The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-11-23
THE MAN FROM MARS,
Or, Aubrey Stayne's Revenge. Written for
This Paper by Edgar Fawcett.
GHAPTrls 1y.-CCniinu al.


Luckily IT vas !. :, me what strong
door. The wind appeared in a tricc TO
have changed it, direction. and -
strenuous va IL momentum that he
felt his habitatinn tTc'nb!c. and cX-
pcctcd each n"W in7taH' to be lifted
and whiskcd away. as Though he were
a worm curicd within Il !c.f Nor was
this he only horr0" he Us now called
on to endure, for IN t outs d. the
wooden wall between himself and tine
storm he could hear t.Imut, oT wave,
rs thry plunged forward and then
drag@,d backward. like some blood
thirsty 60 .ol't Of foes eager - Say yet
restrained II their rabd re.
With ~traHg. ahruptnr the storm
at lcnpth CO.., cd. Had il lasted bnt Il
little lOn|rr. ;,taync now frlt only too
conscious hat wind. ANA waves would
tOn..t her have wrought his destruction.
When i've rcuIcncd the door ana again
looked Orth. masses OF clouds were
hurryinr arros, II heaven in which
b.amcd Il full and goldcn-tlntod III on.
The sea. directly IL front OF him. still
frothcd angriy, hut all it, wild ardol:,
wore, ep.nt. Great c,cvicc, were
scoorcd in the beach and dtcnrhcd
tanglc- IF turn-down Yin" invaded 1t,
while here and there Il prone palm tree
made h III -huddcr at the hair b cadtl
escape of those, nrOvc-girt roofs which
had % lately sheltered him. tn"
moonlight now grew >tradit. for The
clouds were quit dcnuding the hca =
en- in which they had 30 long and
har-hly ragged. Stayn" sank above hi
ankle 1T first, in the inundated sand.
H. h. moved forward toa certain du.kv
bulk which, the Sea l:tvcd and rcc"lrd
from, like u tiger sporting with the
prey it has Kill, Il. What he present V
"aZrd ut VA !; nHinrlr-- kind Of ruin.
ana though IL .""d and >plint!N TO Il
pitroua drgrcc. il oddly struck him.
for Il III nrni. as resembling II collin.
But th. ilu- ion rOon vanished. He
stopped and looked within the >cm =
shattered interior. which. Tor al! is
ruin could tell. might base h"'n some
narrow compartment "i shp. Yet
while his hand It'd on the hr, ken
verge Of the thing, II certain chill ANA
hardness, made him aware that ii Wa
rather metallic than li4ncoti-.
I,ut in another moment he had for
COTTON everything except t'tc fac that
u human form lay stretched bcf ~ his
w:tYr. 1t w;- the form of II man. clad
in some strange made garment. not I'M
like that rf the ancient Greeks. While
stuopin4 there in the vivid suuthr n
moonlight, and believing that he be-
held &C rpsc. StaNn" was thrilled by
the realization that he had never be-
fore looked upon hcIn-; II 80 III Dch
facial beauty and physical grandeur.
lie lifted the lro ped head, whose
heavy gold curl- chung drrnchrd about
the wide and lnroly brow. Having :,
flask OF brandy ON his person. he forced
some If its cunt"n1s between the hue
less lip. Then he let the noble head
sink backward, again rn what seemed Il
fragment of cushioned interior. and
waited.
He had slight hopes of the mans re-
s,,scltaton. 1t seemed to him that SO
splendid :, creature should have every
chance for his life. and yet how mra-
ger WAS he aid that could now b. fur
nishcd him. But soon. to Staync' :
amazcnrnt. Il shiycr passed through
tn" rccumhcnt frame. Presently the
still face crew fairtr. for it, eyes I'M
closed Their hue could not ne seen.
but their siZc and hrilliancr were a
new revelation.