Gunnison news-champion., 1915-02-05

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ssS s~ea th< Mirscs< tDse the we~t liks
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oAem 80 shsm. Zig shell Bow. nos
ri I'm soans sftes their damase's
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Like . es~et shen hersef. the Mira
che shss forward
Throueh the wtaApws q the eOoI
anf sides Moasel could took down and
forward rhs hiir1css hsA sweIt ves,
end turned and was cossing back tss.
the eve ~ the sun
Below tkeir aavaace seretcAea .
Oroupins ~ JapaRe~e sbovt sevssu
lsae barrsts1 weaIens. isse wktA. -
- waschea shey wess shrustins saen
Asr torp~do shapsd missiles. which he
knew mSst be the drsadsd aerial
bombs. Oace dAsshargsa. they would
unfold thetr winss and d. on their mis-
sion VI dsath
kven - ~ recognized the Thought.
Anyards snapped. A faint haze u
smokeiess powder rose from the fitting
Duzzles of the great rifles. aed their
crews fell upon them for reloading.
Behind them an ammunition train
stood parked and from II other men
were running to and fro with the
bombs for the now open breaches.
Get their range" snapped stillman
N voice of supreme excitement
Five hundrSd down. thousand for
ward" called MonseL His tones quiv
cred
"Five hundred down. q thousand for
ward barked the pointers.
stillman swung the Miracle about
Hold hard; well get the coacussion
from this" ~ advised. "Now-h you
ere ready-nrer'
''Fire'" echoed Monsei
The magnetic shells sprayed forward
snd down
The Miracle shot upward TO escape
what must follow. Below. where the
great guns rested. where the smmuni-
back and forth from csisson to gun or
thrust the serials into the breeches. .
vast. wide aung sheet of nre and blue
and yellow aame burst and spread into
. whirlpool Of thunderous sound
For an instant 1t seemed that some
long hidden and imprisoned volcano
had burst its bounds and spouted forth
IN great pool Of gaseous brilliance Be-
meath that faming maelstrom of death
little black figures which were men ran
and stumbled and fell and lay still or.
caught in its grasp. whirled madly
with out 1ung arms and spraddling legs
swirling around and around and over
snd over In the air. to fall back and
Ne In mangled huddles. or. still more
savaeely seized by an irresistible force
Of desf-Uction. disintegrated into ghast-
ly fragments which had been arms or
legs or trunks moment before.
What the magnetics had started their
concussion finished by exploding q
great part of the aerial bombs them
selves.
A thunderous concussion rose and
grumbled, crashed and growled across
the suniit country A tremor OF the
earth Itself began and spread In shak
ing ripTles which might have been an
earthquake in its seeming
vast wave OF displaced air. CON
pressed forced back from the raretied
center of the disturbance. swept across
the district until trees and bushes bent
and swayed. and men within its range
were thrown to earth by its terrific
lash
High though II rode. the Miracle.
which had wrought the frightful cats
clysm of wind and noise and fire. rock
ed and swayed and but for her power
ful gyroscopes which kept IL IN an
even keel. would have been engulfed
In the destruction Of its own making
Over the very heart Of the japanese
army Meade directed the Miracle
Under Monsel's orders the tubes
were again loaded with the deadly lit
tie shells. and as Stillman began NOV
ing slowly above the lines Of the re
treating army they sprayed upon them
Again and again they spat from the
great hulk and fell in u hail OF death
upon the nov terror stricken men be
low The retreat became a rout
No longer was any semblance OF or
der maintained Artillerymen cut ioos.
frpfn tb1ir guns and l.ft them fast In