On a Torn-Away World; Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake

the wind-traveling at great velocity-drove the ragged cloud

adowy mass-nothing more. The wind shrieked in many voices, as though a troop of

as the clouds themselves, was the great flying machine, which the wind buff

was little to do but hang on to the steer

he machine rocks so-ugh! I'm as sick as though we were at sea." "And we are pretty completely

how he can tell,"

" returned the older lad, but Ma

, Jack Darrow-you and I and the old professor. But this caps them all, I decl

t, I reckon. They had a long

ong time ago,

it," said Jack, when Wash

boys be sech coward

lly. "When we got caught in that flaw yesterday a

coward," crowed the black man, though in a very shaky voice. "If I'd been scart', would

o' what!" cried the black man, scratching hi

angels' wings? We're about as near being in the company of th

. "Dat Shanghai done know dat

he air, Wash?

aid the darkey, dogged

ritters ob his ki

hunter suddenly appeared on the platform behind the operator's seat, whe

aid. "Is the

, Andy," Jack said. "There

"I reckon I ain't of much use in a flying mach

omplained Mark. "And I, for

h you in that wish,

into view from the small, sheltered cabin. He glanced a

fety yet; are we,

ly before such a gale and about a mile

enderson. He examined the instruments again, and sa

viator. "I think we have remained on the thousan

"But the earth is certainly less than three hundred feet below us-ah! see t

side. We must be within a few hundred miles, at least, of our destination. Those are th

ed Andy Sud

low came the broken crowing of a cock in answer

ouse down there,

ashington White. "Dat Buttsy k

ct the planes, Jack. Watch the indicator. Reduce t

d, she could not descend easily. She scaled earthward

re going to bump

Andy Sudds showed no

o many wonderful experi

t they were not likely t

that death

hundred feet from earth, and s

the professor. "We'll

There was light in the sky-the twilight of the Lo

bjects on the earth-trees, a house

Out of the murk which covered the earth below the flying machine sprang

ween the professor and Andy Sudds. There were men with firearm