Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-05-13
THE INSIDE WORLD:
STORY OF THE FUTURE.
BY JULIA s. FERN.
BY JULIA s. FERN.
CHAPTER I.

They finally descended upon the public
square of u great city. Crowds of people
thronged to see the strangers, some flying It
little way to meet them, but the great ma
jority standing waiting with upturned faces
for their descent as we Of the outside world
wait for the descent of heavenly messengers.
Looked down upon from above, it was in
deed Il motley crowd. Old men were there,
with bald heads and wrinkled faces, and
mothers with their little children; young
girls in their teens and their bashful lovers.
the rich and the poor, some with wings
ssatly fol,tsd. the many without. their flying
costumes, and all with eager questioning
eyes And then what a buzz and hum of
voices 1t seemed that a thousand voices
wanted To ask "Who and what are these
creatures :" When our heroes were safely
landed, Puelavis stood beside the two young
men upon the square of slken cloth, and
seemed to rehearse the story Of her discov
cry to the eager multitude. As she did 50,
she was answered and questioned by many
voices from the crowd: Evidently she was
unused to such publicity and was mich en-
barrasscd, and something that was said made
matters much worse, for the poor girl
blushcd and then paled as in great anger,
and finally broke down in tears. Inman
could bear it no longer. Though he could
not guess at what was said, he knew that it
was something insulting and all his chivalry
was aroused for her defence, and would
have been, let Us say in justice to him, if he
had not been in love. Bur the moment he
advanced in the altitude of protector a
dcafcning shout arose from the rabble Of
the crowd and the young girls Kissed and
pointed their fingers at Puclayis, and Arthur
saw in an instant the false position in
which she WAS placed
:" Evil to him who thinks evil he cried,
stepping forward and making gesture as
begging them to be silent, and being curious
to hear his voice, they all kept silence. What
he said is immaterial as only the tones We're
understood but as they were clear. linging
and manly, they seemed to convey his mean
ing almost as we'll words.
MEANWHILE several of the outsiders had
made their way out amcns the multitude,
and each one was soon surrounded by cur
ious company, who felt Of their clothes,
their hands and hair, and iabOeriEg their
comments to each other in way that was
highly amusing to our way-worn Travellers
They were, however, equally curious them
selves, and in particular the matter of wings.
The young man hitherto described rs OF po-
ctical turn of mind, soon had induced
inside youth to lend him IL pair Of
wings, and though his first attempts at
flight were not graceful, they were very
amusing to the many spectators. linus
passed halt an hour (outsde time), at the
end of which certain hospitablc insiders in
vted each man, and by persuasive ges-
lures induced our travellers to separate, and
quarter themselves thus upon the Inhabitants
of this inside city. And Inman and Arthur
went with Puelavis and her sister; the beard
less young man following, close behind.
Aud here let Us pause in this strange,
even!ful history and take up the thread of
the narrative long Since dropped in Cam
bridge and Boston.