Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1911 — Page 2

A Columbus of Space

By Garrett P. Serviss.

Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co. o ‘ CHAPTER XVII. To The Rescue. A low exclamation, magnified by the multitude of. strange voices into a mighty murmur, rose from the crowd, and every eye followed the retreating car. In this emergency all of Edmund's sagacity and self-command instantly came back. He was once more the cool, resourceful master of the situation. ‘‘An aeroplane!” he shouted, and , % the word sprang toward one of the floating machines beside the landing Brushing aside the engineer, in a moment he had the machine in control. Jack and I were upon his heels, but Henry was not quick enough, and was left behind. - They were only four or five men, the crew' of the aeroplane, on the craft. . With a skill and rapidity that astonished me, well as 1 knew his capacity, Edmund swung the hugh machine round and, with reckless disregard ot consequences, set the driving screws whirring at their highest speed. The great tower seemed to melt away behind us, feo quickly did we leave it. But it was a mad chase! What could this air-driven craft do against the car impelled by the mysterious interatomic force? Already the latter was rapidly diminishing with distance. Still, we could see Juba clinging to the windoV-grating, although at every instant I expected him to fall. ■ But Edmund w'ould not despair, HU eyes shone as he drove the machinery of the aer#lane to its utmost limit. The crew were stupified, and offered no opposition. “We must not lose sight of them," said Edmund, his self-control becoming more perfect as the minutes passed. “We must never lose sight of them for an instant.” "But surely,” I exclaimed, “you cannot hope to overtake them?” "Yes," he said, almost fiercely. “T hope even that! Remember,” he added more coolly, “that Ingra really knows nothing of the management of the controllers. He has watched me operate them long enough to know’ how to start the car, but unless Heaven is against us. he wiil not be able to work it up to its best speed, and he can hardly direct it with certainty. At any moment he may find himself descending. Heaven grant tha‘ they do not come down with a rush." "But there is Ala,” I said. “She knows how to manage the machinery. Perhaps he will be compelled to intrust it to her.”

Edmund ground his teeth in rage at my words. “Yes. Ala is there, a prisoner!" “And Juba," I added. “But how long can he remain on that fearful perch? And what can he do?” “If they are aware of his presence,” I suggested, “perhaps Ala may find a way to communicate with him, and aid him in his efforts.” The idea seemed to strike Edmund, and he joyfully replied: “Yes, yes. surely she will find a way. She is a great woman—a woman

to trust in an emergency. What a brave act that was of Juba’s! Who could have dreamed that under his shaggy exterior there was a heart of gold, and so quick a brain.” “He was the head blacksmith in the cavern,” said Jack. “If there is any way to get into that car, he will find It." “It can only be done by aid from within,” replied Edmund. “Hut I trust to Ala. She will find a way.” “They cannot but be aware that Juba is on the car,” I said. “They must surely hear him, and his mere presence will have Its effect.” “If Ingra does not contrive to throw him off,” suggested Jack. “He cannot get at him” was Edmund’s reply. “If only be doesn’t lose his breath with the swift motion, and if his strength holds out, all may be well. But we must keep them in sight. It is our only chance, and theirs." The car was now so far away that It looked very small, but being thrown in silhoutte against the softly glowing cloud dome —for it was at a greater elevation than ours —we could see Juba clinging to the outside. It was a comfort to know that he was yet able to retain his perch. If he could stay there to the end, he might be of inestimable service when the crisis should arrive. At first I was somewhat surprised that Edmund kept at so low an elevation compared with that of the fleeing

car. j We were not more than a halfmile above the ground, while the object of our pursuit was at least three miles high. But in a little while it became obvious that the eourse which -Edmund Jmd adopted was a very wise one. In the first place, by keeping at a low elevation we could always see the car projected against the bright sky, and there was much Jess danger of its escaping us. In the next place, as Edmund pointed out, when the car came down, as it must do some time, we could cut in tinder it, so to speak, and approach the landing point along a baseline shorter than the diagonal that the car would have to pursue. “The higher he goes," said Edmund, “the greater our advantage will be. Fortunately, he seems to be rising all the time. There is no danger that fie will run away in that direction. “He has no conception of anything above the cloud-dome, and his only object is to get as far away as possible in order to defy pursuit before landing. I expect every moment, now, to see him begin to descend." “But are you sure that he can manipulate the controllers well enough to* make a safe descent?" I asked. "Let us pray that he can,” replied' Edmund. “I will give him credit for great intelligence. If he did not possess extraordinary capacity, he would never have learned, simply by watching me, how to run the machinery. *“ “The fact that lie could penetrate so far gives me hope that he has learned enough to insure their safety. The high-speed controllers, used when astride the atmosphere, are in a different location from the others, and are manipulated somewhat differently. “1 did not touch them during our journey, so that I have little fear that he will discover their use. It is nowevident that we can at least keep the car in sight. “The resistance of this dense atmosphere is a serious obstacle to a machine which, unlike the aeroplane, does not derive any advantage from that very circumstance.” “We were now many miles from the capital, and traveling toward the tropical belt. It was evident that Ingra intended to take refuge again in the wilderness, though at a point far distant from the place where we had so recently encountered him. “Ala has told me,” said Edmund “that Ingra, who is very fond of wild sports, and who until our arrival seems to have exhibited no evil characteristics, has a number . - f hunting lodges in this vast wilderness, and it was due to the unlucky fate that guided us in. our descent that we fell into his hands.

“For, unknowingly, we came down within a half mile of one of his lodges. He always has a retinue in attendance at his lodges, and probably he is now making for one of these places.” "Do you think they are aware that we are following?” "Of course, they will expect to be pursued, but I am in hopes that Ingra has not seen us, and does not know that we have kept within eyesight. You remember that the car has no window in the rear—a mistake of construction which until now I have re gretted. It has not swerved from its course since starting, and I have been careful to keep directly behind it. “Consequently, there is every reason to think that Ingra, trusting to the speed of the car, has not even taken the trouble to look behind. Besides, we have kept comparatively close to the ground, where it is not easy to see us from a distance, and the moment I perceive the car beginning to descend I shall run down to the very tree-tops in order to be better concealed.”

Our hopes now rose high. We had demonstrated an ability to keep the car in view, though, to be sure, it had become little more than a dark speck in the sky, and its steady motion relieved our anxiety concerning a possible disaster from Ingra’s inability to manage it Several hours passed, and once more we had left the inhabited lands behind, and were passing over the border of the wilderness, where the luxuriance of the vegetation surpassed that of the Amazonian forests or the wilds of Borneo. Suddenly Edmund uttered an exclamation. “Great Heavens!” he cried. “Look: Something is wrong. It is all to end in disaster at last!” Jack and I, startled by Edmund’s agitation, glanced at the distant car. It was falling from the sky. It shot hither and thither, sweeping in long, descending curves, and darting to one side and another, like a collapsed balloon. “What can have happened!” I exclaimed. “Good heavens! If Juba should be flung off now our only ally would be lost.” “No; we have another,” said Edmund quietly, all his self-mastery asserting itself—“ Ala. herself. “Look,” be continued, a moment afterwards, “the car rights Itself. It wilt come down all right” It was so. The eccentric movements ceased, and we saw the car descend-

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ing rapidly, but with a steady motion which indicated that it was again under control. During the ten minutes that the wild tumble lasted, it had fallen within a half mile of the ground, and now it was gliding swiftly away from us, over the top of the great forest. Edmund strove to increase our speed, making the silent engineer and his men aid him with their it most exertions. Glancing behind, I noticed, for the first time, that several aeroplanes were pursuing us; but they were far behind. They had probably started in pursuit as soon as possible after our chase began, but we had been so absorbed in watching the car that we had not even thought of looking behind. We had trusted entirely to ourselves, but now I felt a satisfaction in knowing that we should have assistance in an emergency. I called Edmund’s attention to our pursuers, but he gave no heed. His whole mind and soul were fixed upon the car. In a little while it had descended so low that it became necessary for us to rise, in order to kept it in view. Nevertheless, as Edmund had foreseen, our course, lying so near the ground, bad given us a certain advantage, and we had drawn perceptibly nearer while running for the point toward which the car was descending. Still, it now became very difficult to keep the object of our pursuit in view. At times we lost sight of it entirely against the dark background of foil-

age. But an occasional gleam from the polished sides of the car enabled us to retain a general notion of its location. At last it dropped into the great sea of, vegetation, and was completely lost. At this time we were, apparently,“about three miles behind it. “Keep your eyes fixed on the point where it disappeared,” said Edmund. “Don’t let your sight waver. I shall make straight for the place.” Fortune favored us, for at the spot where the car had sunk from sight a group of enormous trees lifted their mighty tops high above the general surface of the forest, and this landmark was invaluable to us. When we had run within an eighth of a mile of these trees, Edmund at last slowed up, and got the aeroplane under perfect control. We crept silently above the treetops, every eye fixed upon the spot where we expected at any moment to see the car.

Suddenly a forest glade appeared, shadowed by the very trees that had served as our guides, and there was the car resting upon the ground. The door was toward us, and open. In it stood Ala, looking with a horrified countenance upon a spectacle that might well have frozen her blood.

Ingra and Juba were engaged in a terrific battle. At one moment they rolled upon the ground, locked together, looking like a man and a wild beast at death-grips. Each was fiercely exerting his utmost strength. Now one, now the other, was on top. Each endeavoring to throttle the other; they revolved so rapidly that the eye could hardly follow the successive phases of the struggle. Suddenly they rolled against a rock, and the shock releasing their hold, both leaped to their feet. But neither flinched, nor gave back. They sprang together again with demoniac fury, Juba’s huge eyes blazing out of the wild tangle of his hair, while his huge, shaggy arms resembled those of a bear rushing madly to the deathhug. But Ingra was a foe worthy to encounter so formidable an antagonist. With amazing strength and agility, he hurled his assailant backward, and then, to my horror, I saw that he had his long knife in his hand, while Juba had no weapon. Lowering his form as he sped In the onset, and with a wicked lunge, Ingra darted upon his foe. For an instant I thought that the blade had reached the vitals of his antagonist, for Juba staggered backward, but a second later Ingra shot away as If the walking-beam of an engine had struck him, and fell, stunned and motionless.

Juba’s mighty foot had been propelled against his chest, for, like a Frenchman, the creature fought with arms and legs alike. - “Now you have him!” shouted Jack, dancing with excitement, as Edmund swept the aeroplane toward the spot “Pin him down! Don’t let him up!” Juba sprang at his foe, but the latter bad been driven so far away by the terrible blow that before Juba could seize him he had recovered, and was on his feet again. “Don’t let him get away,” cried Edmund, leaping from the aeroplane as It touched the ground, and rushing* with Jack and I on his heels, to the scene of the encounter. But Ingra was too quick. Seeing his enemies swarming, he

turned and ran with the speed of a deer. ' In a second he had disappeared in the undergrowth. (To be continued.)

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