The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-02
THE TINES DAILY SERIAL STORY.
The Second Deluge
By GARRETT p SERVISS TIL. SS Gss4&s a lS! CO.,

and powerful creatures out OF the world!
, What could our forefatheus have been
A few elephants, collected from Afri-
can geological gardens, and some gil
RATES.. also attracted a great deal of
attention, but the horses were the IA
yorites with the crowd.
Cosmo might have had lions and
tigers and similar beasts, which had
been preserved In larger numbers than
the useful horse, but when Joseph
Smith suggested their inclusion he
shook his head, declaring that 1t was
better that they should perish. AS far
! as possible, he averred, he would ellml-
nate all carnivores.
ing to the onlookers than the animals
Of the past were the animals of the fu-
ture that marched in the procession
Few of them had ever been seen outside
the experiment stations, where they
had been undergoing the process OF arti-
fetal evolution.
There we're the stately white Califor-
Man cattle, without horns, but Of gigan-
tic stature. the cows, 1t was said, be-
ing capable of producing twenty times
more milk than their ancestral species,
and of vastly superior quality,
There the aoqs
short-legged and furnishing food of the
most exquisite flavor; and the Argentine
sheep, great balls of snowy wool, NOV
ing smartly along on legs three feet III
length.
The greatest establishment was excited
by the grand astoria terrapin," a de-
veloped species Of the diamond-back tor
toise. whose exquisitely sculptured con-
veX back, lurChing awkwardly, as it
crawled, rose almost three feet above
the ground: and the new century tur-
key" which carried its beacon head and
staring eyes as high as a tall mans
hat.
The end of the procession was formed
OF animals familiar to everybody. and
Concerning whose educational develop
ment Cosmo Versal had theories Of his
OWN and a large variety Of birds, to-
gether with boxes Of insect eggs and
The delight of the boys who had
chased after the procession eliminated
when the animals began to ascend the
sloping ways into the ark.
The horses SHE'D and danced, making
the metallic flooring resound like a
rattle of thunder; the elephants trum-
pcted; the sheep baaed and crowded
themselves into inextrlcable masses
, against the .guard-rails; the hugh new
cattle moved lumberingly up the slope,
turning their big white heads inquiring-
~ about; the tall turkeys stretched their
red coral necks and gobbled with Brob-
dingagian voices, and the great terra
pins We're ANONYMOUSLY attached to
cables and drawn up the side of the ark
helplesslY waving their immense flap
And when the sensational entry was
finished the satisfied crowd turned away
laughing, joking. chattering, with never
a thought that 1t was anything more
than the most amusing exhibition they
had ever seen,
But when they got back in the CITY
streets they met a flying squadron of
yelllhg neWSboys. and, selling the pa
pers from their hands, read, In big
black letters:
AWFUL FLOOD IN THE MISSISSIPPI
Thousands of People Drowned!
THE STORM COMING THIS WAY!
1t was startling commentary on the
! turned pale as they read.
But the storm did not come in the
! way expected. The deluging rains APP
| peared to be confined to the middle
! West and the Northwest, while at New
I York the sky simply grew thicker and
Seemel to squeeze out moisture in tho
form of watery dust. This condition
! lasted for some time, and then came
! what everybody, even the most skep-
! teal. lad been secretly dreading.
! The ocean began to rise!
! The first perception OF this startling
| fact. according to newspaper account
came in Il very strange, roundabout way
TO a man living on the outskirts of the
I vast area of made ground where the
| great city had spread over what was
| formerly the Newark meadows and
Newark bay.
/ About 3 o'clock in the morning this
! nan, who it appears was a policeman
! off duty, was awakened by scurrying
! sounds in the house. He struck light
and, seeing dark forms issuing from the
! cellar. went down to investigate. The
| OminOus CLEAN Of water, rejecting tho
light of his lamp. told him the eel.
! lar was inundated almost to the top OF
| the walls.
Come down here. Annie" he shouted
to his wife. sure, it's Coshmo Versa-a
is invadin the cellar with his flood. The
| rats are LAWN U.s.
Seeing that the slight foundation walls
| were crumbling, he hurried his family
! into the street, and not too soon, for
within ten minutes the house was In
| ruins.
! Neighbors, living in equally frail
! structures. were awakened. and soon
other undermined houses fell. Terror
| spread through the quarter and grad
ualIy half the city was aroused.
! A Continuation of This Story VIII
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