The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-20


ed the tedious iteration of their eXper-
iments.
Our Heidelberg professor was the chief
inouisitor. and he revealed himself 90 us
I'm q new and entirely unexpected light.
No one could have anticipated the depth
and variety OF his resources. He placed
himself IN front Of the girl and gestured
and gestculGted. bowed, nodded. shrug-
ged his shoulders, screwed his face into
an infinite variety of expressions, smiled,
LAUGHED scowled. and accompanied all
these dumb shows with posturing eXcla-
nations. queries. only half expressed in
words. and cadcnces, which by some in
rcrious manipulation of the tones OF his
voice he managed to make expressive OF
bis desires
THE eirl looked on. partly astOnished,
rartlv amused and partly comprehend
inc. Sometimes she smiled, and then the
beauty OF her face became most captiNat-
iug. Occasionally she burst into a CHEEKY
laugh. when the professor was executing
some OF his extraordinary gyrauons be-
core her.
III was q marvellous exhibition Of what
the human intellect. when all its powers
are concentrated upon o single object,
is caoablo of achieving. II seemed TO me,
as looked az the performance, that III
au the faces of men who had been stricken
aeurde- 80 The foot Of the Tower OF
Babel by the miracle which made the
tourucs OF each 90 speak language un'
t-,oo,n IN the others. could be brought
TOGETHER again at the foot OF the same
tower. with all the advantages which
thousands Of years Of education had ih
tho meantime impaired 10 them, lhey
would See able. without any miracle 10
make themselves mutually understood.
lone lrnf az 81 Z ] D Ne
ine was actually growing between the
din and fhe professor. Their minds were
plainly meeting and when both had be-
come focused upon Che same point IL was
perfectly certain that the object or the
experiment would be attained
Whenever the professor got from the
Girl 9u intelligent reply 20 his pantomimic
inquiries. .or whenever he believed that
DE got such q reply. 81 was Immediately
iottcd down in the ever note book when
hc carried iL bis hand.
And then be would turn 10 US standing
is, ana with one hand 10 his heart, and
the other sweeping grandly through lhe
air. would make profound DOW ana
say:
''rhe Young lady and 7 great progress
make already have her words compre-
norded. We shall wondrOus mysteries
foIve. Jawohll Wunderiich Make your
selves cenuemen. easy. or the human
,--. tha ancestral stem have i here dis
covered"
There was one thing which gave some
OF MS considerable misgNing, ana lhaI
was tine question whether AFTER aI'
thc language the professor was acquiring
WAS really the girls own tongue or one
tb7t sb, ra6 learned from the Martians.
Dut the professor babe as rest easy
ON that uo.rt. he assured us, In the iiTsL
,iace thai ibis eirl could not be the only
human being living upon Mars but that
ehe must have friends and relatives theie.
THAT being so. they unquesuonaDiy ntu
a. lanouara OF their own. which they
..ote when they were among themselves.
Here nnding herself among beings De'
LONGING TO her own race. she Wouii MAJ
,ir4pv speak her own tongue ana not lhd'
which She had acquired from the Mar
tiaus. Ill, ct
b.re I'm her speech many roots of the
@r.at Arvan tongue already recognized.
We were greatly relieved by this eNpia-
cation which seemed 20 all OF MS per-
foctly satisfactory.
w really. there was no reason why
ON. anal.aes should De any better IMAM
tba other for our present purpose I'D
fact. 81 might be more useful TO us 10
know the language OF the AlaI 'ld"9 .i'Vi, ,
selves. stnl we an felt that we shoulu
nrefer 80 know her language rather 'hah
mat OF the monsters among whoih Sno
had lived.
Colonel smith expressed what was in
o,, minds when. after listening 10 the
reasoning Of the professor he blurted
out.
"Thank Cod. che don't speak any Of
their blamed lingo! BY Joye, it would soil
her pretty lirs
"But also ihat SHE speaks. too" said
the man from Heidelberg, turning TO Col
onel smith with a grin. 1--WE shall both
Of them eventually learn
Xxx.
Three entire weeks were passed IN TINS
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