"And now the Storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along." "And straight the Sun was flecked with bars, (Heaven's Mother send us grace!)

He stood a moment gazing at the brightly flecked metal of the engines, the gleaming wallshollow and filled with noninflammable helium gas of great lifting powerthe men on watch over all this splendid mechanism.

" "Let me know as soon as he arrives," said Fleck curtly, turning away from the 'phone.

Above that shone an intense belt of colorColeridge's yellow lightningand it extended to a bank of cloud that seemed transparent purple, and above all this flowed a sea of purest blue sky with fleecy sails of pink and white and rose, exquisitely flecked with gold.

Millions of stars flecked the sky overhead.

Here and there a darker spot suggested a break for a mountain peak; rarely a fleck of white marked a mountain road.