The Yale expositor., 1913-10-30

Siderable air cOmmOtlOn on small
scale in that fraction Of a second and
fraction of an inch when the balls are
so close together-first a rush OF wind
as the small ball approaches and
forces the air ahead OF 1t, next COM
preston Of air at the closest point be-
tween them, and third the suction
which all rapidly moving bodies Gre
ate behind them and which is a partial
vacuum. This is illustrated by the
fact that a cannon ball may snatch
ones breath away without hitting him
1t was so with us but upon a much
vaster scale. First we had our violent
winds. then the compression when the
visiting body was hurting directly over
our heads, and lastly the vacuum as it
rushed away dragging the air after it.
The gale which followed that was
caused by the air rushing back to
place in the restoration of normal at
mospheric equilibrium. AS soon as
that was restored the wind ceased"
And the awful roar?"
"It could hardly be expected that
the passage of a large body through
space at an inconceivable velocity
would be attended by absolute silence
when 1t comes in close contact with
another body. You know the sound
that bullet makes in passing through
the air. Very well. Now that bullet
might not make a sound that the hui
man ear could hear in passing through
anything as intangible as space. but
you must remember that this body of
which we speak is hundreds OF miles
in diameter and that whilst modern
bullet travels with a velocity OF only
two thousand miles an hour, this small
world may we'll be going two hundred
thousand miles an hour-one hundred
times as fast. Therefore, no matter
how thin the ether OF space may be
We might we'll expect sound to accom-
pany an object Of that size travelling
at that enormous speed"
you spoke, professor. OF the Wis
itor's having an atmosphere. Would 1t
be possible In the event such Is the
case that 1t 10 inhabited by human
beings"
Il would scarcely think so. In the
first place its size would hardly seem
to justify such a thing, yet were its
other conditions favorable its area Is
sufficient to support a population Of
several millions. that Ia judging its
conditions to be similar to those upon
favored places on this earth. But 1t
may be safely assumed that II 1t does
possess a human population-and by
human | mean reasoning and speaking
creatures, they would in all probability
be vastly different from US physically,
and therefore In the nature OF things.
mentally. But as to what these differ
ences might consist OF no one can have
any conception" He started as
though surprised. leaned forward
and rubbed his finger across Alan's
bosom. A black streak instantly ap-
peared In the wake of the finger.
Were you not dressed In black when
you arrived here this EVENING"" he de-
manded crisply. And you, too, doctor
and your"
They looked at each other in won
derment. From head to foot they
were gray, az gray az had ashes been
filtered over them through a sieve,
while by the glow OF the lanterns and
brighter electric lights the ground
seemed to be carpetsd with a sooty
snow. In their absorbed listening they
had not noticed the phenomenon, but
now as they lifted their faces upward
they were conscious OF the falling of a
soft, impalpable substance, fine as
-four, sinking &s gently rs thistle
down. Desmond brushed spoonful OF
it into his palm, scanned 1t, rubbed 10
between his fingers, smelled OF it, even
tasted it, then shook his head.
Undoubtedly organic dust brushed
from the visitor by atmospheric fric-
tion," he muttered. He suddenly bent
over with another sharp exclamation
of surprise. Hello! what's this?"
A small twig had como twirling
down to his feet and be picked It up
and turned II over slowly a. they
crowded around him. ANY Of you
ever seen anything Lire this - he de-
manded at length AZ he passed 1t from
hand to hand. Critically they scanned
it. The tvig was about the length
and size OF a lead pencil and at its end
was a leaf black a. tet, perfectly round
and about the size OF q silver dollar.
Upon the leaf and extending from rim
to rim was stamped In Elittering white
a strange cabAllstie design. Doris
leaning forward for bstter vhw
gaspsd sharply and eiutohed At the or
nament below her throat Removing
IL with n quick motion shs laid II be
side the leaf. vhiis from all sides
arose sxprssssons Of amusement. For
In size, In color, In tssisn. In ali 70
spsets save tAst bss trsnkst Was of
Jade and tis<nonAs vhiiSt the leaf was
all vegetable they wsr~ idsatisal.
"A most nArveloxs soinsidsnoe"
muttsrsd Dss.snd Arss.iiy. kLs syss
half closed '1nnnitaaAie- TIE 30,
Is thicksnins n.sk D~sA t.,&. vsgsts-
ton dexcsnAs- w. n sksR sn-ay
| God, what's thaty-
He turned his 49, s~a-AAg pv~sa.
every eye ssk>svesA svuy ssr skvt.