CHAPTER XIII

THE AEROPLANE Of course, the ’plane in which Alaric and his family had landed on the island had created an enormous amount of interest among the inhabitants. None of them had ever set eyes on any form of machine, though their records contained accounts of many of the machines of two hundred years ago. The professors of the University met together to decide what must be done with this unique and priceless specimen of human ingenuity. It was carefully pushed under some trees, a roof was woven to protect it from the r…