The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-28


Yes; just that It's all
Diain enough when you
'iilnH about IT, Venus. being a world
half day and half night. IS necessarily
as hot on one side as it is cold on the
other All the clouds and most Of the
moisture are on the day side Of the
planet where the sunbeanIs act
Inc hot or. charged with M .sture
rises over the middle Of tee suslH ward
hemisphere and flows of above. en- al
Sl4es. toward the night hemisphere.
while from the latter cold air flows ir
underneath 10 take its place. Along the
junction between the two hernispheres
me ciO1ds and moisture are condensed
Dy the increasing cold and fan in cease
less storms ~ snow.
rms snow. descending uninterrupted
~ Tor ages. has piled Nd in yaSr noun
famous masses The moisture cannot
pass very Tar into the night hemisphere
without Being condensed. and so il is all
arrested within great ring OF band,
completely encirCling the planet and
ILlaT KING the division between perpetual
CAV and perpetual night
what look ike gigantic fame. to rs
At me SunbeeTns striking tFOSt. noun
ta1ns Of soIidifed snow and ice tom ne
ninQ and breaking into prismatic fire
ne lninS seemed simple enough after
Ecnund had explained IT, but the ef-
Lects were splendid and awful beyond
description ~ o-i-
I foresee now considerable trouble for
u.s. Edmund continued There's been
a warning Of that, too, II had b--r
needed II I've noticed for some time
mat a wind, gradually gettirg stronger.
~ Deen following Us, sometimes diving
away and then coming I'D again IL Is
hkely that this wind gets 70 be a ter
t-p.e tempest IN the neighborhood Of
those ice mountains.
1t IS The back suction, caused-as T
q Hraa ra.r-
the heated air on the sunny side OF the
planet. il may pIny the deuce with Us
when we get into the midst Of il %
b1l cla you learn al this from
Jubay asked
"Oh, no. OF course not I only man
aged 20 make out from him that his
people knew OF the existence OF these
Icy barriers But the explanation
flashed upon me as soon as I got hold
Of the main fact Now we've got TO
be a little cautious in our 4pprOach''
We slow I'd down accordingly, and as
soon as y did so we began TO notice
the wind that Edmund had spoken Of.
II came n great gusts from behind.
gradually increasing in frequency and
n fury Soon II was strong enough TO
drive the sleds without any pulling from
the car and sometimes they were forced
close under US. and even ahead Of US,
the natives hanging on IN wild alarm
Edmund managed TO govern the mo-
ton OF the Ar for while, holding Il
back against the storm, but as he con
fessed TO US his was thing he had
made no provision for and eventually
We became almost as helpless as a ship
In a typhoon-
i could easily cut Dose from these
fellows and run right out OF this" said
Edmund but I'm not going 10 do IL
I've taken them into my service, and
I'm bound 20 look out for them II there
was room for them IN the car il would
be all right
moment later I'll fetch up the sleds.
attach them under the car Ike the
1asiet Of a balloon, and carry them aIlI
There's plenty Of power It's only room
Il was no sooner said than done with
Edmund.
By this time we were getting into the
ice. Great hummOcks Of il surrounded
US. although there was nOthin-s yet re-
Sembling the mountains that Edmund
had spoken OF, and We dropped the car
down in the lee Of an icy hill, where the
force Of the Wind was broken The sky
overhead was stiIi free from clouds. but
ahead we could see them whirling and
tumbling in mighty masses Of vapor-
Lashing the two sleds together we at
taCled them about ten feet below the
car with wire ropes Then the natives
were assembled. and Edmund made
them faste1 themselves securely. When
everything was ready we four entered
the car ard the power was turned on
wen rise straight up" said Edmund
until We are out Of the wind. and then
wei sail over the mountains and come
down as nice as you please on the other
side
i was a beautiful program. and va
had complete confidence IN our leader.
but IL didn't work as we expected. Even
his genius had met its match this time
No sooner had we risen out o. the pro-
lection Of the ice hummOck than the
wind caught Is. It was q blast Of sucn
power and ferOcity as We had not vet
d
spinning like q top, and there away we
rushed before he tempest. the SIeds be-
ing banged against the car, Ike taSsels
whipping in a storm It was q wonder
OF wonders that the creatures on them
were not flung of, or killed, by the fire.
Quent impacts
But. fortunately. Edmund had seen
that they were securely fastened. and,
as YOU snow already they could stand
knocks ike so many bears In the course
Of twenty minutes We must have tray
eled twice as many miles, perfectly help
less to arrest our mad rush or to divert
our course pitched hither and thither,
and SPRAYING on the floor half the
time The noise was awful and nobod,-
even tried TO speak
The shutters We're open, and sud-
denly l saw through one of the win
dUWs q sight that / thought was sure
y my last The car seemed TO he
sweeping through q dense cloud Of
boiling vapOrS. when they split asuu-
most right against US. was a glitter
ms precipice OF pure ice. cleaning
yrickedIy with blue flashes, and We
were rushing at II as If we had been
shot from q caunOul
There was a terrible shock. which 4
thought for a moment must have
crushed the car like an eggsheu. and
then down we fell-dOwn and dount
CHAPTER VI.
Lost IN the Crystal Mountains