The Washington times., 1912-03-28

I nebula enveloplng the earth, and l
! think that the second deluge, which we
have lived to see, was foretold here
| thousands of years ago."
who foretold 1t first, then, the people
who placed the statue in the sphinx.
| or these astronomers Of Chaldea"
asked Prof. Abel Able.
| Il believe" Cosmo replied, that the
knowledge originated here, beneath us,
and that II was afterword conveyed to
| the Egyptians, who embodied 1t in their
great symbolical god."
| Are we to understand" demanded
Prof. jeremiah Moses, that his figure
was all that you saw on the breast OF
| the statue, and that you simply inferred
that the ring represented a nebula?"
Not at ALL" Cosmo replied. The
principal representation was that of a
world overwhelmed with a flood, and of
nebula descending upon It,"
How do you know that it was intend
| ed for a nebua?'
| It was clearly shown to be descending
from the high heavens"
"A cloud" suggested Prof. Moses.
mo, not cloud. Mark this, which is
marvel in itself: 1t had the form of
spiral nebula. 1t was unmistakable." I"
At this point the discussion was in
terrupted by a call to Cosmo Versal
from, Captain, Arms on the bridge. He
hastily left the table and ascended to
He did not need to be told what to
look for. Off in the north the sky had
| become a solid black mass, veined with
, the thunder came In a continuous ROLL
which soon grew so loud as to shake
the Ark.
up with the side plates! shouted
| once. Close tight every opening!
| Screw down the port shutters!"
The crew of the Ark was, in a few
| seconds, running to and fro, executing
| In wi
( sion from the commanders bridge, and
the passengers were thrown into wild
| commotlon. But nobody had time to
| attend them.
| captains ear, for the uproar had he
| come deafening. THE nucleus Is here!'
The open promenade decks had not
yet all been turned into inner corridors
Ark. A great deal of water found It's
| was aboard, but the men worked with a
| Will, as fearful for their own safety as
for that of others, and in a little while
| tight.
| In short time a tremendous tempest
| was blowing, the wind coming from the
north, and the Ark, notwithstanding her
| immense breadth of beam, was canted
over to leeward outside the waves washed
/ to the top of the great eliptical dome
| and broke over ii, and their laundering
blows shook the vessel to her center,
|
| about to founder.
The disorder was frightful Men and
, women were flung about like tops, and
no one could keep his feet Crash after
| bowling of the storm, the battering OF
| the waves, and the awful roar OF the
deluge descending on the roof, told the
| fate of the tableware and dishes that
| had been hastily left in the big dining
| saloon.
Chairs recently occupied by the pas
| sengers on what had been the prone
made decks, and from which they had SO
over the broad, peaceful surface of the
waters. were now darting, rolling, tum-
J bling. and banging about, intermingled
| with rugs, hats coats, and other aban-
doned articles of clothing.
| The pitching and rolling of the Ark
| were so much worse than they had been
| during the first days of the cataclysm.
that Cosmo became very solicitious
| about his collection of animals
He hurried down to the animal deck.
/ and found, indeed, that things were in q
| lamentable shape. The trained keepers
were themselves so much at the mercy
of the storm that they had had all they
| could do to save themselves from being
| trampled to death.
The animals had been furnished with
| separate pens, but during the long, con-
| tinued calm the keepers, for the sake
of giving the charges greater freedom
and better air, had allowed many OF
| them to go at large In the broad CEN
tral space around which the pens were
placed, and the tempest had come so
| unexpectedly that there had been no
| time to separate them and get them
| back into their lodgings.
| When Cosmo descended the scene that
met his ewes caused him to cry out in
dismay, but he could not have been
| heard II he had spoken through trum-
! pet The noise and uproap were stun
! ming, and the spectacle was indescrib-
| able. The keepers had taken refuge on
kind of gallery running round the CEN
tral space. and were hanging on there
| for their lives.
Around them, on the railings, clinging
with their claws. wildly Tapping their
wings and swinging with every roll OF