Gunnison news-champion., 1920-04-02
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v".' N.. -. r.-r' mail In my rlu...
cut I-' ... rtn 900 they Ike ah~n
Tm a... '.r sd nu' not 10 ms
tlInr-
I;.' ~.-.r NOS r"rr"pr0hly Disturbed
by Pho ..'.. h..rrrr 2" vhIrh D." Ans be-.
inr -an.,rr.I @" daily. "nid EIu~E
Lulu u''..s.., lnuau A. Engine IEis.
VI. Dol. darling Gl. anh"rr-d electric
I"~ur."'Is"s aufnmnhlIrs. gasuIIu.
Inun. u., alr.hr~ anything and "y-
.ry'h.as that Ha. mot run hy STRAIN
p"u-r
~rld EIars Lulu vns good ~n.u-n
for Tim. Do saI "u.d Hurs I.a
and Rae, .Hr-E ~ -Nprrs~ nuf maI
cnr- -h. CARRIED were good enough '.-
rnyh,fy
SImm"r, d.d mot know that rh" hE
truuklIr" was uir,u,ly contemplating
the luItrs "r few nir,h.r, ror the
puT,ns" - ran,ryIuc mail urf *
pr"Ns ur he u.la wuu.d hnNr been
NOR" Troubled T. nns rgu"r,i that
the C"ntIhrn'. Nr-htp rnmpruy was
In the pr~,,.-- - '"rmarluH aud @ con
tIn"niuI n.r.h.u Wn~ would mean more
sp""d' d.u."r5 ~ mail and express.
rh"ur.r rurr- anI therefore. r"nsid-
-ruhl" p"ruunry ln-, ?" the rallrnni
cumImnE In'S Threatened rump"'l.
ii"u mu-' h, met and drf"utcd -.
while S0umun- sr"ul.d mud swnr". the
rniIr"ud company planned and expert
m"n'"d
By and hy thor" cain" u youu. Eng.
iIshmmu from 'he other side ~ the
Atlantic. with u l.iil. money In his
pocket and % grim determination To
earn w"r,-mu,h more By night he
dreamed ~ c"ES and wheels md
-cr"wS and rrur"llers and dynumu-
md "hns hy hny he worked on these
dreams and made them come true.
lie didn't b"cnme famous; he want.
ed :" marry Eut he hadn't sufficient
money. and n" Influential friends
one day his dreams md his labor
cam" {" an end. Tint was the day
that his ~luorl model NJ Ia" Frnimprr-
Stokes uIr~hip WAS finished. tested. and
found perfect
Then Fat" brought him into contact
with H"uIrlrks. the recently elected
president NJ the Never-MInd What
Railroad company. Hendricks wanted
nm nlrshLr. and FcuImore Stokes want
ed money. Each supplied III. Others
demand T'uImnre- Stokes sold his
patent outright and went home to
Merri" England und his sweetheart.
Hendricks went his way. rejoicing
in the knowledge that he had secured
th" means {" combat the Continental
Airshlp company. which was still non.
existent
The Ncv.r-MIud- What company built
two large alrshIps after the pnttern Of
tn. FrnImure-Stokes model. md then
hasteurd to build more. because. first.
ly, vi" Continental AlrshIp line had be-
come n reality; and. secondly. because
OF two daring mall md express rob
berries which occurred only four or five
weeks apart and dehrd solution.
Five mail clerks and three erprass
1,rI
their cars, with their skulls crushed.
A sixth mail clerk died without re-
gaining consciousness. and Il fourth
express messenger became SO hopeless
iy insane that no clew could be OBJ
tained from his confused. lncoherent
speech.
All the most valuable express pack.
ages were missing. boxes broken open
and safes dynamted In the mall ears
not one registered letter or parcel.had
been overlooked In both Instances.
No. 2, drawn by "Old Buick Lulu
with Surly simmons Mt the throttle
was the train selected by the maraud.
ers. II hurt Simmons more than any
one knew. hut that did not mend mat.
terS
The N.-M.-W. company decided then
TO convey express and mail by means
OF the Fcninorc- Stokes airships; so
they broke bottle of wine over the
gray metal body OF the first man-mnde
bird and christened her the Regis
tered Mail" The second they named
the Chicago Express"
When he heard OF 1t, Surly Simmons
broke two bottles of wine over "I.u.
lu's" black nose. saying to her: IF
you ain't worth two o. them flying
chimes. then you can't run two miles
in four minutes"
Lulu" nssuredly could run two miles
in four minutes; but she sighed. nev.
ertheless. and her iron heart thropped
convulsiv.ly.
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