The evening world., 1912-06-03

pared to 20 to bed. When ready, they
Ind only to puil down the shades; for.
as apergy was not applied to them. but
only to the Cailisto. they still looked
upon the noor as down. and closed tho
heavy curtains to have night or dark
ness. They found thar the side OF the
Caiisto turned constantly toward tho
sun was becoming very warm. tho
double toughencd glass windows making
II like a greenhouse; but they consolad
themselves with tho thought that the
suns power on them was hourly becon-
ing less. and they felt sure the double
walls and thick upholstery would pro-
tect thun almost anywhere within tho
solar system from tho intense cold Of
space.
The base and one side OF the Caliisto
had constant sunshine, willis tho other
side and tho dome were In tho .bla cicst
night. This dome. on account OF Its
shape. sky windows and the complete
ness with which II could be isolated. was
an ideal observatory. and there was sell
dom a time during their waking hours
for the rest of the journey when II was
not occupied by one. two or all the OBJ
servers.
There 10 something marvellous" said
Cortland. about the condition OF space.
Its absolute cold II appalling. apparent
ly because there II nothing to absorb
heat: yet we md tho oass Of this ma
teriai projectiie uncomfortabiy warm.
though. should We expose q thermometer
IN the shade IN 'front.' We know Il would
show a temperature ,sf three hundred
To four hundred degrees below sero-
were tho instrument capable Of record
ins IT,"
ARTIFICIAL darkness having been OBJ.
Att
Bearwarden's dreams being RECALLED with
thoughts of his compnny's triumph; Ay.
rauit's. naturally. with visions OF Sylvia;
while Cortlandt frequently started up,
thinking no had already made soma
great Astronomical discovery.
About . A. NJ. according to seventy
NTH meridian time, the explorers awoke
feeling greatly refreshed. Tho tank IN
which the liquehed oxygen was kept
automatically gave OF Its gas so evenly
that the air remained normal. while tho
limo contained III cups absorbed the
carbon dioxide as fast as they exhaisd
II. They had darkened those windows
through which tho sun was actually
pouring for. on account OF the cmptl-
ness OF the surrounding ether and con-
seduent absence OF DIFFUSION OF light.
nothing but the inky blackness of spa ce
and the bright stars looked In at the
rest On raising the shades they got an
idea Of their speed. A small crescent.
SIN Her than the familiar moon. accom-
panied by ono still TIMER. was all that
could DO seen OF the earth and It's sat~l-
lite.
we must" said Bearwardsn. "be
moving at tho rate or nearly q million
miles an hour. from the way we have
travelled"
I'VE must be doing fully q million"
replied Cortlandt. FOR by this tine wa
are pretty we'll In motion. having got a
tremendous start when no near ths
moon. with u and the earth In line"
The first thing that attracted their at
tention was the size and brilllance Of
Mars Although this red planet was
over forty million miles from the earth
when they started. they calculated that
II was less than thirty million miles
from them now. or Ave millions nearer
than II had ever been to them before.
Toward evening they noticed through
their glasses that several apparently
island peaks In the Southern Iieml-
sphere. which was turned toward them.
became white. from which they con-
cluded that a snowstorm was In prog
ress. The south polar region was also
markedly glacilted. though the icecap
was not as extensive as either OF those
At the poles Of the earth.
I'VE must be on the lookout for the
satellites" said Cortiandt; "a collision