Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04

few yards away, with ease and pre-
cision. So familiar was the public
with Rodney Sharp's face from the
prints that he needed no introduce
ton. A faint tide of color rose in his
cheeks at sight of Alice, and possibly
also in hers. He had not seen her
since, as a little girl, she had watched
his first experiment. There was no
other sign of recognition on the part
of either as he asked, in the terms of
the automobile fellowship of the road,
If he could be Of any assistance.
! With an apology for interrupting
Appleton's excited REPETITION of brok-
en-, haSty sentences about trains and
steamers to Europe and ten minutes,
he said, when he had grasped the
situation:
TITS only three or four miles to the
station, isn't it? That's easy in the
time you have. In fact, l expect to
be in New York at three this after
noon. But the Bolt is my racer, and,
while | can take one passenger easily,
| can't quite manage two
Appleton had never been in an aero
plane. He was a conservative, with
q stagecoach preference for automo-
biles. who regarded Rodney Sharp as
a gallery player But he was ready
I to show that, in this terrible crisis,
, he was not afraid to do his duty.
''I'll go with him, Alice" he said,
land you can ride the horse, and
think j can hold the limited for Il
few minutes Anyway your father
can
Here Alice missed her cue and prob
ably forfeited all right to sympathy.
What more could she ask than to be
left to herself to take her own time
to catch the train? This new de-
velopment had befogged the very OBJ
ject for which she had driven the
runabout into the creek. The awk-
ward country boy-the son of the
village blacksmith in a community
where she had known the isolation
of the rich--was now a courteous
man OF the world, waiting with the
polite reserve on her wishes and
piquing her curiosity as to how the
Transformation had been wrought.
And she was going to fly, and In the
Bolt whose fame was linked with
Sharp's. She signaled her decision to
Appleton as she stepped past him.
mo time to be lost. You had better
mount your horse and start Alice
called over her shoulder.
Eyes. Wen meet you at the sta
ton. Now, all ready" said Sharp.
You say you will be in New York
this afternoon" she asked.
Easily and early. We have q
favoring wind" Sharp answered,
automatically, occupied with his lev
ers.
Think OF it! Think of it," said
Alice. I'm New York this afternoon"
Yes" he returned, with sidelong
glance of inquiry. ITS not so dusty
as the train ride, and"-he laughed
softly, which made her think that he
might have at least an aero-mechani-
cal sense of humor-"I should be de-
lighted to have you come along"
Its very kind of you-and ! don't
like dust. / think l WILL
For a twinkling the Bolt hung over
the sleepers like a ships sails bent
taut by a strong breeze over the hull,
before 1t drew away from the Limited
as rapidly as the Limited away from
buggy on the highway II was u
giant, supernatural plummet shot in
undertaking flight, steady and firm,
yet so light that Alice felt herself d
loosed spirit, borne on by the will of
another who had eliminated time and
space from the universe.
What is our speed" she asked, fin
ally.
About two hundred
miles an hour?'
"Yes, it's record-and only three
years ago Sixty was our pest. we
have mastered the currents, now, and
were being pushed by one in our
favor"
How high can you go?"
1T depends on conditions. Three
or four miles" he answered. steady
ing the Bolt in the air current op-
posite her slip, where the figures of
the attendants We're seen running to
their places.
THAT must be glorious! oh, I'd
like that"
you would?" He looked around