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toward the centre of Mars. ana up
was away from that centre.
Standing on the deck. and looking over
head as we swiftly ploughed our shoo1h
way At a great height through the now
imperceptible atmosphere or the planet
/ saw the two moons of Mars meeiihb
I'm the sky exactly over us.
BEFORE our arrival at Mars, there had
been considerable discussion among the
learned men as 10 the advisaDilty OF
touching at one Of their moons ana
when the discoN cry was made that our
provisions We're nearly exhausted. II had
been suggested that the Marian satellites
might furnish us with an addluonal sup
ply.
But it had appeared a sufficient reply
TO this suggestion that the moons OF
Mars are both insignificant bodies, not
much larger than the asteroid we had
fallen in with, and that there could not
possibly be any form OF vegetation or
other edible products upon them.
This view having prevailed, We had
ceased 10 take an interest IN the salel-
Htss. further than 10 regard them as Cd
jects OF great curiosity on account OF
their motions.
The nearer OF these moons. Phobos
is only 800 miles from the surface OF
Mars, ana We WdtcAtu IT NA"f't4'''-
around the planet three times in the
course Of every day. The more distant
one Deimos. 1850 miles away, required
considerably more than one day TO make
its circuit.
II now happened that the two had
come into conjunction. as / have SAID
just over our heads. and, throwing my
self down on my back on the deck OF
the electrical ship. FOR n long time
watched the race between the two satel-
lites, until Phobos. rapidly gaining upon
the other. had left its rival far behind.
Suddenly Colonel Smith. who took very
little interest in these astronomical
curiosties. touched me- and pointing
ahead. said:
There they are"
I looked. and sure enough there were
the signal lights OF the principal squa-
dron, and as we gazed We occasionally
saw, darting up from the vast cloud
mass beneath. an electric bayonet
fiercely thrust into the sky. which snow
ed that the siege was still actively go
ing on. and that the Martians were jab-
bing away al their invisible enemies out
side the curtain.
In a short time the two fleets had
joined and Colonel Smith and I imme-
diately transferred ourselves 10 the nag
ship.
We'll. what have you done?" asked
MT. Edison. while others crowded around
with eager attention.
II we have not captured their pro-
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''Then there r. no use OF staying here.
continued the commander. III We WIN
draw, the Martians will think that "e
havs either given up the contest or pee.
destroyed. Perhaps they will then pun
of their blanket and let ms see their
face once more. That will give us bet
ter opportunity TO strike effectively
when we are again ready
why not rendezvous at one Of the
moons2 said an astronomer. Neither
OF the two moons Is OF much conSe-
quence, as far as size goes, but stu IL
would serve as a sort OF anchorage
ground. and while there. II we were
careful TO keep on the side away frooA
Mars. We should escape detection
This suggestion was Immediately ~.
cepted and the squadron. having bce1
signaled 10 assemble quickly, bore ok
I'm the direction OF the more distant
moon Of Mars. Demos. We knew
was slightly smaller than Phobos but
its greater distance gave promise that
IL would better serve our purpose OF
temporary concealment. The moons OF
Mars. like the earth's moon. always keep
the same face toward their master. BY
hiding behind Deimos We should escape
the prying eyes Of the Martians even
when they employed telescopes, and thus
be able TO remain comparatively close
nj hand, ready 10 pounce down upon
them again after We had obtained. as we
now had good hope Of doing. informa-
ton that would make US masters OF tbs
situation.
(rO BE CONTINUED
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She Uttered a Cry and Ran Towards Us.

the earth is spoken antedates. on
WINGED am / that ~ that great original
speech is from which have all the Ian
guages OF the civilized world sprung.
How she here came so many mil
lions Of miles from the earth, "A great
mystery is. But IL shall be penetrated
and il is from her own lips that We
the truth shall learn, because not am
cult TO us shall IT be the language that
she speaks 10 acquire since to our own
IL is akin.
This announcement Of the Heidelberg
professor stirred ms all most profound
IN. II not only deepened our interest
in the beautiful girl whom we had res
cued but in a dim way. II gave us rea-
son TO hope that We should yet discover
some means OF mastering the Martians
by dealing them a blow from within.
II had been expected. the reader VIII
remember that the Marian whom We
had made prisoner on the asterold'
might be Of use 10 us in a similar way,
and for that reason great EFFORTS mao
been made TO acquire his language, and
considerable progress had been erected
in that direction.
But from the moment Of our arrival al
Mars itself and especially after the pat
ties began, the prisoner had resumed
his savage a nd uncommunicative dis
position. and had seemed continually 10
be expecting that We would fall victims
to the prowess Of his fellow beings. and
that he would be released. How an out
law. such as he evidently was. who had
been caught in the act of robbins the
Marian gold mines. could expect TO es-
cape punishment on returning TO his ma
tive planet, it was difficult TO see. Ne
vertheless. so strong are the ties OF race
we could plainly perceive that all his
sympathies were for his own people.
In fact, in consequence OF his surly
manner, and Ms attempts TO escape, he
had been more strictly bound than be-
fore, and to get him out Of the way he
had been removed from the flagship.
which was already oyercrowded, and
placed I'm one OF the other electric ships,
and this ship-as 1t happened-was one
of those which were lost in the great
battle under the clouds. So after all.
the Marian had persisted. by a venge-
full stroke launched from his native
Globe
But Providence had placed I'm our
hands a far better interpreter than he
could ever have been. This girl OF our
own race would need no urging. or coer-
cion. on our part. In order to induce
her TO reveal any secrets OF the Martians
that might be useful in our further pro-
ceedings.
But one thing was first necessary TO
be done.
We muat learn to talk with her.
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But for the discovery OF the store of
provisions II would have been impos-
sibie for us TO spare the time needed to
acquire the language OF the girl, but
now that we had been saved from the
danger OF starvation. we could prolong
the siege for several weeks. employing
the intervening time to the best advan-
tage.
The terrible disaster which we had
suffered in the great battle above tho
Lake OF the Sun. wherein we had lost
nearly third OF our entire force. had
been quite sufficient 10 convince US that
our only hope of victory lay in dealing
the Martians some paralyzing stroke
that at one blow would deprive them
OF the power OF resistance. A victory
that cost us the loss of a single ship
W ould be too dearly purchased now.
Row to deal that blow, and first OF
all. how to discover the means of deal
ing IL. were at present the uppermost
problems before our minds.
The only hope for Us lay In the girl
IT, ali there was every reason 10 be-
Iieve. she was familiar with the ways
and secrets of the Martians. then she
might be, able TO direct our efforts In
such a manner as to render them ef-
fectiye.
1--WE can spare two weeks for this
said Mr.. Ellison. can you fellows OF
many tongues learn TO talk with the
girl in that time?"
"We1l try" said several.
at shall we do" cried the Heidelberg
professor, more confidently.
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men. we returned Is the building ara
this time almost entirely exnaus.eu 10
stores, each man carrying az "se" 40
he could stagger under
Fortunately our proceedings had oesn
conducted without much noise al" ~
storehouse being situated at ooilsIu-
cradle distance from other Duiu'n So
none Of the Martlans, except those "no
would never tell the story mao A"o ~
OF our arrival or OF our doines Oh 'n0
planet. -,
Now. well return and surprise Fur "a,
son with the news" said CoiOhei 0ni.n i
Our ship was the last 10 pass W
through the clouds. and It was strange
sight To watch the others as one after
another they rose toward the eIea.
dome. entered it. though from pelo" ~
resembled n solid vault OF grayish-pinA
marble. and disappeared.
We quickly followed them, ana nav
ing penetrated the enormous cur'ai''
were considerably surprised on eihers-
ing at the upper side to ma thal 'ne
sun was shining brilliantly upon us. i.
will be remembered that 1t was hlsh'
on this side OF Mars when we wen,
down. but our adventure had occupied
several hours, and now Mars mad 50
far turned upon its axis that the por-
ton Of its surface over which we were
had come around into the sunlight
We knew that the squadron when We
had left besieging the Lake OF the Sun
must also have been carried around IN
a similar manner. passing into the hish'
while the side OF the planet "here We
were was emerging into day.
Our shortest way back would be by
travelling westward. because then W,
should be moving in direction oppo'
site to that in which the planet rotated
and the main squadron, sharing tnat TO
tation. would be continually moving III
our direction.
But TO travel westward was to pene'
trate once more into the night side oil
the planet.
The prows. if / may so call them' ol
our ships were accordingly turned II
| the direction OF the vast SHADOW "hlcf
Mars WAS invisibly projecting INTO space
behind it, and on entering that shauoN
the sun disappeared from our eyes an'
once more the huge hidden globe be
meath us became a black chasm among
| the stars
Now that We were in the neighbor
| hood OF "A globe capable OF imparuh
considerable weight 10 all things undel
| the influence of its attraction, that pc
culiar condition which I have before de
| scribed as existing I'm the midst OF space
/ where there was neither up nor dowi
from us. had ceased. Here wnere W.
| had weight up" and down mad re
! sumed their old meanings. Down wa
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n weapon and started forward with n
threatening gesture.
The qiri sprang to my side and grasp
ed my arm with cry OF fear
This seemed to throw the Marian into
n sudden frenzy. and he raised his arms
TO strike.
But the disintegrator was In my hand.
My rage was equal to his.
felt the concentrated vengeance OF
the earth quivering through me as L
messed the button OF the disintegrator
and. sweeping 1t rapidly up and down
saw the gigantic form that had con-
fronted me melt into nothngness.
There were three other giants In the
room. and they had been on the point
OF following up the attack OF their com
rads. But when he disappeared from
before their eyes, they paused. staring
in amazement at the place where. but
a moment before, he had stood Dut
where now only the metal weapon ne
had welded lay on the floor
At first they started back, and seemed
on the point Of fleeing; then, with sec
ond glance. perceiving again how small
and insignificant We were, all three TO-
gether advanced upon US.
The girl sank trembling on her knees.
In the meantime / had readjusted my
disintegrator for another discharge and
Colonel Smith stood by me with the light
of battle upon his face.
Sweep the discharge across the three
! exclaimed. otherwise there Will be
one left and before We can fire again
he will crush US"
The whirr of the two instruments
sounded simultaneously. and with a
quick. horizontal motion we swept the
lines Of force around I'm such manner
that all three of the Martians were
caught by the vbratory streams, and
actually cut in two.
Long gaps were opened in the wall OF
the room behind them, where the de-
stroying currents had passed for with
wrathful fierceness. we had run the vi
brations through half "A gamut on the
index.
The victory was ours. There were No
other enemies that we could see In the
house
Yet at any moment others might make
their appearance. and what more we did
must be done quickly.
The girl evidently was as much amaZ.
ed as the Martians had been by the eff
fects which we had produced Still
she was not terrified, and continued &c
cling to us and TO glance beseechingly
into our faces, expressing In her every
look and gesture the fact that she knew
we were Of her own race.
But clearly she could not speak oul
tongue. for the words she uttered were
unintelligible.
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Colonel Smith, whose long experience
in Indian warfare had made him intense
~ practical, did not lose his military
instincts, even in the midst of events 50
strange.
1T occurs to me-" he said that we
have got chance at the enemies sup
plies. Suppose we begin foraging right
here. Let's see if this girl can't show
US the commissary department"
He Immediately began To make signs
to the girl to Indicate that he was hun
CRY.
A look OF comprehension fitted over
her features. and, selling our hands, she
led us into an adjoining apartment and
pointed TO a number of metallic boxes.
One Of these she opened, taking out Of
IL a kind OF cake which she placed be-
tween her teeth. breaking off very
small portion and then handing II to US.
motioning that we should cat, but at
the same time showing us that we ought
to take only a small quantity.
Thank God, It's compressed food.
said Colonel Smith. Il thought these
Martians with their wonderful civiliza-
ton would be- up 10 that And it's
mighty lucky for us, because. without
overburdening ourselves, II we can find
one or two more caches like this we shall
be able to re-provision the entire feet.
But we must get achievements before
we can take possession of the fodder"
Accordingly we hurried out into the
night. passed into the roadway, and.
taking the girl with US ran as quickly
as possible TO the foot of the tree where
we had made our descent. Then we
slgnaled 10 the electric ship 10 drop
down to the level of the ground.
This was quickly done, the girl was
taken aboard, and a dozen men. under
our guidance. FASTENED back to the
house, where we loaded ourselves with
the compressed provisions and conveyed
them to the ship.
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oconvrleht 1898. by Garrett y SerVies)
SYNOPSIS.
The inventive genius Of Thomas a. hoi-
soo makes possible an attack OF the ear'n
,,non Mars This is done 10 prevent a sec
cnd invasion OF the Martians' VINO are
irving 10 relieve their overPopuia'ou
n,anet. the nrst having failed through
he breaking out Of disease and not hu-
nan euori. Edison invents pidcucdA
electrical airship, and an engine o. &c
struction called the DislntesIa,",'
which will cause tho constituent par''Vi's
of any object at which II may DC direeteu
81 % yibratc that the object Will be I'M
,o.diatelv and completely dispersed.
FARCE feet OF airships arHi.u
Win oisiniegrators and manned by
Two thousand men, among whom
arc many famous scientists, sets
.,,t xVneu several million mnes from
Mars tbe expedition comes upon party
~ Nartians upon a small heavenly body
. ono ~ Inc asteroids. The Maruans are
of giant stature. human IN ioiIn' Dut y.
somewhat repulsive aspect Ihe asteioiu
,s Of sohd gold and 10 get the precious
yoetal is doubtless the reason oi the MAT
,Ians' presence Another party from
Mar arrives in one OF their aerial cars
and an encounter follows, IN when, now
ever. the superior efficiency OF the olslh'e-
orator over the enemy engines OF war
IS ably proven. and the meet leaves lot
Mars after all the Martians have Deeh
KILLED except one. who is taken prisoner.
But victory has not been Won uh.h seN-
sral ships have been destroyed. and many
men killed. During the journey mucn
nrogress is made by the nnguists OF the
Marty In acquiring the language of the
captured Marian. The fleet arrives
above the land OF Hellas. on Mars, and
finds a host of air ships on the watch
Tbs visitors Withdraw from reach whiie
the planet revolves beneath them. Nhen
the land OF Heilas is beneath them again,
activities begin. The Martians cover
their planet with a thick cloud of smoke
which the visitors pierce with their dis
integrators The Martians launch thelr
fhunderbolts. and do much damage 10 the
Edison fleet. which finally drops beneath
The smoke curtain and engages the enc
my. In their ships. in close combat. The
destruction is awful. both on land and IN
The air. and the ships from the earth
withdraw but sixty in number. Colonel
Smith. an army officer. proposes strategy
His plan is TO concentrate a majority OF
the ships and engage the attention of the
Martians. while a few are sent 10 lhe
other side OF the planet to effect land
ing. This Is of vital importance. because
most of the provisions have been unac-
countably destroyed. Colonel Smith Is
put I'm charge Of the ships when repair
20 a thinly settled region in the land Of
Ausonia far from the Lake Of the sun
the most deDsely populated portion Of
the planet. where the great iight hao
taken place The narrator accompanies
Colonel Smith. and they succeed in land
ing upon Mars.
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on this second trip to the mysterious
house we had discovered another apart
ment containing very large number of
the metallic boxes, filled with compress
ed food.
"By Jove. II is a store house." said
Colonel Smith. I'VE must get more force
and carry it all of. Gracious, but this
is a lucky night. We can re-provision
our whole fleet from this ROOM
Il thought IT singular" l said. that
with the exception OF the girl whom We
have rescued. no women We're seen in
the house Evidently the lights over
yonder Indicate the location of a consid-
cradle town, and 1t is quite probable that
this building without windows, and so
strongly constructed, is the common
storehouse. where the provisions for the
town are kept. The fellows we killed
must have been the watchmen in charge
OF the storshouse. and they were treat
ing themselves to little music from
the slave girl when we happened TO come
upon them"
with the utmost haste several Of the
other electrical ships. waiting above the
cloud curtain. were summoned to des-
cend. and. with more than a hundred
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the room with you" 1 asked him where
he got, the information. and he said some
one telephoned 1t. Then in walked gem
tleman whom l found out "a. afterWard
package for you. Mr.. Livernash has shot
himself dead He then told me where
he had killed himself and handed me this
package. I broke the package open and
found a statement. 1t was the state
ment published in the paper, and also
Mr.. Livernash's photograph: That was
the first intimation 1 had that he had
committed suicide or contemplated COM
hitting suicide. 1t was as much sur
prise to me as it could possibly. have
been to his wife. think 1 then told one
take carriage and go with Mr.. Allen and
tell his sister of the sad affair, and let
her break the news to Mrs. Livernash.
p N a turned e the m MAJ t. over
presented In the paper the next morning.
There was no talk of suicide at all while
he was in my room. Neither did he &C
cuse any one, or intimate anything of the
sort to me. On the contrary, he talked
very nationally, was as cool a man as
there was in the room. He said the story
that it was a matter that his sister and
wife knew all about, and that he wanted
his sisters picture in the story to make
1t complete.
Ayes, sir; 1 believe that is ALL
Odd you bring the letter? A.-No,
sir, did not bring it.
OWN you let me see it; bring 1t here?
Ayes, the letter is intact, with the ex-
ception of the first page, from which the
facsimile was made and presented in the
paper and the last page which has about
four or five words and the signature. In
the preparation of the fac-simile it was
either destroyed or mislaid. The other
portion is intact and can be produced.
Also copy Of the agreement dictated by
Mr.. Livernash himself.
Coroner Hawkins-You will send them
down? Ayes, sir.
Q.--That is all you know about the
Q.-All that you knew of the suicide
was when this man Allen came in and
told you? A.-The office boy had just told
me that this man had killed himself. Be
fore he got through, however, Mr. Allen
came in. That was the first intimation
had of his committing suicide.
w. J. Martin, business manager of The
Call, testified: l was present at the con-
versation that took place between Mr..
nothing to Mr.. Leake's testimony. The
man was as sane as any man / ever saw
in my life. / stood within two feet of him
in the office, and paid particular attention
to what he had to say. He was closely
questioned by both Mr.. Leake and my
self. He seemed to lay stress on the fact
that he wanted employment for his sis
ter, and promised to bring his sister round
the next day, and he was told that if she
try and provide for her. He dwelt on the
Importance of this exposure on the water
front, and made that the basis of the
story. That is about all l know, sir.
Q.-WaS there anything in his CONVEX
sation or actions that would lead you to