The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-01-30
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s@H4hE=MARS4
by GARRETT p. SERVIoS
lcopvRlGaL 1898. BY GARRETT P 5ERvISa


''The expedition against the earth n 5
was inspired solely by him. There is pl,
tradition among the Martians-which iut
my people, however, could never credit IN
that he possessed a kind of immortal an
ity. They declared that it was he who 'e'
led the former expedition against the ~
earth when my ancestors were brought =,
away prisoners from their happy home n,
and that it was his image which they n,
had set up in stone in the midst OF the "a
land of sand He prolonged his exist =,
ence. according to this legend, by drink N
inc the waters of wonderful fountain, \ II
the secret of whose precise location was
known to him alone, but which was SIT
uated at that point where in your maps
of Mars the name of the tons Juventte !,
occurs He was personified wlckedness- n
that know-and he never would nave |
kept his oath if. power had returned TO h
him again to injure the earth In oe-
stroying him you have made your VIC
tory secure.
When at length we once more saw
our native planet, with its we'll remem-
bered features of land and sea rollins
beneath our eyes, the feeling OF JOY thae
came over us transcended all powers oi
expression.
'. had united in sending out the expedl-
ton should have visual evidence OF lts
triumphant return it was decided to
make the entire circuit of the earth be-
fore seeking our starting point and dis
emharkinh. Brief accounts in all known
: languages, telling the story of what we
: had done, were accordingly prepared,
. and then we dropped down through the
: air until again we saw the we'll loved
! hlue dome over our heads and found
; ourselves suspended directly above the
white topped cone of Fusiyama, the sa
: cred mountain of Japan. Shifting our
Mace toward the northeast we hung
. above the city of Tokyo and dropped
> down into the crowds that had assem-
: hled to watch us. The prepared ao-
! commits of our Journey, the moment they
had been read and oomprehended, LED 70
> sucb an outburst of rejoicing as 1t would
: he quite impossible to describe
One of the ships containing the Jap
: anese members of the expedition drop
ned TO the ground, and we lett them IL
the midst of their rejoicing countrymen
! Refore we started-and we remained
: Init short time suspended above th'
: Jananese capital-millions had assem-
= bled TO greet us with their cheers
: We now repeated what we had don
: during our first examination OF the sur
face of Mars. We simply remained SUE
pended in the atmosphere, allowing III
: earth to turn beneath us. AS Japan II
2 coded in the distance we founu Onin
: beginning to appear. Shlftlng our pos
tion little toward the south we agar
came to rest over the city OF PeKlnI
where once more we parted with son
of our companions, and where the GU
! hurst of universal rejoicing was
peated. 90
we nassed over Russia, visiting IN tu
Moscow and St. Petersburg. :.
Still the great globe rolled steaoi
beneath. and still we kept the sun WI
MS Now Germany appeared, ana III
Tta1v and then France and Eng land,
we shifted our position, first tn, tn
south. in order to give all the world
onnortunity to see that it's warriors d
: retnrned victorious from their Tar CT
onest. And in each country as 1t pas
: beneath our feet we left some OF
: comrades who had shared our perlls
our adventures.
At length the Atlantic had rol
: awav under us and we saw the spl
of the new New York
The news of our coming had b
: flashed ahead from Europe, ana
countrymen were prepared 60 weic'
ms. We had originally started III
be remembered, at Midnight anu
! again as we approached the new ga
of the world the curtain OF hlsnS
: inst bepinning to be drawn over 1t.
-a-.-f-i- our signal lights were apiaze'
through these they were aware VI
: approach. -. h,
IN ! ;no roclrets and shaken with the TO
cannon and with volleying CHI
nonred from millions of threats,
came to rest directly above the CITY
Three DAYS after the landing OF
I eoot and when the first enthusiast
e in ! or,r recention had a little passed
uble I oo;ved a beautifully engraved car
buy ! u;t;no ma to be present in III
J oburch at the wedding OF Anna ana
a ms MS ! ney Phillips.
'nd us when arrived at the church,
rt as had been splendidly decorated,
+hare Mr.. Edison, Lord Kelvin al
4 alb J tho other members of the crew
and ao,sb;n and. considerably to m
'cords J nr;se Colonel Smith, appropriate
rect t;rod and with a grace for the P
! s;o, IF which 1 had not CIV 81
f. Ltd ! credit, gave away the beautiful b
o.r But Alonzo Jefferson Smith
man and a soldier, every inch =, OF
at asked her for myself, ne
nered to me after the ceremony,
iow;no a great lump in his throat
) to treat iowlne a 49, des;re Of her he
is agree she mas nau 'no 49, claims. Ie
ough the am going DacA W 'n st;u Emo
hole sur q command again. anu ''-
Druggists to fight
mail, 10 And thus was united ioi al
continue time the first stem Of the Arya
which had been long lost, but
stroved. with the latest offspring