The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-23

Wonderful. Wonderful" we all ex-
But" persisted JACK. what are you
Again Edmunds eyes flashed. and he
said.
..You'H see.'
The scene out Of the window was
beautiful The city. lights were nearly
all below our level. and away of over
the Ne,@ Jersey horizon I noticed the
planet Venus, near 70 setting, and as
brilliant as a diamond / am something
Of star-gazer, and Z called Edmund s
attention 70 the planet, as he happened
10 be standing beside ne
Fine. isn't she2" ne said Finest
world in the solar system. And Schia-
oarelu says she's got two sides TO her.
one side always daylight and the other
always night"
I -sas surprised at his exhibition OF
astT0nonic lore, for had never known
that he had given any attention 10 the
subject But a moment later all tits
was forSottel. for Edmund suddenly
pushed Us hack from the window AID
Going down again so soon2-' asked
Jack a little banteringly. as before
Edmund smiled Going" he said.
simply, and put his hands on one OF the
knobs. pressing IL gently We felt our
selves moving very slowly
That's right Edmund. Jack put IN
again Let US down easy; 1 don't like
We al expected at every instant to
feel the car touch the cradle from
which T. had started But We were mis-
taken What really did happen can
better be described in the words OF Viii
Church, who, YOU viii remember. had
been LETT outside IN the shanIy- I got
the account from him long afteTward-
He had written IL out and put il away
IL a safe as a sort Of historic document
Here IS ChurCh's narrative, emitting
the Introduction, which read Ike a
lawyers brief
When We went over from the club 70
SIOueWalIS laboratory, I dropped be-
hind the others because the four Of
them took up the full width OF the side
walk StOneWdll was talking TO them.
and my attention was attracted by
something uncommon in his manner. I
can't describe Il very well, but there
was an Indednable carriage Of the head
which suggested 70 me the thought
that everything was not exactly IS IL
should Re
I don't mean that I thought him
crazy or anything Of that kind. but /
was convinced that he had some
scheme in his mind to fool US bit
terry repented, when things turned out
as they did, that I had not whispered
a word u the ears Of the others But
that We ID have been difficult. and
besides, didn't think that the matter
was anything serious Nevertheless,
determined 10 stay out Of II, so that
the laugh should not be on me, at any
rate Accordingly, when the others en-
tered the car l kept away. and when
StOneWau called me I aid not answer
As he closed the door OF the car. for
the nrst time the impression came to
me that II might be something serf-
Gus, but Il was then too late to inter
1ere- vas greatly astonished when,
without the slightest apparent rea-
son, the car began to rise in the air
L hadn't taken II for anything in the
nature OF a balloon. and this wasn't
the. kind Of a practical joke 1 was
looking Tor, though If 1 had not been
50 stupid 1 might have guessed it
when saw StOnewaH open the roof
oS the shanty-
It was with much trepidati ton that 7
saw the thing, which really looked
diaboiical with aits polished sides
gllnting In the electric light, rise
silently through the roof, and float
my seriously upward. I felt relieved
when II stopped at a height OF a
couple or hundred feet, and I said to
myself that they would soon drop
down again. and perhaps. after all
they would turn the laugh against
NE for EeinE afraid
But N a little while the car began to
move again, slowly rising. and shin
ing ike some maiI-clad monster in
the light Of the arc lamps below IN
1ndennabie terror commenced TO creep
over me, and 1 shivered as I watched
the thing.
1t moved very deliberately, and in