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And then he would turn Ia us, stand
ing by. ard, with one hand ON his heart
anu the other sweeping %grandly through
the air, would make a profound bow
and say:
The young lady and l great progress
make already. l have her words COM
preheuded We shall wondrous mystic
rieS solve. Jswohl, Wunderlich! Make
yourselves gentlemen. easy. OF the
human race the ancestral stem have |
here discovered"
Once l glanced over a page of his
notebook, and there l read this;
"Mars-Zshmor.
"Copper-HayeA
"SwCrd-AnL +.
81 lump-Aitesna
81 slay-Amontha.
81 cut off a hsad-KsutasscS
~ slsep-Zicha
81 love-Levza."
When l saw this last entry, l looked
suspiciously at the professor.
Was he trying to make love without
u knowing it to the beautiful captive
from Mars:
II ~, l felt certain that he would get
himself into difficulty. She had made
s,deep impression upon every man in
the flagship, and l knew that there was
more than one Of the younger men who
would have promptly called him to &C
count If they had suspected him Of try
ing to learn from those beautiful lips
the words. II love-"
x " r- .1 80 ,,,DI
of Colonel Alonzo jefferson Smith if in
my place he had glanced over the note
hook and read what l had read.
And then | shoueht Of another hand
some young fellow in the flagShip-Syd-
ney Phillips-who il mere actions and
looks could make him 50, had become
exceedingly devoted to this long lost
and happily recovered daughter of Eve.
In fact, l had already questioned
within nv own mind whether the peace
would be strictly kept between Colonel
Smith and Mr.. Phillips, for the former
had. to my knowledge, noticed the
young fellows adoring glances and had
begun to regard him out of the corners
Of his eyes a. If he considered him 10
better than an Apache CT q Mexican
Greaser.
But what" l asked myself. would
be the vengeance that Colonel Smith
would take upon this skinny professor
from Heidelberg If he thought that he,
taking advantage Of his linguistic pow
ers, mad stepped in between him and
the damsel whom he had rescued"
However. when l tcoI a second lock
at rhe professor / became convinced
that he was innocent - ..av such amer
intentions aud that he had learned,
OF believed he had learned, the word
iCr "lOve' simply in Pursuance Of the
method by which he meant TO acquire
II language If this girl.
There was one thinS which gave some
- Us considerable m~!scivinS, and that
Was the question whether after all the
language the professor was acquiring
MAS really tce girls own tongue or one
that she had learned from the NaTtians,
BUT thc professor haae rs resi- easy ON
that pC,nt He assured Us, III the hrst
place. ;aa thls girl could not tie the
only human icing living upon Mars,
hut hat she mast ave friends and rela-
tives there Ina, ocins 50, they unques-
uonahly had s language Of their own,
which they spoke when they Were
snlVac themselves Here. findir- herself
among beings belonging L her own
raCe, she wCl,a naturally speak h.I
own tongue and not that which she had
!, Acquired from The MagiianS
. "NUreOye-, sen,lenlen,' he added,
Il have in her speech many roots Of the
!, great Ary-.a tongue already recognized. -
/ We We've greatly relieved by this ex'
plantation, which seemed 10 a2 Of n,
perfectly satisfactory,
Vet, really, ,here was nc reason WHY
4. Z language Shcald he any better thai
| tne other fer CUT present purpose, Il
1. fact il might he more Ostiul 10 us I,
know the language IF the Martiant
themselves SAL, We sl felt that W,
|. shO2.6 prefer 10 know her iancuac,
j. rather than that II the monsters amen:
= whom she had lived,
= Colonel Smith expressed what wa
in all cur minds when. after l~istenin!
Z u the reasoning Of the professor, b,
blnrJei OCs:
:. Thank God, she don't speak any O
j. their blamed lingo! BY Jove. it woul'
soil her pretty lipsr
{ But ais that she speaks, too, " sal,
. the man from Heidelberg, turning I
i Colonel Smith with a s-in, I'VE shat
v both II them eventually learn"
4 Three entire weeks were passed il
5 this manne After the first week N
: girl herself materially assisted the lin
gusts IN their efforts TO acquire he
speech
l. At length the task Was so far advanc
4 ed tia, we could, in = certain sense, rt
gard it As practically completed. Tn
Heidelberg professor declared that b
had mastered the tongue Of the ancien
h AryanS HIS delight was upbounded
With prodigious industry he set
work. scarcely stopping TO eat or sleeI
d to fern a grammar Of the language.
s. You shall see he raid. 1T wi,
II the specula,iOns Of my oounrrymen viz
dictate"
ir No doubt the professor had an exat
D. gerated opinion of the extent Of his n
d Q~uirementS but the fact remained thi
,e enough had been learned of the girl
5 language TO enable him and several OIL
4. srs to converse with her quite as readil
4, rs = person Of good capacity who b
studied under the instructions Of a n:
. tive teacher during q period Of 81
:. months ran cnaverSp IN a fareicu tpDOu,