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Aavtn a tht he be ht ROLLA ONCOL ONG DONTE, THE AIR LIN |_By EDWIN BLISS | 7 Seo plenty of praise; but no one kinks wee Of the practical side. They ony my takes unpack for ai invention belongs to the world, but a saat” tatty nh the world does not offer to take that think “How many hours at the shortest?” twenty-five yoars from my shoulders, foo ie Abt squinted narrowly at the gimmt. They call me « big man, and, think- naman seemed rT of their own comparative lttle- pirrtinyropeet pray Ayr he A ness, say such a thing belongs to th head, culiar ideas, “See here,” aal@ Be, world. Perhaps it does, but I must’ brows “what's ail thie harry abot? % tell have my return, And the trony of y {0 the vou I'll make the trip whenever 960 the whole thing is that this public "Viand smile aay at the price I named: 1 deat oa- compels me to resort to eubterfuge q is opened bis poct to have to catch a certain to obtain it. Choy Dr. Wu, with a ghort silenced Dutch Fred, who had! Doctor Wu, understanding for the ich Fred - — CHAPTER V. first time the feelings of the aero- ibberiah he Teotied, cctieatalety “1. (Ccotoraed,) DI man Wells has Just left this house, ° An Aerial Contract. his own pent-up grievances, coupled house, knows.” tested Abt. “We have pacing the floor rapidly. A sneering little to fear from them iaugh played about the corners of hie © long as the women mouth as he disgorged himself of his 4re kept opt and only old residents spleen. are permitted to remain. } rT} UT Chinese are barred with a brooding eelf-pity, induced by if, B from the country,” pro- the fame he found besetting him, was think an ordinary plane is =. tion ther, Dr. Wu's great frame shook with all 1 have; think I tell everything,” P } f t hand reached out and that he was the pseudo Chinaman suppressed mirth. ‘Certainly, they he gibed bitterly. “For two years the ‘ lees ‘ . ‘ ‘ s pressed @ button betas conasaled in who had cooked his opium pills, Mow are exetided,” he assented. “There secret of flight has been mine alone, y rae ( “ as ' Of the room closed, havlae tae may be tn are no Chinese women or children al- What do they think I remained a her- wi 1 LO, is M, that slowly but stead- ; may take lowed to enter this country. Yet, mit all that time for? Look at the ; : low light, leave no trace strangely enough, we see Chinese Other inventors with their mono and Fordham ané suis {Mdrem toddling about our streets. biplanes, all idling where I stood two that enn ‘ Isnow the marta of Ban Prancisco years ago. 1 was solving those prob- may és, and Z are filled with Chinese ulave women. !ems which followed naturally on the te @ pecsien Raetuded, yoo; but “scarcely a day heels of flight. Make it useful—that before Rian” pasbes that I do. not write out a check Ws the question. The prime require- aggressively. F two hundred dollars to bring an- Ment was to have eomething that as F ‘ . 3 t pra Chinaman in. ‘The boatmen SUld not overturn—e natural bal- — . lt Z = ¢, ‘4. “Bat ance. 1 solved it finally, It was sim- i ‘ Ss + . along the Canadian line know my ple enough when it came, but it took . : cheeks well; steamship companies a 1 of a while coming; the ad- ) grr . mgw them: lawyers in town see os ven of om Bees hiecn as ous- besinenn pending rod to & mu jane, eo work- them, And Hip Sing Tong ts not the in¢ in conjunotion with those planes one whose members dally swear —as a pendulum worke—that its hat fresh faces are old ones—there Is equilibrium was rend ine one to mark the difference, except Stationary. The problema were many, one"— alhcahmeac then his jaws Soa how tort ‘the be ees amapped shut. many, but"—— rs y » “Bixcept one,” hq repeated. “And Pray, don't stop, professor,” mur- the irony of it all is that when he Dured Doctor W + Se zou mane needed he is excluded. Thou- of punishment. of my countrymen I have got tion with which you are besieged is through, but the one—the one I would now torture, and you find you must work for your reward almost as hard net exchange for them all, is blocked oy you "worked to merit it.” at the very frontier." The China- “Abt nodded silently, il . $ ‘understand this thing thoroughly, If this Mock Duck tm't in Harneville , when I get there, what then? Lean’ scour Canada for you.” jaa = “Tt, would be no use,” the giant amiled sadly, “It means death fer me g st I La & rs 3:4 a ty r 0 clas} arm: “ pg enna ited out on the street below? He seach my own conclusions. You Doctor Wu. “I at the tgan'e hands cleaped tho re (ako way Teles © ell aoe — told his tale to the inspector of can't prevent a man thinking about dangers you have mentioned.” hair as though to crumple the wood. Wir) Siang you, and have seen with . and, being an Ong Leong, he business, you know, even if you can “Ever been up in an aeroplanet” “Prof. Abt,” he queried after a pause, my own even somthing of the power boove§ or Ong eee, Arr we Sd gd ne when leading up fo snapeed Re inventor, ‘aces cl ows nothing of a- business. I’ al, now; normal, ‘No; but"—— a ne problem annoy you? Ie the you possess, more, I presume, than tions and believes him merely @ decent eo “Balloon or dtrigtble?* tee fim of the bat is, the principle formed Wu's face lit up es, are static! , tized, just as Slowly the tengue words, mis Yoloe was'® his hande in a grea 3 mind that conquered the air passive almost any one else. You may think Chinaman seeking to avert another he qiane oniied peweiively, fo i wetueut en peace’ y man, p Bia Q ing to wive surface for this power terror-fraught iaper. hevles 7 is there nothing left Cron 'an_ extraordinary ene! But You cm cg pespie. tmiperturbable fest aad polls Tar ted “Then you know nothing about the to work on in tothe weight “It was—it waa,” he ‘the: . disgraceful " even an extraordinary one; but you \or you to do? You have an atrship— Mant “tealise that, despite the un- He cells them that ante dares forehead into a multitude of fat Gangers, and, therefore, may be jn- it bears. A ten-pownd pies of iron bac: ot leaned forward. “It was ™ake the attempt within thet time— ‘you fy it; you know the air lanes— reality of these surroundings, you are and he speaks truth, for there will bo Wrinkles. "Two other highbinder Slned, to tment cor the world mveh lined 4 ice I the clined to imagine that my price is in one Lert af LS lp eens Dr, Wut atood an though carved in youre. ty pbpespen: +] Ml you be idle in Occidental New York. Within a — societies are after our friend Doctor ‘a 4 r Se. eee whe Block of this joss the. elevated rolls tiger Blas se faapecter’ tale wht ee ets Shee Once ae BaNiaa ta ontte tordiae tomy atures ft and aba pre feat, mtoatennunty! "hvells.” “He Abt's eyse sparkled with delight. ; . c * ” ” : As though roused from a trance BY! below are many men thirating the district, attorney, rho ealata the ated c T wouldn't have you think I name @ lap the greater speed, the n Claws, Saeed the erent, Joes, “The Comet's tn the shed, primed for * the Mttle aviator, on being directly myself, Professor. I tear for the ob- Chinese case! - ipl Peouuse Lain not Therefore, I want the, propulsive, power of the air sl®- +9 the door, made certain of ihe bolt, *MERL” be cried. ¢ tale amy addressed, rubbed his forehead dazed- ject to which my Iife is devoted— “There is but ‘I 1 examined t bli longer, No wa expression oame Hip Sing Tong, Should I pass away, try~who. tan handle a Chinese oge Morities are hoodwinking the Cana- to show you. I want to explain: what thing was to incorporate the propal- rerverel anuri. ands. epee jy, then a shre' PI that which is far greater would dia- stheotivety ‘and he is usually en, ‘a. dian authorities into boarding him, one- millionth part ore ling power into the machine itself. senile cusved hia lips. ete 4ppear—Hip Bing Tong. But this case ta of weuauy engaged. Hip Sing Tong can't do anything Please don't interrupt again. Anything can fly if it has momentum rq" 'he said slowly; “Prog, Abt snare a " reme impor: hout this fellow and they can't Ho gignced erety at the giant ‘ ‘1 can mold it into a great instru- tance. The United tes Govern. pyivout th 4 lo glanced sev enough, but only that thing which his an, at the special agent, He clouded. ‘ ment for to myself, to my peo- me. 3 - fetch him here by any known route and ru his nose, while his ¢y@® has propulsive power of its own can | je cmuckied, “What do you want! pie and Tatyoure, But should Tait, It gue’ That ie ner bee eee Gon —ateam, bout, motor, electricity. Only grew. wider than ever. Keep’ on. fiying. "80 the propellers alr-‘and they are mighty. indeed. BUt reve tice be ratned ot alone By ‘That's the way Americans ta’ usl- would exist only as one more fester peng that the Consul, although he ‘Me “lr remains free, and Sntrem- “The alr,” he announced, with @ move and produce the same effect a@ the epedial agent”——- He laughed sl- longs but by the men of Welle new. news” on your country. Why should we ré- claims there are no fighting branches Mflled, and. at present, I own the OF wide sweep of his arm, “may be lik- a ship's screws which enable ® boat jently. Fut—I believe you mean it” “Bet we of the East—not so rap- main die and do nothing? You see of the tongs in China, is of the Lin Terefore, Mock Duck can only reach ened only to a stormy #e® having & to plow aside the waves. Them came ‘The musician pressed tis back “Mean it!” impatiently stormed Abt, re Bast—not #0 rap- ‘the perils surrounding met you know Chun and the lan Chun ip meater Mott Street, New York City, United Gent with an earthquake while a tor the final main sage—the mounting harder againet. the door, “Wella” he “Of ; aig," blandly em «f . the situation. Are you willl Hip Sing: therefare the Consul ts States of America, via the Air Line, 1545 feterces the bout anda fow Wttle of an engine aboard my little oraft suttered eutomatically, "He enaps his .<m cs tee itt Thatio way 1 “You have solved the problem of gist mo; to aid the weak that they against me. Powerful interests are DY kind assistance of Eglinton Abt. 61 pups second the contenders.” which would proviae the to fi at—Welle!” aald it. Open the door, The etenm wwigation, Prof, Abt; are you may become strong; to hel involved, and the man I speak “That's the worst phase of half of “ gandy, remembering certain experl- ke ‘screws moving. whol car that beats m: aerial navigation, pt of is ef iY, ta ‘peri- those ing. le . Wu nodded. y Comet will have to comtent to have others make that in- that it may overcome evil? Are you called from his other Interlor Depart- the situation, Washburn,” he smiled ences aloft, emiled at the mystifica- problem resolved itself into keeping The pianist stared at Abt, then back hurry some, but I can't be fave an air. Willing to think In a bigger way, be- ment work and sent to Harnaville— foxily. “Always look on the dark side tion on Wu's face, "That's about 1" the weight of the engine down and to his yellow patron. “Hnape—at— loating vention useful? You have an air- TOOL? bounds of a petty, man- fust across the border—to hold Mock and you'll rarely be disappointed. I he paid, the power up. So long as the least Welle,” he muttered again uncom- “ToUnd. You think this fellow Wells ahtp, but what can you do with it?” made law, in order that you may ac- Duck there on Canadian goll. He is am perpetually studying out the cth- weiinton Abt nodded genially. “To umount of power is obtained to work prehendingly. such @ wonder! I'll give him a mild ‘Abt frowned heavily. ‘You ought complish what that law blindly strives the one man able to do the one ical questions involved in @ deal, #0 4. “explicit, the alr, as every one up a maximum of speed, and a cer- “He only fears the perila of the air tante of what he's been handing eut ‘mush about that as any- for and fails utterly to attain? Are American I fear and respect; the orie Ra to ‘do the greatest good to the \rows, ie filled with hot and cold cur- tain minimum of air pressure is ata- Janes,” repeated Dr. Wu, the same ty Tem: pede. gned will 0 do this Professor man who blesks my every move— greatest number. I'm a very moral v urrents, These cur- t a0 long will the machine slow smile on tis ree. Dp now, and opem the boty.” be growled. “You've doswed Fyiinton Abt?” Wells.” a ‘ ve fnan”, He straightened defiantly as Tents Moves In Cou, Toataractn, move forward in the air—aiwaye opus — Again the planiet stared from one te #°0r.” , ‘tale ‘everywhere and spoiled —Gome subtle, flery magnetism about _ Abt whistled shrifly an@'lookea at though expeciing argument on the Tothaing “ravines; even a building trolled by tho two stationary forces fhe other. “He does not know Welle.” Wu motioned Dutch Pred toward Shai ce tom. What do you think?” the muna pecullar virity, dased the Washbirn. “Am international atfati* subject bub Washburn and Wa mere: Tay creato a perfect aarint tornude ‘which are hover variable, the down: Re rinaliy orled,'a mreat Buret of comi- the great auspendicg meng,” thus “I have bad men watohing,” in- Dur. Bore wa lifted his cand the man"—he whistled eae tnd ras, 1 nave a most decided objection Ler tuee Yeats Seu tee igimans. tnceat tue’ eotthe aiatiea ee the er oreinatexplaine it all pe » Peered cautiously through @ slit in feeponded the giant. slightly and continued, his voi. low stared at Wu—“that the pista slotmes to such a state of affairs as extet® neat and steady climatic conditions tettnat. the body of the inackine, nodded Dr. Wu. * the window shade. The room was im- “Det thet should flatter you. Of them and dulcet, almost a whisper: officer we left hanging on to your here, Some brigand, a few minutes Woo, iavely due to the Desert of S&- ‘those two thingn are alwa: 4 mediately filled with the mele@ious oata hat which he 7 ya presen’ Pre Te cece ca PRIN Tt Tk aca SP RTT OVE CT MR ibn ie tart pd ep cra a CHAPTER VI clangor as the planist repestediy lem of mal in! is 4 ~—the air my Comet conquers Dn & cluded. “You can count on ‘em—and * ef men watehing you alone. FFOM jirium ao perfect that your machine | Wu started violently, then smiled bein thi second, columns arise immediately be- brought the felt-covered hammer Wasbingten, Rochester, Tours, Berlin, could not overturn and spill ite ooou- blandly—but with an effort, “He is head might have b past fore you, out of nothing: in a Ge i Pie Ty I seer (antec A Strange Message. down upon the tocsin, Feit fee Angeles, I dave received my re- pants. Its occupants—that was your @ ere,” he sald somberly, “The preposseares me in favor of UOVlOr biunge of hundreds of feet appears at cali a bird-man.” “I hall send Dutch Pre@ with ‘wondered what ailed this second thought. Why do you wish to epee agents of thie Government are . That's my practical ie prow of your oraft; @ mountain “1,® Mra eas. ahaa ns -ileiblchiin: Gabe w'saerioae 7 ana trom "ly? Not to gain a new eensation; bse other departmants are’ not.” "Phe United ‘States Government i of heavy air emerges from behind a sone en ‘pee oe in rane -r aiinoe 0 thot you,” whispered the Chinaman, “He wonderful bird-man! You come from 1°) nat the rich might have fast and Few know their names. HI fewer working against Wu. They did the cioud with you already atop it. The *t# ‘o ing, glistening by wo men, then will conduct you into the streat be- ‘iny shed and fintier @ dainty pefo flight slong the heaven's byway. XBOw their occupation. "This man, same thing with my acroplane—found man at the gear cannot nee theso ‘ee of the Chinaman. beckoned the Chinamaa to yond by another secret jeter! finest silk my No: it was for utility. Utility was Wells, ts o special agemt. ‘And though faults, demanded trials, tled me up in 4 things, he cannot know them save by , “I understand; it is very clear, Pro- the door, and agitatedly eS ee joined the 2 ied to you then, what ap- 1 hate him, aa I hate ther man contract which left me no loophole for pig senses. This sense may be called {sor Abt,” cried Wu. “Very simple, 5 . will get your motor car for you, Be profucee—to test the wind: wan: Lge mee and it is utility Who blocks me in protectin my life, escape. The government has acted the the bird sense, but please”—hastily— Professor. I nee those ten years now, whispered with him. Ovea. ca your guard against the stool peals to you now: Willing to turn fill I must respect his brains oF be x fool with aviatorm—yoU know that, Sdon't ever allude to ttas that. How chd I understand." Hie voice was sionally Sandy caught the special pigeon 1 pointed out—<the litle tallow: ur invention over to Younger toiene aig hie a, Soerose Washburn, from your study of tho sensitive and variable the air le may low and soft as ® woman's, sur- agent's name, and onoe, intercepting beware of any one epeaking te you’ . He pointed an accusing finger jo 4; ned when I tel charged with @ certain pity almost, when you die, 0 that the pinndiy agains “Afock Duck is held abruptly ‘atthe Aero Club man. sasaice theusaad feet abovo'e feta ‘The harsher lines were gone trom his totes wuat otras ee psd it - approaching you—they may problem may be advanced to its witl- at Harnsville, refused admittance to “Ien't It a f00l?” under cultivation and one unoulti- countenance, leaving ft positively &ave ordere for your arrest. Careful, eare- ‘time. mate mathematical conclusion. country by the 4 . ‘handsome alon, Pere te pecen wenet. wee Susipp earn ren cod Goverimeny on tac anes are ce een ate ee atatsd. bla Slosinules, ‘That lo wer carial Aight Melints, AB closed hie eyes ADt thrust his hat tmpationtty down sus “Areful be careful all the oe tatu to eel e gore Mie Liked hie hand in emiling dis- and your mucking eee Ey NOU statement, “They wanted ti fre so diiticult Ia cities where every and’ruvbed ove hawt sovecs Iie fore, over bis eare and started toward me 27% Will meet you in Harnevtie and a 3 /Aligsh aS service on something ‘Washburn would have inter- —here.” fe to bring: him to me in front, instead of be ind, Sy feet, Gr Sesh, eae gftee in head as though wearled. “And tBat.* door, ic masks the wonenency' 05 Sa ormmien' ment she oe “And any foo) jp has a varial ia sadly; where es jotioning to the musician Af the sort—you cannot fly. Always fd Omen Quelte "your say Ge’ ae Aentenine cee 2. posh SP tape Bel UP caavee the edividal aaveee meen tee ate Comte th Meaten ively, "you know amy price now nna TIDE the gong, he glided reituy ve ” ft " ; strength tests of m e . ow AD: g Pie wind 6 het tevorees Be ot ins nace ye cee rere theaty. Now for this special agent "Dogtor Wu nodded gravely, his eyee wreuched’ at’ the, abrupt’ tresaltion An send me word to-morrow abyut ‘% d00r again. “Wick mata” we [ e ‘5 affronted, Abt your period of privation; bie «Nad that dh is auch @ bear.” abrupt ‘ a make this child of “And at they say wide with Interest, mouth slightly from a purely scientific probl to acceptance, and, ti ‘ called softly, “Wick Nami” Be ‘Washbern im the ribs and time, you want oo awe nL ching: “wai nd is kept out to prevent a tong He aquinted challengingly at Wash- open, thin lips moving a® he absorbed this mations -feot business tone. He you eon gee net on. oe ee raised his voice until it was a perfect rt burn. "Remenber when my machina the information and applied it to his h the remedy. I will Dr, Wu nodded. silently. was wrecked by vandals at Jefferson own peculiar mental workings. {hea xucet the Chiagian or mis 100k UP Harnavillo and got a line on yy ll was no answer, t a salary which Will “How far 4 a : d er thoes pgntens things and, Abt Drunauely. How tur Maar he Gin cacke, every, pleas, tern to FiBbey “[ cannot explain the terrors of this guard. air currents and climatic conditions, 5 equally, will advertise the utility of crow files, I mean?” hang pethotie see alr ele 1," continued the aviator ‘That's what I'm charging for,” Abt you know. If you don’t mind open- 'u stepped quickly from the reom, your macht You will give me that «pnen you will undertake the am a have been guarding that Sétigualy. “Neither can I half make placidly continued, folding his haads tng the door’—— He paused expect. ®#4 glided down the hall in seargh . clea the impossibility of the average tranquilly over his stomach and twid- the misain, lone by right to every man pitted man. haven't had any trouble Tian navigating an aeroplane. With difag his thumbs in a swift circle $ntly beside them, while the musleiaa Yo ising ewanl ine Car against overwhelming odds. Here 5414, weren't they there to prevent thai # tossing, tumbling sea rising at you from loft to right, then reversing the ®>ra back at the bare suggestion. chips ceased, Abt straightened abruptly am I—Dr. Wu, chief of Hip eyatlinton Abt slowly screwed one f Wiye to prevent that every second, giving you no fore- direction, as though that were tke Wu emiled blandly, “The price is and Washburn was conscious of the Tong—appealing to you, Eglinton Wy. shut and winked exptessively at men there, instead of polic warning a8 do the billows of a real most absorbing thing in the world to heavy, but it is already accepted—the Bauseating amell of poppy coming in and rubbed his great nose + ‘ashburn. “A moment ago, doctor,” ? That's what'T want to have an- 8&4: With lghter currents of air, so him. “That's why I anap my finger® money to be paid on delivery of the from the open doors, 4m chagrin. “We haven't quite per- he aaid slyly, “you remarked that light they form almost as perfect a at governments and special ageats, 6 began. ‘“We"— you Chinamen did not talk business vacuum as it 4s possible for man or and count them trifling dangers at tno Passenger here. I will leave it in Suddenly « sharp cry of rage rang #0 fast. Now the shoe is on the other his machines to make, sucking you worst But those little things, I'll trust at any bank you designate, to Out from down the dim passageway, | mutual ald and assistance which De- naga eagerly questioned the China- “Pardon me, air, if I differ,” Wu foot. This proposition entails a good vontiag | venting the same thing si forward and hurling you about when wager, were the ones you thought of be id over on t juceessful ter- then the giant figure of Wu Aatorrupied. “The Chinese flew kites am 1- the Chinam many details—half of them you un- that show any brains or consclenes? once eaught in its clutches; with paying me for, I will be most gener- plat of the trip his back stooped pele hcg. - thousands of years before the Chris- Shot at, the prey. ® derstand and are willing to pay for. Not @ bit of it; not a bit of ft! columns of air, solid as marble pillars ous because I like your waune, foel “sie mienty hard fiyt erapetigessy 3 ean era. We. ghould know something $0° ani Pr {hat half there are such trif_ing. a moral man, Washburn, and you to my eraft, tumbling about in every sorry for you, you being the undor ‘® mighty hard flying in the city, something limp and black and eutle et terial cre Tf have sudind enters as a fellow target-shooting know it. I never did or said anything direction at the slightest change in dog, like you personally, am oaly 8 I explained,” protested Abt de- dangled in bis gnaried arma, Dump- an Problems. wag in his earnestness, at us outside the house, asd @ bunch unjust in my life. But I could never temperature about or beneath or above actuated by moral motives. For these cidedly. ing the object on the oor, be ewiftiy yee and your machine. I think you fue evan i with emotion. G8 maremrenia OAtng. apolnd reiting saaligw those secret service men moe Brig ine that ar reageas I'm Bot going te chetee ae Dr. Wu emiled serenciy. “In time knelt beside it, bin slits of eyes @l- ut cannot make roper Vi n'a 2 ee neemea ce. netine! lone, enables man . @ cent for the dangers lurking al » one | Beet PE eee ee ene crainated wo tue Wt of anybody in “here on general — “But"—protested the, astonished The aeroplane aa it stands is half the earth—abeolutaly not one penny.” 1 will. pay but #600 for what I now most clow, ble Ankers gripping aad % f a bordinated to the y a ji Meanvial arrangements. You must ears- tl Mg of og tia ey Motice Principles, We're defying Washing- Ban man and half machine.” Doctor Wu made a gesture of de-. #'V¥e one hundred thousand. Recently untwisting cunvuls)vely, 4 at go too fast—yeo?” ton departments that don’ aie Candi n hat the little avittor’s Pi nts at don't take Eglinton Abt raised his bi ip burn nodded grave comprehen- jignted test, bt it I have been ol . by force ng T , Avt grinned boyiehly. “It's been a fF # moment that the Httle Het, Kindly to being detied, and we're em- mandingly. “I may have tacite, #100 out of his experince, while Wu Babied grommet, ond azar ee pdt ce see) res alery or: (te Be nee, | wether tough pill,” he admitted a bit Por a second the three stood in atlenee; broiling ourselves a bit with the Ca- Washburn,” he cried; “they say cvery Studied the little inventor's face to saw finally that Abt was trrevocably ? ghamefacedly, “Twenty-Sve years on then, as if by mutual suggestion, they nadian government. Then there’ one has; but, thank Heaven, note the slightest tremor or trace of eniisted in the Quixotic mission. fast rule to pay only on delivery, The @ne problem—ten of those years as a Teneated themselves. so-call m chap’ 48 not one of them. No untruth, “Now, what were you thinking of beatmen at Harnsvilie gpt in the GOING AWAY FOR “Mock Duck,” went on Doctor Wu Works at special agenting—we'll be med gently upon the pair—I “The principle of flying,” gravely paying for?” inquired the litle avi~ habit of overturning the boat if their hermit, No companionahips, no com- slowly. “is the leader of my hatchet Playing & lone hand against him. settled the ethical #de of the problem resumed Abt, “is precisely the same ator softly. “Teuppose you reckoned extortionate demands, made just be. | °UMMER?. Remember The Eve forts, nothing but study, study, study; men, the mightiost of all the hatchet Now, our friend, Dr. Wu, Is the after’ thinking it over calmly und as the principle that moved and on mo charging by the mile, but, as © weed ning World prints each week nething but trouble with human frail- Men. elther in this country or China. | of « Chinose Mighbinder organ-. judicially. “Having Govided that thm propelled that bullet into this window. my aerometer is not auite rellatie, £0r¢ landing, were aot complied with, | Ning World prints eac a tide With mechanics, with assistante; With him I can fight a eine thie coi Misbindash "© euhvaaa “tne Is a aeener nar taking Fs my site It was here, nene xa Mt ae it had better be a Hrd sum, Apart from the peculiar methods of | complete up-to-date novel ——@ J + Oo We mu, come down t train rate by ng-—-$60,000,' teal wouble.ahd work and no relaxation, Leong. But Mock Duck is across the giant sharply, Question of fees, Tho dangers I have wind strikes you and your hat rises. wu wee CHa oe 0%." sugested! conveyance, the terme Are Wem week’s reading! Have The Eve Unill one day—my airship flew-—the Canadian border and cannot return be. | Eglinton Abt stared at him severo- mentioned are as nuthing to those ‘The train slows and the hat sinks — “And fifty thousand more makes one With those made with all yellow J, i Aappleat day of my life, and the last Cause he ls restrained by the United ly. was thinking to myself” he lurking ia the air,* down, The question with the aero- hundred thousand, it my mathematics #mugslers.” i ning World sent to yi , a 4 . puttingly. 4 ni “I am prepared to make it well plane was how to get the power to do not fall me,” said Abt mildly, open- “And what time sball stort? Wad address. R h fo a eappy eas; ‘There has beon praise, “Remember the tittle stool pigeom J aloud I think my own tHoughts and worth your while,” hastily interrupted pgopel the alr craft, The birde—that ing bis axes wide, “You're @ rich dav? \ 4 ben " \

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