The Washington times., 1910-05-11

OF. ard said that other stars IN aodltlon
TO the 1OUr or i've score Wnicn NolC
already near. were being drawn out OF
their orbits
Then Elverson. in full confidence Of
success. himself connected the hi8h-
voltage currents which We're Dy super
unnatural attraction which Cahc5JUs ndd
given 10 the earth.
Having done this, he took -oras re-
treshments and retired to an ?. - com
Tor a rest he did not wake n until
a messenger sought him, four hours
later. With the welcome news that the
onruSts OF the planets was 5 stually be
Ing halted. and that his colleagues had
made public the danger. which was nov
practically past. because OF the alarm
which bad begun to be felt AT the ap-
proach OF so many stars
i knew II would work" replied FL
versOn simply to the newspaper men
VINO came in large numbers 10 inter
view hlm JOut the scientific stroke he
nad accomplIshed- We are match Tor
Cauopus lie Is working alone, very
pToba bly,, without public support Ia his
greedy aim he VIII fan. and it Is our
business TO make him fail.
The next months journey vas fair
~ uIeFenlIul The stars which had
come 50 perilously near receded rapid
~ ana nnaly assumed their wOnted
places But ElversOn was so pleased
with the success Of mis- induction re-
versal method that he decided 10 keep
II connected and partially at work al
the Iimer 10 avoid collision of any sort
For a. long time this interfered with
comm unicat1on with Mars IN a mysteri-
Gus way but method was found 70
neurrallze the induction effect on GER
, tain classes Of waves For the first
( time since the current had been ap-
pied Mars was heard from, reporting (
{ that IL had T. lowed out instructions
carefully, but had not gotten the large
/ thcless, no drifting OF stars could be
/ traced TO Mars; and when a meter was
/ devised 20 measure her attraction pow
/ ers Mars was found to have accomplish
I ed al that was practically necessary
/ 10 keep away other spheres
] ETen when passing very close TO the
/ constellation Of SculptOrs' Tools, which
! was necessary 10 get TO Achernar
/ reither the earth nor Mars displaced
/ any or the large or small planets
/ which was proof that the victory over
/ CanopuS was complete
II was now but g ten days journey
/ 10 Canopus. and ElveTson began q
/ work or his means Of communication
/ Tho Ii1Euistss who had succeeded in un-
/ Outstanding the language Of Mars II
( such q short time We're again put IL
/ readiness for similar task An II
/ tensely high-frequenCy wave-generatol
/ was put IN shape. and the sending and
receiving apparatus was all carefully
/ Inspected
! When II seemed certain that the as
( trouOmers on AChenar must be motto
{ ing the coming Of the earth, EfverSOT
/ sent out messages toward the star
I which was looming I'D with great In
tcuSitv- What puzzled ElversOu and
the aSrrou omers was that Acherual
I proved 20 be what they had long befor,
/ t=uppOsed-a very fiery sun. Yet wher
/ CanOpuS had said that he had no use
1 for the civilization on AChernar. the
{ Inference was plain that there wa.
life there Of an intellectual kind
7 When the fiery character Of Acher.
{ mar became certain, the astronomer
z announced the fact to the public, Wi1f
Z the added opinion that CanOpus was
{ undoubtedly in the same gaseous
/ state The public was awe-striClzer
AZ this. and speculation as 20 tina
{ form of life could possibly live IN suCl
Z intense heat was very wide.
The heat inc leased as they drew
near, and finally II was decided q
/ 8 -Op- For some DAYS no sign Csmt
q. answer TO the incessant SiEualiul
10 the Archeru Brians, but. as the as
I trOuOmers had suspected. this was du
20 the seat or Intelligence being OF
the opposite hemisphere Of the huE
star Hardly had the other hemi
sphere swung into position when Their
came what was Enthusiastically an an
swerinz signal
i There followed one months bafIinE
uuzziinC attempt TO aualyze the sounds
/ They We're unmoiulated harsh. an
most fuCornprehensfveiv mechanical il
: sound. II was at first thought that 8
was a code from an Instrument. an
not a voice but as the linguists pro
Eressed a trifie In interpreting Il, the