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their racks on each side the four
bombs she carries for the especial
benefit Of U-boats. To-day she was
also carrying practice bombs made
of concrete, which she would pres
emily drop on a target.
The sand bags and mooring ropes
having been cast off, the crew
marched her out and round on a
wide circle into the centre of the
flying field. "Let her rise!" The
commander gave the word from his
station in the bows.
They Stacked the ropes and gave
her a few feet.
"Lowerw
They pulled her down again. She
had floated in perfect balance with
just enough buoyancy to carry her
up to cruising height. A pull at a
lever would release water ballast
and send her higher in an emer-
gency. But she rises and lowers
for ordinary cruising by the power
of her engines driving Elevators
into the wind.
"Port engine! Starboard enginew
They both went off with puff OF
black smoke.
Satisfied with their even purring,
the commander gave the final WORD,
"Let her go"
simultaneously the dozen ropes
that held her slipped through the
rings Of her permanent stays; then,
slowly, but with increasing speed,
she rose and moved off on wide
circle that presently brought her
heading back down the centre of the
field.
In the meantime va had all moved
back from the white washed lines
that marked the deck Of a subma-
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the experts that tour our vaudeville
circuits, could easily explode one in
midair. At first it just tumbled,
turning over and over; then as the
wooden arrow feathers caught the
wind it righted and shot true for the
target The ship had passed 100
yards before it struck, we'll away
from the conclusion blast Of real
bomb. Now she described another
circle, came back and dropped sec
ond, third and fourth. All but the
last struck square on the target;
side wind carried it few inches to
one side. But, though technically q
miss, it would still have damaged
submarine. While the French
had the station they sank two u
boats and our lads can be depend
ed upon to cary on the good work.
Each time she had come down the
field the ships great bulk had cloven
the air with a sough like a rising
wind. On the last round she was
going at pace that put her in
few minutes low down on the hori-
zon, but just before she went out of
sight she passed a second speck that
grew and enlarged almost as quick
ly as she had diminished.
cts the V from B-w
The lieutenant's face could not
have lit up more brightly had it been
his best girl instead Of the second
ship Of the four chat would make up
the complement of the station. He
added as she dipped her nose to
alight: eff that's little D at the
wheel you are in luck. He's the boy
that can give you real stories"
1t was, and he did as we two sat
with him at late luncheon. A small,
dark-eyed Frenchman, he spoke
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this travelling tour started-and may
say they are fair criterion-have the
inhabitants displayed anywhere near
the interest the New Workers. have for
the man in uniform. 1t has been so
long since have heard from home that
1T seems an age, and doubt whether I
shall hear from you for a month. The
package which - sent me some
time ago hasn't reached me; nor have
l received a copy of The Tribune. I
suppose will get batch of them when
they finally arrive.
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ute the slightest roughness
will cause vibration, which will
grow worse and worse till it finally
wrecks the engine. An object so
small and soft as a chestnut has been
known to pierce a blade like a high
power bullet and break it off
through the ensuing vibration.
On the ships bow she carried a
Lewis gun on swivel that permit
ted almost perpendicular depression ;
and peeping underneath I saw in
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to Fritz-at least, it is to be hoped
so--for they are the only friends
he has left.
OF the dozen officers at the station
nearly all had trained at the dirigi-
BILE school in Akron, Ohio. Many of
them had been there together, and
from their small nucleus had sprung
this big organization which would
soon be flying four large ships. One
or two of them had come out of
civilian life in the last six months.
l believe the commander and his
lieutenant--who had also crossed on
the same boat with us-were the
only Annapolis men. But what the
others had lacked in service thew
more than made up in enthusiasm.
They had plunged head over heels
into their work; were so thoroughly
permeated with it, that, so to speak.
it seeped from every pore. Their
conversation at table bristled with
technical terms, was dark with fiying
lore.
"Sondage," "angles of inclina-
tion," "ascensional forces" "stabili-
zers" and Elevators" "fins'-full-
mouthed phrases such as these con-
founded my layman's ignorance. I
wanted to learn-and l did-among
other things that dirigible is op-
Grated on practically the same prin-
clples as submarine, which might
be expected, as air and water, the
mediums they float in, differ only in
density. Both are fitted with mar
row vertical and lateral planes, the
fins" and Equalizer" which cut the
air or water sharply and deliver it
in steady stream to the rudder and
elevators. The latter are large
disks placed at the ends of the "sta-
bilizers," and are really lateral rud-
ders. Raised, they catch the wind
and send the ship up. Depressed,
they pull her down. The ship
swings, of course, like any sea YES
sci in the direction the vertical rud-
der turns.
Dirigibles are safer than sea-
planes, which fall if their motors
fail; but the former can float for
hours while their mechanics make
engine adjustments or minor re-
pairs. Also they can remain poised
above a certain spot to deliver an
attack or take an observation. The
greatest advantage of all-they can
stay out for thirty or forty hours
and cruise seven or eight hundred
miles. Because of these ADVANTAGES
your lighter than airs" are inclined
to put on little "swank" and look
down on the "heavier than airs" as
belonging to a primitive craft which
practically represents the Stone Age
in flying. They seemed to be in
doubt, however, as to their position
IN the scale with the submarine till
the commander summed up a heated
argument.
I'VE steer by landmarks over the
earth, by compass at sea. It isn't
necessary to learn navigation. Those
submarine chaps have to know a lot
more than we."
Among the things the Fighter
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English so perfectly, however, that
his narrative lost nothing in matter
or spirit by translation.
"Oui, m'sieu," he confirmed the
lieutenant's assertion. eve sank
two submarines at this station. With
another we fought an artillery duel.
Oui, the little v outfought a
Boche U : boat with only her little
popgun.
"This way it was, m'sieu. We
had sighted her steaming on the sur
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rine. At her height, nearly 700
feet, it could not have appeared any
larger than turtles back. A bomb,
too, has the initial speed of the ship
when released; describes fiat curve
as it falls; may be DETECTED by
side wind. The commander said,
afterward, that he shot them 200
feet short of the mark.
While it was falling the bomb
looked astonishingly large. A dead
rifle shot like DR.. Carver, or any of
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l almost forgot to mention that the
captain to-day notified a number of
men of an advance in rating, among
them. My rating is now second class.
l know you will be anxious to know
where we are now, but you must curb
your curiosity until it is all over, and I
can then talk more freely. My health
is good, although I wish there were
more opportunity for exercise.
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write this so that we may catch
steamer which, rumor has it, is bound
back Tor the states within few days.
inns is an unusual opportunity, if true.
TOR ordinarily mail does not leave here
nor arrive but once a month,
Our trip across was devoid of any
excitement. We met but one ship 60
ing over and she was sailing vessel
bound for with a cargo of salt
Our boat was fortunate enough to be
one of the first to reach her, and it was
rather comical to notice with what nom
chalance the crew of this sailing ship,
which numbered about eight men. car
ried themselves despite their proximity
to the war zone. and the bearing down
on them of three fighting ships, with
guns uncovered and their crews ready
to man them. They lay about the deck
as though there was not a stranger
within sight, and their captain an
swered our questions through a funnel
turned the wrong way for a mega
phone. She was and onlv
about 100 feet long, - DAVIS ont
and still over 1000 miles to 90. Of
course, we left her undisturbed.
There were few rough DAYS. and
once again I fell a victim to seasick-
ness, but am getting accustomed to
that and have stood all my watches.
A Riot of Color
And Cheap Food
On the morning Of the -- dav
We found ourselves off a foreign port
and shortly after went in. It was a
magnificent sight from where wa Law
awaiting our turn to 60 in. High hill,
running to the waters edge and cul.
tivated to the very top with an occa-
s'onal windmill here and there. with
one or two set boldly out on the very
top OF one Of the hills where II could
easily be seen turning slowly. The
houses, painted with every light hue
imaginable, from purple to pink, lined
tho waters edge for several miles, and
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Fighter Than Airs" Can Stay
Out Forty Hours and
Cruise 800 Miles
By Herman Whitaker

Author of The Planters Thc Settler Over Border Etc
Copyright New yorkrr Asodauon)
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SSN7HAT the = the com
w mander began as l

uAHQcT DeSdn DIS i
stepped from the train,
then included: "Who would have
expected to see you down here?"
You see, we had crossed on the
same transport five months before.
Down here" was a United States
dirigible station on the south coast
of France. Wherefore his surprise
to see me, a civilian, there.
On the transport he had COM
manded lifeboat-or would have
had the U-boats got us-and as I
remembered his careful examination
of it's oars, sails, sea plugs; how he
had tasted the water and biscuit to
make sure they were fresh; also his
lecture to the boats complement of
passengers, / knew that the station
was in good hands.
While we were being whirled away
in a peaceful Henry" l took stock
of his satorial aspect, which had
changed somewhat since we parted
at Liverpool. A sailor on horse
back has from time immemorial been
something of joke. A sailor on
skates, roller or ice, wide trousers
Tapping like a ravens wings in
rhythm with his stroke, is hardly
less funny. Neither does your sea-
man look we'll at the wheel Of a
buggy, baby or horse. In fact, it is
quite hard to fit him into any back
ground but that of the sea. His
clothes and sea roll clash with all
other schemes. But in their brown
service uniforms these flying sailors
of ours are quite natty. But for
the blue and gold shoulder straps, it
were hard to tell the commander
from an officer of our line.
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Sailor Lads in
Queer Quarters

Sailor Lads in
Queer Quarters
Like the t'heavier than airs" had
visited at another station, the war
had dumped this lot of sailor lads in
queer quarters. Beyond the dead
flat mile Of the flying field, a river
real one, wide, deep and swift,
quite unlike the Thames and other
creeks they dignity with the title
across the British Channel-swept
the stone skirts of quaint, peaked
French town. Here and there low
stone farmsteads splashed the dull
winter green Of the prospect with
blobs Of white. An impressionistic
painter would have used up half a
tube on each. AS in all south France
views, fat-bellied windmills waved
gray wooden arms in the distance
like plethoric millers warming their
hands on a frosty morning-f1cm
the dead centre Of all which the
great canvas hangar raised it's hun
dred feet of height and ran like an
overgrown haystack seven or eight
hundred feet along the field.
The men were at dinner when we
arrived in one Of the low huts that
formed their home in this far-off
land; and one glance at the table
confirmed an impression l had
gained while cruising with our de-
stroyer f1eet-that the American of
ficer, taking it by and large, does
not "eat" as we'll as his men. Out
side the day was gray and cherries.
A damp, cold wind blew over the
bleak countryside. The commander
had already told me the little French
town offered nothing in the way of
amusement; not even picture
house. One could scarcely imagine
a duller place to spend the winter
months. But the lads had just been
made happy by the arrival of a con-
signmtnt of baseball and toxing
sets, footballs, box Of quoits, and
were locking forward to the arrival
of Victrola and piano that were
said to be on the way.
when they come We'll be able to
dance and sing in the evenings" one
lad assured me with CHEEKY optimism.
"Then We'll feel all right"
"Sure we willw another added.
"And if they put us on the Ameri
can Y. M. C. A. amusement circuit
we'll be happy an sandlarks." And
they will-that is, as happy as they
can be away from Dakota or Iowa.
Kansas, Alabama, California, or
whatever state they happen to hail
from. For the lauded beauties of
Southern France-human or land
scape-cannot shake their allegiance
to the girls and fair stretches of the
mother land.
This isn't so bad-for a while"
one youngster summed it. "But
after the war is over-me for the
good old United States"
Nearly All Had
Trained in Ohio
At the officers table at lunch /
got reflex Of this happiness in the
satisfaction all showed at the arrival
OF the outfits; for it seemed that a
previous consignment Of boxing
gloves and bats had been diverted
by U-boat to the bottom of the
sea. What an assortment of goods,
by the way, has been opened lately
fnp tho ;pcroc<tor 50
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" ROCE 1918 STALA VALKA
SPOJENE STATY
$24, 200, 600, 600.

Washington. - Valecne wy
.dani Ameriky "a fiskalni rok
1913 cini $19,000,OOO,OOO. Sc
kretar McAdoo vsak predpovi-
da, re v pristich mesicfch bu-
dou vydani zvysena a odhadu-
je, ze rocni vydani bude $24,-
OOO,OOO,OOO. Ably tato vydani
bylo mono ucinit, bude nutno
sebrati ma danich S8,OOO,OOO,-
900 cd $11,000,OOO,OOO do
'$24,OOO,OOO,0O0 bylo sebrano
We trech kampanich ma phjcky
svobody. z techto pujcek PRIV
nj bude chit asi Cd $5,O00,O00-
900 do s6,OOO,OOO,OOO. Druha
muze byt o neco vetsi a treti
nejmensi re vsech.
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Richmond, Va. - Pani West
moreland Davisova, chot guver
nera, vstoupila do cvicebni sko
ly zavodu U. S. Powder Pack
ing Co., v Sevei Pines, ably Sc
stala vycvicenou municni delhi
ci. Nosi S sebou svuj delnicky
obed "a prichazi do prace V jed
noduchem ginghamovem oble.
ku. S nj prislo n6kolik jinych
dam, prominentnich " rich.
mondske spolecnosti. V prac
|nosi pravidelnou pracovni uni
formu, zvanou "woman alls" =
|dostava 35 centu az hodinu, 3
az bude vyucena, bude vydela
|vati vice.
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Wichita, Tex. Porucik F. r.
McGiffin z Fresno, CAL, a ka-
'det Ellis Barnard BabcDck z
w ashingtonu usmrceni ma lett
|Sti Call, kdyz jejich aeroplan
sritil Sc s vyse 1000 stop.
Pensacola, Fla. - Diva ma
morni vzduchoplavci usmrceni
Ia jeden zranen, kdyz jejich
stroj spadl do zalivu S vyse
500 stop. Mrtvi jsou James
Lloyd Churchill, Syracuse a De
Witt Clifford Wilcox, Newton
Center, Mass.
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MLADY KRAJAN ZNE-
STASTNEN.

Milwaukee. Joef Rudolf, 2
lety farmar z townu Lake, utr-
pei minuly ctvrtek padem vo
zu, kdyz Sc mu kDn6 splasili,
zlomeni zeber take mu nohy
pohmozdeny. Nestesti prihodi-
10 Sc ma rohu ulic Greenbush {,
Mineral.
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Posledni slovo NemcI We valce.

V Century klubu v New Yor
ku odhodil spisovatel Arthur
Train rozhorlenim kterysi ne.
mecky casopis. Byv tazan po
pricine rozhorleni sveho, pra.
vii: "Kdo by Sc nezlobil, kdyz
,cte, ze Nemci V teto valce bu-
dou NIT posledni slovo. Ale ko
necne muze to byt pravdou,'
dodaval. "Poslcdnim jich slo-
VEN bude vykrik: "Kamarad!'
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Ohenn.

Loufard vessel jako v pred
chazejici veGer do pokoje leka
rova, naslouchal zda-li pan spi
a pax Sc Ease tise vykradl ven.
Vplizil Sc do pracovny, ote-
vfel tam skrin, vyna' krabici,
ktera obsahovala praci Emilio
vcu a zahodinu byl hotov OPT
sem. Slozil opis peclive, vstrcil
no Go kapsy a optrne vyjd z
pokoje opustil villu.
Noe byla tmava.
Loufard zustal ma nekolik O
kamzikG stati. Rozhlednul sc O
kolo sebe a pax slabe zaplsk-
null.
Clovek, jenz Sc V jednom kou
tku u domu zdrzoval, nyni Sc
priblizil. Kdyz Sc octnul ply
move svitilny, byla vysoka a
hhranata jeho postava osvetena
- byl to Rouguin.
MAS vse?" tazal Sc bldak.
"Zde. pane 'odvetil Lou
fard a podaval nlu papiry.
"Dobre," dano mu V odpo-
ved'.
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AAAOEA, hICAy JC AlHUdl.
Divka pax pospisila ven. II
Pred dvermi stal kocar, ona do
neho vklouzla, kone sc hnuli
Feridie zmizela mile,nci svemu
jako nejaky nadpozemsky zjev.
Mlady lekar vratil Sc do sve
pracovny a usednul k psacimu
stolku. Oprel 81 rukou hlavu a
snil chvili = zapudiv pax moe
ne myslenky ma svou lasku, -
wal sve zapisky do rukou a O
pet minut pozdeji nemyslil ma
mic nez ma svou praci.
Feridie vratila Sc do palace
Muradova. Mela pri sobe psani
napsana Emilem.
Dala sestre sve oznamiti, re
Sc navratila a ODE, uzavrevse Sc
do maleho, skvele zarizeneho
pokoje, oddaly Sc nyni cteni
blouznivych tech psani.
Feridie pri tom p9akala, ne
zalem, nybrz stestim. Fatma
naproti tomu byla bledsi nez
jindy a caste 81 prala byti tax
milovana.
"Jakou jen ia laska jest ST.
lou!" premitala mlada divka
bolnomyslne. "My obe sestry
jsme 81 zcela podobny = sam
mas bratr muze mas jen stezi 70
zeznati. Nell jsme jen jednu
myslenku, jedno chteni, jedno
citenf a nyni Pride clovek CHI
a riluje Feridii = proc take
nemi;uje mne? Jak podivna
prece jen jest laska!"
Nebyla zarlivou ma Stesti Sc
strino, avsak velka bolnomysl
most zmocnovala Sc jejiho srd-
Ce.
Emil Senechal dokoncil pro
tento vecer praci svou a pred
sevZal 81, re Sc v druhy den ra
no cdere do redakce odborneho
listu iekarskeho, kdez 81 chteli
pojednani jeho opsati, kdezto
original mel byti pfedlozen le-
kafske akademii. Casopis lekar
sky vychazel dvakrate tydne a
v nejblizsim elsie melo byti u
verejneno daAezite pojednani
mladeho ucence.
Emil byl ponekud zemdlen a
" have mel pocit tuposti. Ode
Sci k osme hodine vecerni do
pribytku sve rodiny ,kdez mu
Marketa jidlo predlozila, ztra
vii vecer u sveho bratra, jenz
dnes poprve nekolik hodin mi
mo loze yytrval.
Do vzdaleneho sveho bytu ma
vratil Sc znacne pozde a o pill
noci odebral sc ma loze.
"V kterou hodinu preje 81
pan byti vzbuzen?" tazal sc slu
ha, jenz vyckaval Emilova ma
vratu.
w sedm hodin!" urcil mia
dy lekar.
o pill hodiny pozdeji Emil
jiz spal.
KAPITOLA XXXIV.
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bema zlocinci ami slova.
Rougnuin odesel a zmizel We
tine.
Loufard zavrel dvere vkra
oil Sc nazpet do panova bytu.
Siuha obyval maiy, dzky po
koi bez okna, jakousi alkovnu
Emilovy pracovny.
Sem sc nyni odebral, Ecu
chal svou postel jako by v nj
Eyl spal, z pola Sc vysvelkl a
pax rozzehl svitilnu v pracov-
Le.
'Petrolej jest ve.ice nebez-
pecna latka," zamrucel pred
sebe a okolo rtG jeho objevil
Sc zlomyslny usmev.
Pristoupil pax Sc svitilnou k
skrini, ktera obsahovala zapi
sky lekarovy, nalil tam petro-
lejc, zapalil a pax polozil hori
cl svitirnu vedle, ably Emil We
I'll V nest astnou nahodu.
Husty dym rozsifil Sc po pra
covne. Skrin Sc vznala.
Jednu chvili zdalo Sc Lou
Iardovi, re Sc naleza V nebez
peel zaduseni. Otevrel okno a
nadychal se cerstveho Vzdu-
Gnu.
Skrin stala jiz v plnem pia
menu. Co ma skrini bylo re re
le "a jeste vydrzelo, ale vnitr
nj prehradky Sc svym obsa-
nem byly jiz zniceny.
Ohen zasahnul nyni zaclo-
ny - Loufard vsak strhnul je
dolu.
'Nechci ably dunn shorel," "a
bruCel. TO Sc nesmi stati. Mu
sim pana doktora zbudit."
a tax jak byl, po4o svleceny
jako by byl prave loze sve opu
still, jako by byl byval ohnem
a horkem vydesen, vbehnul dc
pokoje sveho pana.
"Hori! Hori!" volal. Pane,
Il mas hori!"
, Emil ihned procitnul a vyskC
Gil z loze. Ia nekolik okamzikU
byl oblecen.
"Kde jest ohen?" tazal Sc
klidne.
''V pracovne, pane! Popalil
jsem 81 ruce a nohy = byl bych
snad ma lozi uhorel. Kdybych
nebyl mel tolik silly, okno oteN
riti, byl bych Sc zadusil - by.
byste mne nalezl mrtveho!"
Emil predevsim pamatovaI
ma vzacne sve rukopisy We skri
nj Sc nalezajlci. Chtel pospisit
do pracovny. Ma prahu komna
ty byl nucen Sc zastviti dralt
Sc proti nemu nesmirne hustJ
dym. Pruvan spuSobeny Oknen
4 otevrenymi dvermi rozehna
vsak nyni mraky dymu.
Emil vessel dovnitr.
! Ohen zachvatil pouze nohy
stolu, jenz Sc nasledkem toh(
zbrotil krabici z lepenky,
niz zbyla jen hromadka cmol
dicich oharku - tn a tam Wy
lslehnul jeste plamenek.
| Zaclony byly dole spalene
ale ohen jiz utlumen.
Prevrzena svitilna zdala 81
nasvedcovati vzniku ohne.
/ MlaGy lekar stal tu pred NJ
.,ah-,aAiteinou skodou bledy j;
io clovek mrtvy - Gina V.
valenyma, S celem potem po
kry1ym. Bezdecne priblizil 81
ku hromadce popele a aniz b.
pomyslel ma to, re Sc NIUE sp;
liti, ,vrazil do toho bosou no
hcu.
| Vse bylo zniceno - listy
jez nebyly ohnem uplne ztr;
veny, podrzely jeste formu z;
vitku, byly vsak cerne, zuhe
natele a plsmo nebylo citeln6
"Jak sc to mohlo stati?" t.
zal Sc Emil a rozcilenim sc jel
chvel.
: " ia o tom nevim niceho,
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