Part 11 (1/2)
The rope was loosened, and, increasing the speed of the engine, Toive a little round There was a cheer froood ties and other instruet it He ran thean atteround was reached, he pulled the elevating plane lever
The front of the WHIZZER rose, and then settled down Tom quickly shut off the power, and ja into the earth, for the high board fence loomed up before him
”What's the et up speed enough,” answered the young inventor ”We otten?”
”I think so I'll gear the her”
It took an hour to do this Once istered a pull of fifteen hundred pounds now
”We'll go up,” said Torimly
Once more the motors spit out fire, and the propellers whirled so that they looked like round, but this time, as she neared the fence, she rose up like a bird, cleared it like a trick horse, and soared off into the air!
The WHIZZER was flying!
CHAPTER X
OVER THE OCEAN
”Hurrah!” cried Mr Fenwick in delight ”Myat last!”
”Yes,” answered To It's not as high as I'd like, but it is doing very well, considering the weight of the craft, and the fact that we have not used the gas bag I'o up
Don't you want to steer, Mr Fenwick?”
”No, youshape I don't want to 'hoodoo' it I worked as hard as I could, and never gotIt's great!”
He was very enthusiastic, and Tom himself was not a little pleased at his own success, for certainly the airshi+p had looked to be a very dubious proposition at first
”Blesspretty well,” re down on the field where Mr Fenwick's friends and thetheir hands
”We'll do better,” declared Toasover the electric apparatus, to see that it orking well It needed some adjustments, which heabout in a big circle, for the rudder had been auto the craft It was about two hundred feet high, but soon after the gas began to enter the bag it rose until it was nearly five thousand feet high This satisfied Tom that the airshi+p could do better than he expected, and he decided to return nearer earth
In going down, he put the craft through a nuned to test her ability to answer the rudders proes, and suggested the any farther?” asked the owner of the WHIZZER, as he saw that his craft was slowly settling
”No, I think we've done enough for the first day,” said Tom, ”But I'd like you to handle her now, Mr Fenwick You can , while I watch the uess I can ht,” assented the inventor ”I'ood descent, and received the congratulation of his friends as he stepped froiven o at all, for Mr
Fenwick and his acquaintances had about given up hope that she ever would rise