The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04

Fevident bewilderment, he took my arm
IN friendly manner and led me up to
the aforementioned machine. In front
of it were five levers with the following
Inscriptions: English, Francais, Dutchse
Journalese and Pidgen. Signaling to
me to turn on one of them my companion
went round to the other side of the
machine and picked up what appeared
to be telephone receiver. 1 took his
cue, turned on the English" lever and
picked up another receiver which lay
just handy to my reach.
"My gigantic friend opened the con-
versation. He said: This is the third
reception hall for time-travelers. Have
you come long journey?' Not in the
least understanding him, I poured out a
flood of fquestions as to where was and
how got there. He seemed surprised
at my ignorance, but went on to ask me
what year l came from. I said that
to the best of my belief the year was
that of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-nine. This seemed
to excite him, as he fairly yelled his
next remark which was 'Shgrz phefyl
but that is a journey. You have trav-
eled, my dear sir, roughly speaking.
two thousand seven hundred years.
This is the year of universal peace 165.
How on earth did you manage to get
out of that beuighted periods p Thought
of Jerrold's soap but decided not to
commit myself. Herattled on. Y ou will
be fnd TO our antiquarians;~ the earl
lest traveller we have had so far was
one from the year of your epoch 1902.
just bare ten centuries back
'By this time, determined to get a
little more information ort of him and
a little less gas, which commodity
appeared to have stood the test of the
centuries with remarkable success. l
should mention that at the time when
l licked Jerrold's soap, had been idly
persulng an article which suggested
the annexation of Canada; so that with
fervent patriotic enthusiasm in nv
breast, l spoke the thought which Law
uppermost III my mind.
"'Say stranger, said, has the United
States annexed Canada yetl'
"He seemed visibiy shocked. After a
few moments of grieved silence, his
twO-foot smile reasserted itself and he
said: Dear mel Of course ought to
have remembered that you would bring
your morals with you'll We shall soon
teach you better things, / hope.'
ut then struck me that it would do
no harm to ask him if all the human
race had 'evoluted' to the massive pro-
portions OF the only specimen that 1
mad 50 far observed. His reply, to say
the least of it, was surprising. He said
that since communication had been
established with the planet Venus, the
superior intellects of the Venusians
had taught US all that there was worth
knowing of medicine, which had indeed
been by them reduced to the state of
an exact science. He added that such
puerile question as addition to
stature had been solved among the
very first discoveries.
"By this time, the strange situation in
which found myself had induced a
feeling of extreme WEAKNESS, and felt
that l could no longer sustain the ex-
citement without period of slumber.
l no sooner mentioned the word sleep
to my friend than he shouted: sleep,
my dear fellow; why! sleep has been
abolished"
Here there is an unfortunate hiatus
IN the manuscript. ANGELUs.