The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-08
A Journey in
Other Worlds
A Story of Fou, Explorers Startling Adbeniures
Among the Planets.
By Col. John Jacob Astor
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grow. We may az well help along their
metanorphosis by artificial means"
They were Impressed b. tho tremendous
cannon-like reports OF their firearms,
which they perceived at once resulted
from the great density OF the Jovian at
| mosphere. And this WAS also q consl-
cradle aid to them in making muscular
eNertion for II had just the reverse eff
| feet OF rarefied mountain air. and they
seldom had TO expand their lungs fully
| In order 10 breathe.
The ground continued to he m rlsc1
| with very large footprints. Often the
| Impressions were those Of a biped Ike
| some huge bird. except that occasionally
the creature had put Gown one or both
| forefeet. and a thick tail had evidently
dragged nearly all the time 1t walked
erect. Presently. coming to something
they had taken for large fiat rock.
they were surprised 20 see 1t move. "
was about twelve feet wide by eighteen
feet long, and 1t was OF course the
largest turtle they had ever seen.
"Twenty-four people could dine at
| table OF this size with ease" said Bear
warden. while II would make soup for
| regiment. I wonder II IL belongs to
the shopping or diamond backed spr-
| cies"
At this juncture the monster again
| moved.
| AS Il Ia helding in our direction"
resumed Bearwarden, II vote we STRIKE
! FOR a free pass" and, taking a run. he
| sprang with his spiked boots upon the
, turtles shell and clambered upon the
Nat top. which was about six feet from
the ground. lac was quickly followed by
| Ayrault who was not much ahead IT
Cortlandt. for, notwithstanding his aflv
years. the professor was very spry. TIE
| tortoise was almost the exact counter
I, part Of the Glyptodon asper that fo--
merly existed on earth. and shamblcl
along at jerky gait. about half as East
again az they could walk. and while /.
continued to go in their direction they
| were greatly pleased. They soon found
that by dropping the butts OF their rides
sharply and simultaneously on ei'her
side, Just back Of the head, they could
direct their course. by making their
steed swerve away from the stamping
'1t is strange" said Ayrault. that.
with the exception OF the mastodon and
this tortoise, We have seen none OF the
monsters that seem TO appear at the
close Of the Carboniferous periods. al
though the ground is covered with their
tracks"
Probably We did not reach the
grounds at the right time OF day" re-
piled Bearwarden. THE large game
doubtless stays in the woods and jungles
til night"
Il fancy" said Cortlandt. we shall
find representatives. OF all the species
that once lived on the earth. In the
case Of the singing flowers and the
Jack-o' lantern iellyhsh. we have, IN
addition. seen developments the exist
"nce OF which no scientist has ever be-
fore even suspected"
| Occasionally the tortoise stopped,
whereupon they poked Il from beilind
with their knives. 1t was n vicious look
ing brute. and had huge horny beak,
with which It bit off young trees that
; stood in lite way as though they had
been blades OF grass. They were pass
ing through a valley about half a mile
wide. bordered on each side by woods,
when Bearwarden suddenly exclaimed.
! Here we have H." and. looking for
ward. they unexpectedly saw a head Else
and remain poised about fifteen feet
from the ground. 1t was a dinosaur,
: and belonged to the scaled or armored
species In few moments another head
; appeared. and lowered several fee;
above the first. The head was obviously
reptilian, but had beak similar to that
O.. their tortoise. the hind legs wert
developed like those NJ kangaroo
while the small rudimentary forepaws
r which could be used as hands or for
= going auadruped-fasho now hnnr
down. The strong thick tail was owl
D IDENTIFY of great use to them when stand
\ ing erect by forming sort Of tripod.
\ How I wish we could take a pair OF
e those creatures when We return to thu
r EARTH" said Cortlandt.
K They would be tramp cards" replied
& Bearwarlen. ''in geological garden OF
4 a dime museum, and would take III
| - tha Ia Of nj IN m his
: freaks"
n As they lay on the turtles back IN,
y monsters gazed at them unconcernedly
munchlng the palm tree fruit so loud,
y that they could he heard a long dis
'' tance.
Having nothing 10 fear from tor
toise," resumed Cortlandt, they ma,
allow us to stalk them. We are In thcI
eyes like hippocentaurs, except that W
y are part OF a tortoise Instead OF par
} OF horse, or else they take us for
parasite or flbrous growth on the shell.
n They would not have much to foa
= from us as We really are" replied Bear
g warden. "were II not for our explosiv
y bullets"
- IT am surprised" said Avrault. cha
70 gramnivorous animals should he r.
" heavily armed a. these. since there ca,
10 no great struggle in Obtaining thel
food"
> "From the looks Of their Jaws" re
L. piled Cortlandt II should saw they ~
u omnivorous. and would doubtless prefe
II meat to what they are eating now
,, Something seems to have gone wron
," with the animal creation hereabouts Ia
day"
Their warhorse clankcd along like
badly rusted machine, approaching In
nhlinnplV. "A