The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-08

1 ] Iooked efouhd lh&hAAh6 ny As,tf nss
sI.oken, but she hsdn't. 1hrn | iosksa
aui Of lhr sindss. Then stoed man
on our I.orrh reof. Nov although ! "a
| fTieiisnrd, I didn't like 10 hr Dispatch
40 anssrrrdi
-wsll, ii.sn, pFs,e il-iakr No there
and lrt n.r 80, Lets suc your
sNeFy arll. eal,,r.- and he held cai hi'
hand,
gasps.l-ihrn laughed, ~ ooursr. i's
Wa lokins, bui l had nothing else 10 da
lesked al him morv closely. Tic .a'
a man alsoui forty yrars old. ] ihougistl
he was really quite good looking, be
lookrd Intelligent and had on eislhe, 81
the lcsi Kind. Hut ! Wandered hoS hs
ever eaine 10 Ia standing oa ssF porch
roof. Hut should ! 40 With himf
~Yes, All right" ] said. and hrld oai
IA, hand.
| IA, lifted me thn,ush a window and
Id ,n, Ia an air ,hip. ,tepped into II.
| n Mas a e,sy llitlr air ship, quite differ
,nt f,.,n M, or,linary-thourh 4 never
| ,.u am, Ih.n, w,r, eou,bes thrrr with
nl,nty of sofa pillows ON them, maya
| .In,, n.a, la and. brst of all. dainty
ho,,, az sho.olates'
s.,iled down on a couch and took
,ou,. ehooolat.,. while he started the ma
ching. Then The air ship started. In.
up, up Nc went.
-wh,rr az, N, .oin.y" 4 asked.
.why. 10 Mar. shrrr came from,"
.yo,, cam, FINN Nar,r
A, nodded. 4 locked Al him with great
rr,n.cI .Ny goodn,., me = Was all that
1 could say. linen / looked down on the
earth "A. wer, certainly leaving IL.
And an. mn. mast The cloud, and on. We
wrn,
.Wh,. 4 won't h. able 10 breathe Ly
and by,r 4 Thought. But lust then
na,l, /. discovery. Tber. w.rr mines and
a small rnginr over m the corner and
,xvycn wns tenlly coming from the
ni,,,'s "A. snw bsw pulzled 1 looked
nnd said briefly,
I'VE make H."
Then A. he didn't seem inclined 10 be
laxative, 4 said nothing more but leaned
back on the cushions and looked into
space. II was then that | realized the
delightful sensation of rushing through
the air. And how beautiful Il all was
By H. | mean the stars and the deep
blue of the sky. Little by little my head
began 10 nod and | wen, to sleep and
was dreaming of bird, and clouds when
MISUNDERSTANDING, and
Here We are al Mars" said my guide
As YOU may suppose, Jumped UP
quickly. II was day time here on Mars
now. On every side A. | looked around
| saw strange flowers. birds and houses;
indeed, everything was strange. The land
seemed 10 he irrigated, however, by
canals. "IIow strange" | thought. But
INV guide led me through a bit OF
c.,in,Ty up the long wide streets of
city.
There were no sky-scrapcrs here, all
were low building,-there was no noise
and no dust The people who were walk
inc ON m, sidewalks were not in a hurry
and an looked happy, Nv guide intro
duccd me TO some. they had such funny
long names that wanted to laugh, but
per6ap, they fel, like laughing al mine.
when they smoke IL was in strange Ian
puape. hut my guide translated il into
English for me, Every one was dressed
IN simnle but lovely clothes of soft. rich
collars Even the poorest seemed 10 be
dressed we'll When I asked my guide
/, ,ber, yY.,. any really moor peopie. he
aid mo. the government attends TO
them.
A little messenger dashed up TO US.
.Tbe Ling wishes 10 see The inhabitant
., ,be Earth /" he said with bow. Then
.,i,hnn, ano,b.r word NJ. led us 10 an
air lin and il seemed but a few
palaee, Before | could realize it | was
Ia nm The stems. was shown into the
palace. and was standing before the king
If an Mars was a little (y) fright
en.d The king was very kind, however,
and ,aLing nv hand said in n common
mac ton,ein English. don't be fright
med / only wanted to know how every |
,h;no was co;ng ON the Earth"
.Hery welI"I said "But not nearly |
- weli ms i, seems to be here, Your
49,
H., I,u,hed .0h. well. Mars has the
80. 80 se;ng The oldest, :" then
49,, DID,. mo .Your Majesty il !
s,,, ,h,. cnsIor, here
aob rm 50 glad" | said, relieved.
NAV I asL some m,e,tionsy"
..Ga.,ai,i, Int only three"
.Wan dn wn o hold tbe same position
=, wan ~ unyernment affairs herepo
Instead of laughing as was afraid he
,omld he said grayelv. "No. We do
~. H. !, hast True there was n dis
WOMEN aerce '''a Nv ',a. oonc.rns
III, 3D.. Tho Earth NAV do as it