Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-01-25

/ young wife, VINO, incredible as it may seem,
took an interest in her gifted husband ex
periments.
As you know" be explained, my ran
tometer completely reverses the law of
gravity, making whatever it Is attached to
| tall away from the earth instead OF toward
it."
Yes, but aside from solving the prob
lem OF aerial navigation the rantometer mas
been Of no use. 1t doesn't enable US to
/ pass outside the eartas atmospheric belt,
hence we are as ignorant as eyer concern
ing other worlds taan our own.
That is the point | an coming to" the
| professor ansBe.eu.s Il have Just com
1 pietea an APPARATUS vita wblah can store
] neat. Long ago ! began bottling atmos-
/ pnere. One day it occurred 70 me thai II
air could be packed away like crackers IN
box it must be possible to condense and
preserve heat 1als / can do with my
praemostat. Now there is nothing to pre-
vent our taking trip TO some star and
finding out what conditions exist there.
1 The professors wife was anxious to be-
| come an actress, and realizing that it would
be easy for her TO do this ii she could gain
notoriety as tie first woman to make
trip to the starA sne consented to accom-
pauy him across the gulf of space.
After an uneventfui trip through realms
| that were wholly devoid OF obstacles they
found themselves, one day, in the vicinity
OF a large planet that resembled the earth
in the latter's most lovely spots. The pro
lessor put the reverse English on his rantom-
eter, thus permitting their car to drop
gently down upon the sphere which lay un-
der them. They found this planet to be
vast garden OF Eden. Every breath OF
the atmosphere was strong tonic, beau
tiful flowers were everywhere, sparkling
brooks tinlIed through lovely WOODLAND
ways, birds filled the air with melody, and
gladness was upon everything.
by George!" said the professor, hop
ping out and helping the lady to alight.
this must be Heaven. wonder if George
Boardman is around here anywherey George
was the pest man | ever knew. He sure
ly"
''Lemuel Monckton," his wife interrupt
ed, what do you mean by speaking that
way Of such a man? Didn't he make pro
vision in his will that his mother should
have a regular annual allowance from his
estate and fix it so that if his wife gave
her own people anything the property was
all to 60 to his family? The idea of your
expecting such man could go to HeavenV
jected to their marriage, claiming that she
was throwing herself away on man of low
birth, and it was only"
Their argument was cut short by happy
looking old man who had just stepped from
behind an immense rosebush.
How do you do, sir?" said the profess
sor. Can you tell us how far we are from
Chicago?"
Chicago? All, yes, remember Chicago.
Well, no matter about the number of miles.
You can neither see the smoke nor smell
the stock yards and there is no dust from
the streets to blow into your eyes or sift
down your backs This is the planet Hal
eyon When did you die?'
Eve are not Dead the lady answered;
I'VE are mere travellers My husband
thought when we landed that this must be
Heaven"
1T is-or rather, part of Heaven. This
is your husbands Heaven. Yours is located
on another planet
what" she exclaimed. you don't
mean to tell me that we are to be divided in
death?"
Yes and no. Here your husband win find
all the women he ever loved or ever thought
he could love- Here they are and here they
will remain through all eternity to be wooed
by him"
'Lemuel," she commanded, turning to
the professor, you get into that car and
stay there till I'm through talking to this
man."
After locking the door she turned and
said:
I'D like to know where the heavenly
part of it comes in with such state OF
things. If man can come here and go
I 70, oil ft,a bo loved
must be fine old times. I'd like to see a few
of the homely thingsl I'd show"
There comes one of them now" the old
man replied, pointing at beautiful maiden
who was tripping down winding path to-
ward them.
Let me outl Let me Quit" yelled the
professor, pounding at one of the car win
1ows.
But the old man waved a warning hand
at the girl and she turned away
"Nou see,' he continued, THE system is
rather complicated, An exact counterpart
of you will be here among your husbands
! loves-if he really loves you--and you, on
the planet to which your spirit will go at
last, will find your husbands double there
among the other men you have loved, and
/ with whom you viii be free to moon and
1 spoon and hirt forever
| so you see every one .nay be provided
! for. Each OF those you have loved will, in
turn Be placed among the different ones
! he has loved, free to make each believe she
! is the one and only. This disposes of the
| question that has troubled people on earth
| the question how a man who has married
| three or four times is to arrange matters
/ With the ladies In Heaven. With his wives
! located on different planets, and with each
/ OF them provided with a counterpart of
/ him, they may all be happy
You must understand that there are
millions and billions OF planets that cannot
1 be seen from the earth even through the
/ most powerful telescopes The stars that
are visible from there are in number as a
/ handful of peas compared with the sands OF
! the seashore Many of the stars you have
/ looked upon in the night are suns with sys-
| TENS OF invisible planets that revolve
around them. Men know Of the invisible
! planet whic swings around the star Algol.
| That is but one of thousands of billions OF
! similar cases. There's plenty of territory
for all corners. 1t will never be necessary