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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP- TER8. it in Paris at the opening of the French-German war. In a balloon " reconnoiteance for the French he it almost captured by (he Germans. The balloon is wrecked at the C ateau La- , gunay. Rescued, Adams falls in love with Aimee, daughter of the Count v Lagunay. The Germans invade France. A German Colonel, Grietman, insults Aimee end is attacked by Adams, who ' i in turn overpowered by the Kaiser. He joins the German army under a : friend,' "Lowenberg; engages in an am t . bush of a French column, and return ing to camp learn that Griesman has . charged Aimee with treason and has imprisoned her. ; Adams pursues Gries- , man in an automobile, kills him in - tingle combat, and taket Aimee to a cousin at Bethel. In the temlo land ' battle two days later 'Lowenberg is killed in the capture of Montpelier. The French drive the Germans back : with glycolite, a terrible explosive ships it blown in the night to Mont- peher, where Adams' is camped. Its crew is thrown out-. Adams blunders ' into it and it swept away in the gale. ' CHAPTEB. VII. I wot awakened early the next mom- ing by the sun. My clothes were damp with cloud moisture. I did not learn until then that there was an aluminum roof to the air car, which was pocketed , in the basket-work sides, and that there . were four electric radiators to provide heat. Thereafter I was more comforta- ble. The ship floated steadily high In the clouds. I could see nothing but vapor 'being rapidly dissipated by the sun, which occasionally shot clear rays into my eyes. The barometerMndicated an altitude of two miles, and the speed gauge, registered, for the past twelve hours, an average of twenty miles an hour. After a brief breakfast I examined the . ship more at leisure. I found It a little ahead of anything I had ever seen. It steered perfectly, and could be sent up nr Havti hv the elevation or deDresaton of broad aluminum blades lore and art. A small motor, run by a powerful chemical battery, operated the propel . lers; though it was often possible to travel rapidly with the wind alone a motive power. There was also a Faure condenser ror extracting nyarogen irora the air, which operated automatically, keeping the bag always fully inflated. A wireless telephone outfit, various sci entific Instruments, the electrlo light- ' tng and heating apparatus and the tank - for condensing water . from the fas bag were novelties in their way. I found also a second hamper of food and drinkable, and, to my reat delight, a box of fine Key West cigars, .which I opened immediately. The car was eight feet wide, and about sixteen teet long, and there was ample room for a party, I longed for Fletschmann, or poor Low : enberg. When I had started the motor and set the fans to descend I took a tele scope from the rack and waited eager ly for a eight of something that would indicate my whereabouts. By the com pass I was going due west, and If that direction had been maintained all night I was far out on the Atlantic, At last the clouds around me thinned and vanished, and I came into clear air. Below me, stretching away in all di rections to the- horison, lay the sea. Its tossing waves breaking white under ' " the stiff wind and flashing back the rays of the morning sun. Eagerly I swept the whole range of visible ocean. Hera and there appeared the black . smudge of a distant liner and to the northeast I made out a low, dark line that might be either haze or land. But this was not all. Dlreatly beneath me I perceived a series of dark objects, all spouting black smoke. They were of various sizes, and by the formation I ' could conclude only one thing that they were the ships of a fleet, a naval squadron. Then I recalled the words of the Kaiser that moonlight night at the Chateau Lagunay; ; - "There will be two ' great battles. One, on the land, Is before us; the other, ' on the sea, will occur -within a fort- "'i confesi to a feeling of elation that I was here, In tha air, in position to wit ness the greatest naval battle of years, although I regretted the necessity for this test of arms. I observed that the fleet was headed northeast, and desiring a closer view I ran ahead a mile or more and deioended, until t had a fair sight. The ships were French, by the flags. Besutlful and stately were the great vessels; grimly beautiful, too, when one took note of their enormous turret guns twenty-inch, without doubt, capable of hurling a ton or more or metal every five minutes. I counted ten battleships, five or six tor. pedo-boat destroyers (recognized by their quadruplicate funnels) and sev eral cruisers. Two huge coal barges were being towed several miles to the rear: This much was visible to the naked eye. Looking through my glass I could see a, swarm of torpedo boats, only their conning towers showing above the water, hovering around the flanks and leading the advance. The fleet was proceeding very slowly in a great curve to the north, evidently not desiring to advance nearer the coast. By late afternoon it had turned and was heading west at the same pace. As the sun drew near the horizon and the wind freshened I turned the nose of my airship to the east and prepared to spend the night aloft. I had been sailing leisurely back and forth over an area of perhaps fifty miles, in hope of seeing tna uerman neet. except lor the many passenger steamers coming and going (here was nothing to be seen. I was leaning over the edge of my basket smoking Idly. I had just chris tened my ship "L'Atmee," and was wishing I had the original with me, when a voice came down upon me from the Clouds. 'Who are you." It called. In French I looked Up In astonishment, and there floated the strangest airship I had ever seen. It was merely an aero plane, supported by great saucer-like metal contrivances, with a small bas ket-car hung by slender cables. It swept by, some hundred feet above me, and I had a glimpse of a white face looking down upon me. I sped up the motor, and rising as I advanced soon drew up alongside my fellow traveler. Then ensued a brief conversation. "Where are you going?'' I shouted. He was not more than It hundred yards away. "I don't know. My steering fans won't work, and I cannot turn. I sup pose I shall have to consider myself bound for America." "Can you descendf "Yes." "Drop to the sea, then, and I will pick you up. My ship steers' perfectly." We were now far beyond the fleet. I descended by degrees. The other tipped his planes slightly and started down on a long slant, like a boy coasting down a hill. When within twenty feet or less of the water he tipped the planes sharply In the other direction,, ana his ship stopped with a shudder, hovered for a time like a brooding gull, and set tled slowly Into the sea. I was close behind him with a small rope-ladder, and a minute later, dripping wet, but cheerful, he clambered Into my car. Then we rose again to the two-thousand-toot level end with just enough headway on to overcome the wind, lay as in a calm. I found that my guest was none other than Emll LeFevre, son of the great in. ventor of submarines and explosives When he had disrobed and hung his wet clothes to dry In front of the radi' ators, swathing himself In a rug mean while, he gave me a brief account of his Journey. The worm was ringing wun the news of the great battle on the Catalunian Plain; how the French had been aH but whipped when their fleet of almhlns. belated bv some misman agement, came upon the scene with the new explosive, glycolite, and sent the Germans back upon their camp, kill ing and maiming thousands. There had been no movement on land since that. All eyes were now turned toward the sea, where the fleets were watching i Hi --hi A' SUDDENLY LB FEVKB CLUTCHED lit ARM." for an opening. LeFevre had been so confident of his ability to manage his aeroplane that he had set out In spite otl ine. neavy wina roai Kepi dbck an tne less venturesome aeronauts. He was determined to witness the battle. Just before he saw me .he had attempted to turn and found the steering gears jammed. Had I not rescued him he would have probably found a watery grave. It was now dark. The air waa damp and cold, so I drew the root over part of my car.. LeFerre's light clothing was dry enough to put on, and we sat down to eat supper, followed by a ci gar. I learned then many things about the Impending battle, 'LeFevre being familiar with the explosives and ap paratus In use on both sides. The Germans were depending largely upon their late Invention, the Calnite aerial bomb. Thia projectile was to be fired by compressed air from a mortar, tike gun, and betng fitted with a gyro scope would maintain Its elevation for a distance of eight miles. The bomb waa two feet In diameter and about three feet long, and moved so slowly as to be visible during Its whole course. It contained a charge of two hundred pounds of Calnite, a new explosive whose fores operated always down- ward. The bomb contained also a taac- net and circuit-breaker so tuned as to be responsive to. electrical vibrations set un in a powerful electrical instru ment on the discharging ship. By the use of a unique range finding apparatus the bomb was kept in signt curing its whole Went, and anon reaching the desired point It was exploded by the mere pressure of a button on we snip from which It had been fired. Tests with thia bomb had shown wonderful accuracy and most deadly effects.. Another offensive device was an aerial illuminator a small, balloon-like affair, Arranged to float at a considerable ele vation, and carrying a powerful chem. .cal light, backed by strong reflectors. A shoal of these illuminators would be sent toward the enemy's fleet, lighting up the sea and the vessels and making easy targets for the German guns. Against these devices the French hail prepared an aerial bomb to discharge a heavy- and deadly gas, and to sprinkle acids or explosives upon the ships of the enemy. They 'were also provided with aluminum armor, so thick and tough that an ordinary projectile would merely become Imbedded therein and held fast without being able to pass through. Around their ships and under water they hung large electro-magnets. exerting, by peculiar wiring, a reoell ing Influence on approaching torpedoes at a distance of a hundred yards, in variably turning them aside. Their mainstay, however, was a new centrifu gal submarine torpedo-boat, which needed not to come to the surface, re' malning down for .days at a time, yet observing, operations on the surface, and doing Its work with deadly accu racy. LeFevreucould not give me the details of this strange machine. Its terrible effectiveness, however, was ap parent the next day. I had no apprehension whatever as to the stability of L' Aimee, and we lay down and went to sleep that night without the least apprehension. Stanch and true was she, even as my own sweet betrothed. It was still dark, when I was awakened with a start by the sound of heavy detonations below us. I leaped to my feet and looked over the side of the car. LeFevre joined me the next moment. The Germans had evidently planned a night attack by the use of their illumi nators. Below us the sea was alight In creat spots, and dimly we could make out the vessels over which shone the strong, blue-white lights. Far off in the darkness we could see tne occa. slonal flash of a gun. The Germans were sending home great shells loaded with explosives. Their aerial bombs could not be followed at night. The French were replying, but their fire was more or less blind. The roar of the guns came up to us plainly. It shook the heavens. Suddenly there was a flash that lit up the whole sky, and a terrific exDlosion sounded from Deiow, A German shell had found Us mark. One of the French battleships had gone to her Ions' home. During the rest of the night there was no intermission In the heavy firing. Fearful explosions sounded now and then, and we could but guess me ae utruetlon that was being wrought. 1 had no wish to see either side win at the expense of the other. At dawn we were able .to note tho situation clearly. Six or eigni miies away to the northeast lay the German flut Jklmnnt beneath us the French were gathered in loose order. Both were plying their great guns, un dm burning ships were drifting away, than vpm careenine. half-filled with water. And now, with the coming of daylight, the combatants resorted to their deadliest appliances. As we watched one of the French battleships there was a dull explosion. The great hull opened, split In twain like a cante loupe, and went Bkiddering to the bot tom. We could see It deep in the clear water, its hundreds of seaman swarming-around like so many ants in a bowl. . i rmoritflhl to note the sub marines moving here and there jinder water. From our height we could see 4n thA hnttnm. and every boat was visible by a bright streak-an tt swept through the water. Suddenly LeFevre clutched my arm and pointed. "The Centrifugal," he said. In a whls ... i n.thi tt nn its way. advancing in a bright whirl of bubbles. It was making its way toward m fleet and thither we followed. But whatever work awaited this ter ror must be done quickly. The Ger mans were wonderfully accurate with their Calnite aerial bombs. Ship after ship quivered, split open and sank like a broken teacup. The force of the cal nite was so great that It operated for a distance of a hundred yards on every side, more than once sinking several of the smaller ships at one explosion. LeFevre groaned as, looking back, he saw one of the largest battleships col lapse, fairly smashed Into fragments. He shook his fist at the Centrifugal. "On. on!" he shouted. , "Do thy work, laggard!" . The Centrifugal moved swiftly. At intervals It came up with a submarine, paused a moment to ascertain whether German or French, and acted according ly. If French, tt passed on; If German it darted at the victim, touched It, and as quickly darted away. - What terrible power It exerted I could not understand, but at that fatal touch the enemy sank. There seemed to be no escape, no single chance. Presently this swift and silent messenger of death was tn the thick of the German fleet. Looking back I Raw that there were but two of the French ships left, both sadly disabled. ' The Uerman squadron was In fine shape, but three of its battleships disabled. I sent L' Aimee lower to onaerve more closely. The- Centrifugal heeded not the torpedo nets. It passed through ob structions as though It were spirit.- We saw tt under the bow of the I rederich WUhelm. the largest battleship of the fleet. For half a minute tt lay there, surrounded as ever by that whirl of sparkling bubbles. Then It - darted away toward another. So interested were we in watching the uncanny move ments or tne strange boat that we did not observe the confusion on board the Frederlch, nor on the others that were successively visited. LeFevre noticed the great ships settling low In the water, and spoke of It to me. There was something terrible about this da- stroyer. Inside of fifteen minutes every vessel In that fleet had been stung, as It were, by this great hornet of the sea. and every one was sinking. The sea men were throwing themselves on; boats were putting out; rafts were flung Into the sea. Presently the Centrifugal finished her work and we saw her whirling away, stopping here and there to smell a submarine and to kiss It or to sting it as It happened to be friend or foe. What a sight! Twenty-tour German ships sinking, sinking, going down to eternal silence. One after an other they vanished. The torpedo boats came to the surface, saw what had hap pened, and put out tor home and neu tral ports. The Centrifugal, the grim destroyer, vanished. The great battle was over. And neither Bide could be said to have won. It was practical an. nihllatlon for both. Two magnificent fleets of modern war vessels gone, ab. solutely Kone: a quarter of a billion dollars In battleships and thousands of brave fellows dead, only to satisfy the bickerings of diplomats sacrifices to foolish notions of honor. To LeFevre the operations of the Cen trifugal were a triumph for France, and he was enthusiastic in nis aengnt. cut I cared little one way or the other. I was tired of It all. Life had been too strenuous for me. I wanted quiet for a while, and naturally my thoughts turned to Aimee, my sweetheart. Was she safe? LeFevre insisted that I come witn him to his home, but I refused. Turn ing to the east we made our way rapid ly to the French coast. Here we settled to earth in the open country, and after bidding LeFevre adieu I rose again and made my way east. I had but one thought, now that the battle was over, and that thought I was putting Into ac tion. My objective was Betnei, wnere i knew my love awaited me. But had I known what else awaited me at Bethel I should perchance have gone in another direction. (To be concluded next wee.; Uaxine Elliott. Maxlne Elliott, who has taken a house in London and will leave the stage for a time to enjoy social life, It famous as an actress and also for her beauty. Miss Elliott, who, upon the stage, retains her maiden name, under which she became famous, is the wife of Nat C. Goodwin, to whom she was married in 1898. She was born in Rockland, Me., and was but 16 when she first appeared on the stage. Her serious work, however, did not begin until 1890, when she became as sociated with E. s. wuiara. budsb- quently she became a member of Daly'i stock company and rapidly won dis tinction, which has been enhanced by her performance in her husband's com- Dany. 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