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(Goprtisth, 1010, by Biren & ‘Bmith,) GYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, i Hi & H plot ot So Na ewan” CHAPTER IX. » The Wager. E bent double jnughing; then, recovering himself, he went _ That's all the Government cares abotit on this side of the Niag- are creek. You will have the pair of smugglers where you want them in New York. You say It's as simple to hero—simpler. What more do you want? Don't be a hog, man; you're winner tn the game leave a-few chips for the kitty For a long time Wells did not an- Washburn watched him enger- Under. the spol! of Abt's generous plea he was just beginning to realize the full extent-of his own quandary. Slowly the special agent head and a twinkle plainty visible, but the outstretched toward ihe ugly pair of amugetors never wavered. “About face!” he snapped auddeniy. As the two men did not move, advanced threatening Bune against their bodi them around with their backs turned toward him. “Stay that way,” anaried the agent, “or [ipee, whether this hardware of in his oyea waa pate of arms + pressed the and wheeled drawied, turning to Abt, “put up your fun and don't make any more of a worth a dozen of those bits of junk. Here's your proposition. me to take Washburn over the line amiled Wells, know that Dutch Fred will wire Wa particulars, and that the old buck will take his money back before you get down tq the big. town?” “Take Dutch Fred nlong, too, then,” said the aylator promptly. ‘Wells whistled, “Well, of all the You want me to protect you at every péfht, when you have done nothing but try to block me. want me to turn the other cheek till it's black and blue”— “Oh, thunder!" disguastedly retorted “What if we have tried to block you? You've won on every turn of n't you got any sense If a man goes broke in a gamble with me, I don't refuse to loan him enough chips to.cet home on and Duy @ bottle of vintage; de I? That's not my way.” Wells's eyes twinkled. show down, “Well, I'll go you on one con- It I carry the two passengers to NewYork and beat you there, vou pay me the hundred thousand. How's “It's a clean Abt scratched his head for a second, then slowly winkdd one mild eye. “Wheré.in New York e aerodrome at Fordham “1 overhaul my machine first.” Wells burst Into a low laugh, then turned, to Washburn, well confess," he said slowly, “that I transferred your tools when I left the ‘They're in my grip and you have a bunch of rocks for baggage.” “Regular thief,” muttered Abt re- “No wonder you're a good man,” he exploded finally. tainly do cop everything you lay your Comes natural, knowink thief ways, doesn't it?” Bout face,” snapped the agent. raising the gunin his right hand ant whirling it with a rotary motion in the face of the Chinaman, who had half turned and was crouching for a spring, bis long yellow fingers twiteuing herri- bly. The man obeyed with the pre- cision of an automaton. Wells placed two fingers mouth and emitted a low whistle—the game whistle Washburn had when the agent had summoned his car from,outside the jail. swered from a litte distance away, and presently the machine rolled up beside them. Abt examined the car with calcu- “About seventy hort he questioned “T might as lating eyes. power?” he speculated. “Seventy-five, joined Wells. The inventor scratched his nose re- “Ag I travel,” he figured, “| use a pint of gasoline per hour per It's a couple of hundred miles, according to my aecromete! that will make a bit over forty you, Mock Duck, what Six-cylinder,” horse power, lons. See her do yeu weigh?” d up the rigid figure care- to make out the fully ‘and answered: “I @hould say ebout,160 pounds.” An Aeroplane Romance Of Chinatown and Canada I to get? A hundred thoustad’s & bunch of money, you know.” ‘The special agent laughed shrewdly, * his eyes narrowing at the cofners: “T , thought you claimed your Comet"—— “Gan beat your car,” Irritably retort- ed Abt. “Of course, it can! You're on, the instant 1 overhaul it a bit. You're on, my friend! I'll show up your automobile the way I have many a eteam car. I'll show you what my ttle Comet can do! And say"—he paused and smiled absently, the same innocent expression in his eyes that 5 Sandy had noticed when he bargained With Doctor Wu—"if you co men- , tion the little test—after it's over—to your chiefs at Washington, it might help out a bit.” But Wells did not answer, Turning his two prisoners over to Bandy and Abt to guard, he helped the chauffeur haul his bag from the tonneau. This he threw open, and Washburn could not help but smile as he wondered what In the world he would have dune had he attempted to fix up the Comet and, on opening his own grip, had} found it filled with nothing but rocks, Weils now tesumed charge of the priadners, while Abt and Washbura devoted themecives to the airship. Sandy examined the tank, and shook his head to find that it contained but a trifle over the forty gallons Abt doomed absolutely necessary for the trip. The ol! tube showed that every thing there was in good shape, Tiht- ening a few nuts and rewiring one kection of the bamboo frame, he final- ly pronounced the Comet ft and ready and Abt, who had been busy with the engine, aprang to the seat, and looked about to see that everything appeared equally favorable from that point of vantage. Sandy tapped Mock Duck oo the shoulder and fairly forced the taliow into the peat beside the acroplir Summoning Dutch Fred, Wash'urn | showed him how to propel the trisvele ovrangement over the field. Toyether they trundied the unwieldy affair ward, Abt watching them critient! Suddenly the aviator bent over in his neat, gave the signal to turn the propeller, slowly lowered his plan and then the crackle of the evvzine tilled the air with its uproarious tu. mult, The Avheels of the tricycle moved faster and faster and Sandy felt the slight rise of the machine. At first it was imperceptible, then the tug on bis arm told him the Comet war rei waved hi and round them. Wells jumped for the motor car and into the seat beside the driver, mo- tioning the other two into the tun. neau, “Washburn,” he cried, “! ex- peet you to look out for Duteh Fred Tm going to be busy with the race” He turned to the chauffeur, the car moved slowly forward across the field, then wheeled into the roadway that stretched in a gilstening ribbon of white before them The voice of Abt piped down f-om above; “I'm on serateh, frienJ,” Sandy looked up and waved his hand encoutagingly. His voice failed to carry over & few feet. The crackle of the aeroplane grew fainter and fainter as Abt absconded, Suddenly Washburn jolted back against the cushions with a force that took away auffeur had opened up his engine to the limit, and the car leaped forward like @ thing alive, Sandy looked aloft once more, Abt waved his free hand, then bent his head to the wheel, The his breath, The cl race was on CHAPTER X. The Flight of the Comet. GLINTON ABT cast a glance at the flying automobile below, then he raised his head and bent every energy in an effort to catch the drift of the air currenta. Knowing well how far his gasoline supply had been exhaugted by the trip from Ford- ham, who wae still filled with the desire to prove that, under expert control, his Comet could make the } trip to and from New York and carry back a passenger from the Falls with the supply which the two tanks had held on starting, Deigning only @ cursory glance at the Chinaman, Mock Duck, by his side, the Little aviator gave strict at~ tention to tho manipulation of his machine. The pendulum platform was working frantically from side to side as he endeavored to get nis bear- ings from a survey of the landacape beneath him. As he looked down, he could see Lake Erie lying to the right, serene and blue and beautiful ahead of him he knew was Niagara Falls ~ the falls, with their tumbling 8) of vapor rising and falling in a mighty mist—that stood between bim and the easy going over Ontario. ‘That was the one slight stretch ho feared most, He could not afford to circle it, for he was depending on his short cuts to give him an advantage over the giant auto beneath. Ue looked at the tubes on the gasoline tanks, saw that afl was well with the lubricating system, and bis ear, tuned lightest confilet in the roar that sounded like @ hundrod Gatlings from his engine, told him “Something of @ load,” muttered Abt that there, too, everything wes run- . The Evening World Daily Magrzine, Saturday, fume 12. 1915 ly scaling the high grass. Abt hand. In little bounds the Comet rose and slowly circled round a rn astm ncadeendtenehsane ties. meanness ye By -J. H. Cassel] orsneerermmeesnenens “tl af y wR Dutch Fred, both anxtously scanning work that ts bourly being - the sky in every direction. Abt chuc- oo io would Yaever gr by O kled and looked at the tubes once a thing. —almoat five gallons! The oil cups, the Tnttea statse Gevertast il ment t the carburetor, the extemporiaed coil, institution in this country that fi all were Working perfectly, He #ant ishes without ~ yress agent. Now, the Comet higher, unlocked the pendu- before I go, there are two other lum platform and loosed all the warp- things I want to say. Be out Ing apparatus, He must bend every Chinatown if an hour after energy now to speed. He knew the got there—that's the first. The sede! utomobile could make better time ond is, be a Shylock with that than he, but he also knew that he had of a Wu—and don't forget to stand the short cuts in his favor. Anxlously him up strong. Don't be afraid aa 40% he mounted upward he sought “ current of air along which to slide a My men wil be Ce ae me air bed it Ay not ots ia 2 ¢ atmosphere was freeaing |. Hie « «4 teoth chattered and he shivered, DUC to-night," Dr Wa end’ Beck Boek, he consoled himacif with the thought wireet, DF Wu and Mok fe that it would not be for long. yess of tals oaneton nak a oft 4 ft Throwing the throttle open, Abt mower, Jockeyed tor the level that would give D@ salling to where there him the greatest amount of alr be- 4) co of return over hind and the least amount ahead. When he had found thia he poked the se of the aeroplane dirdotly into It nd held there until a fog bank robbed him of his control and sent the helplessly round and © kept close to wpeedy jaunt of a couple miles is good enough. oh length of the narrow city at thanks for a most enjoyable twee, . don’t bother a ~~ before him like an overgorged ser- fe yo: Sogn bens tr anaes, will the pent. , 'No thought of anything but power n't be stopped on it, for r Wo possensed him now, His eyes no and Mock Duck, our longer sought tho roadways of the b@ far from tong atrifes when | aky; he know by Inatinct what lay Pank® open in the moraing,’ before and avoided the dangers in- turned Asroply, upon the Chi tuitively, He coaxed still another “Understan Duck? = T- revolution from the high-powered, YOU i be well on your way to air-cooled engine, already running at — And before thoy could offer any Gb+ rrifie speed he Comet swayed jection to his hurried depart arply and jerked under the action glean pay further of the pendulum, but always, through him, Wells Abt's skilful manipulation, swerving ‘and circling to take advantage of C Ing Mook every favoring current of air them, they walked to the Fordham lay before him, Abt aud- Uon and boarded a downtow: denly swung wide on his wheel, and |= Once arrived in the Comet came down in a@ little alr drift. He looked at his tubes and gasped, as through the glass he marked the Jast few bubbling, churn- turned into tho ‘alley ‘thet ‘oa te ing dropa of gasoline disappear. headquarters of Hip Sing Tong fo A rePe of power at a mgnificant then stepped ‘suddenly fram thetel, sound from the tank, a drumming ows and peremptorily ordered him Sound, he allowed the Comet to state his business, Abt brusquoly de> ound, from side to alde; then shet manded thelr authority fees hor full apeod ahead in one final dy- was rewarded by ow. re, ae oi har full epee ruben weot SUaGeRy "why sound op tootetent dry; tho planes quivered; the rattle within the building. wagons bs pes from Of the unmuffied engine died away; the oMe or Trumming of the planes beat UPON with a military prociain te lth the alr. Sand tered ‘Phen, in. ever shortening cireles, td Felinton nates ” froight, jut lown “Flow Much of a Vacation Do | Get?” frolglits th a resilient bounding mo- hal = tion, and leaped lightly up again, Abt ' shoved the wheel down hard, the ma- With a nigh of relief, the aviator Let lvose,” he gasped. alpie. He teaporarily locked the pou. machine. But ever his goxgled eyes thine took the earth sideways, rose straightened up and locked the pend. As the Chinaman obeyed tne Comet were fastened on the thing— once more, and then settled gently lum, depending altogethvr un warping S0vt slowly downward, A grim emile syatem of automatically tube that marked the diminishing upon the ground within « fe alate are ; N& Of triumph ‘crossed the yellow face. malataining balance aloft was tho de- supply of gasoline. weet af the aerodrome, the lands of hie machine for tiw ‘Then the Comet began! taking Wide light o¢ harheart, he realieeg that the " in this Mluht, avery drop of he Mula Abt stepped from the Cones, fag maintenance of — equilibrium, He swoops to | side. Mock Dock, su- sudden swerves it gave th@mashine counted, must be made to count; and looked about him. The automobile Knew that tt was ‘dangerous, but he Pieme in his temporary victory, paid used up a Kreat deal moro Rasulin® he had already been obliged to waste was nowhere in sight. He motioned did not dare to use up any ge Ha Need to this other than to hold than the mere warping of the vlnaes ave gallons Was it possible for him to the Chinaman to get ous Mock aed Bick ct ‘on, aud he did not gotice that in each would do. Then, too, he depended to make the entire trip without alight Duck clambered obediently from his ny which he hinscift intel une of those swoops the aeroplane was upon his motor and the tractavilty ing somewhere for more? That Duck ciambered, oo eere ways control. again aecending, of the mighty sixteen cylinders wit! the only question that harassed Rtg rag ee ne went down in a pred Pushing up the wheel, he shot ti sie ie he is gins ig # Curing TIDE. Shale four-eyele action. He, oul! Cut *Phe direction or lead of the motor car With a smile of amused contempt Hitle Comet straight toward the mist’ ¢umpantaw wad decided he had but one siti on womprensiun. He beat his ausred eo ire He had his little Abt turned toward the dromo—and that meant the Falls, then shut off salvation. Me must show the fellow eyes to the tank tubes, Mock Duck e mip, tall fauindes with 1 is: ptarted back, chagrin and rage re the supply and allowed ft to sour 1 {at without him he was helpless; was subjugated, Dut a far greater ok LLU ah Re by fi §dé spreading his face, i“ ming toward him from the door- h very! « vue t toned reassured him to see how instantly 4M Baia au ita Wan to eet tig, AAG Mee a vk threatened rothing save his own ability and the way, with grinning face, was Sandy — the small tubé on the tank responded, him at such a huight (lat he could jars now—the fuel supply supply in his tanks, Washburn: and behind Sandy saun- out t tered Wells, brushing # thick cake of eyes mud from his clothes and apparently not in atght, but he _ [t depended upon him—Abt and how quickly the feeding stopped. bu ly wee the K yund. He wondered — he auto wi e E make the trip, He removed hi Once he looked at ¢ bow thach enduranwe Muck Duck bade py dM al Mp shivered silently Neneek Puck and Knowing that lie himself munt Hut had oot figured On Welhe straight air from the bubbling tube for barely a greatly worried | by ihe fapping aa lem he had a8 u probs high enough: to have: iin, unde Havantawe Tastee ve: while the auto- second and amiled vith satisfaction to trouser, knee of his right leg ¢ had not taken into considera- numbed Mobile had to follow beaten tracks, note that the meter showed one lun: dangled as he walked. tion, Eglinton Abt frowned He was acefully and ently, in wide cir- pay tollmen; answer for this and that, dred miles consumed. in hie native element now and wisne, cles, he manipulated the plane #o that snd often be obliged to run at re. Little “humleta swept by beneath CHAPTER XI. onl k curls of smoke Sateen one finger pointi cow of a high to have n . the Comet at covery revolution, Was duced speed. Yea, the thing was atill them, great bl othing on his mind save the jeu d ing hisher and higher. Now it fair, even though the Comet was not cended from factory stacks, Uny lake The End of Wu. handling of the machine—diffleylt woulll gain nothing in one whole cir- capable of making over sixty niles like Jewels on the bono! down OR the space of s full mine < want are ee i j k i enough at the best Furtively he cie, and again it would fairly swoop an hour, whereas the motor car could earth, dotted the landsca| _ ‘Abt stared at the appa watched the Chinaman from the tail upward in almost a straight course, easily bo urged to seventy Catskills loomed anead. — io hi ared at the appr ‘ a. he air was becoming more and more But the gasoline. they were rising and divi rition—for no a 4 Gf hia eye, From what be pad beard rarined and ibe eee see ivintornace Above the crackle of the engine the mountains; scaling the heights, apparition was the aight of bo sprane sreund nd from what he surmised, ho knew customed to the higher levels as he came a roaring, thunderous sound. gkimiming the valleys. te teormen (oehiae. & rongien 4 © aos) the man to he n desperate churacter— was, found himself breathing rapidly’ Nigara Falls crested its plumed had g , i " we the , fo ) uddenly there came a whir of au . im still pointed pnd one fit to Inspire awe in the hearts t© Ket auMicleot oxysen to fill his Peneath him, gnaahing its monatrouy notron the motor. The Comet dull feeling of rage ong ae ae the’ crouehin agure of aca t wi a re was as teeth of spray at his feet. By a tre itl: ting Washburn's of the darlig blekilaaere cof the tone. Tune e y at hi By & ire Kenoa speed and toppled slightly at mesting organisations. He watched the ima He looked down, ‘Tho clouds had fy ndous effort he held the Comet [ite a crippled bird. With a low, (QUt- gomehow, thought of the lost wager completely closed about them, Rolling firm, Sarna Beer. Lepr poeary! tered curao, Abt fumbled In Dis'veat Oe. to nim-—only that his Jt little wreaths, carefully, seeing hia yeilow face turn and tossing and tumbling, he could 4 drew forth a thin apirel of ‘Once m a ff ™ ore D nlckis groan trom fright. He ne. make cut configurations. that, might (ke advantage of warmer ones Sire,” 1¢ seemed miraculous, the machine, ble Comet, had been beaten once, mer » ne gun, =a ticed the way the fellow kept his PAve heen those of another continent. ho could. plough him, and, before rapidity with which his fingers on ae teat where conditions could SPioning to, she oppostt — neck stiff, and, But only for w second did he busy {Oppied and fell directly over the trav Worked. For once, his mind wis 0% scarcely have been more favorable. ting Into the faces of far as possible, avolded lookin, beneath, It was Far below little sil waved inviting arms toward Mock Duck’ and the very tields, under the like # hyena's: himself with auch reflections, With a ¢, 4 womething other than the gasoline tectiv own (af the, éarte craft, Now, he could fecl a warm qe Ee tapped. the Chinuman's — Wolls stepped forward and clasped tectly malicious grin on his face he stared at . yeh dees en aries of (he Chinaman. current beat its wav theueh & coldes shoulder and placed Mock Duck's fin- the aviators hand warmly, “Con , erie? era on one of the levers. “When I gratulations.” he murmured, glancin® ang pointed to a dumpy objest teeth were exposed forward a needie ia 4. by ” hia even were bulging mi “Hut Abtowas' master of ail ene Be commanded Freer amly toward the airship, beside tng Imply across a window varabls oni Ynder the crom the sockets and hit chest rose the eccentricities of the aerial lanes el @ Chinaman still one, oe lation cession of waves that tustinuted the aid fell spasmodicully as he attempt- and highways, and met them Hydane “Abt bent tho spiral @ Ittle more; which the Haire oan uanks to all "808d, then @ convu eee eS In the distance, the lights of ¢d to catch one good breath of air. Jess and unafraid. then, flattening jt out at the end he knelt, devoutly giving and 4t hurtled down almost at * ¥ eye. in the distance, the lights of G4, to enich ame prood breath of Air; Tent and unatral ved tno Comet thruat lt hurriedly Into the alot to re hq omen in his almanac for is sate feet. It landed with a thud and tam ~ —® Lien the Woreon had fclded ive ines was on very ineament of his yellow abdve the. whirl of epray that anne {lace the coll key and again adjusted journey and delivery from the devile Topped over. Bandy summed ewey Be and departed. The view was colosant face #a he raised his eyes to Abt, from tha Horseahor Falla, and brougat the carbureter, A sharp, @pluttering oo 4 gir Ghineenan’ bp O08 Caperee. natwhtre Waters Cause. The aviator deftly anapt the mas het into the great ‘canyon, feeding nolee tallowed. Abt threw the power OF (i & Wells repeated, Chinaman hoe had lest seen, had been but one! Maeno ee ard'arsie: ‘Again dawn to Lake Ontari, It'was no ancy om (neo att, and pressed the wire voll | (Congratulauons oo be. NS nite ont Ruored oe and also on be- graced guard into the hop Joint. But scenery was far from the mind he warped the planes, and again the task, and the earth configuration of Mock Duck. The wind was sucking Comet sped round in a revolution vould make an appreciable atrorenin t his face, and he cling desperately that shot her still another step up the to him aloft; but {t was a short cut, Abt grimaced. mo hie seat to keep hie balance. A slopes of # black, angry cloud. Rud- and he felt that now, with even legs Again he teated to see that the jump i Deed AREFOvIREY BF Iie, ings deathly nausea crept over him, grip- denly Mock Di gank forward in gasoline than before, hi spark was working perfectly, then ag yet. man. For Hip ‘tad Pr denly Mock, Duck, sane formerly every ponsibie chance, “Mat "@*® whirled about his wheel and took the Washburn burst into e bearty laush. Duck.” he muttered, brel . lever from Mock Duck's nerve Wells.” he eried, crashed forward, wellnigh over th to one side, This time the regular «, ur good fied that showed the ciroult had been on Your & Dr, Wu made one last effort to He could not speak bimnclf errect, as he ing « good loser.” mpleted answered vixenishly back , already caught iu the caught him by the collar, and, He felt the wind suck! Psa ca m 5 ng him oa, “That's an outrage, . ool from the waters be- ing to the nape of the Mor and lo@ered the Comet a little to moat Angers. aman had been stricken grasping the aeroplaniat’s band. “Don't body of hin enemy. : ‘pres y was sles wing this way and neck, gently shot the acroplan with the alr current. Ho shut off qumh at the mera thought of having er aething Let's get out of this,” sald Alt, e looked at Abt, but gained His own fingers we the power entirely, Be cat ete aumb a a thought of having you notice any thon ROMER. “Em ate! 7 f f biting cold, his teeth were through anything to do with the manipulition >"). jooked hurriedly around, then — Washburn took his ‘sah we igh the warmer alr without the of thi ter of the air planes. He — Abt arm FMM | gw Dut Die oe slightest effort. Lod aap i spe HiRes My 1k his head. away, Wella fell into step beside ,o umphantly at the Chinaman He glan hung limply in his gra was astonishe his acrometer ana W2med, far more docile and yindieg oe r than at any other period of the J: ur. ys "Good shot, that mment- * Suddenly Mock Duck slipped back moaning sigh, Mock Duck regained made thirty ofp’ note Be bee one ney, Abt smiled grimly. The man greg?" almost shouted Kandy “They'T? eq Wells, “He's a worth paises In Nib wade, be be TALS chrrent OF fle sehen Under the influence of (RO che the teitiate tenon, any Ne dooked might be depended wpoa to hee |f itched about ten miles back with & hundred Mousend, ves s6 ha did am wy alr draw him to the right. He must wariner air. well, al an emergency now. He glanced at " a ” on the jewels.” ater . M, since #ubduing the Chinaman, , f Fitts wore broken rim, You've won out, old man go down, His whole superstitious be- = "Mock Duck,” said Abt sternly rhe ‘ + the moter—two hundred miles wor . “But his worth is ended . am The' fellow was nothing to him now. gimont kone “Won out?” Abt repeated dasedly. Ut Bie war te ended mow.” 90h stm Ing revolted against this conquest of “Ni ik Anglis” muttered the * the alr, ‘The explosions of the unmuf- ‘diag He knew he must keep aloft high “ar back. #6 far that Dut @whIF of Quite wo,” drawled Wells easily. wyr— aie nd not only that, but you can put “Liked him the special agen’ Sung,y.s mildly through the wind goggl them, the vast columns of air ahea Jo you see the car, or the driver, or fellow. + 4 fled engine terrified him. His eyes *Mbok Duck,” snurled Abt, “whether Hien vat Dat te sve him an oppor- gir showed they were atill There, lay stuck out from his head till Shey you ‘spik Anglin’ or not, you listen to Quieres, hammered th that, in @ minor the mountains, Big towns were now 4 the top of your waiting oUt his hands fluently, fairly seemed to He upon his cheeks. me, If you attempt even to touch me jy 435 ash re an ni but, after all, rising out of the bowels of the earth. me jown at the top mired him more than any one { ever Fee, aati te eee AT AAa URE Canine riiranoot this alr craft eo high if, qyade lithe difference, ABE aud- Lights flashed In every direction. No list fop an eeroplane built @IONe tae eee evainst, ‘He has always teoy clenched, while his spidery legs wound you'll die of cold. Then"—he paused faaw neh iu} omet sinking, 49d gooner wan one place passed than an- game lines as the net. £ want wonderful to me, Poor old Wu 1 sed and ahout the topic treme Gnd ekowed hia teeth -menacingly— CneW he bad been manipulating Ber other rose up in iis stead, till if hate to lose him—the beat enemy 1 work of his seat like grim death, “then, Ill shove you overboard, 190 rey le started seemed |ike Long Island in summer 77 ever had. Still’~-he smiled half-heart. Abt made a violent move forward. You've got to learn that I am the again, an MP, UP-—up in along the North Shore, where the vil+ But how--how = edly-—"you'll have a clnch collegting He was far from hie seat, and the only one who knows how to work this ‘TH Cire joa-—went the man-made bird, jages are but the difference of a name. “How did we get here?’ Washbura that hundred thou Chinaman felt he was about to fall. thing, and if L am hurt, then you're 1) urious air currents hit them, and Abt rejoiced an ho saw that his soar- took the words from his mouth, “See Stretching out one hand, he grasped hurt worse, Spik jis enough to Ploughed around the prow of the lit- ing tactics had even exceeded his ex- that?" pointing toward & far-off point Ne boat like monstrous billows that pectationa. In fully five gallons where stray sparks were being vomited tough some st method of oq over him still—the pi the aviator’s arm and clutched !t con- understand that?” he « ried nastily. vulsively. Abt snarled something Mock Duck was thoroughly sub. arose from nowhere and went no- the gasoline remained and he wae high im alr~"that's our a train, and “you know, Washburn, deep in hin thro: vulaively, Abt snaried something | Mock Duck was tnottet Eglinton Where. Now the alr would be calm well-nigh on the outskirts of the locomotion. Wells flag ward swerve of the fragile air craft; Abt gave his attention once more to and peaceful; now abruptly, under preatest city on the hemisphere. we took it. Na hend reached put. ead, as thaual the Comet and the race. He looked at thelr Rose & mountain would grow guadeniy the Chinaman uttered « The special agent scowled ruefully by inatinct, snatched at a long cord the tubes on his tanks and cursed and spread and encircle them all sharp cry. Abt turned and atared ner- down at his torn trousers. | © sut the about, Nor were these mountains yously at hie companion, then laughed, beggars wouldn't stop to let us off, and ter I like dogs. that brought the aeroplane to a dead aloud. Four gallons of gasoline had ‘4 u Mandal by the aulck mdjaatment been wasted eae Chinaman, Un- but things of air; to the fragile Comet pyidently Mock Duck had o bit of that's why" A gesture towrd the (The End.) of the planes. But this only terrified consciously his eyes sought the they were as tangible and real in ting blood in his body still, for ruined garment spoke plainer thay —————-——— Coe ee ete Ine ground. ‘The motor car was nowsere thelr danyer ua « mountain of rocks he had avercome his fear of proximity words, "And now.) he muttered, "T hands shot out and closed around in sight and be turned to his engine Would be to an express rain, to the edge of nothing and was lean- suppose we mast separate,’ d@ sense. He vely Just what nd what to do. He w pointing excitedly down we “Agent we oing immediately to ng, taloniike forefingers, Wu's?" queried Sandy in surprise N'wide circle and brought "Not together. I'll be there in plensy the aviator’s throat again, Everything depended upon — But Abt had the bi “Dlown!" he commanded. “Mown!" him now. seemed to know instine Abt stared at him weromonsly. The Ordinarily the aeroplane is half inan to expect Abt n Fae ater a ey eee and half machine, Oniy thus dy man Working like mad. His little body was (ne Comet closer to earth. Below him gf time on raihor iy men will be Fen now King for the wind, Ay--by the same instinct possessed by bent over precariously in the weat; his q racing motor car—Wella's ca Thia thing inn't hai finished” , nen | BUPpowe wen the finis Abt’ could feel the whole welght of the birds, But the wounded bird riust long. thin nose sniffed the air 48 tearing madly along, Tt had made the fallow'a baing, Pelriforced by a aink toearth. When the gasoline sup. though trying to sinell out what lay ter time than he, but what of tha thousand-fold. tarrog, in. the dea@ly ply ran out, Gelinton Abt would not ahead. Now and then he would float He had had many things to contend ould hy j tn the daily pape gested Sandy pleasantly sug- week's reading! Have The Be could not soe wi af air be was Gaught them wp and made it pos- to blend himself into @ part of the hind, in the tonneau, Washburn and portation of undeulrables—the endless 2 yellow fingers, uli down only be wounded, but permanently on the air as the eagle floats—and with, but now-—now he would win yet! | The agent shook his head slowly, i World to with that h Ae i hin thant ripped He must nurse his supply by Just as naturally, ‘The grace of hin — He saw Welln atretched complacent. “If you read the papers to note the ning sent your. boa Wl Rl showing Motions was marvellous. He seemed jy back on the red cushions, and be- happenings of this country—the d mer address,