Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-07-03

tain food or shelter in that terrible.
snow-bound, unknown country? How
could he find the return path?
Haynes. watching him, touched the
gyroscope and suddenly the machine
beat into furious gale. Riggs
clutched at the bar frantically.
Merely a veering wind" said
Haynes. ct caught us sidewise.
Don't be alarmed. for with the gyro-
scope you cannot possibly be upset
The principle is very simple; by set
ting II in an inclined or vertical
plane itlautomatically retains it until
the mechanism runs down, thereby
insuring the absolute stability Of any
vehicle to which it is attached. This
principle has long been known but"
For Gods sake, listen" shouted
his unhappy companion. 1--WE got
twenty thousand. I'll give it to you
II you'll put me down somewhere in
civilized country. Let me Off at
Bar Harbor and you'll have time to
cash the check I'll give you and get
away before can return. Don't take
my life. II you kill me, who did so
little, what will you do to the rest?''
1--WE settled the rest" responded
his companion, and an angry scowl
came over his features as he remem-
bered the tragic encounters which he
had with the members of the land
gang. That he had wreaked his re-
venge had not satisfied his craving
for justice; 1t was so strong that he
felt now that only forgiveness could
have met the needs of the situation.
Bitterly he wished that he had not
glutted his hate upon such food,
which only increased the sense Of his
own Importance.
He touched the lever and the ma
chine dipped until she was flying not
more than a hundred feet above the
earth. There was no water in sight;
they were traversing a forest belt
"Maine!" said Haynes, and again his
companion noted that the machine
seemed almost motionless, an aston
ishing optical illusion produced by the
incredible swiftness of that astonish
ing journey. Haynes few higher
again and dipped into the fog of the
clouds.
So, hour after hour, they few. And
all the while his miserable companion
shivered at his side, now wildly i'm
ploring mercy, now sullenly &C
quiescent in his fate when he per
ceived that neither prayers nor offers
of money could move his enemy
Haynes had scornfully rejected the
offer Of the twenty thousand; he was
bent on exacting justice to the utter
most. Sometimes the thought crossed
his companions mind to fling himself
upon him and, by brute force, hur
him from the machine; but that
would be merely suicidal for even Il
he succeeded he was entirely ignor
ant of the principle which guided
their craft upon its even keel among
the drenching clouds.
The machine few lower; water ap
peared The Gulf of st. Lawrence,
explained Haynes, and pointed sky
ward. do you see Pegasus?" b,
asked. THAT constellation is NO
now visible in lower ATTITUDES. AnC
there Is Cassiopeia. Riggs" b,
chuckied. what a fine story you car
put into your next prospectus abou
the starry heavens!"
The other flung himself upon hi
knees and grasped at his companiont
hands.
Forgive me-" he babbled, "ant
I'll work and slave for you always
I'll help to bring the conspirators I,
justice. / know where most Of then
are to be found; there must be SOM
of them left"
"Who?" Haynes asked scornfully.
Robertson"
He's in the penitentiary, serving
sentence for forgery"
my God! Judge Charters, then
He was bribed to send you up 70
fourteen years. Don't leave that oil
fox out of the reckoning"
20, he?" answered Haynes care
lessly. I've got him in a lunati
asylum"
Jack Poole, then"
Dead He was the first"
Jenkins, Robertson's law clerk-h
was in with them. Frank Staples
Byers!"
They've all got what was comm
to them" said Haynes grimly, an
again he felt that torturing sense o
the impotence of revenge.
Il tell you what I'll do, Riggs,
said Haynes presently, apparentl
arousing himself from a pro1onge
meditation. ITO send you into tn
interior of Labrador would probabl
mean death to you, and since 8
many worse scoundrels have bee
spared that extreme penalty, thin
perhaps may give you chance 70
life also. I'll deposit you in the fol
ests hundred and fifty miles mort
of Quebec You'll be able to max
civilization in four or FIVE days
you're a good walker. and you'll &c
some needed exercise When you &c
down look for the Pole Star. tur
your back on her. and go in the OF
posite direction till sunrise. The
steer a course by the sun until tn
Pole Star comes out again. M!
Riggs, what a number of buildin
lots you'll cover in those few days.
Riggs sobbed-he was crushed, an
the frightful conflict of emotions
hope struggling with despair and To-
ror, had wholly unnerved him. TweI
: ty minutes later he was incapable {
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