The Washington times., 1910-07-23
A COLUMBUS Of SPACE GARRETT .sERyss

WONDERFUL Wonderful" we all ex-
But" persisted Jack. what are you
again Edmund-s eyes flashed. and he
said.
you'll see.-'
The scene out OF the window was
beautiful The city lights were nearly
all below our level, and away or over
the New Jersey horizon 1 noticed the
planet Venus near TO setting and as
brilliant as q diamond am something
OF q star-gazers and called Edmund. $
attention to the planet. as he happened
20 be standing beside ne
Fine. isn't SIe2' he said Finest
world in the solar system And Schia-
pareIH says she's goJ two sides TO her,
one side always daylight and the other
always night
I @Sas surprised at his exhibition OF
astr0noDiC lore. for had never known
that he had given any attention 20 the
subject But 2 moment later all this
was forgotten for Edmund suddenly
pushed Us back from the window and
closed the shutter.
Going down again so soon2'' asked
Jack, little bauteringlys as before
Edmund smiled Going. he said.
simply. and put his hands on one Of the
knobs, pressing u gently We felt our
selves moving very slowly
That's right Edmund Jack put In
again Let US down easy; don't Ike
bumps
We all expected at every instant TO
feel the car touch the cradle from
which IL had started But We were mis-
taken What really did happen can
better be described in the words OF Will
Church. who. you viii remember, had
been LEFT outside IN the shadty- I got
the account from him long afteTward-
lie had written IL out and put IL away
IN a safe as q sort Of historic document
Here Is Church's narrative, emitting
the Introduction, which read like a
Ia wyer's brief
When We went over from the club to
StOnewalls laboratory, l dropped be
hind the others because the four OF
them took up the full width OF the side
walk SJOnewalI was talking 10 them,
and my attention was attracted by
something uncommon in his manner !
can't describe it very well, but there
was an indehnable carriage OF the head
which suggested 10 me the thought
that everything was not exactly as II
should be
don't mean that I thought him
crazy. or anything Of that kind, but 1
was convinced that he had some
scheme in his mind TO fool US / bit
Jerly repented, when things turned out
as they did. that I had not whispered
a word in the ears Of the others But
that would have been difficult. and,
besides, I didn't think that the matter
was anything serious Nevertheless,
I determined to stay out Of It, so that
the laugh should not be on me, at any
rate Accordingly. when the others en-
tered the car kept away, and when
StonewaU called me did not answer
As he closed the door OF the car, for
the first time the impression came 10
me that II might be something seTi-
Gus, but II was then too late TO inter
fere- 1 was greatly astOnished when.
without the slightest apparent rea-
son, the car began to rise in the air
hadn't taken II for anything in the
nature of q balloon, and this wash {
the kind Of a practical joke I was
locking for, though If 1 had not been
50 stupid ] might have guessed ii
when 1 saw StOnewau open the roof
o. the shanty-
It was with much trepidatiOn that I
saw the thing, which really looked
diabOiical with aits polished sides
gIinting in the electric light, rise
silently through the roof, and float
rIySteTiOuSly upward I felt relieved
when It stopped at a height Of a
couple of hundred feet, and I said to
myself that they would soon drop
down again, and perhaps, after all,
they would turn the laugh against
me for Eeing afraid.
But in a little while the car began to
move again. slowly rising, and shin
ing Ike some maiI-cIad monster in
the light Of the arc lamps below An
indefinable terror commenced to Greer
over me, and 1 shivered as I watched
the thing
1t moved very deliberately, and II