Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-29


come pIunc;rg uP7a the Lake Of the
SUN and its surruzndlng forts and cit
les. prubatl L. abuzG half 6sr LATER than
the arrival Of the GelUse that travelled
toward the west
Now that We had let the awful de-
struyer loose We almost shrznk from
the thought Ot the Consequences which
we had pr1Gucsd- Ho~ nxny millions
would perish n tez result Of CIR deed
we could not even guess Many Of the
victims, 81 far n ne snsw. might be
entirely innlcent Of sn@iIy toward rs or
sf the evil which s1d te,sn dune TO our
native planet But This WAS = case in
which the good If they existed must
eufrer with the tIsG On account ct the
wicked deeds Of tine latter
have ALREADY rs.-azrksd thai the oCn-
tinents of Mars were higher On then
northern and s01rhsrn borders where
rhay faced the grsn1 c,c-Ans These nat
ural barriers bore 40 the rsin u2ss q
the land somewhat TIE relation Ct The
edge Of . shallow dish TO its bottom
Their rise On tine land SIDE WAS toe
gradual to give them the appearance q
hills. but On the side rcEAra The stz
they hruke down IN steep hanks AND
cIirS several hundred feet IN height
We guessed that III would t,e IN The di
rsctiOn Of these elevlIlcns thai the IN
hahitllts would lee and those whn had
timely warning might thus he stle *
escape in case the tsuCri did ncl-2s i
seemed possible III might In lfS Grs1 rrA
rush-over1Op tine highest e1evaIluas &C
Mars.
As day broke and ths s-n slowly rns
Upon the dreadful <,-eDe hsnsAIh rs W
began to catch sight Of some Of the fee
/ ing irk1hir.rrS We had sAEtttd the 20
/ sitiou of the .Ssl toward the smith, ant
were row slspsn1=& shove the souIh
eastern corner ot Aerik. Here = h;El
hank Of reddish rock con.rcnIea the stA
whose waters ral lAsaiRx and ruArln.
along the hluEs TO supply the rArit
draft produced ty the emP1yiHg Of I'd
/ Syrtis MAIG-- Along the SLhore fhtT'
WAS narruw line Of land hundreds O
miles in length. buu less than = quartz
Of mile truaG- which s1ill rose slight
ly above the surface Of THE water. Nd
this land of refuge WAS absolutely Pack
ed with tine msGs1-U1s inhallI2nts c
the planet Who hard fed hirber ON IN
first warning shl1 the water wAs ccn
ing
In some pisces ID WAS 20 crowded thu
the latter cuGerS culld moi find saandin
ground on dry lanG- tur were ccnIlnr
ally slipping tark snsL falling lnro In
water 1t WAS an awfll sight 10 lock a
them IL reminded LIE Of Fac1ures tbs
had seen of the d-luys In the Gays c
Noah, when tine waters hid r5ssn TO n
mountain turs. and MAN. wo1en I'D
children were nsnulng tcr n focdhcl
upon the Last dry sE0dx uhxr tie cart
contained
We were all ECvsd tr n desire {
help our enemies. fur NC vtr= ore,
whelmed with feelings Ct pity and II
morse. hut to and uas@ wIs r0E uIIt1l
beyond our power Inc mighty food
| were ous, and thu sE1 WAS IN tine hand
of God
Fortunately We ks& little time Fl
thssr thoughts. because no sc,o0tr hi
the day begun to Gavin around Is Ihs
the aIrshIps Of tie NsruHsns 2Fpeare'
Evidently Tire rsmEAs IN t1e-n were dE
ed by tine disaster and Uncertain whl
to do. Ia Is doub1ful wAtIhtr ri FIR
they cumprshezdsas the t.cd that y
were the agents v 10 had Fuu6pcsd ID
cat1elysm
But rs the morning advanced THE M
ships Came f10nkIng I'M greater n
greater numbers tru@ every cirecricI
many svonPilS down close 10 the TO
In order to rssrDs those vino We
drowning Hupdrs&s gathered Alou
the slip of land wh6ch Was crowded,
have dasrrshsd- with Refugees. Win
other hundreds rapbdny Ass-mtasd afro
US svidenuly preparing for nm arrsck
We had learned nm CUT previous 90
tests with the sirshiFs Of THE Martin
that our electrical shiEs hrHa n great 4.
vantage over ths@- MOT retrsly IN rsFl
ity and fsciliry Of DOrtrDenI- amt
the fact that cur disln1Egu1DCx con
sweep sn every dIrsrnlcn, whnie II W
only with raDrh Sl@hculuy uhsr the NJ
! tian airships cuCl3 discharge uhtlr eat
B trlcal strokes m III sDsmy pcased dire
ly above their hesns