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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: Frank Reade Jr. and His Engine of the Clouds - -Author: Luis Senarens - -Release Date: May 2, 2017 [EBook #54648] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FRANK READE JR. *** - - - - -Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -[Illustration: FRANK READE WEEKLY MAGAZINE Containing Stories of -Adventures on Land, Sea & in the Air] - - _Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Application - made for Second-Class Entry at N. Y. Post-Office._ - No. 16. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. Price 5 Cents. - -[Illustration: FRANK READE, JR., AND HIS ENGINE OF THE CLOUDS; OR, -CHASED AROUND THE WORLD IN THE SKY. _By “NONAME.”_] - - “Climb up that ladder to the - airship!” exclaimed the detective. - “Very well,” said Murdock, and up he - went. Frank and Reynard followed - him, and the ship sped on. Pomp - received the prisoner. “Wha’ yo’ - gwine ter do wif him?” he asked - Frank. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - FRANK READE - - WEEKLY MAGAZINE. - - CONTAINING STORIES OF ADVENTURES ON LAND, SEA AND IN THE AIR. - - _Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Application made for - Second Class entry at the New York, N. Y. Post Office._ _Entered - according to Act of Congress in the year 1903, in the office of the - Librarian of Congress._ _Washington. D. C., by Frank Tousey. 24 Union - Square, New York._ - - No. 16. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. Price 5 Cents. - - - - - Frank Reade, Jr., and His Engine of the Clouds; - OR, - Chased Around the World in the Sky. - - - By “NONAME.” - - - - - CONTENTS - - - CHAPTER I. SHOT FOR MONEY. - CHAPTER II. THE ENGINE OF THE CLOUDS. - CHAPTER III. A STOWAWAY. - CHAPTER IV. A LIGHT FROM THE SKY. - CHAPTER V. FOUND AND LOST. - CHAPTER VI. FOILED AGAIN. - CHAPTER VII. SAVED FROM DEATH. - CHAPTER VIII. BAFFLED AGAIN AND AGAIN. - CHAPTER IX. THE OASIS IN THE DESERT. - CHAPTER X. BUYING A SHIP’S CREW. - CHAPTER XI. IN A TIGER’S JAWS. - CHAPTER XII. LOSS OF A WHEEL. - CHAPTER XIII. A BOMBSHELL. - CHAPTER XIV. CONCLUSION. - - - - - CHAPTER I. - SHOT FOR MONEY. - - -It was a bitterly cold night in March. - -The bleak, gloomy streets of Chicago were almost deserted. - -A poor little boy in rags was slinking along an aristocratic avenue, -shivering with the cold and looking very wretched. - -His pallid, emaciated face showed poverty and privation, an air of utter -misery surrounded him, and he had a mournful look in his sunken eyes. - -Nobody noticed poor Joe Crosby but the police. - -He was then only one of the many waifs of the great city. - -Tom Reynard, the detective, had seen him stealing along like a thief, -and the zealous officer became so suspicious of the boy’s actions that -he began to follow him. - -Perhaps he was justified in doing this, for the hoodlums of Chicago were -a pretty bad set of rowdies, as a rule. - -The detective was a middle aged, sharp, shrewd fellow, of medium size, -clad in a black suit and derby hat, his bony face clean shaven, his keen -blue eyes snapping with fire, and his reputation for ability the very -finest. - -He kept the skulking boy well in view and was a little bit startled to -see him mount the stoop of a very handsome brown stone house, through -the parlor windows of which, partly open at the top, there gleamed a -dull light. - -Instead of the poor little wretch making an attempt to break into the -house as the detective expected, he boldly rang the bell. - -A servant answered the summons, and, seeing the boy, she cried: - -“What! Joe Crosby—you back home again?” - -“Yes, Nora,” the boy replied, in firm tones, “and I am going to stay, -too. My stepfather, Martin Murdock, is a wicked man. He lured me to a -wretched tenement in West Randolph street, where an Italian villain has -been keeping me a prisoner. But after a month of captivity I escaped -from there to-night, and now I have come back to make Martin Murdock -tell me why he did this?” - -“Oh, the rascal!” indignantly cried the girl. “He told us that he sent -you off to boarding-school. Come in, Joe, come in.” - -“Is my stepfather in the house?” - -“Yes; you will find him in the front parlor.” - -The boy entered the mansion and disappeared from the detective’s view. - -Reynard vented a whistle expressive of intense astonishment. - -“Holy smoke!” he muttered. “Here’s a daisy game! Never thought I was -going to drop onto a family affair of this kind. Wonder if I could hear -what goes on in the parlor if I get up on the stoop?” - -He saw that the parlor windows were partly open at the top, and mounting -the stairs he crouched in the doorway. - -Joe had gone into the parlor. - -A well-built man, in stylish clothing, stood in the room. - -It was Martin Murdock. - -He was apparently about forty years of age and wore a black mustache, -had dark hair and black eyes, an aquiline nose, and upon his left cheek -a V-shaped, livid scar. - -A cry of astonishment escaped his lips when he saw the boy. - -“Free!” he gasped. “How did you get away, you whelp?” - -“That is my business,” the boy replied, angrily. “You must explain why -you had me imprisoned in that vile den.” - -“Oh, I must, eh?” sneered the man, with a nasty leer. - -“I have thought it over,” said Joe, sharply. “You was a poor man when -you married my mother. When she died I know that she left me a large -fortune, for I heard the lawyer read her will. You was made my guardian -until I come of age, in five years. Now there was one point in the will -that would make you wish to see me dead. That was the clause which said -you would inherit all my money if I were to die before I am twenty-one. -Are you trying to put me out of the way so you can get that money, -Martin Murdock?” - -He looked the man squarely in the eyes as he asked this question. - -Murdock quailed before his victim’s reproachful burning glance for Joe -had correctly surmised the dark plot he had in view. - -His nervousness only lasted a moment for he quickly recovered. - -“Fool!” he hissed, getting enraged at the thought that his wicked scheme -was suspected. “How dare you hint that I’d do such a thing?” - -“Because I know you are a villain.” - -“What!” roared Murdock, furiously. “You insult me. I’ll pound the life -out of you, you infernal young scoundrel!” - -And he sprang at the boy and dealt him a savage blow that knocked him -over upon the floor, rushed up to him and began to kick him about the -head. - -Weak from past privations, and unable to defend himself, poor Joe -groaned in a heart-rending manner, and cried, piteously, as the hot -tears ran down his pale, thin cheeks: - -“Oh, don’t—don’t, Mr. Murdock!” - -“I’ll kill you!” yelled the brute. - -“For pity’s sake! Oh, the pain! Stop—I can’t stand it!” - -Just then the servant rushed in. - -“Shame!” she cried, indignantly. - -“Get out of here!” roared Murdock. “I’ll discharge you!” - -“If you beat poor Joe any more I’ll have you arrested!” This threat -caused the broker to say, hastily: - -“He provoked me to it. I don’t intend to hit him again.” - -Satisfied with this assurance, the girl went out. - -Poor Joe, cut, bleeding and black-and-blue, crept toward the door. - -The man glared at him a moment and then hissed: - -“Get up, there! Get up, I say! I’ll have a final settlement with you! -Put on your hat. It is eight o’clock now. The lawyer who has charge of -your money has gone home. He lives out of town. You come with me to his -house. You’ll get your money. Then you can clear out of here and never -trouble me again.” - -“Gladly!” exclaimed Joe, in eager tones. - -He knew that with plenty of money he could easily get along in the world -and be under no obligations to this fiend. - -Murdock scowled at him and prepared to go out. - -Hearing them coming the detective left the stoop and got behind an -adjacent tree where he was unseen. - -He had scarcely concealed himself when he saw Martin Murdock come out -with Joe, hail a passing cab, get in and ride away. - -The detective had overheard all they said in the parlor, and with his -suspicions of the broker aroused, he pursued the cab, resolved to see -the termination of the affair. - -Murdock did not utter a word to the boy, but kept watching him and -deeply thinking over a dark scheme he had in view. - -The boy feared this man, but he was so eager to have a final settlement -with him that he did not hesitate to go with him. - -Reaching the railroad depot they embarked on a train. - -“I’ll take him to an unfrequented place and put an end to him!” thought -Murdock, grimly. “He stands in my way to nearly a million. The stakes -are enormous. It is worth the risk. I’m bound to have the money.” - -Unluckily for him, the detective was on the same train. - -They were whirled away. - -Several hours passed by, when the end of the road was reached. - -“Readestown! All out! Last stop!” called the conductor. - -Murdock and the boy were the only ones in that car, and they arose, -alighted and strode away. - -Tom Reynard pursued them. - -The place was a noted little city in which dwelt a celebrated young -inventor named Frank Reade, Jr. - -Skirting the suburbs of the city, Murdock led his victim toward a -magnificent big mansion in which dwelt the inventor alluded to. - -In the extensive grounds surrounding the house were a number of immense -workshops, in which the inventor constructed his marvelous contrivances. - -“There’s where the lawyer lives,” Murdock said to the boy, as he pointed -at the mansion, although he had never been in Readestown before. - -This information allayed any suspicions the poor boy might have had, and -as the surroundings were isolated, the place seemed to favor the -murderous design the man had in view. - -They strode toward the mansion and paused at the gate. - -“You wait here for me,” said Murdock. “I’ll go in and see if the lawyer -is home. I’ll call you in if I find him.” - -“All right,” the boy replied, in low, sad tones. - -He leaned against the gate post with an oppressive feeling at heart and -the gloomiest forebodings in his mind. - -It almost seemed as if he had a subtle premonition of his fate. - -Murdock entered the grounds and stole away in the shrubbery. - -He came to a pause and listened intently, then keenly peered around -without hearing or seeing anybody. - -The wretch was intensely excited and as pale as death, while upon his -brow there stood great beads of perspiration. - -He fully realized what he was going to do. - -There was not an extenuating thing to excuse him. - -From where he crouched he could plainly see the boy. - -He drew a revolver from his hip-pocket, his hand shaking as if palsied, -and deliberately aimed at the poor boy. - -Bang! - -“Oh, God, I’m shot!” shrieked Joe. - -Murdock rushed to his victim. - -Poor little Joe fell to the ground. - -The assassin thrust the pistol in his stiffening fingers. - -He designed to lend the crime an appearance of suicide. - -But Tom Reynard had seen the whole deed, and came rushing up to the -villain and his victim, too late to stop the crime or be of any service. - -“You murderer!” cried the detective. - -“I’m caught!” hoarsely muttered Murdock. - -He struck the detective with the pistol, knocked him senseless, and -hearing footsteps approaching he rushed away. - -Down from the house rushed Frank Reade, Jr., alarmed by the pistol shot, -and seeing the detective was stunned he knelt down beside the boy. - -Poor Joe was dead, to all appearances. - - - - - CHAPTER II. - THE ENGINE OF THE CLOUDS. - - -Frank Reade, Jr., was a dashing young man of distinguished appearance, -attired in fashionable clothing. - -He was noted for his wonderful skill at inventing electrical and -mechanical wonders of various kinds. - -In this work he was ably assisted by a diminutive negro, named Pomp, and -a rollicking, red-headed Irishman, called Barney O’Shea, who invariably -were his traveling companions on the trips he made with his inventions. - -Judging that the boy was beyond all recovery, and deeming it wisest to -pay first attention to the living, Frank lifted the detective up and -carried him into the house. - -He met the coon and the Celt running toward him. - -“Gorramighty!” panted Pomp. “Wha’ de trouble, Marsa Frank?” - -“I found this senseless man and a dead boy at the gate just now!” - -“Be heavens, it’s a bloody murdher, then!” exclaimed Barney. - -“So it seems. Help me in with this fellow till we revive him.” - -They carried Reynard into the sitting-room, laid him down, and seeing -his badge, discovered that he was a detective. - -Restoratives were applied and he began to revive, upon observing which -Frank went out to get the dead boy. - -When he reached the gate, to his amazement he found that the body of -little Joe Crosby had mysteriously disappeared. - -Frank hunted all over, but failed to find it. - -Completely at a loss to account for the mysterious disappearance, he -returned to the house and told his friends about it. - -Reynard had recovered. - -Sitting on the sofa, he heard that the body was gone. - -Then he told Frank and his friends what had occurred. - -As soon as they heard the story they realized that a brutal crime had -been perpetrated by an avaricious, unscrupulous rascal, who ought to be -punished for his sin. - -“I’d better apprise the local authorities of the deed and the strange -loss of the body,” said Frank, briskly. “In the meantime, Mr. Reynard, -you had better try to find Martin Murdock.” - -“Holy smoke! Here’s a daisy game!” the detective replied. “Your head’s -level, Mr. Reade. I’m off. You’ll hear from me again!” - -And away he went. - -Frank followed him out. - -He went to inform the police. - -It was then nearly eleven o’clock. - -Barney and Pomp had been in the workshop putting the finishing touches -on a new flying machine Frank invented. - -Everything was completed, but in their hurried exit they had left the -electric arc lights lit in the shop. - -When the inventor was gone the Irishman said to Pomp: - -“D’yer moind yer wor afther lavin’ ther loights lit in ther shop.” - -“Me?” said the coon. “G’way! ‘Twarn’t me, honey. Yo’ done it.” - -“Go an’ turrun thim out, naygur!” - -“Won’t do nuffin’ ob de kine.” - -“Neither will I, me jewel.” - -“When Marse Frank come back he gwine ter git mad.” - -“Shure, you’re a dead man, then, fer I’ll blame it on you.” - -“An’ I’se gwine ter say dat yo’ done did it, chile.” - -“Ther two av us will get it in ther neck, then.” - -“Dunno ‘bout dat, I’ish,” said Pomp. “If I’se got ter go, yo’ go, too!” - -And so saying, he suddenly grabbed Barney by the nape of his neck and -the slack of his pants, and rushed him into the yard. - -Away they scudded across the garden toward the shops, the Irishman -unable to stop himself, and Pomp grinning and chuckling over the -advantage he had gained. - -“Whoop!” yelled Barney, as his legs flew along. “Begorry, I’ll have yer -scalp fer this, ye puckered-up hyaena!” - -“Cl’ar de track!” roared the delighted coon. “Heah come de cyclone! -Golly, what a roast, Barney!” - -Propelling the Celt before him, he reached the half-closed door of the -shop, slammed Barney against it with a bang, causing it to fly open, and -barked his nose on the panel. - -“Murdher!” raved the Celt. “Faix, me bugle is bushted!” - -“Put on de brakes!” howled the coon. - -Then he hauled off with his big foot and gave a Barney a boost that -landed him on his ear in the middle of the big room. - -Unluckily for the dusky practical joker he tripped over a plank and -landed on top of the Irishman with a thud. - -The next moment Barney had him by the leg, dragged him over to a tackle -hanging from the wall, secured the hook around the coon’s ankle and -hoisted him up by the rope. - -When Pomp’s woolly head cleared the ground Barney tied the rope to a -cleat and picked up a barrel stave. - -“Watch me droive him troo ther wall!” he roared. - -It was now his turn to chuckle and laugh. - -Pomp began to look sick. - -Around swished the stave over the coon’s coat-tail. - -Whang! - -Bang! - -Plunk! - -Thump! - -For reports like pistol shots pealed out as Barney brought the stave -down upon the coon’s anatomy. - -A bellow ripped from between Pomp’s thick, blubbery lips. - -“Fo’ de Lawd’s sake, stop dat!” he yelled, frenetically. - -“Yer will ploog me wid yer fut, hey?” roared Barney. - -Then he soaked the coon again. - -Whack! - -Crack! - -Biff! - -Boom! - -Pomp squirmed, roared, and suddenly grabbed his tormentor. - -“Unfasten me dar!” he howled, as he pinched the Irishman. “If yo’ doan -done it I’se gwine ter chaw yer, honey!” - -“Holt on!” yelled Barney, in tones of agony. “Bad cess to yer, it’s a -choonk yez will take out av me entoirely. Lave aff, yer bottle-nosed -gorilla, or I’ll go around on a crootch!” - -“No, sir! No, sir! Not’ll yo’ luf me down yere.” - -“Yis! Yis!” howled Barney, complying. “Ouch, me leg! Whoo—oh—oh!” - -The moment Barney let go the rope he tore himself free and rushed out of -the shop, pursued by the coon. - -In the middle of the big room stood Frank’s new invention. - -It was formed like a sharp-prowed ship, and was made of aluminum. - -There was an air-rudder at the bow and a water-screw and rudder at the -stern, while the deck was railed in. - -From the bow projected a long ram, while at the stern were two enormous -air-propellers, one larger than the other. - -Two turrets crowned the deck, with tubes rising from their roofs, on top -of which were a pair of tremendous helices. - -From one tube to the other ran two more horizontal tubes, between which -were ranged five more big helices. - -These helices were revolved, as were the other wheels, by a strong -current of electricity, to lift the engine up in the air. - -In the forward turret, which was designed for the steersman, stood a -powerful electric searchlight, and in the midship section a circular -deck-house, pierced by doors and bull’s-eyes. - -It was a remarkable-looking machine, the material and mechanism of which -combined extreme lightness with the greatest of strength. - -As Frank had built other flying machines with mechanical parts similar -to those employed in this one, which had proven successful, he was sure -this one would operate. - -The young inventor had returned from police headquarters when Pomp -chased Barney out into the yard, and going between the practical jokers -he separated them. - -Both were forced to shake hands and go to bed, and the inventor turned -out the lights and followed them. - -On the following day Frank received reports from the police, from time -to time, but nothing was found of the missing body of poor little Joe -Crosby. - -Toward nightfall Tom Reynard returned to Readestown. - -He made his way at once to Frank’s house, and meeting the celebrated -inventor in his library, he asked him: - -“Well, have you found the corpse?” - -“No. The police have hunted all over but failed.” - -“How strange! Suppose some one stole it—probably medical students, who -want it for dissection. I’ve got bad news.” - -“What is it?” asked Frank, curiously. - -“Learned that Martin Murdock returned to Chicago last night. To-day he -drew a small fortune in money from his bank, went to New York and -started for Europe in the trans-Atlantic steamer Red Star.” - -“So he escaped you, eh?” - -“Yes. He knows that his crime is exposed, and wants to escape arrest. -He’s got plenty money to do it, too. But I’ve telegraphed on to -Liverpool to the police to hold him on a charge of murder. I’ve got a -warrant to arrest him on that charge and am going after him.” - -“He may suspect your design, and give you the slip.” - -“Yes, I know. Such a daisy game has been played before. But it’s the -best I can do,” said the detective. - -“I know a surer way than that to catch him.” - -“How? How?” eagerly asked Reynard. - -“Chase him in my new flying machine. Heard of it?” - -“Yes. The papers mentioned that you had such an invention.” - -“My interest in the case is excited. Do you want to do it?” - -“I’d be delighted, if you’ll allow me to.” - -“Oh, I want a use to put the engine of the clouds to, and as this is a -good one I’ll see if I can’t aid the ends of justice with the machine.” - -“Good! When shall we start?” - -“The day after to-morrow. As we can make one hundred miles an hour -through the sky in her, we are bound to soon overhaul the steamer. We -have only to provision and equip the engine now.” - -The four set to work at once on the airship. - -By the second day she was ready, and they all embarked. - -Frank entered the forward turret, the machinery was started, the helices -whirled, and the engine arose and passed through the open roof of the -shop and shot up into the sky. - - - - - CHAPTER III. - A STOWAWAY. - - -The sun was going down in the west when the Pegasus, as the engine of -the clouds was named, rose above Readestown. - -Her seven big helices were whirling around with a loud, buzzing sound, -and lifting her at the rate of a yard a second. - -A shout arose from the people thronging the streets when they observed -the flight of the engine, and as the news spread, every one in the city -watched the ascension with deep interest. - -Barney and Pomp had gone into the deck-house and hastened below to watch -the working of the machinery. - -Left alone on deck, the detective observed that the Pegasus rode as -steadily as if she rested on flanges upon the ground. - -At a height of 2,000 feet Frank slackened the speed of the helices until -they whirled just fast enough to hold the engine at the desired -altitude. - -The detective then joined him in the turret. - -“Holy smoke! This is a daisy contrivance!” he exclaimed. - -“She works just as I designed she should,” replied Frank. - -“What are you going to do now?” - -“Drive her out over the Atlantic.” - -“In the teeth of this gale?” - -“Certainly.” - -There were several levers in front of the steering wheel beside the -compass binnacle, and Frank pulled one of them. - -Like the rest this lever was connected with the machinery, and it made -an electrical circuit with the driving screw motor, causing them to -rotate. - -The screws acted upon the air as a metal propeller does in the water, -and the engine glided ahead. - -Frank glanced at several dials on the wall. - -They registered, measured and gauged the different parts of the airship, -while various other instruments kept the temperature, gave the altitude, -velocity of the wind and so on. - -“This is marvelous!” the detective cried, enthusiastically. - -“You can feel her advance against the wind,” said Frank, “but when we -are going with it at the rate of one hundred miles an hour you would -scarcely think we were moving.” - -“How can you go with the wind?” - -“Why, the atmospheric envelope of the earth consists of numerous -stratas, or air currents that blow in all directions,” replied Frank. -“If I were in a balloon and had no means of guidance but plenty ballast -and lots of gas I could steer it as well as if I had a rudder. This -could be done by alternately raising or lowering the balloon into -currents of air blowing in the directions I wished to pursue.” - -“Ain’t that queer!” - -“It is perfectly natural. Now there is a strata called the Solar -Current, which blows constantly from the west to the east at a very high -altitude. I could send a balloon completely around the world by -remaining poised in that current. As it is so high up, however, we -cannot make use of it, for we would be at such a great elevation we -could not see the steamer Red Star if we met it.” - -Just then Barney came in. - -“How is the machinery?” Frank asked him. - -“Faix, it do be wurkin’ as shlick as a phwistle!” replied the Celt. “An’ -I suspishey that she’ll be afther gallopin’ troo ther clouds beyant wid -the agility av a kangaroo.” - -“Take charge of the wheel and hold her due east. I’ll run down below and -observe the actions of her dynamo and machinery myself.” - -He beckoned the detective to follow him. - -Leaving Barney steering, they went out on deck. - -The panorama of the landscape below looked like an enormous oil -painting. - -Everything took on the most diminutive size, and in the far distance -they caught sight of the great lakes. - -The intense solitude was occasionally broken by the shrill blasts of -steam whistles in factories and locomotives, the clang of bells and -other loud, distinct sounds. - -A few high-flying birds were seen circling around not far away, and a -strong wind was vainly opposing the engine. - -Passing into the deck-house Frank and the detective found themselves in -a room used for a cabin. - -On one side stood a row of bunks, and at the other a staircase leading -down below. - -A door in the partition gave access to a combined kitchen and dining -saloon over which Pomp presided as cook. - -Every room was fitted up with incandescent electric lamps and pony motor -fan-wheels, while the furnishing was luxurious. - -Descending the stairs they found themselves in the hold. - -It was divided into three compartments. - -The one forward was a general storeroom for tools, arms, ammunition, -duplicate parts of the engine and similar things; the next room -contained food and water enough for a long trip, and the rear -compartment held the machinery. - -It was a simple arrangement. - -The base of each helix shaft was furnished with a powerful motor which -only required an electric current to turn it. - -This current was derived from a small, light dynamo, which in turn was -operated by an oil engine. - -The same engine and dynamo gave power to the electric lighting machine, -and a large motor connected with the machinery which revolved the screw -shaft. - -Should the occasion require, the power could be turned into a small -motor, to which the water screw was coupled, for work in the sea, if -they desired to navigate the water. - -Pomp was busy oiling the bearings when Frank and his companion entered -the engine-room. - -“Barney says everything is satisfactory, Pomp,” said Frank. - -“Spec’s it am, sah,” grinned the coon. “She done buck de win’?” - -“Like a battering ram. I’ll examine her.” - -“Fo’ shuah, honey.” - -The inventor began his inspection. - -He had not looked far before he received a tremendous shock of surprise. - -Crouching in a corner behind a barrel of oil he caught sight of a man, -who, by some means, had stowed himself away on the engine. - -“By thunder, a stowaway!” he cried. - -“Holy smoke!” gasped Reynard. “Here’s a daisy game!” - -“Fo’ de Lawd sake, whar am he?” demanded Pomp, in startled tones. - -Frank pounced upon the man, caught him by the back of the neck and -hauled him out of his covert. - -A cry of alarm escaped the fellow upon finding himself discovered, and -he rose to his feet with a scared look. - -He was a man of about thirty, attired in a seedy suit of clothes, a -dilapidated stove-pipe hat, and wore a brown beard and mustache. - -“Oh!” he roared, struggling to break away from Frank. “Don’t touch me. -I’m crazy! Look out! I bite! Ha! ha! See the demons. The air is full of -them! Back, you imps, back I say!” - -He put up his fists and began to punch wind. - -A cynical smile crossed Frank’s face. - -“So you’re looney, eh?” he asked, sarcastically. - -“Completely off my base!” asserted the man, confidentially. - -“You lie! You are simply pretending to be a crank in order to avoid -punishment.” - -“That’s a daisy game!” laughed the detective. - -“Oh, but you’re mistaken!” said the man, in injured tones. “I just -escaped from the asylum. I’m a dead bug; on the level, I am.” - -“What induced you to enter my shop and stow yourself away aboard of this -airship—a desire to navigate the clouds?” - -“No,” replied the stranger. “You carried me up before I could get off -again. I—hey! Give me that——” - -“What is this book?” queried Frank, hauling it out of the man’s pocket -and glancing at the pages. - -The man strove to snatch it away, but Frank was too quick for him and -prevented it. - -One glance at the contents was enough for him—the book was filled with -drawings of the mechanism of the airship. - -“He’s a thief!” cried Frank, flushing with indignation. “He has simply -come aboard to steal my patents. Here is the proof!” - -He held up the book to the view of his companions. - -The man slunk back with a scowl of alarm on his face, for he realized -that his real motive was betrayed, and that all the contradictions he -could make would be of no avail in the face of such damaging evidence. - -For a moment a deep silence ensued. - -“Holy snake!” ejaculated the detective. “That’s a daisy game!” - -“Frow de dirty white trash overboard!” indignantly roared Pomp. - -Frank tore the book to pieces and flung the fragments out one of the -windows, after which he turned to the man and said: - -“Your treachery shall be severely punished, sir.” - -“But I’m a maniac!” protested the fellow, in a vain attempt to convince -them that he was not accountable for his actions. “I’m covered with -snakes! Take ‘em off! Don’t you see ‘em squirming?” - -Frank caught him by the neck, interrupting him. - -“That will do!” he cried, angrily. “Insane people don’t usually do such -very practical and profitable things as you have done. Consider yourself -my prisoner, sir.” - -“I’ll be hanged if I will!” - -“You can’t escape from here.” - -“I can’t, eh? Well, I’ll own the engine!” - -As he said this a desperate light leaped into his eyes and he pulled a -knife from his breast-pocket. - -Making a rush at Frank he aimed a stab at him, which the young inventor -barely had time to avoid by stepping back. - -Pomp picked up an iron bar and the detective drew his revolver and aimed -it at the man. - -Seeing the peril he was in the rascal rushed for the stairs, pursued by -the three, and dashed up to the cabin. - -Out on deck he ran like a deer. - -Frank and his companions followed him. - -He headed for the pilot-house, and flinging open the door he dashed into -the room behind Barney. - - - - - CHAPTER IV. - A LIGHT FROM THE SKY. - - -Barney heard the man rush into the room, and glancing around he was -thunderstruck to see the stranger. - -Moreover, his amazement was increased by observing that the man had a -wild, hunted look on his face and a knife in his hand. - -“Be heavens, it’s a stranger!” he gasped. - -“If you budge an inch I’ll run this knife in your heart!” hissed the -man. - -“Faix, I’ll not boodge a quarther av an inch!” replied Barney. - -“Tell your friends to keep back or you are a dead man!” - -“Shtand back as far as ther sturrun, fellies!” roared Barney. “Ther -further back yez goes ther safer me loife will be!” - -Frank and his companions heard this cry. - -It brought them to a pause, for they realized that Barney was in danger. - -A consultation was held to devise a means of getting the man into their -power and saving Barney. - -“See here,” said the stranger to the Irishman. - -“I’m luckin’, yer honor,” replied the Celt. - -“Lower the engine to the ground so I can alight.” - -“I will; only kape that knife away. Begorry, it makes a cowld chill floy -up an’ down me backbone whin ther p’int tooches me.” - -And Barney slackened the revolutions of the helices. - -The engine began to rapidly descend. - -In a short time she was near the ground. - -“Now tell your friends to enter the cabin.” - -“Masther Frank, dear!” roared Barney. - -“What do you want?” - -“Go beyant inter ther cabin, d’yer moind?” - -“What for?” - -“This spalpeen do be wishin’ to escape wid no bullets in him!” - -“Is your life in danger, Barney?” - -“Faix, I’m widin wan inch av bein’ a coorpse!” - -“Then we’ll go in.” - -“Go, and God bless yer sowl!” - -Frank and his companions returned to the cabin. - -Peering out the door the stowaway saw that the coast was clear. - -“If you attempt to turn your head before I am off this engine,” said he, -in threatening tones, “I’ll cut your heart out!” - -“Faith, I have a shtiff neck, an’ couldn’t turrun it if I thried!” lied -Barney. - -The man shook his knife at Barney, and glided out on deck, for by this -time the machine was within a few feet of the open ground. - -No sooner was he out of the room when as quick as a flash Barney turned -a heavy current of electricity into the boat’s hull. - -“She’s electrified!” he yelled to his friends. - -They heard, and understood him, and remained in the cabin out of danger. - -Not so the stranger. - -His shoes insulated his feet. - -But no sooner did he grasp the railing to go overboard when he received -a powerful shock that made him yell. - -Both hands grasped the railing, convulsively, and he could not let go. - -“Oh! Ouch! Oh-h-h-h!” he yelled, wildly. - -“Bedad, I have him!” roared Barney, delightedly. - -“Stop it!” screamed the stranger. “I’m a dead man! I’m a dead man!” - -“Faith, I’ll take yer measure for a coffin!” chuckled Barney. - -“Let up there, will you? Oh! oh! oh!” - -“Divil a bit! It’s electrocuted I’ll have yez in wan minute!” - -The man raved, swore, begged and wept. - -Barney kept the current on, though. - -Finally Frank cried: - -“That will do. He’s punished enough.” - -“I’ll let him go, then,” returned the Irishman. - -He cut out the current. - -As soon as the stowaway found himself relieved he gave a jump, flew over -the rail and landing on the ground below he rolled over and over in the -dust. - -Getting upon his feet he sped away. - -Frank and the rest then emerged from the cabin and Barney sent the -machine up in the air again. - -She resumed her journey and the man below was soon lost to view in a -woods. - -“Fer ther love av hiven, what do it all be manin’?” asked the Celt. - -“He was a stowaway, stealing my patent,” Frank replied. - -“Troth, an’ it wuz a blackguard he made av himself, entoirely.” - -“He didn’t gain anything by his rascality.” - -“How hoigh up shall I be afther sindin’ the Pegasus?” - -“One thousand feet will do.” - -“It’s that same now.” - -“Then drive her ahead!” - -Barney complied, and by nightfall they reached the ocean. - -A watch was maintained for the steamer Red Star all night, and the -engine of the clouds mounted higher to avoid a rain storm, and sped -along on the course of European bound vessels. - -Several craft were seen during the night. - -But none was the steamer they sought. - -On the following morning Pomp cooked a dainty breakfast for them and all -hands went out on deck. - -They were then over 500 miles from land. - -Below them stretched an endless expanse of water, while above the sky -was clear and blue. - -Pomp had assumed control of the wheel, and the engine floated half a -mile above the sea. - -She was making eighty miles an hour, and going with a strong breeze from -the southwest. - -The detective was an inveterate smoker, and having lit a fragrant cigar, -was puffing away at it. - -“How far are we from the steamer?” he asked Frank. - -“From three to four hundred miles,” the inventor replied. - -“And how long will it take to gain that distance?” - -“About ten hours.” - -“Then you think we will meet the Red Star to-day?” - -“Very likely by six o’clock to-night.” - -“She will be nearly half way across the ocean——” - -“No, not more than quarter the distance.” - -This news seemed to please the detective very much. - -“We are bound to catch Martin Murdock before he reaches the other side, -it seems!” he remarked. - -“Provided no accident occurs to prevent it. How strange that poor little -Joe Crosby’s body disappeared.” - -“I have an opinion about that.” - -“What is it?” - -“Murdock was probably lurking near the spot where the boy fell, shot. -When you took me into the house he probably returned, carried the corpse -away and hid it in order to conceal the evidence of his crime.” - -“That’s a reasonable supposition, but how did you secure the warrant for -the man’s arrest?” - -“By swearing that I saw him murder the boy.” - -“Did you witness the deed?” - -“Yes, I stood only fifty feet away.” - -“Then we will have no trouble to take him.” - -Just then Barney came out and joined them. - -He carried an old fiddle upon which he was used to playing, and struck -up a lively reel. - -Pomp had a banjo in the pilot-house. - -Hearing the scraping of the violin he fastened the wheel, and picking up -the instrument he began to play a rattling accompaniment to the -Irishman’s tune. - -“Be ther hokey this is foine!” chuckled Barney, with a grin. - -“Bress de lamb!” roared Pomp, in the turret. “Saw away dar, honey, saw -away! I’se a-plunkin’, I is, an’ dar am gwin fo’ ter be music in de air -if dis yere coon knows heself.” - -“Bedad, it’s out av tune yez are entoirely!” cried the Celt. “G’way, -chile! Dis ole pianner am all right. Yo’ bettah go learn how ter scrape -dat dar ole caliope befo’ yo’ done try ter play tunes.” - -“Watch me rattle ther spalpeen!” grinned Barney. - -He suddenly changed the reel into a slow hymn, and no sooner did the -coon change his accompaniment when the Celt switched off into a waltz. - -Before Pomp could fairly get started into different keys and different -tunes, off went Barney into still different tunes. - -It made Frank and Reynard laugh at the coon, and they heard him swear, -and twang and thump away wildly. - -At times the air and accompaniment harmonized and were timed alike, when -suddenly Barney would flip from fast to slow time, leaving the coon -thumping away furiously. - -Then when the darky played slowly off went the fiddle at a tremendous -rate, leaving him far behind. - -It finally got the moke so wild that he quit playing. - -The day passed by uneventfully, and night fell. - -Tom Reynard had learned how to manage the Pegasus and stood at the -wheel, steering, about eight o’clock, when suddenly he descried several -twinkling lights ahead. - -“Vessel ahead!” he shouted out the door. - -“What do you make her out to be?” cried Frank, running in. - -“Holy smoke! how can I make out in this gloom?” - -“I’ll direct the searchlight upon her.” - -It was very dark down below, but through the gloom Frank plainly saw the -twinkling lights on the moving vessel. - -He turned the searchlight by means of a lever, so that it was directed -toward the vessel. - -Then he switched on the electric current. - -A broad shaft of light suddenly swept down upon the vessel, lighting her -up as if by a big beam of sunlight. - -It was a steamship. - -A yell of surprise arose from her crew. - -They were alarmed and amazed at the brilliant, dazzling glow suddenly -shooting down upon them from the sky, and the most marvelous ideas of -its origin entered their minds. - -Frank leveled a glass at the craft. - -“It is the Red Star!” he exclaimed. “I see the name on her bow!” - -“Hurrah!” yelled the detective, delightedly. “Now we’ll get Murdock!” -and down swooped the air engine toward the speeding steamer. - - - - - CHAPTER V. - FOUND AND LOST. - - -“Steamer ahoy!” shouted Frank. - -“Ahoy! What’s that?” was the reply. - -“This? An airship.” - -“By thunder, I thought it was a comet!” - -“I wish to board you.” - -“Shall we haul to?” - -“No. Hold this ladder.” - -Frank dropped a rope ladder down. - -Two sailors seized it and held it rigid. - -Barney had the wheel, and kept the Pegasus over the steamer. - -The detective and Frank descended the ladder to the deck. - -Here they were met by the captain, the watch on deck and many of the -cabin passengers. - -“This is an amazing call,” said the captain. - -“We are here on business, sir,” replied Frank. - -“That is very strange.” - -“Not at all. We have come from Readestown.” - -“What! Can it be possible! What for?” - -“To make a prisoner of one of your passengers.” - -“I am more and more astonished.” - -“The man is a murderer!” - -A murmur of surprise ran from lip to lip at this remark. When the -captain recovered from the shock he asked: - -“What is the man’s name?” - -“Martin Murdock.” - -“Whom did he murder?” - -“His stepson, a boy named Joe Crosby.” - -“Why was the crime committed?” - -“So Murdock could inherit the boy’s fortune.” - -“Purser, have we a man of that name aboard?” - -“No, sir,” the purser replied, in positive tones. - -“Perhaps he has taken a fictitious name,” hinted Reynard. - -“True. He had ample reason to,” admitted the captain. “Try to describe -him. We might recognize him that way.” - -“He is forty, very dark, has a black mustache, and a vivid V-shaped scar -on his left cheek,” said the detective. - -“Why, that’s Mr. Blank, who occupies stateroom No. 22.” - -“Produce him and we will try to identify him.” - -“Certainly, if you have a warrant for his arrest.” - -“Here it is,” said the detective, exhibiting the paper. - -The purser went off in search of Mr. Blank. - -In ten minutes he returned empty handed. - -The individual in question had vanished. - -Every one now started off in search of him, and he was finally -discovered hiding in one of the coal bunkers below. - -He presented a very dirty and ruffled appearance when they hauled him up -on deck, struggling and swearing furiously. - -As soon as the detective saw him he cried: - -“That’s the man!” - -“Sure?” asked the captain. - -“I’d swear to it, sir.” - -“Take him—he ain’t wanted here.” - -“Thank you, sir. Now, then, Murdock——” - -The rascal recognized the officer and saw the handcuffs Tom had drawn -from his pocket. - -He shuddered at the sight of them. - -“Spare me!” he gasped. - -“No, sir! You are my prisoner!” - -“Don’t put those things on me!” - -“Will you submit peacefully?” - -“Yes, yes! I’ll do anything you order.” - -“Climb up that ladder to the airship!” exclaimed the detective. - -“Very well,” said Murdock, and up he went. - -Frank and Reynard followed him, and the ship sped on. - -Pomp received the prisoner. - -“Wha’ yo’ gwine ter do wif him?” he asked Frank. - -“Lock him up in the storeroom downstairs. He can’t very well escape with -Pegasus up in the clouds.” - -“Fo’ shuah, sah!” assented the coon. - -“Take him down, Pomp.” - -“Yes sah!” and off the darky marched the prisoner. - -“Our work is almost done now, Reynard.” - -“I’m glad we succeeded so easily.” - -“Hey, Barney!” - -“Yis, sor!” - -“Turn the Pegasus around and steer for home.” - -“Bedad, it’s the great man-hunters we bees,” said the Irishman. - -The airship mounted the clouds and retraced her course. - -Every one was jubilant over their success. - -They discussed the capture until bedtime, and finally turned in. - -Frank and Barney remained on duty. - -About ten o’clock the inventor suddenly said: - -“I’m going down to have a talk with the prisoner.” - -“Faix, it’s bad company you’ll be kapin’, sor.” - -“I wish to learn the facts about Joe Crosby.” - -“Ther facts, is it?” - -“Yes—what Murdock did with his victim’s body.” - -“Shure, an’ he’ll not tell yer.” - -“I’ll try him, anyhow.” - -Frank passed down below as he said this and made his way to the -storeroom. - -He found the door broken open. - -Going in he saw that the prisoner was not there. - -Very much startled Frank searched all over for the man, but soon -discovered that he was not aboard the Pegasus. - -A long drag-rope hung down from the side. - -Its end almost trailed in the sea, as the engine of the clouds had been -lowered to within a few hundred feet of the ocean to get her out of a -dense cloud bank. - -One of the four life-preservers was gone. - -It was clear that Martin Murdock had broken from the room, took a -life-preserver, went up on deck unseen, lowered the drag-rope and slid -down to the sea. - -It was, he calculated, safer to trust himself to the mercy of the ocean -than remain aboard the Pegasus, be carried back to Chicago and have to -answer to a charge of murder. - -Seeing how matters stood, Frank returned to Barney and explained what -had happened. - -“Be heavens, he’s as slippery as an eel!” groaned the Celt. - -“Stop the engine and retrace your course!” - -“Is it a sarch fer him yez would have me make?” - -“By all means. Drop her down near the sea.” - -“May the aould Nick floy away wid there spalpeen.” - -“By an effective use of the searchlight we may find him.” - -“You kape watch, Masther Frank.” - -Barney lowered the engine and flashed the light down on the sea, the -surface of which he swept with it. - -Armed with a powerful glass Frank scanned the water everywhere the light -struck. - -Although they searched and searched everywhere until it was time to -arouse the others to relieve them, they failed to find any trace of the -missing man. - -When Pomp and Reynard were aroused and told what transpired, they were -wild with vexation. - -“Golly!” cried the coon, “I done lock him in de sto’room, sah, an’ -nebber tink ob sich a ting as dot he gwine fo’ ter git out. Bress my -soul, if I know dat he git away I’d aslep’ befo’ de do’ wif one eye open -de hull night.” - -“We’ve had all our trouble in vain,” sighed the detective, dolefully. -“Holy smoke! he’s a daisy!” - -Just then Frank caught sight of a white object floating in the water and -he leveled the glass at it - -“A life-preserver!” he muttered. “And bless me if it isn’t the very one -Murdock stole from the storeroom. It’s got the name Pegasus upon it. -Lower the ship, Pomp!” - -The darky obeyed. - -She soon reached the surface of the sea. - -Frank took a boat hook and hoisted up the life-preserver. - -A hunt was made about the vicinity for the man, but they did not find -him. - -It occurred to them that he was drowned. - -A ship was descried in the distance just then. - -“He may have been picked up by that vessel,” Frank suggested. “Let’s run -up to her and see.” - -The coon steered for the ship. - -When they arrived within a short distance of her they saw by the -searchlight that she was plunging into a fog bank, and Frank viewed her -with his glass. - -He gave a violent start a moment later. - -“The ship May Queen, of Liverpool,” he read on her stern, “and, by -heavens, there’s Murdock standing on her deck, surrounded by sailors -watching us.” - -“Good!” cried the detective. “Follow her, Pomp.” - -“Yes, sah!” the coon replied. - -He grasped the lever to increase the speed of the engine, when a report -pealed from the deck of the boat, and a shot from her signal gun roared -out. - -It struck the forward tube of the rotascope frame, there sounded a crash -as the upright broke, and the next moment the helices all stopped, as -the electric wire that gave current to them was severed. - -Down into the sea plunged the Pegasus. - -A cry of alarm escaped her crew when they felt her falling, and the next -moment the ship dissolved from view into the thick fog bank. - -Down rushed the Pegasus like a meteor. - -She struck the sea with a violent thud. - -A shower of brine flew up over her, and the next moment she disappeared -from view under the water. - -The ship thus escaped, bearing Murdock away. - - - - - CHAPTER VI. - FOILED AGAIN. - - -The Pegasus rose to the surface at once and floated like any ship, but -she had taken in considerable water and was badly crippled. - -Frank heard a mocking laugh come from amid the fog in the voice of -Martin Murdock, as the ship receded. - -It filled the inventor with wrath. - -“You may escape now!” he shouted, “but I’ll catch you if I have to chase -you around the world, Martin Murdock!” - -“Fool! You can never catch me!” came the reply. - -The voice was so indistinct that Frank realized how useless it would be -to protract a conversation. - -“Man the pump, Barney!” he cried. - -“Yis, sor!” replied the Celt - -“Pomp, help me to clear the wreckage.” - -“Fo’ de Lawd! am de hull ting busted?” - -“I think we may be able to repair it.” - -They went up on the turret, and, assisted by Reynard, they took down the -broken parts, while Barney was busy pumping out the water the engine -shipped. - -It was impossible to do anything in the gloom. - -As the vessel floated buoyantly, they put her water-screw in motion to -give her steerageway, and started off. - -She proceeded so slowly in the water, though, that they had no hope of -overtaking the ship. - -Besides, the fog was so dense they could not see it. - -Finally Barney and Frank turned in. - -The sea was calm enough and the wind moderate, so they passed a quiet -night and met with no accidents. - -On the following morning they set to work to repair the damage, and were -kept busy all day and far into the succeeding night. - -As there were plenty tools and materials on board, they finally -succeeded in repairing the damage. - -The work was so well done that it would have been very difficult to tell -that the machine was broken. - -“We can ascend now,” said Frank. “But whether we will overtake that ship -or not is an open question.” - -“She was heading eastward, wasn’t she?” questioned Reynard. - -“Very likely bound for Liverpool, as she came from there.” - -“What could have induced her crew to shoot at us?” - -“Murdock probably incited them to do it.” - -“Be ther hokey, he’s a vilyun!” growled Barney. - -“Send her up,” said Frank. - -Pulling the helix lever the Celt caused them to revolve, and the engine -rose from the sea, dripping water, and mounted up in the air. - -Frank carefully watched the spinning wheels. - -He could not see any defect in their action, and soon felt confident -that they would continue to operate properly. - -Up, up the Pegasus soared like a bird on the wing until she reached the -lowest strata of clouds. - -When she plunged into them the sea was obscured. - -She rose above them presently and paused. - -Here a glorious scene was observed. - -The silvery moonlight streamed down unobstructed upon the sea of clouds -beneath the airship. - -They had a billowy appearance, their constant movement lending them a -strange aspect as the lights and shadows changed from moment to moment. - -A soft, dark, velvety gloom filled the vault of Heaven, which was only -broken by the vivid points of light emanating from the stars that -studded the firmament. - -It was a silent region. - -The air was very rare and exhilarating. - -Having stopped the ascent, Barney started the huge driving wheels -revolving, and drove the Pegasus ahead. - -She looked like silver as the moonlight slanted upon her white metal -hull, and to any one on the ocean must have presented a strange, ghostly -look with her electric lamps glowing and her searchlight blazing out far -ahead. - -All night long she swept along through the dizzy height, and in the -morning her dazzling lights went out. - -Not a sail was in view below. - -Frank was discouraged. - -He thought they would overtake the May Queen. - -“You ought not feel down-hearted over it,” said the detective, -consolingly, although he felt disgusted himself. “She may have changed -her course so that we might have passed her.” - -“Suppose we head for Liverpool. We can find out all about her there and -wait for her to come in.” - -“That’s a very sensible plan.” - -A rattling sound overhead reached Frank’s car at this moment, and he -glanced up at the big stern helix. - -A bolt at the top of the post had worked itself loose. - -In a few moments it might fly off and injure the wheel. - -He hastened below, procured a long-handled wrench and went up the frame -to tighten the bolt. - -Getting on top of the upper longitudinal girder he reached over the -revolving helix and began to tighten the bolt with the long-handled -wrench alluded to. - -Scarcely had this been done when the rim of the helix caught his jacket -as he carelessly leaned too close to it. - -The wheel was making rapid revolutions with enormous power, and the next -moment tore Frank from his foothold. - -Held by the jacket he was whirled around and around furiously by the big -wheel. - -A cry of consternation escaped him. - -At any moment he was liable to be hurled off into space. - -His cry was taken up by the rest when they saw the peril of his -position. - -If the helices were stopped to let him down the entire ship would fall -like a stone into the sea. - -Frank grasped the braces to sustain himself. - -He was getting frightfully dizzy from the swift gyrations. - -The Pegasus was then floating at a height of 3,000 feet. - -As soon as Barney observed what happened he immediately slackened the -speed of the helices. - -The flying machine began to descend swiftly. - -Slower and slower whirled the wheels, until the engine of the clouds was -falling at the rate of 500 feet a minute. - -Frank’s brain was in a whirl. - -It seemed every instant as if he would lose his senses. - -Such a thing would be fatal. - -Although the wheel was going much slower, its velocity was yet simply -frightful. - -It made the inventor sick at his stomach and sent the blood flying -through his veins like fire. - -His sight failed him and a roaring noise sounded in his ears, his body -became cold and numb, and he could scarcely breathe. - -Suddenly his fingers relaxed. - -He was hurled far out from the wheel. - -His body shot through the air like a cannon ball. - -In a moment more he struck the water and sank. - -Fortunately he was close to the water, and the sudden shock of sinking -revived his faculties again. - -He sank, and then rose to the surface. - -At first he only knew enough to swim, but as his senses gradually -returned he finally realized his surroundings. - -Glancing around he saw the Pegasus. - -She had settled into the water close by, and the screw having been put -in motion she glided toward him. - -Pomp flung him a rope. - -“Cotch dat!” he cried. - -“Heave away!” cheerily answered Frank. - -“Am yo’ orright, honey?” - -“Yes. Only a little dizzy.” - -In a moment more he was on the deck. - -His coat was torn where the rim of the helix caught it, and he was -drenched, but that was all. - -While his friends raised the engine in the air he went inside again, put -on dry clothing, and took a drink of brandy. - -The Pegasus reached the coast of Ireland and went over to Liverpool -where she alighted on the suburbs. - -Her descent drew a large crowd of people to the spot, but they finally -landed her in a private garden at the offer of the owner, where she was -kept secluded. - -Frank then went to the city. - -Here, by dint of inquiry, he learned that the May Queen was coming into -the harbor at that moment. - -Delighted to hear this, Frank hired a tug and went out to meet the ship. - -Going aboard of her he asked the captain, sternly: - -“Where’s the man you picked up at sea?” - -“Martin Murdock? We met a French steamer and he left us to go aboard of -her. She was bound for Havre.” - -“Foiled again!” cried Frank, in disgust. - -“What did you want of him?” - -“He is a murderer.” - -“Good Lord! Is that so?” - -“Why did you fire at the airship?” - -“It frightened us. We did not know what it was until too late. Then we -were so scared we fled.” - -“Did Murdock pay you for your help?” - -“Yes, very handsomely, too; but had we known that he was a fugitive from -the law we would have imprisoned him.” - -Frank then returned to the tug. - -The boat was sent flying back to the city. - -Here he made haste to get back to the Pegasus. - -Telling his friends what happened, he added: - -“Up in the air with her! We must go to Havre after him. Quick, boys, -quick!” - - - - - CHAPTER VII. - SAVED FROM DEATH. - - -The airship soared up to the clouds and sped away over Great Britain -toward the English Channel. - -A tremendous shout arose from the populace who had seen her ascent, and -hearing the shouting, Frank thought it was a token of their approval of -the engine’s work. - -He strode to the rail and doffed his cap. - -Again the shout pealed out. - -Frank looked perplexed. - -It did not sound like a cheer. - -Then he heard a faint cry below. - -“Help! Help!” was the scream. - -It sounded like the voice of a boy, and the inventor glanced down, when, -to his amazement, he observed a lad of about fifteen hanging to the drag -rope by his hands. - -He had been among the spectators. - -As the rope swept by he thought it would be great fun to seize it and -let the airship lift him up a short distance, when he calculated to let -go and drop to the ground again. - -Unfortunately the aerostat lifted him up so high before he could carry -out the latter part of his resolve, that he found he would very likely -kill himself if he relaxed his grip on the rope. - -Frank realized at a glance what had occurred. - -“Hello, there!” he shouted down at the youngster. - -“Save me!” screamed the boy, in terrified tones. - -“Don’t let go!” - -“I can’t hold on long. My strength is going!” - -“Heavens!” muttered Frank, in startled tones. - -He knew that only the quickest kind of work would prevent the little -fellow from perishing. - -It was his peril that caused the crowd to shout. - -“Help, Barney!” he shouted. - -Glancing at the end of the drag rope he saw that it was securely -fastened to a ring bolt in the deck. - -Without losing another moment he grasped the rope, swung himself off the -deck and rapidly slid down to the boy. - -“Hurry—hurry!” the little fellow was groaning. - -“Hang on a moment more!” shouted Frank. - -Along he slid, so fast that the rope burned the palms of his hands, -until he reached the youngster. - -Then he reached down and seized him by the collar. - -No sooner had he done so when the poor boy’s strength suddenly gave out -and he let go the rope. - -His hands fell to his side. - -Frank bore all his weight with one hand, for with the other he was -obliged to sustain himself. - -He was very powerful. - -Still the strain on his muscles was immense. - -Barney had heard his cry, and rushing to the side he looked over and saw -how the situation stood. - -“Brace up!” cried Frank. - -“Oh I’m so dizzy!” groaned the frightened boy. - -“You’ll get over it in a moment.” - -“I’ll fall—I know I shall!” - -“No, you won’t. I’ve got you fast.” - -The boy groaned, for he was in a panic. - -The strain on Frank’s arm began to tell on him, for the rope was -swaying, like the pendulum of a clock, in the wind. - -He was so accustomed to great heights that it did not affect him in the -least. - -But the inexperienced boy felt awful. - -“Masther Frank!” yelled Barney. “What’ll I do.” - -“Lower the engine as fast as you can!” - -Barney rushed to the turret to comply, and a moment later they were -flying earthward at an alarming rate. - -The boy cried and gasped for breath, and Frank tightened his fingers on -his collar and clung to the rope. - -Their combined weight at such a great distance from the deck of the -Pegasus was so great that it would have been a difficult task for -Reynard, Barney and Pomp to haul them up. - -Down they shot toward the woods. - -It was clear that they would plunge into it. - -“Look out now!” shouted Frank, in warning tones. - -“I have me oye on the threes!” returned Barney. - -“We must leave him here.” - -“In a three?” - -“Yes.” - -“I’ll grade her.” - -In a minute more they reached the topmost branches. - -Frank watched for a favorable opportunity. - -“Can you get home from here?” he asked the boy. - -“Yes—yes—anywhere!” panted the little fellow. - -“I’ll have to leave you in a tree.” - -“I can get to the ground.” - -“Here’s the one.” - -The Pegasus had drifted to a tall tree with thick upper branches against -which they struck. - -As the boy grasped a branch Frank let him go. - -He clung safely to the branch a moment, and then quickly made his way -down to the ground. - -Ultimately he got home in safety. - -Frank sighed with relief and straightened up. - -Winding the rope around one leg he rested himself and then went up, hand -over hand, until he reached the deck. - -Here his three companions met him with: - -“How in thunder did it happen?” - -“Whar de kid come from, honey?” - -“Be heavens, it wor dead I thought yez was.” - -In a few words Frank detailed the circumstance and they returned to the -pilot-house. - -Here Reynard resumed the management of the wheel. - -The engine returned to the clouds and they finally reached the English -channel and crossed over to Havre. - -Here a descent was made. - -Then a thought flashed across Frank’s mind that brought a cry of bitter -disappointment from his lips. - -“Why, what’s the trouble?” asked Reynard, in surprise. - -“In my haste I forgot to ask the captain of the ship the name of the -steamer Murdock went on.” - -“Holy smoke! That’s a daisy mistake!” - -“Now we’ll have trouble, I’m afraid.” - -“Very likely. All that will save us will be inquires.” - -They brought the engine to the ground in the country. - -It was long after midnight. - -Nothing could then be done, so they turned in. - -On the following morning Frank proceeded to the city. - -He was a good linguist and made inquiries at the Custom House about the -incoming steamers. - -Three were expected that day, he learned, and none had come in the day -previous. - -It was therefore very fair to presume that the fugitive was on one of -the several that were expected. - -His next move was to apprise the prefect of police that there was an -American murderer on board of one of the vessels expected, and ask his -aid to secure the man. - -The request was granted. - -Officers armed with warrants and a description of the man were posted to -wait for Murdock, with Frank. - -The entire day thus passed away. - -In the morning one of the vessels came in and in the afternoon another, -but Murdock was not on either of them. - -It was late in the night when the third ship made the port, and feeling -sure that his man was aboard, Frank and the officers went out and -boarded her. - -A search was made among the passengers, but he was not found among them. - -Frank then spoke to the captain, asking him: - -“Did you take a man from a ship off the British coast?” - -“Yes, sir,” replied the captain. “He was an American.” - -“Where is he now?” - -“Left the vessel.” - -“What!” - -“Yes. He paid to be set ashore at Cherbourg.” - -“Did he say where he was going?” - -“Not a word.” - -Frank returned to his friends and told them the news. - -It was very exasperating, but the detective said: - -“Let’s cross the bay of the Seine and inquire about him. We may get on -his trail yet.” - -This plan was carried out. - -In a short time afterwards the aerostat landed near the city, and Frank -left her again. - -He soon came hastening back, his face aglow with pleasure, and cried, as -he got aboard: - -“I’ve discovered what became of him!” - -“Where is he?” eagerly asked the detective. - -“On the rail. He purchased a compartment on a train which will carry him -to Marseilles, in the south of France.” - -“Good! Has he been gone long?” - -“Five hours ahead of us.” - -“It would be hard to tell which train it is if we met it.” - -“Very true; but I know when it is due at its destination to-morrow, and -we have only to go ahead, and as we can easily pass him we will get -there ahead of the cars. When the train arrives we’ll be waiting for -him.” - -“He may trick us again.” - -“Perhaps, but he don’t know we are after him, and therefore will not -look for us,” said Frank. - -The Pegasus started off again. - - - - - CHAPTER VIII. - BAFFLED AGAIN AND AGAIN. - - -The engine of the clouds reached Marseilles five hours ahead of the -train on which Martin Murdock was riding. - -Frank knew what time the cars were due. - -In Cherbourg he had met a Custom House inspector who saw the man land -from the steamer, and purchase his railroad ticket for the south of -France. - -The Pegasus was landed late in the afternoon, and the young inventor -went to the railroad depot. - -When the train came in he saw Murdock alight. - -Coming up behind the man and clapping a hand on his shoulder, Frank -exclaimed: - -“Martin Murdock, you are my prisoner!” - -“Blast it, the inventor!” gasped the man, in startled tones. - -He turned around, glared at Frank a moment and then clapped his hand to -his hip-pocket to draw a revolver. - -The inventor was as quick as he was. - -In a moment they were aiming at each other. - -A shout of alarm escaped the people around, and they scattered in all -directions, fearful of being shot. - -A deep silence ensued. - -Then Frank said: - -“You must submit!” - -“Never!” determinedly replied Murdock. - -“I am bound to take you.” - -“Not while I can resist, sir.” - -Without the least warning Murdock fired. - -The bullet grazed Frank’s head and he staggered. - -Murdock dashed out into the street and ran away. - -Recovering himself, Frank rushed after him, but the villain jumped into -a carriage and was whirled away. - -The vehicle went toward the water front. - -Frank ran along after it, holding a handkerchief to his head where a -wound had been inflicted. - -The carriage soon distanced him. - -He afterwards met it coming back and hailed the driver. - -“Does monsieur wish to ride?” - -“Yes. Here’s a five-dollar piece.” - -“Monsieur is very generous.” - -“You can have it if you carry me to where you just took the man.” - -“Certainly. Step into the carriage.” - -Frank did so, and was whirled away. - -The driver took him to a pier. - -Here he paused, and as Frank alighted, he said: - -“Monsieur, here is where I carried my last fare.” - -“Where did he go?” - -“He boarded a North German Lloyd steamer which was just getting ready to -put out to sea, bound for Alexandria.” - -“Gone?” - -“Yes.” - -Frank was fairly stunned. - -It was marvelous how the fugitive escaped him. - -He was certainly the slipperiest customer Frank ever met. - -It seemed as if he were pursued by the most extraordinary good luck in -all his ventures to escape. - -Telling the driver to take him back to where he had left the Pegasus, -the inventor asked if he knew the name of the steamer, and the cabman -replied: - -“It was the Khedive.” - -He then drove Frank away. - -Rejoining his companions, Frank told them the news. - -It made them wild. - -But the detective said, consolingly: - -“If he’s on that steamer we’ll soon overtake him. He can’t dodge us -there as he could on land.” - -“True,” assented Frank. “Let us follow him.” - -He was just about to go aboard when a number of gendarmes came running -up to him. - -Frank was surrounded. - -“You are my prisoner, sir!” said one of them. - -“What do you mean by that?” asked Frank, in surprise. - -“You were dueling with a man at the railroad depot.” - -“No, no! He was a criminal whom I strove to capture.” - -“I care not what he was; you are under arrest.” - -Frank was intensely annoyed. - -But it could not be helped. - -So he had to submit. - -He tried to explain to the prefect, but that dignitary was a very -crabbed old martinet, and locked him up. - -Frank was kept in durance vile for several days, and his friends had to -produce proof by telegraph from Havre that the chief of police there -sanctioned Frank’s work. - -The inventor was then reluctantly released from custody. - -His friends bore him off in triumph. - -They lost no time getting aboard the Pegasus and sending her up into the -air after that. - -As she sped away over the beautiful blue sea Frank said: - -“It seems as if fate were against us. We have lost three days. It will -be impossible to reach Alexandria, in time to beat the steamer. I’m -afraid Murdock has got the best of us.” - -“Holy smoke! you ought to be glad you got out!” said the detective. “I -was afraid you’d go to prison. Don’t complain. We must make the best of -the bad situation.” - -“Begorra,” said Barney, “it’s a long chase he do be afther givin’ us, -an’ me a-thinkin’ that we’d only have ter catch ther spalpeen on ther -say whin he tuck ther forst shtaimer.” - -“Gwine ter run us all de way roun’ de worl’!” growled Pomp, angrily. -“Spec we won’t cotch him eben den.” - -They were all provoked, surprised and nettled over the persistence with -which the rascal eluded them. - -Several days passed by. - -The Pegasus crossed Italy and Turkey, and going over the Mediterranean -in the night the Pharos was sighted. - -The flying machine sank down over the ships in the harbor, and the -searchlight flashed down upon them. - -All the crews were frightened. - -Frank carefully examined every one of the ships until he found the one -he wanted. - -It was the Khedive. - -Over her the airship paused. - -Down she sank until she was close beside the steamer. - -Barney did not let her sink into the water, but held her so that the two -decks were flush with each other. - -All the watch on the German steamer’s deck had seen the airship come -down. - -They now crowded to the side, and, staring at her in amazement, they -began asking questions about her. - -Frank satisfied their curiosity, and then asked them: - -“When did your ship come in?” - -“Yesterday,” was the reply of the mate. - -“Did you have a passenger named Murdock from Marseilles?” - -“No. Why do you ask?” - -“We wish to see him on business.” - -“Describe the man.” - -Frank did so. - -When he finished the mate said: - -“We did have such a man aboard.” - -“Boarded you without baggage just as you left port?” - -“Yes, that’s the man, but he has gone, of course.” - -“Do you know where?” - -“To Jerusalem, in a boat for Jaffa.” - -“Are you sure?” - -“Positive, for our captain went with him.” - -Frank questioned the mate at some length further, and having thanked him -for his information, he saw that a large number of boats were -approaching. - -The crews were curious about the strange airship. - -Foreseeing that he would be pestered by them, Frank went into the -pilot-house and raised the engine 500 feet. - -She then sped away. - -“We know where the villain has gone, at any rate,” said Frank, grimly. -“By to-morrow we will reach the Dead Sea in Palestine, and meet the -beggar in the Holy Land.” - -“He probably imagines he has escaped us now,” said the detective, -“although he must know that we mean to dog him if we have to go all -around the world to catch him.” - -Barney and Pomp turned in. - -The engine glided smoothly along, and reaching the land she headed for -the Jordan River. - -By daybreak she reached Jerusalem. - -Hovering over the ancient city she excited the wonder of the entire -population who rushed from the houses. - -They were a strange mixture of Turks, Arabs and Egyptians and looked -upon the Pegasus as something supernatural. - -The airship sank down until she hovered over the house tops, and Frank -went out on deck. - -In a square below he observed several white men dressed like himself, -and among them a stout German in the blue uniform and brass buttons of a -ship captain. - -As soon as Frank’s glance rested upon this man he came to the conclusion -that he was the captain of the Khedive. - -To assure himself, he shouted, in German: - -“Hey, captain, we have just come from your steamer at Alexandria!” - -“You don’t say so!” replied the other, in surprise. - -Then he began asking the usual questions about the Pegasus, her object -and so forth. - -“The man we want is with you!” said the inventor. - -“Oh, no,” replied the captain. “He was with me.” - -“And where is he now?” - -“Left him last night with a caravan bound for Bagdad.” - -“Thwarted again, by thunder!” cried Frank, in disgust. - - - - - CHAPTER IX. - THE OASIS IN THE DESERT. - - -It was broiling hot when the engine of the clouds flew over the Syrian -Desert toward the Dehanah Mountains. - -There was scarcely a breath of air stirring, there came a dreadful glare -from the sand, and a deep silence prevailed. - -Pomp sent the machine high in the sky to avoid the smothering heat -radiated by the ground. - -The rest were at breakfast. - -Far in the distance stood an oasis in the desert. - -It consisted of a few rocks around a wady, or reservoir of spring water, -several gaunt palms, a little grass, and a small number of dark green -bushes. - -The caravans of mules and camels usually march at night to avoid the -heat, and rest by day in these oases, if any are found. - -Pomp knew this. - -He therefore concluded that the caravan they sought for might be there, -and steered the Pegasus toward it. - -As the machine drew nearer to it he caught sight of several white tents -pitched among the trees. - -There now remained no doubt in his mind about the place being an -encampment of the natives. - -Indeed, a few moments afterwards he discerned the figures of several -camels lying on the ground in the shade. - -There was a speaking-tube in the room, and Pomp grasped it and shouted -in the mouthpiece: - -“All han’s on deck!” - -“What’s the matter?” Frank answered. - -“Dar am a camp ahead ob us.” - -That was enough for the inventor. He came running out, followed by the -others, and went up forward. - -He quickly saw the oasis and its occupants. - -“Very likely the very caravan we are in search of,” he told his friends. -“Pomp, lower the Pegasus.” - -“In de oasis?” - -“Yes. We’ll take them by surprise.” - -The engine settled down, but before she could reach the ground the cries -of the camels brought the natives from their huts, and they saw the -airship. - -A scene of excitement ensued. - -The wildest cries escaped the natives, and they prostrated themselves -upon the ground, touching the earth with their foreheads. - -All of them looked like Arabs. - -There were seven in the party, and every one men. - -Frightened by the air engine, the camels got upon their feet and plunged -about the oasis in the wildest manner. - -Frank keenly eyed the Arabs. - -“All natives,” he commented. - -“Mayn’t Murdock be in a tint?” asked Barney. - -“I doubt it, but I’ll see.” - -“Can you speak to them?” asked Reynard. - -“Not in their tongue.” - -Just then the airship alighted on four flanges and stood on the ground -perfectly rigid near the Arabs. - -Frank alighted with Reynard. - -Going over to the three tents he peered in. - -They were all empty. - -“He isn’t here!” he exclaimed. - -“Perhaps he is in another caravan,” suggested the detective. - -“More than likely, for he isn’t in the oasis or we’d see him.” - -“Let’s go ahead, then. These poor wretches are badly scared.” - -“Very well,” assented Frank, and they returned aboard. - -The Pegasus was sent skyward. - -When she had risen the seven men arose. - -One of them burst out laughing and muttered: - -“What a narrow escape! But they failed to penetrate my disguise.” - -He was Murdock! - -For safety against the natives he had put on this disguise when he -started to cross the desert with his six paid servants. - -It now stood him in good stead. - -Ignorant of the deception that had been practiced upon them the crew of -the air engine arose to a height of 430 feet and the coon sent the -machine ahead. - -Frank watched the people in the oasis with a glass, and as they vanished -astern in the distance he said: - -“I was almost sure Murdock was among them. However, we must look -further. It was disappointing.” - -“Gwine straight ahead ter Bagdad?” asked Pomp. - -“Yes. We can run across him long before he reaches there. The caravans -travel very slowly, going at a walk, while we can get along at the rate -of a mile a minute.” - -Barney was now posted on watch. - -The rest of the journey was finished by the afternoon, but not another -caravan was seen. - -Every one was surprised at this. - -It began to dawn upon Frank’s mind that an error had been made -somewhere. - -“Could it be possible that the captain of the steamer sent us on a wild -goose chase?” he asked the Irishman. - -“Bedad, it looks as if we’d been fooled!” replied Barney. - -“It would have been impossible for any caravan to have reached this -place ahead of us.” - -“Yer roight there, sor. Now, them spalpeens in the oasis——” - -“Are you suspicious about them?” - -“Faith, it shtruck me as Murdock might be wid ‘em.” - -“How could he have escaped detection?” - -“Be makin’ himself luck loike ther resht av ther gang.” - -“Sure enough.” - -“Did you see anny av their mugs?” - -“No, for they kept their faces to the ground.” - -“Begorra, that’s where yer mishtake waz.” - -Frank began to agree with this idea. - -He had been careless by trusting too much to outward appearances, and -now deeply regretted it. - -“I’m going back to meet that caravan!” said he, finally. - -“Moight jest as well wait here, as they’re bound ter come along.” - -“Very well. There’s a good place to wait.” - -He pointed out a rocky gorge, and the engine descended. - -All travelers to Bagdad had to pass through it. - -They remained there until the following day, when the coon descried some -camels approaching. - -In an hour the caravan reached them, and our friends saw that they were -the very men they wanted. - -But there were only four in the party. - -Each man rode a camel. - -As they drew near the airship Frank and his friends, armed with rifles, -confronted them. - -“Halt!” cried the inventor. - -The Arabs gave a shout of fear. - -At one glance they recognized the adventurers. - -Instantly the camels were stopped and one of them yelled: - -“No shoot—no shoot!” - -“The rascal speaks English!” exclaimed Frank. - -“Me not got money!” continued the Arab. - -“He takes us for bandits!” laughed the inventor. - -“Take camel; no kill us!” continued the native. - -“Dismount!” - -“Yes! yes!” cried the man, as he and his friends obeyed. - -“Where are your friends?” - -“Free—gone.” - -“The white man?” - -“Yes, he gone.” - -Here was an acknowledgment that there was a white man among them, as -Barney had surmised. - -Frank was quick to notice it. - -He therefore asked: - -“Why did the white man dress like you?” - -“‘Fraid of de Bedouins.” - -“Do you know his name?” - -“Mr. Martin, he say.” - -“Martin, eh? He had a cut face, didn’t he?” - -“One mark on de cheek dis shape,” said the Arab, stretching open his -first and second finger in a V-shape. - -“That’s the man. Where has he gone?” - -“To Samara, on de Euphrates water near de ruins of Babylon.” - -“Who did he have with him?” - -“Two of de mens. He ‘fraid to come to Bagdad.” - -“How came you to be with him?” - -“He pay. Me interpreter an’ guide to Jerusalem.” - -“Ah—I see. Now, where does he intend to go?” - -“Down de river to de Persian gulf.” - -“If you are lying to me I will come back and kill you!” - -“No, no! Me tell trufe!” - -The man was so frightened that he really spoke the truth. - -Frank then allowed them to pass, and going aboard the Pegasus with his -friends they started her up. - -They now had evidence enough of the cunning of the man they were -chasing, for he gave them the slip at every turn. - -“He seems to anticipate every move we make,” said Frank, in thoughtful -tones. “Now he will make better time on the water. As we don’t know what -boat he is in, and there may be scores of them on the river, it will be -like hunting for a needle in a haystack to find him.” - -The Pegasus ran to the southward. - -She finally reached the big river. - -There they lowered her to within a short distance of the surface of the -water, and caused her to follow the course of the stream toward the -gulf. - -She sped along, and a keen lookout was maintained for boats going down -the stream. - -Toward midnight a vessel was seen in advance, and the Pegasus bore down -upon it. - - - - - CHAPTER X. - BUYING A SHIP’S CREW. - - -As the airship drew near the boat, a number of Persians were seen -swarming over her deck. - -The Pegasus had created a profound sensation among them for they were -wildly gesticulating, loudly talking, and all at once began to discharge -a number of rifles at her. - -A hail of bullets struck her. - -As the leaden pellets hummed over her deck Frank and his companions -rushed inside and closed the windows. - -They headed their boats for the city of Bassorah, a short distance down -the stream, and kept up a steady fire at the Pegasus as they retreated -before her. - -The discharge of firearms alarmed the people in the city, and in a few -moments the bank of the river was thronged with armed men. - -Many of them embarked in boats and put out to join the one after which -the Pegasus was going. - -Seeing that there would be serious trouble if the engine remained where -she was, Frank raised her. - -A tremendous shout arose from the Persians when they saw her fly up into -the air. - -Many of them hastened back to the shore. - -“We can’t do anything here!” exclaimed Frank. - -“Howly floy!” roared Barney. “Is it roonin’ away yez are? Be heavens, -it’s as foine a ruction as iver I see yer chaitin’ me out of, d’yer -moind!” - -“There’s no sense in fighting without an object in it.” - -“Faix, is it no object ter break their heads av thim fellies?” - -“Do you think our man was on that boat?” asked Reynard. - -“No. If he had been we would have seen him.” - -“Golly, what a sensation dis yere airship make wif dem yaller face -niggahs!” chuckled Pomp. - -Having risen to an altitude of five hundred feet, the engine plunged -into a bank of fleecy white clouds, and the scene below vanished from -view. - -Frank kept the Pegasus aloft until they had passed the city, and then -sent her down again. - -She ran down to the gulf without meeting another boat, but out on the -broad sheet of water they descried a number of ships and steamers going -in different directions. - -Frank viewed them with a telescope. - -As his glance roved over the water he suddenly caught sight of a moving -figure. - -Riveting his attention intently upon it he suddenly cried: - -“By thunder, there’s a man in the water!” - -“Whar?” gasped Pomp, in startled tones. - -“Astern of that steamer to the southeast.” - -“Surah ‘nough! It am a man!” - -“Barney, steer for that steamer!” - -“I will that!” and off went the engine on another tack. - -When she drew close to the man she paused, and they saw that he was -almost naked and clung to a broken plank. - -Down settled the Pegasus, and when she drew near the surface of the -water Frank shouted: - -“Ahoy there!” - -“A voice!” cried the man in the water, joyfully. - -“Catch this rope and come aboard!” - -“Thank God, I’m saved!” - -Frank dropped a rope ladder down. - -As it fell near the man he grasped it eagerly and began to ascend to the -deck of the engine of the clouds. - -He was assisted aboard by the young inventor. - -The man was evidently an American. - -He wore only a pair of pants. - -He had a smooth face, brown hair, sunburned skin, and was evidently -about forty years of age. - -“Lord, ain’t I glad!” he cried, delightedly. - -“How did you get into the water?” asked Frank. - -“A man flung me overboard from my ship.” - -“An attempted murder, eh?” - -“That’s just about the size of it, sir. But say, what is this?” - -Frank explained about the Pegasus. - -Then he said, questioningly: - -“What vessel are you from?” - -“That steamer ahead, there—the Rover.” - -“You haven’t been long in the water, then?” - -“Oh, no. Only half an hour.” - -“Why did the man try to kill you?” - -“I’ll explain. My ship is a San Francisco trader. Her last stop was in -the Euphrates. She was homeward bound to-night when a native boat came -up behind her. I stood on deck, aft. The first thing I knew a fellow, -looking like an Arab, came up a rope at the stern, from the Persian -boat. He gave me a thump that knocked me senseless. When I revived I saw -that the man was a white man in disguise. He had on my clothes.” - -“Ha! Did he look like this?” interposed Frank, quickly, and he gave the -sailor a description of Murdock. - -“Yes, that’s a life-like picture of him!” said the man. - -“Well, before I could say a word to him he flung me overboard. The -native boat had vanished. By good luck I had my senses and swam. A piece -of plank was drifting near me and I seized it. The steamer went on. I -yelled for help, but no one seemed to hear me. I was left to my fate -until you just found me.” - -“So Martin Murdock is on that steamer, eh? Well, by all that’s wonderful -this is a good piece of news! I never expected to find him so easily.” - -“You seem to know the man.” - -“Listen and I’ll tell you his history.” - -Frank related all that had transpired. - -It surprised the sailor. - -When the inventor finished, he said: - -“Ain’t it queer that you should find me and get on his track again?” - -“Very,” assented Frank. “Now, I’ve got a plan to propose to you.” - -“What is it?” queried the sailor, curiously. - -“I’ll put you back aboard the Rover. You can tell your captain what -happened. They will arrest the man. Then we will take charge of him. -Will you do it?” - -“Gladly. I want to get even with him, badly.” - -“All right. Say, Barney, overhaul the steamer.” - -All the rest had overheard the sailor’s story, and the Celt steered the -engine after the steamer. - -“I want to tell you something,” said the rescued man, as they flew along -in pursuit of the distant vessel. - -“What is it?” - -“The captain and crew of the Rover are a bad set.” - -“How do you mean?” - -“If that fellow has got plenty money and offers to bribe them to protect -him, they will do so.” - -“That’s bad! Why do you think he attacked you?” - -“Probably to get my clothes for a disguise. But he will find it won’t -work, as he can’t palm himself off for me. Besides, I must admit that I -gave him a little fight before he got the best of me, and his murderous -attempt to take my life might have come from a fit of revenge.” - -“That’s more than likely it, as he is very spiteful.” - -The engine was flying along swiftly and soon came up with the big -steamer. - -Frank left the rope ladder hanging down, and as the Pegasus paused above -the steamer the sailor went down and landed on the vessel’s deck. - -The watch had seen the airship, and their shouts aroused the people down -below. - -Every one was on deck when the sailor came down from the Pegasus and -instantly surrounded him. - -As soon as they heard his story several of them ran off in search of -Martin Murdock. - -When they found him he was in company with the captain. - -“Stand back, there!” the skipper cried to them. - -“But——” - -“Silence. See here!” - -“Money!” - -“Yes—one hundred dollars for every man who stands by him.” - -“That settles it. He remains unharmed, sir.” - -“You bet he will! Tell the rest of the crew.” - -The men hastened away to comply. - -In a few minutes all the crew were apprised of the news, and the man -Frank saved felt disgusted over the result. - -Matters had terminated just as he feared, but he could not do anything, -unaided, to help the aeronauts. - -Murdock was exultant. - -He discreetly remained below out of Frank’s sight. - -The young inventor became impatient when he found that nothing was done -to produce the rascal. - -“Ahoy!” he shouted down. - -“What do you want?” yelled the captain. - -“The man we sent for.” - -“You can’t have him!” - -“What! Are you befriending him?” - -“Aye, aye! with our blood, if necessary!” - -This answer startled Frank, for it gave him plainly to understand that -Murdock had won the friendship of the ship’s company. - -“We will blow your craft to pieces with bombs!” he shouted, angrily. -“You will repent of your folly, captain.” - -“Bosh! We are armed and do not fear you!” - -Frank withdrew from the rail and started for the deck-house. - -He had scarcely reached the door, however, when there sounded a report -like a pistol shot down in the hold. - -The next moment the helices began to slacken speed and the Pegasus -plunged down toward the water. - -It was evident that some serious accident had happened. - - - - - CHAPTER XI. - IN A TIGER’S JAWS. - - -By the time the Pegasus dropped into the Persian Gulf the helices had -stopped revolving and the lights went out. - -The report Frank heard in the hold clearly indicated that some accident -happened that paralyzed all the mechanism. - -He rushed into the deck-house and hastened down below. - -The engine of the clouds floated buoyantly, but the steamer ran away -from her rapidly. - -The Rover was making fifteen knots an hour, and her crew gave a yell of -delight when they realized that some accident had befallen the airship. - -Now they expected to run away from the aerostat, and carry Martin -Murdock to San Francisco without molestation. - -That would be an easy way to earn the money he offered them to protect -him. - -In a few minutes the steamer was far away. - -Frank lit a match in the hold and soon found that the dynamo wheel had -burst. - -Its fragments littered the floor. - -All the power of the Pegasus was paralyzed. - -She could not move until the wheel was repaired, and as Frank saw that -it would occupy considerable time to do the work he foresaw the escape -of the trading steamer. - -It was then nine o’clock at night. - -Tom Reynard came running in. - -“Holy smoke! what a daisy accident!” he cried. - -“They will escape us now,” said Frank, regretfully. - -“Never saw the beat of the way Murdock slips away from us.” - -“It can’t be helped. The best thing we can do is to get to work and -repair the damage at once. The sooner we fix the wheel the quicker we -can pursue the steamer.” - -Barney and Pomp were called down. - -They worked like beavers all night long, and it was long after daybreak -before they had the wheel replaced by a new one, and the machinery put -in order. - -Pomp prepared breakfast, after partaking of which they took turns at -sleeping. - -Frank stood first watch. - -He raised the Pegasus in the air. - -The new dynamo wheel acted stiffly at first, but finally got into good -working order and the engine traveled properly again. - -Keeping a constant lookout for the steamer, the young inventor ran the -engine down to the Arabian Sea. - -Barney relieved him of the wheel. - -The Pegasus was headed for Ceylon. - -Night fell upon the sea. - -Nothing had been seen of the Rover yet. - -Frank made a calculation after supper while in the cabin, and turning to -the detective he said: - -“We ought to sight the steamer by this time.” - -“Do you think so?” - -“According to the distance she traveled and that which we have made, she -must be somewhere in this vicinity, off the coast of India.” - -“Knowing that we are in pursuit of her the crew will very likely to keep -her concealed from us.” - -“Just what I expect.” - -“Then we might pass her.” - -“I’m afraid of that.” - -“To lose her would be a serious matter.” - -“Murdock might take to the shore. In that case we might never find him. -I’m going ahead very slowly.” - -“Why are you keeping the Pegasus so close to the sea?” - -“To avoid the possibility of missing the steamer if she’s on the water.” - -Frank arose and went out on deck. - -It was a clear, moonlit night, and every object below was plainly -visible for a long way off. - -Barney and Pomp were on duty. - -At a short distance rose the coast of India. - -Close under the lee Frank suddenly saw a dark, moving object and -riveting his attention upon it intently he shouted: - -“Barney, stop the Pegasus!” - -“Yis, sor,” replied the Celt, obeying. - -“I see a vessel without any lights.” - -“Faith, an’ that’s more than I do.” - -“Look close to the shore, there.” - -A momentary silence followed. - -Then the Irishman saw the vessel. - -He turned the airship toward it and as they drew closer he suddenly -directed the searchlight upon the craft. - -A cry of delight now escaped Frank, for he recognized the steamer to be -the Rover. - -“That’s her!” he cried. - -“Shure, they’ve hauled to.” - -“Ain’t they lowering a boat, Barney?” - -“They are that, an’ rowin’ fer shore. Be ther powers, there’s a man in -ther boat wid thim sailors dhressed in citizen’s clothes, who, I’ll take -me oat’, must be Martin Murdock!” - -“Can they be carrying him ashore to escape us in the jungles? It looks -like it.” - -The quarter boat reached the shore. - -Passing through the surf, she was beached. - -The man alluded to sprang out and ran up on the sand, while the sailors -got their boat afloat again. - -While they rowed back to the steamer the man on the shore stood in plain -view, watching the Pegasus. - -The searchlight was flashed upon him. - -He was thus given to understand that he was seen. - -Turning around, he rushed away into the bushes. - -Frank observed his action. - -“There he goes!” he cried. - -“Begorra, that must be Murdock!” said Barney. - -“Chase him!” - -Away flew the engine toward the shore. - -The quarter boat returned to the steamer. - -When the Pegasus reached a point near the vessel the signal gun on the -Rover was suddenly discharged at her. - -It had been loaded with bullets, nails and pieces of lead, and the -scattering shot struck her. - -She was too strong to suffer any injury from such small shot, however, -and continued on her way unhurt. - -“I wonder if the man going ashore wasn’t a scheme to draw us near so -they could fire at us?” muttered Frank. - -“Masther Frank!” yelled Barney, “is it wid a shmoile yez will take thim -shots, or shall we return thim wid our compliments?” - -“Fire a volley at the rascals!” replied the inventor. - -The coon, the Irishman and the detective obeyed this order by -discharging their rifles at the sailors. - -Several mournful howls were returned, showing that the bullets had hit -their enemies. - -Passing on, the Pegasus left the steamer astern and reached the land -where the fugitive vanished. - -He had gone into a jungle. - -It was half a mile in diameter and surrounded by clear ground upon all -sides. - -If the fugitive were to attempt to escape from it the occupants of the -flying machine would not fail to see him. - -Frank saw that it would be a difficult task to find the man in the -night, so he said to his friends: - -“I am going to keep the Pegasus poised above the jungle here until -daybreak. In the meantime, if you will keep watch he can’t get away -without being seen.” - -The rest agreed with this plan. - -At that time the engine of the clouds floated but 200 feet above the -waving grass. - -She was kept there. - -A watch was posted. - -Nothing occurred during the night to disturb our friends, and when -daylight finally came they aroused themselves. - -As Frank went out on deck he heard a deep, low moan, like the rumbling -of falling earth, in the jungle below. - -It is by this plaintive sigh that the royal tiger makes his presence -known, and in company with other animals of his species he caterwauls -like a gigantic Tom cat. - -When charging, his spring is accompanied by a series of rapid, frightful -cough-like growls, and a single blow of his paw will break the back of -an ox which he carries away as a cat carries off a mouse. - -Frank had heard what terrible creatures the tigers of India were, and -was not surprised when he heard a man yell furiously down in the jungle. - -“There’s a tiger after Murdock!” he shouted. - -He saw the jungle agitated off to the right, and watching the spot -closely he saw a man running. - -It was the same individual whom he had observed the night previously -running into the cotton plants and boxwood bushes. - -He ran for a deep nullah. - -Directly behind him was a huge tiger in pursuit. - -A wild cry of horror escaped the poor wretch as he glanced over his -shoulder and saw the fiery-eyed monster rapidly overtaking him. - -He fired a shot at the beast from his revolver, but before he could do -so again it sprang for him. - -Through the air flew the graceful and beautiful body, and in an instant -more it struck the man. - -He was knocked down. - -A terrible roar escaped the beast, as it landed on top of him, and -opened its foaming mouth. - -The terrible jaws crunched the man’s bones, tore his flesh and as a wild -despairing cry escaped him the tiger absolutely ripped him to pieces! - - - - - CHAPTER XII. - LOSS OF A WHEEL. - - -Frank had witnessed the terrible scene, and picking up a rifle he aimed -at the tiger. - -The man had fallen into the nullah, and the brute was then lying across -the remains of his mangled body. - -Seeing that the unfortunate fellow had been killed, the young inventor -did not hesitate to discharge his pneumatic rifle. - -The explosive bullet pierced the animal’s head. - -It burst there, blowing its skull to pieces. - -With the discharge the tiger bounded up into the air. - -It landed ten feet away from its victim and rolled over, dead. - -Every one rushed to Frank’s side. - -“What have you shot?” asked the detective. - -“A tiger. The beast just killed Martin Murdock.” - -“Howly Heaven!” gasped Barney. “Our man—dead?” - -“Torn to pieces.” - -“Fo’ de Lawd!” gasped Pomp, in horror. - -“See—there he lies on his face.” - -“Horrible! Horrible!” exclaimed Reynard. - -“Faix, that inds our chase.” - -“I’se glad de rascal am dead for killin’ dot po’ boy.” - -“Send the Pegasus to the ground.” - -Pomp did so, and Frank alighted. - -He strode over to the tiger and saw that the animal’s head had been -shattered by the bomb-like bullet. - -A few steps more brought him to the brute’s victim. - -His body was frightfully mutilated, and Frank stooped down and turned -him over. - -Casting a glance at his face he staggered back. - -An exclamation of intense astonishment escaped him, and seeing his three -companions approaching he turned excitedly toward them and said: - -“This isn’t Murdock!” - -“It isn’t?” cried Reynard, in astonishment. - -“No. It’s the sailor we once rescued.” - -They all glanced at the man’s face and saw that Frank had told the truth -about his identity. - -For a while a deep silence ensued. - -Then they turned away from the sickening spectacle. - -“Poor fellow!” said Frank. “His fate was not deserved.” - -“Wha’ dey put him asho’ in dis yere suit fo’?” asked Pomp. - -“Probably to dupe us so they could get away,” said the detective. - -“Then,” added Barney, “whoile we’ve been a-waishtin’ their hull noight -here, thim imps av Satan have been sailin’ away from us as fasht as they -could put, be heavens!” - -“No doubt it was a stratagem upon their part to divert us from them,” -said Frank. “But what pretext they gave the sailor for sending him -ashore this way puzzles me.” - -“Warn’t he berry friendly ter us?” asked Pomp. - -“Grateful for saving his life. Maybe he showed the captain how well -disposed he was toward us. That would have incited them against him.” - -“Arrah, then it’s another chase we’ll be afther havin’ ter catch thim,” -regretfully said Barney. “Shure, I thought as the murdherer av little -Joe Crosby had got his deserts. An’ now, begob, he’s livin’ yet ter fool -ther divil.” - -“We must not waste time now,” said Frank. “Every minute is precious. -While we are talking here the Rover is widening the breach between us. -Let us go back to the engine of the clouds and——” - -“Whirr-rr-rrr!” - -A familiar, buzzing sound interrupted him. - -It came from the direction of the Pegasus. - -“The machine is ascending!” cried Frank. - -He dashed forward at the top of his speed, and his companions ran after -him. - -By the time Frank reached the engine she was ten feet in the air, her -helices flying around swiftly. - -It was impossible to touch her hull. - -“Great Heaven! is she lost?” flashed across Frank’s mind. - -A terrible thrill of dismay passed over him as he glanced up at the -ascending hull. - -But just then he caught sight of the drag rope, and he rushed over to it -and grasped it. - -The next moment he was ascending to the deck. - -His friends were left behind. - -Hastening up to the pilot-house Frank heard a terrific noise inside and -imagined that some man was in the place. - -As he hastened in he saw that it was caused by an enormous orang-outang -about four feet tall, of a brownish red color, and having extremely long -arms. - -The brute was evidently a denizen of the neighborhood, and having gone -aboard had began to play with the levers. - -By this means the helices were started. - -Getting one of its paws into the semi-circular handle of one of the -levers it could not withdraw it, and becoming panic-stricken, it began -to struggle to release itself. - -It showed its huge canine teeth to Frank, threateningly, as he entered, -and uttered a fierce cry, while a most diabolical look crossed its -projecting face. - -“Heavens! An ape!” gasped the astonished inventor. - -The brute renewed its fierce struggles. - -Suddenly tearing itself free, it came at Frank on all four paws, and he -retreated. - -With an agile bound the animal landed on top of him. - -He had no weapons. - -Flinging up his hands he grasped the animal’s hairy throat, but it used -all its paws against him and began to tear his clothes and scratch his -skin. - -They fell to the deck. - -Here the struggle continued. - -The brute made a desperate effort to bite Frank, but he succeeded in -holding its ugly head back at arm’s length. - -It was wonderful the amount of energy, strength and perseverance the -beast exhibited. - -Their struggles carried them near the edge of the deck, and Frank -suddenly arose, lifted the brute up, and exerting all his strength he -flung the animal away. - -It shot out through the air and plunged earthward. - -The Pegasus was then nearly a thousand feet above the earth, and the -animal’s fall proved fatal. - -“Thank Heaven, I’m rid of him!” panted Frank. - -He felt sore and exhausted. - -But he ran into the turret. - -Slackening the helices he sent the machine to the ground again, and -picked up his companions. - -“Be heavens, it’s rainin’ moonkies!” cried Barney, as he went aboard. -“Masther Frank, it’s a quare place we’re in. Shure, a villain av a wan -dhropped from ther clouds an’ landed beside me, so near, faith, I though -he’d a-hit me.” - -“I flung him from the Pegasus!” laughed the inventor. - -He then told his friends what happened. - -It astonished them considerably. - -“If you hadn’t caught the drag,” said the detective, “the ape would have -sent the engine so high up in the air she would never have come down -again.” - -They then started the Pegasus for the island of Ceylon, and passing it, -headed across the Indian Ocean. - -A lookout was maintained for the fugitive steamer. - -The day passed away and as the sun was going down a most serious -accident occurred to the engine. - -Frank noticed a tremendous rattling sound at the end of the driving -wheel shaft. - -He made his way to the stern. - -There he observed that the noise came from the smallest of the two -screws at the extreme end. - -The nut that held it on the shaft had worked loose. - -Intending to stop the machinery and tighten the nut Frank was just about -to walk away to get a wrench when there sounded a harsh, grating noise. - -The wheel suddenly flew off the shaft. - -Spinning around and around it dropped down into the sea into which it -sank and disappeared. - -A cry of vexation escaped Frank. - -He did not have another wheel on board and had no means of getting -another. - -The effect was soon felt. - -The engine could now make no more than fifteen miles an hour against the -ordinary wind. - -She was crippled. - -Her only reliance for speed was to go with a strong breeze when she -could add a few miles. - -All Frank’s friends rushed aft. - -They saw at once what had happened, and their expressions of dismay were -without number. - -“Now how can we hope to overtake the Rover if we meet her?” blandly -asked Frank. “She can travel faster than we can, under favorable -conditions.” - -“Bedad, she can’t bate us badly, anyhow,” said Barney. “Should we see -her it will be a case av nip an’ tuck.” - -“Dar’s a sail now!” said Pomp, pointing northward. - -It was a distant speck, miles away, near the coast, and Frank passed -into the turret to get a glass. - -He leveled it at the vessel. - -“It’s the Rover! I know her shape” said he. - -“Be heavens, I’ll folly her if I have ter shlape at ther wheel!” said -Barney. “We’ll niver lose thrack av her now.” - -“Our only hope of capturing Murdock is to keep her in view,” said Frank, -grimly. - -“It shall be done!” the detective declared. - -And Pomp was equally as determined about the matter. - - - - - CHAPTER XIII. - A BOMBSHELL. - - -A week had passed. - -During all that time she had been steadily chasing the steamship without -gaining a mile on her in consequence of the loss of one of her driving -wheels. - -Barney remained on deck, bound to the railing; Pomp was down in the -engine-room, and Frank stood at the wheel with Reynard. - -“Raise the Pegasus, quick!” - -“Great heaven, Reade, what is this?” - -“A cyclone. Look out for those rocks, Reynard!” - -“Do you know what the land is below us?” - -“The island of Borneo, I am sure.” - -“Then that’s the China Sea to the northward.” - -“Yes. There! The steamer is lost in the gloom! We may lose all trace of -the Rover now.” - -Zizz! came the wind in a wild shriek as the airship flew upward into the -dark vault of heaven. - -But the great cliffs were dangerously close and as the wind caught the -engine it hurled her along with terrific force and she struck the rocks. - -Crash—bang! - -The shock was terrific. - -It shook her like an aspen. - -She glanced along the cliff, tore off huge particles, and they went -thundering down into the heavy seas that were dashing up in foamy -billows at the bases of the precipices lining the coast. - -A terrible black pall surrounded the engine and obscured everything so -that the detective could not see a yard ahead. - -The fierce wind was whirling in circles. - -It swept the Pegasus far over the land. - -Here her battle with the elements continued, and she was dashed up and -down and all around, furiously. - -Along they were driven, and the coon suddenly yelled up through a -speaking-tube: - -“De oil engine jest broke heah!” - -“Can’t we get any current?” replied Frank. - -“No, sah—no, sah! Slacken de helices, quick!” - -Frank jerked one of the levers over, and down they settled toward the -ground. - -The searchlight had been started, but as the oil engine now failed to -operate the dynamo, the lights went out. - -It was risky to descend in the gloom of that awful tempest, not knowing -where they were going to alight. - -But they had to go down. - -In a few moments a tremendous crashing was heard, the engine swayed back -and forth, and Barney roared: - -“We’re goin’ among ther threes, bedad!” - -“Can’t stop her now!” replied Reynard. - -“Oh, may ther saints presarve us!” - -The crackling of branches continued as she went down, and then there -came a heavy shock. - -She had landed on her side. - -Everybody was knocked down. - -As soon as they were assured that she was safely on the ground they -forgot their bumps and bruises, crept out, and all hands left the -machine. - -They only had a lantern, but its dim light showed them that they had -fallen into a forest of ironwood, gutta percha, camphor and other trees. - -The marshes were alive with elephants and rhinoceros, the woods swarmed -with leopards, babyroussas and monkeys, while bears roamed the rocky -sections and buffaloes the valleys. - -Birds of paradise, flamingoes, swallows that built edible nests, -peacocks and various other birds abounded in vast numbers; every bird, -beast and reptile filled with fear of the storm. - -Their cries all around the fallen engine raised a fearful din. - -“The hull and flying apparatus is intact,” said Frank, when he had -finished his inspection. - -“Do you think she is safe for the present?” the detective asked. - -“We can’t get her out in this storm.” - -“Bettah turn in, den,” Pomp suggested. - -An examination of the oil engine was made, when it was found that the -shaft of the flywheel had snapped in two. - -It could easily be repaired. - -So they turned in. - -By the following morning the storm had gone. - -Pomp prepared breakfast, but they had scarcely partaken of it when the -voices of men were heard outside. - -“Natives!” said Frank, listening to their talk. - -“Savages?” asked the detective, quickly. - -“The Malays and Dyaks are the worst kind. They subsist chiefly by -hunting, fishing and piracy, are partly Mohammedans and partly heathen, -and are cruel, crafty and wild,” said the inventor. - -Frank went out on deck. - -Glancing down he saw an army of the natives around the engine, loudly -talking and gesticulating toward her. - -They were Papus, yellowish colored, well-formed fellows, carrying -poisoned spears and arrows, and knotted clubs, with which they beat out -the brains of their prisoners. - -These people lived in the deepest woods and solitudes, in caves and upon -trees, naked, uncivilized and separate from the rest of mankind. - -They knew nothing of the sultans, rajahs and penjerans who governed the -more civilized of the people of Borneo. - -No sooner had they seen Frank when a score of weapons were sent flying -at him, a single scratch from any of which would have sufficed to poison -him to death. - -He quickly withdrew within the cabin and locked the door. - -“Hostile, as I feared!” he commented. - -“I hear them mounting the boat,” said Reynard, anxiously. - -“Yes. They will get into the turrets now.” - -“Can’t we drive them away with our weapons?” - -“Yes, but it would amount simply to wanton slaughter, as they have -actually done us no harm yet, and cannot fight us on a fair basis, -protected as we are by these walls. I have a plan to electrify the boat. -See if you can turn the dynamo flywheel a few minutes.” - -While they were doing this Frank turned the current into the deck of the -engine, and a chorus of yells escaped the natives as their bare feet -received the current. - -It caused them to hastily leave the machine. - -In the meantime Frank and Barney procured a new shaft for the oil -engine, and set it in place. - -Several hours were required to get the engine in good condition, but -they finally accomplished it. - -The natives had retreated. - -They then opened fire upon the machine. - -Of course, their weapons were simply wasted against the metal hull of -the Pegasus, but they kept up the fusillade. - -It was necessary for somebody to go to the pilot-house to cause the -Pegasus to ascend, but a trip there from the deck-house was now highly -dangerous. - -Any of the poisoned missiles were apt to hit the one who attempted to -venture it and kill him. - -Yet it would not do to remain where they were too long, or they might -just as well abandon all hope of trying to ever find the steamer again. - -Frank became desperate. - -He did not wish to injure the savages, but saw that only by the most -desperate measure could he hope to get the engine up into the air again. - -Accordingly he went down to the ammunition-room. - -There he loaded a bombshell with a high explosive powder, attached an -electric wire to it and secured the other end of the wire to one pole of -the dynamo. - -“I’ll scare them away temporarily!” he said to his friends, “so when I -give the word, complete the circuit in the wire.” - -“Shure, I’ll attind to that!” volunteered Barney. - -Frank opened the door and hurled the shell out. - -It rolled down a declivity to a safe distance from the Pegasus, and -Frank shouted: - -“Now, Barney!” - -These words had barely left his lips when a score or more of the natives -rushed up to the bomb to seize it. - -At the same juncture Barney obeyed Frank’s orders. - -“Wait!” shrieked the young inventor. - -His warning came too late, however, for the electric current flashed -into the wire. - -There sounded an explosion that roared like a battery of artillery, the -burst shell blew every man to pieces who surrounded it, and encompassed -in a cloud of dirt, they rose in the air, torn to fragments. - -It was an awful warning to the rest, for they fled, yelling, in all -directions, and Frank took advantage of their panic to rush up to the -turret. - -Shutting himself in he started the helices whirling. - -The Pegasus straightened up and rose. - -She forced her way skyward, through the opening she had first made among -the trees, and quickly mounted to the clouds. - -Here she sped away to sea. - -Then she continued on over the course traversed by most ships bound for -the United States. - -Several days passed uneventfully by when one morning a yell came from -Pomp in the turret, that startled every one. - -“Dar’s de Rover! Dar’s de Rover—a wreck!” - -His companions rushed out on deck and peered down. - -Floating on the ocean below was the dismantled wreck of the trading -steamer, and a man stood on her deck wildly signaling to the crew of the -engine of the clouds. - - - - - CHAPTER XIV. - CONCLUSION. - - -It was very evident that the steamer had fallen victim to the fury of -the cyclone, so deplorable was her condition. - -Frank studied her a few moments, then cried to Pomp: - -“Go down to her; we will see what the man wants.” - -“Yes, sah!” replied the coon, causing the engine to descend. - -As the Pegasus paused beside the steamer the man rushed over to her -side, and he saw that he was a sailor. - -“For God’s sake, take me off!” he implored. “The steamer has sprung a -leak and may founder at any moment!” - -“All right, come aboard!” said Frank, generously. - -“You’ve got a good heart!” the man exclaimed, as he boarded the engine. -“I’m sorry I ever raised a hand against you!” - -“Where are your companions?” asked the inventor. - -“All were taken aboard of a ship bound for Hong Kong. I was left to my -fate in the hold. The cyclone ruined the ship.” - -“Was Martin Murdock with them?” - -“Yes, sir,” replied the sailor. - -The engine was then raised in the air and headed for China. - -Frank questioned the man and learned the details of their fight with the -storm and abandonment of the Rover. - -The airship was then headed for Hong Kong. - -She arrived there in due time and descended on the suburbs. - -Frank and the sailor alighted and going to the city they sought the -American consul. - -He told them that the shipwrecked crew had reached the city in safety -and all had been shipped for California on the Pacific Mail steamer -Confucius Kao, two days previously. - -Frank was chagrined to learn that Murdock was among them. - -He left the sailor to find a berth and returned to where he had left the -Pegasus. - -Hastening aboard he put her helices in motion and she shot up into the -air. - -Up she flew to the clouds, then off she went for the sea. - -Frank’s friends joined him, and he explained what he learned. - -“We must chase the Confucius across the Pacific,” said he; “she is bound -for San Francisco.” - -“Holy smoke! What a daisy run!” groaned Reynard. - -“It’s back home Murdock bes goin’,” said Barney. - -“How yo’ ‘spects ter cotch dat yere steamah?” Pomp asked. - -“Why, by ascending into the Solar Current!” said Frank. “Crippled as we -are we could not overhaul her. But that air current will add ten miles -an hour to our speed.” - -“Go up, by all means, then!” exclaimed the detective. - -Frank nodded, and sent the machine up several miles, when they entered -the great current and sped along faster. - -From their great elevation the voyagers could see the ships they -encountered by means of their telescopes, but failed to observe any -until they neared the American shores, that tallied with the appearance -of the Pacific mail steamers. - -Frank made a computation of the time made, and was delighted to find -that they had gained considerably on the Confucius Kao. - -“Allowing eighteen knots an hour for her speed,” said he to his friends, -“we ought to reach the Golden Gate almost as soon as she does.” - -San Francisco came in view. - -Here they espied the steamer at anchor. - -She had beaten them in! - -It was the final disappointment. - -Sure that Murdock had once more escaped them, they lowered the engine of -the clouds and Frank and the detective alighted. - -Inquiries soon developed the fact that the fugitive had only passed on -shore long enough to procure some new clothing. - -He had then taken passage on the Union Pacific Railroad for the East, -having purchased a ticket through to Chicago. - -Learning what train he was on, and the time it was due in the White -City, our friends hastened back to the flying machine and resumed the -pursuit relentlessly. - -Murdock had six hours, or over two hundred miles start of them. - -Away shot the Pegasus over the continent. - -By cutting across curves and resorting to similar measures, our friends -reduced the lead of the train. - -In two days they reached Chicago. - -They were ahead of the cars. - -A quick descent was made. - -Frank and Reynard left the Pegasus and hastened to the depot, where they -arrived just as the train came in. - -Both were intensely excited. - -“We must not miss him now,” said the inventor. “We have gone all around -the world after that man, and it would be terrible if we were to lose -him at the last moment.” - -“He won’t get away now!” grimly asserted the detective. - -“Here come the passengers. Keep your eyes open!” - -They stood aside as the people came thronging from the cars, and watched -every one closely. - -Suddenly Frank drew a revolver. - -“There he is!” he muttered. - -The next moment he had jumped in front of Murdock, taking him by -surprise, and aimed his pistol at the man’s head. - -“You are my prisoner, sir!” he cried. - -“Caught, by heavens!” gasped the fugitive, turning pale. - -“Hands up, or you are a dead man!” - -“Don’t fire! I surrender!” - -Up went Murdock’s hands, and Reynard handcuffed him. - -Some people tried to interfere, but a warrant for the rascal’s arrest -was shown, and they took him away. - -Just as they were about to leave the depot Barney and Pomp came rushing -up to them, pale and excited. - -“Masther Frank!” gasped the Irishman. “Ther Pegasus is gone!” - -“Gone!” echoed the inventor, in startled tones. - -“Blowed up—smashed into a thousand pieces!” - -“Good heavens! How did it happen?” - -“Yer see, ther naygur an’ I left her a few moments afther you wint, an’ -there suddenly sounded a terrible explosion insoide av her. Ther next -moment she wuz a wreck.” - -“What caused the explosion?” - -“A can av that terrible powder, I’m thinkin’, wid which you do be afther -loadin’ ther bullets we used in ther guns. It shtood on the edge av a -shelf, an’ must have fell to ther flure.” - -As there was no means of ascertaining positively what caused the -explosion, and Barney’s idea was the most plausible, Frank was forced to -accept this theory. - -He was, in fact, right in his conclusion. - -They returned to where they had left the machine and found a big crowd -on the scene, attracted there by the violent report. - -As the engine of the clouds was completely destroyed, they could do -nothing with the remains, and therefore left them. - -They reached the city with their prisoner, and put him in jail. - -But a startling surprise awaited them. - -The chief of police came in with little Joe Crosby, alive and well. - -In answer to their startled inquiries about him, they were told that -Martin Murdock’s bullet had failed to do its murderous work. - -The boy had fallen wounded and senseless. - -When Frank carried the detective into his house a resident of Readestown -had come along in a carriage, saw the boy and took him into the vehicle. - -Carrying him home and summoning a doctor, he had maintained secrecy -about the matter, and had the little fellow completely cured. - -Long after Frank had gone in pursuit of Murdock he had taken the boy -back to Chicago and put his case into the hands of the police. - -There Joe had been ever since. - -If he had perished Murdock would have been hung; as it was, the villain -was forced to make restitution, a new guardian was appointed for the -boy, and he prospered after that. - -Martin Murdock was sentenced to prison for his rascality. - -Tom Reynard returned to his official duties, pleased at the way the -affair had terminated, and Frank, Barney and Pomp went home. - -They had their long chase around the world for nothing, but did not -regret it, as the perilous adventures they encountered just suited them. - -They all were in good spirits. - -The loss of the Pegasus incited Frank to invent another machine, and it -was ultimately built and proved to be a means of bringing him and his -friends into the most exciting adventures. - -In a future number of this weekly we will give our readers an account of -them, and so, for the present, will part with our friends. - - - THE END. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Read “IN THE GREAT WHIRLPOOL; OR, FRANK READE. 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or, Bumping the British Hard. - - 89 The Liberty Boys’ “Hurry Call”; or, A Wild Dash to Save a Friend. - - 90 The Liberty Boys’ Guardian Angel; or, The Beautiful Maid of the - Mountain. - - 91 The Liberty Boys’ Brave Stand; or, Set Back but Not Defeated. - - 92 The Liberty Boys “Treed”; or, Warm Work in the Tall Timber. - - 93 The Liberty Boys’ Dare; or, Backing the British Down. - - 94 The Liberty Boys’ Best Blows; or, Beating the British at - Bennington. - - 95 The Liberty Boys In New Jersey; or, Boxing the Ears of the - British Lion. - - 96 The Liberty Boys’ Daring; or, Not Afraid of Anything. - - 97 The Liberty Boys’ Long March; or, The Move that Puzzled the - British. - - 98 The Liberty Boys’ Bold Front; or, Hot Times on Harlem Heights. - - 99 The Liberty Boys in New York; or, Helping to Hold the Great City. - - 100 The Liberty Boys’ Big Risk; or, Ready to Take Chances. - - 101 The Liberty Boys’ Drag-Net; or, Hauling the Redcoats in. - - 102 The Liberty Boys’ Lightning Work; or, Too Fast for the British. - - 103 The Liberty Boys’ Lucky Blunder; or, The Mistake that Helped - Them. - - 104 The Liberty Boys’ Shrewd Trick; or, Springing a Big Surprise. - - 105 The Liberty Boys’ Cunning; or, Outwitting the Enemy. - - 106 The Liberty Boys’ “Big Hit”; or, Knocking the Redcoats Out. - - 107 The Liberty Boys “Wild Irishman”; or, A Lively Lad from Dublin. - - 108 The Liberty Boys’ Surprise; or, Not Just What They Were Looking - For. - - 109 The Liberty Boys’ Treasure; or, A Lucky Find. - - 110 The Liberty Boys in Trouble; or, A Bad Run of Luck. - - For Sale by All Newsdealers, or will be Sent to Any Address on Receipt - of Price, 5 Cents per Copy, by - - FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 24 Union Square, New York - -IF YOU WANT ANY BACK NUMBERS - -of our Libraries and cannot procure them from newsdealers, they can be -obtained from this office direct. 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or, Breaking up a Scheme. - - 145 Fred Fearnot and the Baron; or, Calling Down a Nobleman. - - 146 Fred Fearnot and the Brokers; or, Ten Days in Wall Street. - - 147 Fred Fearnot’s Little Scrap; or, The Fellow Who Wouldn’t Stay - Whipped. - - 148 Fred Fearnot’s Greatest Danger; or, Ten Days with the - Moonshiners. - - 149 Fred Fearnot and the Kidnappers; or, Trailing a Stolen Child. - - 150 Fred Fearnot’s Quick Work; or, The Hold Up at Eagle Pass. - - 151 Fred Fearnot at Silver Gulch; or, Defying a Ring. - - 152 Fred Fearnot on the Border; or, Punishing the Mexican Horse - Stealers. - - 153 Fred Fearnot’s Charmed Life; or, Running the Gauntlet. - - 154 Fred Fearnot Lost; or, Missing for Thirty Days. - - 155 Fred Fearnot’s Rescue; or, The Mexican Pocahontas. - - 156 Fred Fearnot and the “White Caps”; or, A Queer Turning of the - Tables. - - 157 Fred Fearnot and the Medium; or, Having Fun with the “Spirits.” - - 158 Fred Fearnot and the “Mean Man”; or, The Worst He Ever Struck. - - 159 Fred Fearnot’s Gratitude; or, Backing Up a Plucky Boy. - - 160 Fred Fearnot Fined; or, The Judge’s Mistake. - - 161 Fred Fearnot’s Comic Opera; or, The Fun that Raised the Funds. - - 162 Fred Fearnot and the Anarchists; or, The Burning of the Red - Flag. - - 163 Fred Fearnot’s Lecture Tour; or, Going it Alone. - - 164 Fred Fearnot’s “New Wild West”; or, Astonishing the Old East. - - 165 Fred Fearnot in Russia; or, Banished by the Czar. - - 166 Fred Fearnot in Turkey; or, Defying the Sultan. - - 167 Fred Fearnot in Vienna: or, The Trouble on the Danube. - - 168 Fred Fearnot and the Kaiser; or, In the Royal Palace at Berlin. - - 169 Fred Fearnot in Ireland; or, Watched by the Constabulary. - - 170 Fred Fearnot Homeward Bound; or, Shadowed by Scotland Yard. - - 171 Fred Fearnot’s Justice; or, The Champion of the School Marm. - - 172 Fred Fearnot and the Gypsies; or, The Mystery of a Stolen Child. - - 173 Fred Fearnot’s Silent Hunt; or, Catching the “Green Goods” Men. - - 174 Fred Fearnot’s Big Day: or, Harvard and Yale at New Era. - - 175 Fred Fearnot and “The Doctor”; or, The Indian Medicine Fakir. - - 176 Fred Fearnot and the Lynchers; or, Saving a Girl Horse Thief. - - 177 Fred Fearnot’s Wonderful Feat; or, The Taming of Black Beauty. - - 178 Fred Fearnot’s Great Struggle; or, Downing a Senator. - - 179 Fred Fearnot’s Jubilee; or, New Era’s Greatest Day. - - 180 Fred Fearnot and Samson; or, “Who Runs This Town?” - - 181 Fred Fearnot and the Rioters: or, Backing Up the Sheriff. - - 182 Fred Fearnot and the Stage Robber; or, His Chase for a Stolen - Diamond. - - 183 Fred Fearnot at Cripple Creek; or, The Masked Fiends of the - Mines. - - 184 Fred Fearnot and the Vigilantes; or, Up Against the Wrong Man. - - 185 Fred Fearnot in New Mexico; or, Saved by Terry Olcott. - - 186 Fred Fearnot In Arkansas; or, The Queerest of All Adventures. - - 187 Fred Fearnot in Montana; or, The Dispute at Rocky Hill. - - 188 Fred Fearnot and the Mayor: or, The Trouble at Snapping Shoals. - - 189 Fred Fearnot’s Big Hunt: or, Camping on the Columbia River. - - 190 Fred Fearnot’s Hard Experience; or, Roughing it at Red Gulch. - - 191 Fred Fearnot Stranded; or, How Terry Olcott Lost the Money. - - 192 Fred Fearnot in the Mountains; or, Held at Bay by Bandits. - - 193 Fred Fearnot’s Terrible Risk; or, Terry Olcott’s Reckless - Venture. - - 194 Fred Fearnot’s Last Card; or, The Game that Saved His Life. - - 195 Fred Fearnot and the Professor; or, The Man Who Knew it All. - - 196 Fred Fearnot’s Big Scoop; or, Beating a Thousand Rivals. - - 197 Fred Fearnot and the Raiders; or, Fighting for His Belt. - - 198 Fred Fearnot’s Great Risk; or, One Chance in a Thousand. - - 199 Fred Fearnot as a Sleuth; or, Running Down a Slick Villain. - - 200 Fred Fearnot’s New Deal; or, Working for a Banker. - - 201 Fred Fearnot in Dakota: or, The Little Combination Ranch. - - 202 Fred Fearnot and the Road Agents; or, Terry Olcott’s Cool Nerve. - - 203 Fred Fearnot and the Amazon; or, The Wild Woman of the Plains. - - 204 Fred Fearnot’s Training School; or, How to Make a Living. - - 205 Fred Fearnot and the Stranger; 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or, Unraveling a Great - Mystery. - - For Sale by All Newsdealers, or will be Sent to Any Address on Receipt - of Price, 5 Cents per Copy, by - - FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 24 Union Square, New York - -IF YOU WANT ANY BACK NUMBERS - -of our Libraries and cannot procure them from newsdealers, they can be -obtained from this office direct. 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THE BOYS OF NEW YORK END MEN’S JOKE BOOK.—Containing a great - variety of the latest jokes used by the most famous end men. - No amateur minstrels is complete without this wonderful little - book. - - No. 42. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK STUMP SPEAKER.—Containing a varied - assortment of stump speeches, Negro, Dutch and Irish. Also end - men’s jokes. Just the thing for home amusement and amateur - shows. - - No. 45. THE BOYS OF NEW YORK MINSTREL GUIDE AND JOKE BOOK.—Something - new and very instructive. Every boy should obtain this book, - as it contains full instructions for organizing an amateur - minstrel troupe. - - No. 65. MULDOON’S JOKES.—This is one of the most original joke books - ever published, and it is brimful of wit and humor. It - contains a large collection of songs, jokes, conundrums, etc., - of Terrence Muldoon, the great wit, humorist, and practical - joker of the day. Every boy who can enjoy a good substantial - joke should obtain a copy immediately. - - No. 79. 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HOW TO MAKE CANDY.—A complete hand-book for making all kinds - of candy, ice-cream, syrups, essences, etc., etc. - - No. 19.—FRANK TOUSEY’S UNITED STATES DISTANCE TABLES, POCKET - COMPANION AND GUIDE.—Giving the official distances on all the - railroads of the United States and Canada. Also table of - distances by water to foreign ports, hack fares in the - principal cities, reports of the census, etc., etc., making it - one of the most complete and handy books published. - - No. 38. HOW TO BECOME YOUR OWN DOCTOR.—A wonderful book, containing - useful and practical information in the treatment of ordinary - diseases and ailments common to every family. Abounding in - useful and effective recipes for general complaints. - - No. 55. HOW TO COLLECT STAMPS AND COINS.—Containing valuable - information regarding the collecting and arranging of stamps - and coins. Handsomely illustrated. - - No. 58. HOW TO BE A DETECTIVE.—By Old King Brady, the world-known - detective. In which he lays down some valuable and sensible - rules for beginners, and also relates some adventures and - experiences of well-known detectives. - - No. 60. HOW TO BECOME A PHOTOGRAPHER—Containing useful information - regarding the Camera and how to work it; also how to make - Photographic Magic Lantern Slides and other Transparencies. - Handsomely illustrated. By Captain W. De W. Abney. - - No. 62. HOW TO BECOME A WEST POINT MILITARY CADET.—Containing full - explanations how to gain admittance, course of Study, - Examinations, Duties, Staff of Officers, Post Guard, Police - Regulations, Fire Department, and all a boy should know to be - a Cadet. Compiled and written by Lu Senarens, author of “How - to Become a Naval Cadet.” - - No. 63. HOW TO BECOME A NAVAL CADET.—Complete instructions of how to - gain admission to the Annapolis Naval Academy. Also containing - the course of instruction, description of grounds and - buildings, historical sketch, and everything a boy should know - to become an officer in the United States Navy. Compiled and - written by Lu Senarens, author of “How to Become a West Point - Military Cadet.” - - PRICE 10 CENTS EACH, OR 3 FOR 25 CENTS. - Address FRANK TOUSEY, Publisher, 24 Union Square, New York. - - - - - FRANK READE - WEEKLY MAGAZINE. - - - Containing Stories of Adventures on Land, Sea and in the Air. - BY “NONAME.” - - Each Number in a Handsomely Illuminated Cover. - - ☛ A 32-PAGE BOOK FOR 5 CENTS. ☚ - -All our readers know Frank Reade, Jr., the greatest inventor of the age, -and his two fun-loving chums, Barney and Pomp. The stories to be -published in this magazine will contain a true account of the wonderful -and exciting adventures of the famous inventor, with his marvellous -flying machines, electrical overland engines, and his extraordinary -submarine boats. 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