The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-30
A COLUMBUS OF SPACE By oAR9E!7 2 sEE2Izs
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10 yards Of che car. Then one OF the
the water, there it rose and feT with
the sven as gently as a swan
WIN some appearance Of caution il
9eEa1 TO approach US What should we
Edmund answered the question in a
practical manner without consulting the
rest or us lie threw open a window
ana stepped ont upon q steel IedEe run
IilE just beneath IT, You should have
seen the astonis hmeut OF our incuisitors
when they caught sight Of him
instantly tuey stopped the slow move
1-ielt OF their craft and gathered al IFS
bow. staring at Edmund and making All
sorts or strange gestures Edmund re-
nealea The same EaEcEvers that he had
el.iFlol ea a. the entrance OF the cavern
where re first landed
HALO. your he called out
Hls voice sounded Ike a tremendous
e5tgA- anu UomeUtary panic seized
lleln- 1hey were evidently as unused
% loud voices IS we're the creatures on
me Ctler SIDE OF the planet But they
were nor SC easily COWed- Feeling them
selves az safe distance from The
strange monster. they held their ground
We were not prepared fer their next
move IT they had given no evidence
81 L-e AFFECT might. that had overcome
enc creatures az the cavern when their
ears were thus assaiIed thew had at
least shown LEar they were greatly star
Lied and disturbed. and we sScrlbeI their
cgl.lDa-allF6 CCOlDeSs TO the fact thar
they were IN a ship which they knew
co-iio take Night INTO the air al q mo-
meuts police
But We mislUdEed them. or rather.
o-e OF Ltell-- = our surprise. after the
fUcuel-arT effect OF EdrUUu6-s sr.0---
had passed. they began araf1 ~ -
ETCLCl rs
Then We saw that this u1aneuver Vas
1-e 90 Lle commands or a person stand
ing near tne bow, and our auazenant
may De imagined when We recorufzaf-
tDl-- 4-L plsslulItg OF coubt-that
,lls person was a Womau-
They were now within fifteen wards
~ as ana every detail Of the faces and
5-5--eS vas visible There were. per
maps tn-Tty persons on the airslfD.
winch continued floating easily on az
water. and Of these half a dozen yvg-s
certainly women.
They stood ia a group IN front Of The
men, alll one or them, as have said.
10y leI commands directed the move
EleutS OF the vessel. Jack whose ire
presSlble optimism had not been uzrr-s-
-sLiltz alIectea by our recent terrible
crowded az the window behind Ed
'.Amaz9ns, upon my wordt The WON
en- are in command here I should
ing the Veuuses"
Not Amaz0rs in appearance" I re-
g.-e9- 20 you ever see any creatures
more beautiful than ch0Se2"
and indeed as the way OF the an
proac1lnE crafc was stopped. and il
elitle9 very slowly nearer, Dur eyes
were fairly dazzied by tie spectacle
which those women presented
Their forms and faces we're distinctly
human IN type but with suggestion os
something almost supeTh1. man mar
uCularly noticed their lea TOR
she was bewildering- She seemed a
Madonna just descending from thu sIzy-
And YET sne was rather an AphrOdite
t12n Madonna
Her complexion was 1irh+ nth
name upon the cheeks; her hair a chest
nut blonde Her eyes. Of a p1fre ss.,-
phire blue, seemed TO radiate a light Of
their own 7 had never seen. had 7rav0r
dreamed, Of such eyes They were mora
LlaH eyes they were truly what the
poets had imagined windows Of the
such expression as they had verify
beleTeC that they spoke 7 could feel
slTaL sc = -uence proceeding from them.
her dress and that OF her companions
was something that I cannot describe
I-lTtler than to say that Z suggested tho
attire Of a Greek statue. II was not fs7a
dress that terrestrial women would wear
at the present tine. except perbauS in
some remote Pacific island. but IL re-
vealed and enhanced the beauty Of the
Wearer IN q manner tnat would have
driven an artist wild with admiration
In the presence Of this vision we had
no eyes for The men in the BACKGROUND
and vet as glance showed they were
no less remarkable for physical attrac-
tons
They were OF about the average I'M
man stature, and very perfectly formed
with attire as CIGsiscaIIy simple as ttat
Of their beautiful companions. We were
all so lost IN amaZement and 9dniraf-ol
that even Edmund seemed 20 have ben
struck dumb and motionless, not know
ing what 20 do
The craft drifted within four or FIVE
yards Of the car. and then the woman
who commanded il slowly lifted her
right hand, revealing a SlitteriuE brace /
let OF gems upon her white wrist and
with a smile Of iudescribable winnfn.--
ness made q motion which said. - /
plainly as worCs could have done:
Strangers, YOU are welcome
The Confirmation Of This Story VIII
Be Found In TomOrrovv,s
issue o. The Times.