El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-09

YALE an hour later. long spar
swung out over the side Of the
- Albany, and Sayville. in his ar
mored flying boat, was lowered TO the
sea. He wasted little time in 9relmi-
naries Releasing the sling in when
the machine had been handled. he
pressed his self-startcr, and his power
ful motor, entirely stilled by lIs
Bilencers. began its noiseless WoI X ~ ~
let IL run a few minutes as he watched
it's telltale dials under the electIlC
light on the Instrument IN front
of him. and then. with "A final lnspec-
= ton. he showed in his clutch, gave nlnl-
: self q good run over the sea and IIIeu,
in a shower Of spray that sparkleu Inc
fire in the darkness.
Once clear Of the water he coupled
up his automatic controls and turned
tG a careful comparison OF ms com
pass with the map on which the al
miraI had priclted out the exact posi-
ton Of the battleship Under the soIt
rays Of his electric bulb, ne slld ms
DaralIeI rulers from the compass mark
10 Dan McClernand's hill, walked ms
dividers across, figured out bearings
and distances, and again taking tne
levers in his hands, headed NJ. by n
and leveled out at 1900 feet altitude-
Underneath him, not a detail was
visible in the darkness except here ana
there. at distances that gave their rays
a chance TO get up to him, the llghts IN
the scattered dwellings and, far OIL
from behind the northern horizon,
glow that he knew came from the cleo
trio street lights Of the Islands sea-
port town. But that was many miles
away.
touching a lever Then, waiting the
added minutes called for by his calcu-
lations he uncoupled the automatic
apparatus and took the control in his
hands.
A movement Of one lever slowed the
engine gradually, and his aneroid dial
showed a slump of 500 feet as his We
lOCity decreased. Very carefully ne
manipulated the arms on his instru-
t-bOard until his dials showed
scant 40 miles an hour and $50 feet
altitude. That contented him, and he
coupled up his automatic again for an
easy circle of small diameter that was
best adapted for a careful study OF
conditions below.
There was absolutely nothing now
visible to him. He was floating in dark
ness so deep and impenetrable that the
eve could not pierce il. Suddenly. from
the east, there came a faint report as
or PARKWAY gun; IL was followed al
most Immediately by another - and
then. again, silence
He headed in the direction from
which the sounds had come. Again
came the report and the snap Of the
answering shot Ang again silence
it was n little to the north Of his
course, and he sWerved to it.
Two minutes later he saw a flash Of
fire dead ahead. and the slap of the eX-
Dlosion came at once. And. lower and
farther 10 the left, came another flash
and another slap that smote his ears
sharply in the dead silence Of the night.
In a minute he was over the place
had passed IL and swung about, climb
ing as he gave himself more speed.
And as he turned. he saw a glare below
"a long line Of yellow fire, irregular.
wavering, stretching for hundreds Of
feet in a jagged semicircle. and the
pungent OdOr of burning wood stung
his nostrils. and the smoke that rose to
him made has eyes water i'm pain. Soon
he was away and out Of il. rising once
more in the clearer air and slowing
down again to sail i'm a narrow circle
until he could get his bearings.
With the aid Of his binoculars. he
studied the situation and finally made
ii out. He had passed over Dan Nc
Clernand's hill. The avengers Of pres
ident George had not waited until
morning to smoke the outlaw out. They
had set fire to the dry grass and trees
on the preciEitous windward side, and
the flames had already begun to lick
their way up the rocks. The glare had