Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08

II wish that YOU would come and live
! with me. You shall become member Of
| my tribe. Among us there is the best OF
/ hunting and fishirg and you shall have. to
choose a mate from. the most beautiful
! girls of Pelucidar Will YOU Gomez"
| told him about Perry then and Dian
/ tue beautiful and how my duty was to
them first Ntterward | should return and
Visit him-f | could ever find his island.
On, that Is easy. my friend " he said.
you need mercy to come to the foot of
INC h'ghest peak Of the Mountains Of the
/ Clouds There YOU will find river which
flows into the Lurnl Az.
Directly opposite the mouth Of the
river you viii see three large islands far
out, SO far that they are barely discern
loie. the one TO the extreme left as you
race them from the mouth of the river
ls Anoroc. where | rule the tribe Of Ano-
roc"
But how am I to find the Mountains OF
the Clouds?" | asked
Men say that they are visible from
half Of Pellucldar," he replied.
How large Is PelluCider?" asked
wondering what sort of theory these
primitive men had concerning the form
and substance Of their world
"fha Mahars say It is round. Hike the
inside Of q tola she'll" he answered but
NAltib 10 I llNltulpuSr since, were II true, we
should fall back We're We to travel far
in any direction. and all the waters of
Pellucidar would run to one spot and
drown us.
NO, Pcllucidar Is quite fat. and ex-
tends no man knows how far in all dl-
rections. AT the edges so my ancestors
have reported and handed down to me. is
n great wall that prevents the land and
waters from escaping over into the burn
ing sea whereon Pellucidar floats; but
have never been so far from Anoroc as to
have seen this wall with my own eyes.
However, it is quite reasonable to be-
lieve that this Is true, whereas there is
no reason at all in the foolish belief of
the Mahars. According to them. Pelu-
cidarians who 1--we upon the opposite side
walk always with their heads pointed
downward :" And ia laughed uproari-
ousy at the very thought
1t was plain to see that the humans of
this inner world had not advanced far
in learning nn6 the thought that the ugly
Mahars had so outstrpped them was very
pathetic indeed [ wondered how many
ages it would take to lift these people out
uf their ignorance, even were it given to
Perry and me to attempt 1t.
Possibly we would be killed for our
pains as were those men of the outer
world who dared challenge the dense igno-
rance ana superstition OF the earth
younger days. But it was worth the ef-
fort if the opportunity ever presented
itself
And then it occurred to me that here
was an oprortunity-that | might make
small beginning upon ia, who was my
friend, and thus note the effect of my
teaching upon Pellucidaran.
ia" l said what would you say were
/ to tell you that in so far as the Mahars'
Nf In gl,n of al fIn,. sg.
cerned II is correct?"
81 would say" he replied. that either
you were n fool or took me for one"
"But, Ja," 1 insisted, "if their theory is
incorrect, how do you account for the fact
that | was able to pass through the earth
from the outer crust to Pelucidar? If
your theory Is correct all is sea of flame
beneath us, wherein no peoples could exist,
and yet | come from a great world that
is covered with human beings and beasts
and birds and fishes in mighty oceans"
you live upon the underside of Pei.