Meade County news., 1916-06-29

meath q blanket Of dark gray.
Nor was It difficult now to under.
stand why the aviator was III at ease
facing the prospect Of navigating In Q
channel fog.
Several minutes later he startled
Lanyard with another peremptoFy
touch on his arm, followed by q signia-
cant glance over his shoulder.
Lanyard turned hastily.
Behind them, at distance which he
calculated roughly as two miles. the
silhouette Of monoplane hung against
the brilliant armament, resembling.
q solitary, soaring gull than any man.
with It's single spread Of wings, more
directed mechanism.
Only an infreQuent and almost i'm.
perceptible shifting Of the wings
proved that 1t was moving.
He watched It for several seconds.
in deepening perplexity finding It i'm
possible to guess whether the mono
plano were gaining or losing In that
long chase or who might be It's pilot.
Yet Lanyard entertained little doubt
that the pursuing machine had risen
from the aerodome of Count Remy de
Morbihan at St.-Germain-en-Laye that
It was nothing less, in fact, than De
Morbihan's valkyr monoplane. reputed
the fastest in Europe and winner Of
dozen international events; and that II
was guided, II not by De Morbihan him
self, by one of the creatures of the
Pack-Quite possibly, even more prob
ably. by Ekstroml
But-assuming all this-what evil
could such pursuit portend? In what
conceivable manner could the follow
ing pilot reckon to profit himself by
overtaking or distancing the Parrott?
He couldn't hinder the escape of Lam
yard and Lucy Shannon to England in
any way, by any means reasonably to
be imagined.
Was this simply one more move to
keep Lanyard under espionagef But
that might more readily have been ao-
complished by telegraphing or tele-
phoning the Packs confreres. Vert,
heimer's associates in the English CAPT.
| tall
What else could the Pack have In
mind?
Lanyard gave II up. admitting his
ihaDiiity 10 trump up any sNne eAcuse
ior sucn conuuct' Dut tne riuoio con-
tinued to fret his mind.
rFom lne hlSN run thS' ,no.neh'
Wnen hucys uis@ppealancs nau ~
quireo postponement 0, tniS night ne
nAu Apprenenueu uouDio' nAun
seemeu resson1Dlo 70 nope tn~I .no
Farrott couiu DO neiu IN waiting On niS
oruers .or many uays "ilnouI tno 70
cret ieaAine OUT put u was IrouD,o 70
develop Detore tne staIt from rors
AViation tnet ne neo anticipates tno
possipinty tnat the rack woulo 20 aole
10 worK any miscniet 70 nim Ai.ol tnAt
mao never entereo nis ca'cuiAl'ons'
Even now no touno y u'iAcu'' !" S"o
II serious CONSIDERATION
AGAIN No glanced Dack' now II
his Judgment, the monopiane loome0
larger tnan Delore against inc glow
ing SKY, indicating that It was over
taking them.
Beneath MS breath Lanyard swore
rom q heart Drimming with disquiet.
The Parrott was capable OF Speed
OF eighty miles an nour; ana unques-
tlonaDly Vauqueiin was wneeonnS
every ounce OF power out OF tnat WIN
ing motor. since drawing Lanyarus
attention TO the pursuer ne nad con-
trived an appreciaDle acceieration'
BUT would even tnat pace serve 70
solu s, tue vaiAyr IN ''S place. II no' "
uiS,ance II
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ward toIS himaels gr.veIv.
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