Evening star., 1922-05-13
ORION spent the night in the
Mineola Hospital. He didn't
really need to stay, but the
J. a..z- z,;<1 - mould he hest

in case some internal injury had beer
overlooked. Meanwhile Kennedy took
charge Of the hangar where the IN
jured machine was. The men hac
been in a sort of panic; Humphreys
could not be found. and the only res
son, I think why the two mecnan-
fcians stayed was because something
was due them on their pay.
Kennedy wrote them out personal
checks for their respective amounts
but dated them two days ahead to
insure thei- staying. He threw on
all disguise now, and with authority
from Norton directed the repairing
Of the machine. Fortunately it was
in pretty good condition. The
broken part was the skids. not the
essential parts Of tho machine. AS
for the gyroscope. there were plenty
OF them and another dynamo. and II
was a very simple thing to replace
the old one that had been destroyed
Sinclair worked with a will, far
past his regular hours. Jaurette also
worked. though one could hardly
say with a will. In fact. most OF
the work was done by Sinclair and
Kennedy. with Jau:ette sullenly
Rrumblins. mostly in French. under
and was suspicious OF him l thought
1 noticed that Kennedy did rot allow
him to do much Of the work either
though that may have been for the
reason that Kennedy never asked
any one to help him who seemed un-
willing.
There" exclaimed Craig about 10
o'clock IT we want to get back to
tho city in any kind of time tonight
we had better quit Sinclair. think
you can finish repairing these skids
in the morning.
We locked up the hangar and hur-
ried across to the station. 1t was
late when we arrived in New York.
but Kennedy insisted on posting off
up to his laboratory, leaving mo to
run down to the Star Office to make
sure that ou- story was all right for
the morning papers.
l did not see him until morning.
Eesneay Thsn lasSst roStcs touring car drove up
the tonneau of the car was a huge
package carefully wrapped up.
Something ! worked on for a cou
Craig, patting it. '1f this doesn',
solve the problem then III give 1t
up"
was burning with curiosity, but
somehow. by perverse association
OF ideas. I merely reproached Ken
nesy TOR he nes Smiled iasins sn9qsa saan fess
working last night, Walter. couldn't
have rested at all for thinking about
It."
When we arrived at the field Nor
ton was already there with his head
bandaged. l thought him a little
pale. but otherwise all right: Janur-
ette was suiking. but Sinclair had
finished the repairs and was busily
engaged in going over every bolt
and wire. Humphreys had sent
word that he had another offer and
had not shown up.
I'VE must find him. exclaimed
flight today. His contract calls for
II can do it. Kennedy" asserted
Norton. See. I'm all right" -.
He picked up two pieces OF wire
and held them at arms length. bring.
Of him. just to show US how lie could
control his nerves.
And TIL be better yet this after.
noon," he added. IT can do thl,
stunt with the points of pins then."
Kennedy shook his head gravely
bu: Norton insisted. and fnal.y Ken
nedy agreed to give up wasting ttns
trying to locate Humphreys. Afte,
that he and Norton had long whis
pe-ed conference in which Kennedy
seemed to be unfolding n scheme.
'I understand" said Norton =. II
length: you want me TO put thi:
sheet cad cover over the dynamo AMI
battery first. Then you want me to
take the cover off. and also to ds:ac!
tho gyroscope and tc fly w:thou!
using it. Is thai it?"
Yes" assented Craig. Il will be on
tho roof Of the grandstand. The sig.
nal will be three waves of my hat
After a quick luncheon we went UP
to our vantage point. On the way
Kennedy had spoken to the head OF
the Pinkertons engaged by the man.
agement for the meet, and had also
dropped in to see the wireless opera
tor to ask him to send up messen-
ger II he saw the same phenomena as
he had observed the day before.
On the roof Kennedy took from his
pocket a little instrument with nee.
die which trembled back and forth
over a dial. 1t was nearing the time
for the start of the days flying, ant
the aeroplanes were getting ready
casting occasional glances at tht
needle as It oscillated.
Suddenly. as Williams rose in the
Wright machine. the needle swung
quickly and pointed straight at the
aviation field. vibrating through s
small arc back and forth.
"The operator Is getting his appa.
ratus ready to signal to williams,
remarked Craig. This is an appara
tus called an ondometer. 1t tells vol
the direction and something Of th'
magnitude Of the Hertzian waves uset
in wireless"
Five or ten minutes passed. Nortor
was getting ready to fly. I could SCI
through my field glass that he wa.
putting something over his gyroscop'
and over the dynamo. but could no
quite make out what it was. Hi!
machine seemed to leap up in the air
as If eager to redeem itself. Norton
with his white-bandaged head. wa:
the hero Of the hour. No sooner hat
his aeroplane got up over the level o.
the trees than heard quick ex
clamation from Craig.
Look at the needle. Walter" h
cried. "As soon as Norton got int
fhs air II shot around directly oppo
site to the wireless station. and nov
| It 10 pointing
We raised our eyes in the direction
saxa1 "