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terret and rifle tip and superstructurs
sasd hull AND burst In shes.ted flares OF
fame. 4 magazine Of a cruiser ex
posed by the destruction of her upper
pnrts. blew up. Her great gray hull
split asunder. A bsttleship mortsIly
wounded reeled aud sank The small
er craft vanished In dreadful swiriings.
which recked their larger sislers and
dashed the surface u the bay to .
churning froth.
Some Of the flying monsters grew
into stripped wrecks. others burst into
flames and exploded. still others wal
lowed on. pursued by the rage they
had awakened until they lost headway
and became naught but Ineffective
hulks
An hour had passed and the destruc-
tion was complete.
Darling suddenly began to stir Az.
kel's heart jumIed with JOY at the
signs that his beloved superior was not
head with water cO0fOrted him and
told him that the entirs Jspa nese sset
had been destroyed.
Arkel's flight to The United STATS
army's headquarters to secure medical
aid for Darling was filled with anxiety
The stricken hero moaned and tossed
as he lay ~ the floor of the air craft
Suddenly. ~ they were speeding over
the forests u northern Virginia. Dar-
ling called:
"Arkel. Aras,! Toll Bernce. tell
her"-
And that was all. His lips closed for
ever The brave spirit had gone
Arkel and nelden worked On the Ber.
nice to pa ber IN trim for attack ~
the japanese 6eet on the Pacific coast.
The second day after the death OF Oar.
ling Arkel wsnt into the laboratory 70
confer with eelden. only to be greeted
by the sight Of the old mans blood
stained body lying on the noor Papers
were Uttered over the floor. and locked
desk drawers were broken open.
After much difficulty Belden was re-
vived He explained that Colonel Gotz
had sought the plans Of the Stillman
airships. knowing that no patents had
as yet been secured for the radium
plates and other features Belden had
resisted Gotz, although he had been
one of his employees years back. Gotz
In his anger at failing to get the plans.
struck the old man down with an iron
bar
Arkel summoned an ambulance. and
on the way to the hospital Belden said
Il am badly hurt Send for Miss Geth
elds. ! have something important to
say. for ] know how much she thinks
Of Meade stillman."
CHAPTER XVII.
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