Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-05-20
THTJRMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD, THURSDAY, MAY TO-


escaped the systematic search of his
enemies and how, using it, he had
run them down and devoted them to
terrible reprisal. "The gyroscope!"
he repeated in helpless horror. He
looked down again; he was not so
nauseated now by the fight through
the clouds. To him 1t seemed that
the machine was standing still,
Haynes read his thought and made
haste to answer him.
Yes, the gyroscope," he answered,
placing mocking emphasis upon the
words. "How fast do you think we
are going?"
Twenty miles an hour?" suggested
Riggs.
Three hundred and seventy-five,"
answered Haynes briskly Doesn't
seem credible, does it? But the gyro.
scope cuts the air like a screw and
!. draws back draught; that's why you
don't feel the breeze, which other.
! wise would blow us from our seats.
, Now, I'll tell you where you are go.
ing, Riggs. You are a land agent.
You're hungry for land, especial.
ly building lots, aren't you? You've
been in land all your life, lied for
it, thieved for it, and sent limo.
cent men to the penitentary for 1t.
| am going to give you all the land
you will want for the remainder Of
your life. You said that was the bay,
believe? No, Riggs, that is the
Atlantic anH
hundred miles northeast of New York
and heading for Labrador!"
Labrador" gasped the other.
"An excellent place for you,"
Haynes answered cheerfully.
You're not going to dump me down
In Labrador and fly home again!"
Il hope to, Mr. Riggs. And please
ton free-not even a coupon is nec'
essary."
For Gods sake. listen," shouted
his unhappy companion, i've got
twenty thousand. I'll give 1t 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 LuC SICSh l IL 5lNo you anu 6CN
away before can return. Don't take
my life. If you kill me, who did SO
little. what will you do to the rest"
"I've 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.
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
fishing optical illusion produced by the
incredible swiftness of that astonsh.
ing journey. Haynes flew higher
again and dipped into the fog of the
clouds
So, hour after hour, they flew. And
all the while his miserable companion
shivered at his side.
The machine flew lower; water ap.
peared The Gulf Of ST. Lawrence"
explained Haynes, and pointed sky.
ward. do you see Pegasus?" he
asked. THAT constellation Is not
now visible in lower latitudes. And
there is Cassiopeia. Riggs" he
chuckled, what fine story you can
put into your next prospectus about
the starry heavens!"
The other flung himself upon his
knees and grasped at his companions
hands.
Forgive me-" he babbled, land
I'll work and slave for you always.
I'll help to bring the conspirators to
| justice. l know where most Of them
are to be found; there must be some
Of them left
"Who?" Haynes asked scornfully.
Robertson"
He's in the penitentiary. serving a
sentence for forgery"
my God! Judge Charters. then.
He was bribed to send you up for
fourteen years. Don't leave that old
fox out Of the reckoning"
20, he?" answered Haynes care
| lessly. 1 Fe 6ot ulu Au ioudeAo
asylum"
Jack Poole, then"
Dead. He was the first"
Jenkins, Robertson's law clerk-he
was in with them. Frank Staples!
Byers!"
They've all got what was coming
to them," said Haynes grimly. and
| hn foIt hot nf
the impotence Of revenge.
II tell you what I'll do, Riggs"
said Haynes presently, apparently
arousing himself from a prolonged
meditation. ITO send you into the
interior of Labrador would probably
mean death to you, and since so
many worse scoundrels have been
spared that extreme penalty, I think
perhaps l may give you chance for
life also. I'll deposit you in the for.
ests hundred and fifty miles north
Of Quebec You'll be able to make
civilization in four or five days II
you're a good walker, and you'll get
some needed exercise. When you get
down look for the Pole Star. turn
your back on her, and 60 in the op-
posite direction till sunrise. Then
steer a course by the sun until the
Pole Star comes out again. My,
Riggs, what a number of building
lots you'll cover In those few days"
Riggs sobbed-he was crushed, and
the frightful conflict Of emotions.
hope struggling with despair and ter
ror, had wholly unnerved him. Twen-
ty minutes later he was incapable Of
ra,nonoa uaynea shut off the qyrO-