lower part
Well nigh hurled ir his seat, Far
rel clung through a t.roDiing instant
Of time, beaten out ~ the snariiug
chatter of the two m0tHFa. then with Il
wrench and a Stage. the Dipiane lie
rode tore itself free, shu,iuered and
swung upward.
Beneath them he sa<7 the other, one
Of its vanes broken al sw inging. go
swirling in unguidel 1Grs~. dropping
| downward momeHl and it tuned
completely over ami Ell turning aud
twisting to its doom.
Got him. Kissed 90 colonel. turn
| ing eastward again fierce JubfIa-
ton rang in his TOMS.
my Godr' pante,, litL.a Farrel.
THAT was the the tn jaradcst thing
| ever expect to see. colonel. Ny God.
what a CHANGER
ut got by" SAID Gotz, with
chuckle Il fancy tta other cGap viii
keep his distance after mat Where Is
he now-I've lost him.
Farrell strained his eyes across the
light flooded heavens - find the other
plane. maybe it was one or onrs." ne
suggested.
mo- said Gotz sho tly.
There it is to the eo,sth and west"
| Farrell announced and paused again 10
break out almost at o.rce in an excited
shout. Colonel. the ilhts AL along
the horizon to the west. They're
searchlights. colonel; long ribbons
| five, ten, twenty
They're the Japanese feet" said
Gotz, snarIing the comment. well.
all they've got to do j. land He sent
the biplane forward IL . savage rush
They few above tI,e vast Suisun
marshes beside the Sacramento river.
before he spoke to COR SLOW down
a bit. colonel, and give me chance at
that fellow back thee Lei me try
just shot or two at aim just one or
| two"
The colonel made ne answer, but the
pur Of the motor lestened. the speed
of the biplane slackc1el. Behind he
could see the other plane creep up.
Stretched beside and below the motor.
on the lower wing. be by aud watched
the Intervening distsnae lessen untif0f
sudden fame spat oward him end
bullet sang close at nand. He threw
up his rifle and fired back, shot after
shot, till his magazine was errpty.
swore at his failure and reloaded.
showed out the rife % waited.
OF sudden the era ( rode on steady
wing, and the dark gure of the Jap
pilot leaped into line with the sights
OF his rife.
His finger pressed the trigger. and
even as the pungent s4nel Of the pow
dor struck his nosfriis tina man he had