The Washington times., 1910-08-01

midst Of Il rose an edif.ce OF UNPARALLELED
spiendor, winch could only be the palace
OF mighty king
Above this magnificent building, which
giedmed with metallic reflections. al
though II " as as light and airy in con
StrucuOn as 1rOstNOrI. rose the Hottest
OF the aerial tOWc-g q hundred stories
" nile the OtueT craft fell hack we
I Kept on until we reached the princf-
pal stage OF this tower From below
ran a e-oWd Of smaller airships. which
I ran up and down the sides of tle
tower stopping AZ various stages, dis
charging their living cargoes-
Elevators said Edmund senten-
tioUsIy.
CHANGING around, we saw that the
same scenes were occurring at all
the neighb0ring towers. They were
/ ming up with people. and the con-
/ tinuai rising and descending Of the
little craft that bore them. the holt
day aspect Of the CAV coIors every
where displayed. and the general
( DrlllIancy OF the spectacle, produced
/ q oeep impression upon US But the
/ most astonishing effect stu awaited
! US
Just as our vessel reached the lard
| ing stage the enormous tower, from
loot to apex, broke out with al che
nueS OF the prism. like an enchanted
EoSetree, covered with millions Of
! brilliant flowers ct the touch Of a
I wand The effect was oveTw heIminE.
/ The air became tremuIous with rip
! ling colors. whose vibrant waves,
/ with quick succession Of concordant
y
+ pleasure akin to that which the ear
{ receives from a carlton Of bells. Our
/ companions, and the people crowded
] on the tower, seemed transplanted
! with ecstatic delight
/ he music Of the spectrum cried
Edmund Tine diapason Of color! This
/ prismatiC instead OF a sonOmetric
[ stan And, mark me, this has a sig
I nlncance beyond your COnjectures-
( such reception can only mean that
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I most exalted rank
We were not long IN doubt as 10
mat our craft was made fast. ano
Ala was the nrsJ 10 step upon the
{ lanclng- stage and pass into the tower
/ she was received on every hand with
I the most respectful salutariOng 4
{ tall young man, as handsome as
Apo So met her with a profound
genuhection and conducted her beyond
our sight
Then we were led ashore
! The curiosity that we excited was
immense Iney pressed and thronEed
I about US, men. women and children,
( speaking rapidly in their low tones.
: and exchanging thoughts by glances
Z OF the eye
! we could feel what they said about
7 Us we knew that they regarded Us
4 as Inhabitants OF the mysterious. un-
/ visited side Of their world, and the con
& ffast IN appearance between Juba and
I us amazed them. as e had amazed their
I counJrymeu who first beheld Us.
But they were not Afforded much OPP
I DOTt1nity to study US. FOR we were
/ hustled through the thrOuE without
I entity we eDborSeC with our czptors on
{ enc Of the elevators" and made q
1 tHrilinsly rapid descent Arrived az the
7 bottom we we're led through long stone
! walled passages into a verItabIe dun
Eeon.
And there they left US,
I wondered II this had been done BY
Alas orders The reflection shook my
/ confidence lu my theory
/ Il wasn't prepared for this" said Ed
/ nund- speaking through the darkness.
Tor we could not see one another. but
! I couldn't have better provided II I had
{ foreseen the cmergency-f
/ Almost as he spoke a brilliant light
( Illuminated the place He had turned
/ on a pocket electric lamp We looked
/ about and found that we were in a
l square cham .ers about fifteen feet on a
side, with walls OF heavy, closely dressed
/ and matched stones.
! They make things solid enough down
mere, said JACK however light and
airy they may DE above"
J Henry sank upon the floor the pic
ture OF detection and despair I ex-
Pected from him another outbreak Ike
SPOKE not word His heart was too
1 Iuil Tor utterance- 7 pitied him so
& much that Il served to reanimate my
{ spirits a little
Come. now" 7 said. don't take #
I Jnat way. man Have confidence in Ed
Inuno- de mas never vet been beaten %
/ He's got ais hands fun this time
! Tch2T, Jack broke IN PessimistiCalIy-
/ What DO you think. Ednund2 Ceu
your lnteraIomlc energy bore q Eole
/ through these walIs2r
/ II / had anything to work with.
7 you'd see Edmund replied But
! there's no occasion 10 worry- Wei
( come out all right
II was his universal remark when I'm
difficulties. and somehow il always en-
( hearteued us
Juba. more accustomed than we we're
1 % such situations seemed 20 be tn
east peTLUrbed member OF the part-
i he rolled his huge ewes around ana
! Ilen lay down on the floor and seemed
I Al once 10 fan asleep
That's good idea" said Edmund.
SilililnS- II S long time since We ve
h2d nap Let's all try a little seen
! may dream OF some way out OF this"
II was 4 fact that we were exhausted
LOT want or sleep and in spite OF our
situation, we fell into deem sItlr1ber as
peaceful IS II we had been in our beds
al nome Edmund had turned ont the
amp and the silence and the darkness
were equally profound
have no idea how long I slept.
uHLN Know that ! aWoke startled by the
-Ght, and found them ali on their feet,
except Jubas who sat on the floor blink
llg his big eyes Edmund. seeing me
rise said at once
I've found a way out Tn half dis
posed not 10 try IL, because have an
idea that well come out all right any
how But when YOU are in a hole. and
Providence. throws You a rope, perhaps
Il 8 best 10 test it
w hat have you found out -
something extremely simple This
/ IS no DTisOn-Ceu. but a part Of what we
should call the engine rooms Probably
{ Il $ mere StorerOom. They have Dut
us here for convenience, trusting more
TO the darkness than 20 the lock for
/ the corridors outside are as black as
ErebUs and as crooked as q labyrinth
How do you know
Because while YOU slept investi-
gated The lock Is nothing. The rner-
/ est tyro could pick It Fortunately.
/ they never guessed had a lamp in my
| pocket
Around a corner. a little wav from
| our door. there IS another door. opening
into passage that leads past a power
mouse That passage gives access 20 a
sort Of garage Of aerOpIanes. and when
/ stole into 1t, FIVE minutes ago, there
was not soul in sight
We'll simply slip out there. and II
cant run away with one OF their
machines I'm no engineer
1 thought Of Ala again. and FdmUD6-s
expression OF confidence in our ultimate
safety made me hesitate to take this
new risk. but Jack and Henry were
eager TO get out, and we decided 70