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came
tobogganing down again. At last tired of play and wanting to be rid of his
spectator with a wave of his hand he commenced rising straight upward again
and
before Mureno realized his intention, headed into the bright glare of the sun
that was soon to set. To Mureno, it was as if he had actually flown directly
into the heart of the flaming star.
Later that same trick of the flying men was going to prove rather trying to
aviators giving them chase, for once in the full glare of the sun it was
impossible for the pilots to make them out, blinded as they were by the sun.
The
trick also gave rise to the supposition that the winged men came from the
sun,
were not of Earthly origin after all. However, only the ignorant would
believe
such a tale.



CHAPTER TWO of MEN with Wings
The Three Start

AND still the kidnappings continued with the police baffled, always just too
late. Planes were called into service, but they invariably arrived too late
or
else were eluded. A soldier did manage to shoot an abductor as he bore off
with
a girl and they both plunged to their death. Thereafter orders were issued
that
there was to be no more shooting, but to capture alive. A second flying man
with
his prey was chased into the Andes mountain fastnesses and there lost.
It appeared as if the winged men knew no caution; the purloining of women
became
more daring, more spectacular. North Europeans with their wives and daughters
were fleeing homeward, and most of the American residents in Latin countries
were sending their families back to the States. Married women appeared to be
no
safer than the single girls. All South American governments were calling for
aid
from their northern neighbors with their superiorair-craft and air-men.
Nor was America quiet. Its people were up in arms demanding that the
government
do all they could to fight this menace to American womanhood. The winged men
must be exterminated! Their lair must be discovered and wiped out. Planes
left
daily for Latin America. The air was to be made unsafe for flying men!
Still disgruntled over the scoop made by Brent, a plan came to me and I
confronted the city editor with my scheme. Three years earlier I had gone
with