The Washington times., 1910-07-25

I x dncs quicker than thought, Win
Il a turn Of the knob, he swerved
Z the car and threw us all OF our
feet aEaln- But we would nave Deeh
/ thankful 10 him even il he had broken
our heads, for he had saved US from m
/ slant distractions
I The danger was not yet gone, however.
! Scarcely had the huge dumbbeu (Which
Edmund assured us afIeEWdrd must
1 have been composed Of solid iron, from
its effect on has magnetic needless passed
/ before there came from outside q blaze
! Of lightning so nerCe ana penetrating
I that u closed our eyes as II the lids had
/ been slapped shut
/ "A cOLllslou- exclaimed Edmund
I The thing has struck another big me
( teoI. and they are exchanging red-hOt
/ compliments"
/ He threw himself fiat on the floor and
{ stared out of the forward peep-hole-
/ Ihcus Immediately, he jumped TO has
I feet and Eave US another tumble He
l naN changed the course once more.
/ They're all about US, ne said
/ -Ne ere like boat in a. raging spring
/ Ilesne-, WITH rocks, tree trunks. and
/ tossing c.tses q ace threatening II on
I every la-1- t,Lr wei get OUT OF H.
/ he ear Obeys its helm as if charmed
/ Eyp j got away from that last fellow
I b. setting uD an atomic reaction against
{ an see foe
ia tue midst OF our terror we could
/ not but admire our leader
/ Ills resources seemed bOundiess and
I our confidence grew with every escape.
] rHH
{ N e watched the meteDTs out of the win
ooWs while Edmund kept guard at the
peep-Ioie- we must have come almost
within Strikiu- distance of loco ln the
course OF an hour, but Edmund decided
/ not 20 diminish his speed, for he said
/ rhat he found he could control the car
/ quicker when IL was under fun head
way.
50 on we rushed. lodging the things
IKE q crow ID q flock Of Fostering I-.ys.
and after q while we began TO enjoy tus
q
I shooting rapids IN an open ssiff. and we
Egr So confident at last ia the powers
( were rather sorry when the last meteor
I was passed and we found ourselves once
I more IN clear. open space.
{ AFTER that the time passed quietly we
+ ate our meals and slept as res -larly as
I 81 we had been at home.
/ There WAS no night for us because the
( sun sEo1e in ar one window or the other
+ all The time y 90, as have said, the
( sky was Jet black and the stars -Iit-
I tered everywhere round US when we
wanted 10 sleep we put ND the shutters.
I hole which. as Il did not face the sun.
Z admitted little light We kept count Of
the days E- the aid OF a calendar ciocS.
There seemed To be- nothing that I'd
once Tire idea suddenly came 10 me
that Dc was wonderful thing that NC
/ had not an boon smothcrCC with bad
/ air, breathing the atnoSpneTs OF the
car over and over again as we were do
ing, and i asked Edmund abo--- It, he
/ THAT'S the easiest problem OF an ne
+ said --Looz here"
/ and ne threw open O little grating In
IN there" he expI9fued. there's an
( apparatus which ahsorbs the Carbouic
1 acid and reEeUS tie air It is good %
+ work for at least q month, which VIII
/ be more time than We need for this eZ-
UedirI-u-
/ There YOU are again. broke in Jack.
I -I was asking you about tnar when " e.
I ran into those peSEy UeJeorS- ~ nat l5
. This eEueEftiCug Where are we gCIu--
I We'll. since you have become pretty
I good slipuatesr replied EDMUND,
/ don't see any objection 10 telling you
/ We are going 90 venus
/ Going 10 VenUsET we all cried IN a
TO be sure Why uot2 We've got the
+ proper sort Of a conveyance haven z
I There was no denying that As We
I knew that we had left the earth far be-
/ hind and had already Travelled some
I millions Of miles, l. didn't after all.
/ seem TO be q very crazy idea that We
might actually 60 70. 70 Venus .ls7 r,-7-
I When we quit the earth Edmund
Z replied, Venus was rapidly approach
T iuE Inferior conjunction You know
E what that IS. Albert addressing me
/ ITS when Venus comes between the
sun and the earth The distance be-
4 tween the Two is not always the same
L
I that on this occasion allowing FOR the
circuit thar we should have 20 make.
+ there would be just 10000 miles TO
I travel At the average speed OF twenty
I niles q second We could 90 tnat dis
I tauce In - days 49, hours
'fFUt. Of course I had 20 lose some
I time going slow through the earth 3 at
uOSUlere. for otherwise the car would
/ have caught fire by friction Ike q ne
( -eo-. and shan have TO slow Up again
wi .en we enter Venus atmosphere SO
I that I Don count on lanQlnE on venus
I in less than sixteen days from the time
Of our departure.
we've already been out five days. so
/ eleven remain before I hope TO Introduce
YOU TO the inhabitants Of another
world
/ The Inhabitants OF another world,
Z This idea took Us all aback-
/ DO you believe. there are any such
I inhabitants2'' asked Henry
Ell know there are said Edmund
/ Otherwise I wouldn't have taken the
"Of course said Jack stretching oul
I his legs and pulling at his pipe. Who'd
so 27,600. 30 miles If he didn't expect TO
Z see somebody
Then that's what you put the arms
ABOARD 1cr- remarked
Yes. but I hope we shall not have to
/ use them"
/ strikes me this is a sort OF pirate
ship" said Jack But what kind Of
arms have you gOt2''
For answer Edmund threw open q
( locker and showed US an array OF auto
+ matte guns, pistols, and some CUtlass-
eS-
/ DECIDEDLY plraticaI-- cried Jack
/ But see here, Edmund. With all this
. interatomic energy that you've got an
der control why in the world didn't YOU
I construct something uew-somethin-
that would just knock the Fenustiaus
/ silly and blow their old planet uD. il &c
I became necessary t seems 90 me that
/ automatic arms, though pretty Sood at
I home, are rather small pumpkins for
I invading a foreign world with
I ct didn't prepare anything else said
I Edmund. In the first place. because 7
/ hadn't time and IN the second place.
/ because 7 didn't really anticipate any
( lighting L hope that we can set alonE
/ without that
you mean to try moral suasion. I
/ suppose drawled Jack. wei. any
how. / hope they'll be glad to see us,
4 and since it's Venus were going TO
I visit, Z expect that the ladies' VIII be
+ perfect hours for beauty. I'm glad
( you made 1t Venus instead OF Mars,
Z Edmund for, from al I've heard about
Mars with its fOurUeeu-fOct g=cuts. I
don't think ] should care TO 20 there
We all laughed at Jacks fanCies, but
there was something thrilling in the
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