The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-11-23


where the aeronaUtic ship fioated. like
Il great tcthered bird. He kissed his
hand to the multitude. which gazed up
at him with tears and nurInurS of adj
miration. Yet there We're some among
them who on our planet would be
called 'latlonali~ts' and "agnostlcs.
and these deplore3 his going. Far
better. they said. to send man of
/ science than this young ignorant
! prince. who had nothing save his cour
! are to commend him in 50 important a
+ venture and whose intent was Well
known to have been suicidal because
his marriage with the girl. Alaria. had
met ratcrnal veto.
In truth. Chalco cared little for his
life. This nttmpt. mingled with the
spirit Of adventure, made him watch
untiinchingly the final preparations.
T1c-c were elected, and the car shot
forth from the splendid city and be-
came. :: sp-ck in the blue armament.
soon fading to hlanknesS.
For fhalcD the voyage had been one
Il, instantaneous ao it would be to Il
cab.c4ram flashed across the Atlantic.
could that cahleglam possess the power
Of thought. On reaching cd, tn. how
ever. there would have been no shock
at all. 80 dcft and admirable was the
invention If GOlDrdOn and 50 neatly
adapted to the laws Of gravitatiOn here.
That fearful tropical thunderstorm.
however. had ruined everything. The
car fell shattered on the island coast.
and its inmate. flung into the sea. final
~ Reached land after some magnificent
efforts at swimming aud sank uncon-
scious where Staync had found MIN. i'll
Il remnant of his own demolished YES
sci.
lh;.lcp~ l!stcnr there can hc no
doubt Of this fact al first seriously
doubted him. Hi story was to in
credible. too plrpo~tcruus. And then
his entire admitted ignorance OF what
had been the NETT, DIS of the a-trono-
mer, Golordon did moi that smell of
trickery and fraud: What more sl,S-
piciolls. too, than that all the material
testimony of his native planet tc,ti-
mony with which thHlco aft med the
car have been packed. sho"ld have suf-
fcrcd. like THAI receptacle itself. com
plcte destruction: And yet Staynr had
seen Il fragment of this alleged car.
Moreover. to look on thaicO and listen
t. him was gradually bat implicitly to
believe his story.
He soon spoke with grcatucncy OF
the habits. customs. politics and gen
"r;il natl nal attainmrnt> on Mars. To
s,taync it seemed impossible that he
should not rank intellect ually high
among ;hO-c whom he had left. And
his beauty how mobile. how cuptivat-
ing. how unparalleled il wa. Whcn
the men and woman on the ct hcr island
saw him they We're plainly but pleas
ltrabiy shocked. But the women. young
and Old, could not keep their eye, from
his face. Staync. while watching him.
thought of Tcnnys rs lines:
"Liler to tie innabit
OF some clear planet closer upon the sun
| Than our mans earth"
CHAPTER ".
After a Will. the Nomad brought
them both t, Californian waters thal-
co was in Il way changed 10y this time
He had lost the charming and dclicat.
air OF wildnc~s which had marked him
at iir-t. He had become, as it were
more "carthly." His new. convcn
tional garb suited him far batter thar
Staync had expected. When at last he
had grown able. wit his almost miracu
lols facility. y master the English
tongue there was an element OF pc
cullar diversion for his auditor in ths
regret with which he spoke of his
thwarted mission.
"Golorion." he said. supposed tina,
you would send me back to him. II,
hardly doubted that in your world sci
encc had gained the same headwaN
which it possesses in ours. He ano
thousands of others are now awaiting
me.
And You wish to RETURN" a-ket
StaNne
No. | am contcntcu here with you
Cha GO. YOU are not rontcntrd. re-
piled Stay ne. Placing Il hand or his
shoulder. "Gru are secretly miserable
Il remember Alari;. he responded
drooping his head.
Our women are none IF them 20 fail
as this Maria of yours" asked Stavnr
when they had been for some little
time on the Californian coast and were
about to dismiss the Yacht prior t,
travelling eastward by an inland course
No: they a'e-alno-t ugly to me.
Chalco answered. Il do not know /
You can understand.
L do understand" laid Stavne
when | look at you and realize how
you >urra~S al earthly men both j,
mind and body"
Staync at last had found -omethin.
kcenly to interest him. The 80 ,icty 0
Cha!co was an inccS>aat INVESTIGATION
Wherever thrv went together hi.
superb personnel woke admiration. de
light. Mr.. Stayne introduced him a.
Nh. Chalcott. Il relatiye who has spcn
many Wears among the Polynesia
Islands," Remembering the ruInor~ @
his own madness and the extreme in
probability Of ChalcO', history. thi.
corr-c t the young American wan