The Washington times., 1912-03-23
CHAPTER XIX (COntinued).

FTER leaving ParlS, u1enr you
80 n made no other explorations"
II said Cosmo.
None, ] should have had
no heart for more. 1 had seen enough
Andyet do not regret that went there.
1 should never have been content MOI
to have seen my beautiful city once
more. even lying in her watery shroud.
] loved her living; have seen her dead.
II is finished. What more Is there, NJ.
VersaI?" With a sudden change OF
manner: you have predicted all this,
and perhaps you know more. Where do
we 60 to die?'
we shall not die" replied Cosmo
Versal fcrcefully. THE Ark and your
Jules Verne will save US
ITO what purpose demanded tl'C
Frenchman. his animation all gone.
"Can there be any pleasure in floating
upon or beneath the waves that cover u
lost world: Is brief prolongation OF
such a life worth the effort OF SrasplnS
YES said Cosmo. with still greater
energy. I'VE may still save the race.
have chosen most of my companions
In the Ark for that purpose. Not only
may we save the race OF man; put we
may lead It up Upon higher plane; we
may apply the principles OF cugenlcs as
they have never yet been applled. You,
MI,
YOU are of the stock that Is required
for the regeneration of the world
But where can the world be regen-
eTated? asked De eS, Ti'n be
mountain tops" ., -o.,
.Cosmo. ,,o 80.
sSet reached its height?''
- Certainly 1t has not. We are In an
open space in the envelopinS ne6uia'
AfteSa little we shall i1s enter Wors the nucleus
y "And yet you talk of saving the race!
sexclaimed the Frenchman, with another
: II DO" replied Cosmo. land it will
be done"
But how?' ,5n
= Through the re-emergence OF iand,
stion." put in Prof Abel Able. 1T
appears to me impossible that, Wheh
Ithe earth is once covered with UNI
7Vorsal ocean, 1t can ever disappear OF
materially lower it's level. Geological
ages would be required for the lever
aof the water to be lowered even a
Flew feet by the escape OF Vapor ihto
s'"No'" returned Cosmo Versal. 81
shaVe demonstrated that that idea Is
wrong. Under the immense pressure
sof an ocean rising six miles above the
Sanclent sea level the water will rap
sidly be forced into the interstices OF
sthe crust, and thus material reduc,
stion Of the level will be produced
swithin a few years-hve at the most
THAT will give us a foothold. l nave
sno doubt that even now the water
around us is slightly lowering through
but in itself that will not be suf.
sfcient / have gone all over this
sEround in my original calculations
sThe intrusion of the immense mas:
sof ocean water into the interior OF
the crust of the earth will result IT. II
"a grand geological upheaVal. The
lands will re-emerge above the new
sea level as they merged above thu
stresses Of the globe"
The scientific men present listened
with breathless interest, but some o
them with many incredulous shaking'
of the head.
You must be aware" continued Cos
no. addressing them particularly
that II has been demonstrated tina
the continents and the great noun
were, are floating somewhat like Stag
on the internal magma. The meal
density Of the crust Is less under tn
land and the mountains than unde
the old seabeds. This Is especial
true of the Himalayan region.
THAT uplift is probably the mos
recent of all, and 1t is there, wher
at present the highest land OF tn
globe exists, that / expect that tn
new upheaval will be most strongl
manifested 1t is for that reason, an
est part of the earth. that I am goin
with the Ark to Asia"
But" said Prof. jeremiah Moses
1.-The upheaval OF which you spea
may produce a complete revolution 1
the surface of the earth, and If neN
lands are upthTust they may appea
sat unexpected points"
"Not at ALL" returned Cosmo. eth
stectonic features of the globe woT
fixed at the beginning. AS Asia ha
hitherto been the highest and til
greatest mass of land. it will cOntinu
90 be so in the future. 1t is ther
believe me, that we shall Teplant til
seed of humanity"
"Do YOU not think" asked Pro
Alexander Jones, that there will /
tremendous outburst Of VOIcanI
energy, II such uOheRvals occur. an
may not that render the Te-emeTgin
land uninhahitabla?"
mo doubt" Cosmo replied, "ever