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THE PIRATES OF
THE SKY
15V STEPHEN OAILUBD.
Copyright 1915, by Rand-McNally Co.
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SYNOPSIS.
Pirates In a giant aeroplane have
created consternation in Chicago and
other cities. Tho Courier prepares an
expedition to hunt them down. Tom
Baldwin, a reporter, and Billy Graharne,
an aviator, are the s^eutha Baldwin lias
just been repulsed by a wealthy girl
whom he likes. The reporter and aviator
search for tho pirates and battle with
them 10,000 feet in the air. Baldwin is
wounded, captured and taken to a secret
house like a castle, bidden away in the
mountains. He explores the structure
and finds a beautiful woman, evidently
a prisoner, in a room. He slips back
to Ids own chamber undiscovered.
(Continued from yesterday.)
For a few moments we sat facing
bach other in silence while I en
deavored to frame the questions
which I so much desired to have
answered. A whimsical, half-mock
ing smile played over the young Pole's
face. Perhaps he was amused at my
seriousness. Since my capture I had
begun to realize that the Pirates of
the Sky presented for solution a mys
tery of deeper significance than the
world dreamed of; and I never
realized this more fully than as I sat
facing this man, so young, so hand
some, so Instinct with Intelligence
and resolution, so far removed from
the ordinary conception of bandit or
desperado.
"I hope you will pardbn me.” I
began at length, "If I name your
Brotherhood as the world names it—
•The Pirates of the Sky’?”
Pan Andrei smiled and nodded.
"Since their first appearance at
Denver, now nearly a year ago,” I
went on, "they have presented to tho
world a formidable mystery; that
mystery I, perhaps In an over-san
guine moment, set out to solve.”
The young man’s eyes twinkled.
“The car of the Condor,” he remarked,
"bears grim witness to the strenuous
ness of your endeavor.”
”1 begin to think," I continued,
"that fortuno favored me in the fight,
though much against my will, inas
much as defeat has brought me nearer
to the solution of the mystery than
victory -would have done; and yet,
the nearer I approach to it the more
the mystery deepens. What is this
Brotherhood of which you speak?
How come you here in this inacces
sible valley, inhabiting, as I believe,
the dwellings of a prehistoric race?
To what end do you war against the
world? What goal do you propose for
yourselves as the result of that war
fare? For having seen your leader,
having seen the crew of the Condor,
having seen and conversed with you,
I. cannot believe that mere wanton
lust of rapine and destruction, or
mere greed of gold, could furnish a
sufficient motive for the banding to
gether In outlawry, no mottor on how
grand a scale, of men like you.”
"Faith," answered Pan Andrei, "I
think Instead of poor Andrei Barehev
sky you should have here our leader,
Bogdan Vankovlch. He could, If he
chose, not only answer your questions
fully, but hold forth upon them most
eloquently; whereas I am only one of
tho youngest, and certainly the least
serious, of the Brotherhood, who do
all my soaring by airship and leave
tho high flights of mind and morals
to others. But such as I am, I will do
my best. And first, as to what our
Brotherhood is, I might paraphrase
tho reply of the outlaw in Ivanhoe to
Gurth, when he and his brethren
seized up the pseudo squire, 'We are
the deliverers of the world who pro
poso to relieve every man of-his bur
den.’ To be more explicit, we are rev
olutionists, not of one country, nor of
one political system, but of the world.
As wc view the various organizations
of modern society we find them all
iniquitous, producing happiness and
prosperity for the few based upon the
poverty and misery of the many;
therefore we seek to destroy modern
society and to replace it with a sys
tem based upon nobler ideals of
liberty, a system which shall guar
an tee freedom to every man and
woman, not only from fetters of cir
cumstances, of poverty, of want,
which bind and dwarf the soul.”
"Hocallem—or anarchy?" I asked,
smfiling.
“Faith,” said Pan Andrei, laughing
as he flicked the ash from his cigar,
“I hardly know, though Bogdan Van
kovich could tell you readily enough.
As for myself, I am a Pole, and hav
ing no country I am against all coun
tries. As for the Brotherhood, It is
far more powerful and far-reaching
than the ruling classes of the world
imagine; we of the valley here are
but a handful, a forlorn hope, of a
mighty host. Bound together by oath
and by interest, we labor and wait for
the day; and when the day shall come
—and if it shall come—out of this val
ley will come a leader.
"As to how we who are here came
here. We were brought by our leader
who Is a man of genius. His whole
life has been devoted to the cause;
he has suffered for it frightfully, he
has labored for It incessantly. To his
genius is due that perfection of aerial
navigation which you have seen so
exemplified in the Condor. Seeking
for a base from which to wield the
power thus placed in his hands, he
found this mountain valley, unknown,
unsuspected, absolutely inaccessible
save to airships as powerful as his
own, of which there were none in the
world; and here he secretly gathered
together the band which the world
knows as tho 'Pirates of the Sky, to
be a terror and a mystery to the
mighty, to wring from the money
kings of the world the treasure which
the cause needs against the day that
is coming."
As Paul Andrei spoke his manner
gradually became earnest, his face
serious; the whimsical light-hearted
ness of the boy disappeared and gave
place to the man’s daring and devo
tion. He paused, and his manner
changed as suddenly as sunshine
breaking through clouds on a stormy
day.
“Faith,” he said, beginning to
laugh, “if Bogdan Vankovlch couid
only hear me! I think I almost be
lieve what I am saying.”
‘‘Almost?’
“Yes, almost, and I would believs
wholly If men were not what the
sternal has made them. But men like
Bogdan Vankovlch dream dreams,
and men like—like Andrei Barchevsky
bring their dreams to naught.”
“Then you believe the dream impos
gible of realization?”
‘‘Yes, I fear so. If Lucifer, son of
- the morning, rebelled against eternal
wisdom and eternal power, what can
von expect of men? But enough of
this. I have said enongh, and more
than enough, to have given one who
wishes me ill the chance he watches
tor had he heard it. Besides. I have
drifted far from the principal object
of my visit.”
-I fancy.” I said, ‘‘that it has some
thing to do with my fate.”
"Faith, ves, though you need be
under no apprehension, for Bogdan
Vankovlch admires your daring: but
tomorrow you will be summoned be
fore the Council of Seven, of wlflcli I,
unworthy, am one."
“And What then?”
“Walt and see.” Then lie added,
• laughing: “But no, as I, too, in my
irresponsible way, have taken a fanoy
to you I mean to cap my indiscretion
by posting you as to the characters
of the men before whom you are to
appear.” _
(To be continued.) __I
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VOL. II. NO. 264. WEDNESD A Y, DECEMBER 15, 1915. _«
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Lilly of the Valley
BY MARY ROSE TRAVERS.
St. Stephen’s School, Arlington.
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(Continued from yesterday.)
But ah! lOften appearances deceive.
Many times the miners had to go
without food for lack of money. They
were underpaid and badly treated.
Soon the president and his daughter
arrived. Everyone in the place was
near her. She was about fourteen
pretty and well mannered. He had
noticed her in an institution helping
a nurse, and he had decided to adopt
her. Everyone was well pleased with
her. She had been into the mines,
and seeing the poor condition of the
machinery and the low wages of the
miners she decided to appeal to her
father to better this if he could. They
returned to their home In New York,
and in reply to her appeal he said he
would moke the wages higher, but
ho could not remedy the machinery,
as it would take a million dollars.
Every man in the mines was made
happy by a flve-dollar Increase in his
pay envelope.
A year later they moved to Valley,
where President Meech built an ex
tensive home for himself and daugh
ter. Every day brought Lilly closer
and dearer to her father, the miners
and their wives and children. She
visited them, sent them gifts and at
Christmas gave them turkeys. Her
real name nobody knew, but every
body called her Lily. She was like a
lily-of-the-valley, always retiring and
secluding, always thinking of some
one else. She helped the miners to
build a chapel, hospital and a minia
ture theater.
The second year of her residence
there the miners were working on a
vein of coal which promised to make
them rich. The fuse was set, the
dynamite ready and the workers
away from it. Lilly was sealed in
her library when It went off. Sud
denly the ground began to rumble and
the house flew up in ruins. The house
was just over the vein. Lilly was
somewhere under the ruins of this
great home! Searchers began at once
to get her. Presently a little flame
came from It'. It was on fire! Mr.
Meecher ivas frantic with anxiety.
Soon the men dragged Lilly from it
Just as tlie fire burned the place she
had lain upOu. She was hurried to
the hospital she had built. She bad
a broken leg and many scratches. The
miners sent her many flowers and
their wives made some delicacies and
brought them to her. The flrst day
she was out after her accident they
had a celebration.
(To be continued.)
| A Christmas Surprise |
On Christmas night, 1776, Washing
ton crossed the Delaware River,
about midnight, with his army. It was
a very cold and stormy night and it
was very dark, and he did not know
how to cross the river.
Finally he got some fishermen to
take them across in small rowboats.
In the meantime the Hessians, who
were unaware of what was going on,
had celebrated the holiday and had
been eating and drinking heavily;
some were sound asleep and others
were very drunk.
When the first boat landed the boI
diers had to jump around to keep
warm. They kept this up until the
whole army arrived. Two of the sol
diers froze to death on the way across
the river.
Early in the morning one of the offi
cers reported that the pow'der was
wet and they could not use their
muskets. So Washington then or
dered them to use their bayonets.
He then divided his army into two
divisions. One half he told to take
one road and the other half to take
the other road. In the morning the
commander of the Hessians came out
of his camp half dressed and tried
hard to get his army together, but he
was shot down before he could ac
complish anythi|ig.
In one hour Washington took con
trol of Trenton, with 1,000 prisoners,
and he lost only two men.
L. R. D’ALOIA, age 11.
1#1 Mt. Prospect avenue.
(Continued from yesterday.)
“For causing you people so much
trouble and this little boy we will
show this play at the village hall a
month from today, and this boy shall
have a free ticket.”
“But I can’t come alone,” said Jean.
"I’m not allowed out after the sun
goes past the Alps.”
“Well,” said the manager, “have
you got a mother?”
“Yes,” Jean replied.
"Then your mother shall have a
ticket, too,” said Miss Kellerman.
Jean wAu home and felt very
happy. When he reached home he
said: “Mother, I have two tickets for
some kind of a picture a man gave
me." He then told his mother all that
had occurred that day.
A month from that day they went
to the village hall to see the picture
and enjoyed It very much.
(The end.)
THE GREAT DOT MYSTERY__
As soon as the boy scouts took their bloodhound to
the Oarage things began to happen. The dog sniffed
at the mysterious footprint and started west."Freddy
and the scouts followed him until darh when they
made camp. In the middle of the night they were
awakened by a strange noise.They thought that the
goat had returned.but it was only a big —
' 70 BE CONTIHUEP---._
Begin with point No. X and connect with 2» 3, 4, etc., and sec what appear*. _*__
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The Battle of Bunker Hill
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The second battle of tho Revolution
was the battle of Bunker Hill, which
was a great battle.
The Americans under Prescott were
holding Bunker Hill in Charleston,
which overlooked Boston. It was the
British aim to get the hill. Finally,
the British, having courage, went up
the hill for the first time, hoping to
be successful. Prescott, seeing them
coming, gave the command, "Don’t
fire until you see the whites of their
eyes." The order was obeyed. The
signal was given and the Americans
fired, driving the British down the
hill again. A second attempt was
made, but they were driven back once
more. Ascending for the third time
they reached the top of the hill. The
Americans, having run out of ammu
nition. fought with clubs and the butt
ends of their muskets, and gradually
were forced to give up the bill.
The British thought It a wonderful
victory for them. But it was Just as
good a victory for the Americans, who
fought very bravely. However, the
Americans would have won but for
the lack of ammunition, so they had
to give up. HELEN SMITH,
West Side School.
College Man
Without an intimate knowledge of
the workman, a college graduate is,
too apt to assume that the workman. ]
because he has not the same kind of
knowledge the college man has, is
necessarily ignorant and a fit subject
for contempt. A little association with
him, however, soon dlspelB this idea,
for the college man finds out that the
workman’s knowledge, although quite
different from his own, is very exten
sive. and embraces subjects of which
he is entirely ignorant. The work
man has indeed a great deal of knowl
edge, much of which Is far more prac
tical and better suited to his needs
than that the college man can give
him. Moreover, the workman readily
recognizes that the college man knows
but little about those subjects with
which he is most familiar, and the
contempt which the college man is apt
to get for the workman before he
knows him is only a small fraction of
the contempt which the workman fre
quently gets for the coilege man.—
Henry L. Gantt, in the Engineering
Magazine for December.
Deaf Boys Become Scoots.
Two troops of scouts have been or- j
ganized in the Kentucky School for
the Deaf under the authority of the
Danville, Ky., Local Council. There
are sixteen members in each troop
and the boys are planning to take up
Bil •£ Uut usual features of scoutcrafu
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
V-I
There was once a boy whose father
told him to take care of a flock of
sheep. So he started oft to the place
where the sheep were feeding. Hi*
father said that if the flock should be
attacked by a wolf he should cry
“Wolf! Wolf!” and the village**
would come to his aid.
The boy thought it a joke to cry for
help, so he started to cry "Wolf!
Wolf!” and the villagers came run
ning to his rescue, but the boy ex
plained it all a joke. Three times thi*
occurred and three times the villager* ;
were fooled. One day the wolf really
did come and the boy cried for help,
but no help came and the wolf de
voured the sheep.
Moral—Never try to have fun at
others expense. It always results in
your own downfall.
GEORGE AND DAVID GOLDBERfS .
Cleveland School.
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