The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-31

wonderful language, which was at the
same time no language and all language
Tor Ie developed into things Infinitely
I more incredible than any that I have
yet related. But enough for The present.
You can now comprehend how II was
mat landing in another world, We were
able 50 soon 10 establish an understand
lnS, and even an intimacy. with its in
habitants- Believe me, on the earth no
body has begun 10 dream what mind
means
Edmund soon made Ala understand
that We wished TO Journey into the
lands lying beyond the shores OF the
sea He told US atterward that his con
lecture had been right. and that the air
S5lips were realiE On an exploring e2zpe-
diLOn along the borders OF the world OF
light, because the inhabitants en- that
side Of Venus had great curiosity 10
know what lay beyond the storms and
night
Evidently II was the violent tempests
which prevailed near the crystal noun
tsins that prevented the passage of
selves they had never seen But they
felt that they had made discovery OF
the rrSt magnitude IN finding Us for
they took us 10 be inha bitautS Of the
other side of the planet. although they
were puzzled by the manifest difference
between Juba and the rest.
/ may say here that although the
light was more diffuSed and softer under
the cloudiike dome than in the sunshine
that prevails On the earth, JUDAS huge
eyes suffered so much that we cOntrived
for him q mask 20 prOteXt them Later
on he became better able TO bear the
light
Feeling that their expedition had been
crowned with Unlooked-tor success, our
new friends were ready 10 crafty Ed
mUnd'S desire by hurTying back to their
home Only enc difficulty was encoun-
tered 1T the start Edmund refused ab-
SOiutely 10 abandon the car.
of "a
and he was sure that he could repair
the apparatus. once II possession Of the
materials that he required Finally Il
was arranged that the car should be
attached to one Of the airships and
tcwed after It, as we had towed the
sleds-
But Ala insisted that we should be-
cone her guests on her yacht, as
Jack called IL, and we gladly con-
scented.
We saw no danger. and unprecedented
none Immediately Nevertheless, we
kept our automatic pistols in our
rockets, and each also armed himself
our hosts showed no special curiosity
about these things, the nature or
which they did not understand
Gus. Edmund examined the one we
were on from stem TO steT-. and
have no doubt that when be was
through he understood u quite as well
as its builders did II was lucky that
he do
IF thy had my secret he said 70
rs. they would be 1HCom para bic
They are a great people"
All the more pity that YOU brought
nothing better than automatic arms
q don't believe that they have anv-
thing az good in that line Edmund
replied From what I can make out.
tneF are not much given TO 1EllllE-
We made rapid progress and after
~ enJy-fOUr hours came IN slSht OF
The coast was not high. but far be-
yond II we could see ranges Of noun
taluS- and apparently rising from the
~ t-iiLls % 49, nv -telLis tll-L-
were Visible curious objects. the ma
tu-e OF which we could not make out
from so great a distance
They resembled immense floating
ccbvveTs as much as anything that
can Ek-n them to- Edmund tried 10
find out from Ala what il was that I
we saw. but beyond the fact that the
objects were aerial he could learn
As We approached the coast we saw
other airships heading toward US from
various directions We guessed a.
once that some kind OF q greeting was
IN preparation for the returning ex-
Imagined the maEnifCence which the
reception WCuld assume II was not
long before our eyes were opened
When we were perhaps ten miles OF
the coast "A vast flock Of airships seemed
20 rise ike birds from the land In a
little while they became innumerable, !
and II Is impossible 70 depict the beauty
Of the spectacle which they presented
The aerial vessels Of our little fleet
were all OF one type and. while they
were excellent travellers. they were quite
I1nDretendinE IN their build and Orna-
nenJarIOn- But those that were an
preaching showed a hundred different
shapes and sizes Chinese kites could
ROT Tor an instant be compared with
some OF them in gUOtesGueness-
Many SCARED in vast circles at a great {