Part 7 (1/2)
”Is--is there any great danger, To inventor, confidently ”I have done this sa that bothers me is that there are several cross-currents of air up here, whichtips But I think we'll ”
”Bless my overcoat!” exclaimed Mr Damon ”I certainly hope so”
Conversation wasfire and throbbing like a battery of Gatling guns Toht start on the spark, as the propeller was sloinging froainst it He tried, but there was no explosion He had scarcely hoped for it, as he realized that solided, co athletic field grew larger Shouts of wonder and fear could be heard, and people could be seen running excitedly about To To the lilide the monoplane once more shot down on an incline toward the earth with terrible speed The ground seemed to rush up to oing to hit so to try a new stunt Hold fast!”
”What are you going to do?”
”Some spirals I think that will let us down easier, but the craft is likely to tilt a bit, so hold on”
The young inventor shi+fted the movable planes and rudder, and, aviolently around, like a polo pony taking a sudden turn after the ball Mr Darab for one of the upright supports
”Ioff the craft, which righted itself in an instant ”The air currents fooled uidance, thethe earth in a series of graceful curves It was under perfect control, and a s it Mr Dahts with such firmness that his knuckles shohite with the strain, were now reht now,” declared Tolides now, and we'll land”
He sent the athered speed in an instant
Then, with an upward tilt it was slackened, almost as if brakes had been applied Once more it shot toward the earth, and once more it was checked by an up-tilted plane
Then with a thud which shook up the occupants of the two seats, the buttERFLY ca on the three bicycle wheels Swiftly it slid over the level ground Aplace would have been hard to find Scores of willing hands reached out, and checked the momentum of the little monoplane, and Tom and Mr Damon climbed from their seats
The crowd set up a cheer, and hundreds pressed around the aviators
Several sought to reach, and touch the machine, for they had probably never been so close to one before, though airshi+p flights are getting more and more co for a record?”
”How high did you get?”
”Did you fall, or come down on purpose?”
”Can't you start your motor in mid-air?”
These, and scores of other questions were fairly volleyed at Toood-naturedly answered the down anyhow,” he explained, ”but we did not calculate on vol-planing The lide
Please keep away froe it”
The arrival of several policemen, ere attracted by the crowd, served to keep the curious ones back away from the buttERFLY, or the men, boys and woht have caused serious trouble
To satisfied himself that only a minor difficulty had caused it to stop, he decided to put the monoplane in some safe place, and proceed to Mr
Fenwick's house
The lad was just asking one of the officers if the air craft could not be put in one of the grandstands which surrounded the field, when a voice on the outskirts of the crowd excitedly exclaimed: