Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-13

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the rooms Fur RUGS covered tiif Nfsfs
| In lieu Of pictures. niaesee Of flowers Hn4
sreat Sprays % fotesh stood In clay pQts
of sterns own nanufacture and nring And
uh rustic bookcase In their living room.
where the bic hrsplacs Was and where
ths aCutheru sun beat wariueHt IN, stood
| their chief treaHure--a sst Of encyclopedias.
Stern had made leather binding TOR theas
with the deft help OF Beetrine. The crlFH
| lnal bindings had vanished bsf8f6 ~ -
tocks Of time and insects centuries bSfeta
| but the leaves were stiii intact. For these
we're thin sheets OF nickel. printed by the
eieotfolysis process
"fuBt \ sheer streak Of luck" Stern re-
marked, ~ he stood looking Rt this huge
piece Of fortune with the Hrl. Just .
kindly streak Of fate. that van kmbufR
should have bought one OF Ediscn's hrut
sets OF nicsel-sheet books
Except for the few sets Of thcse ~
eNistenoe here and there, not book re-
matns on the surface OF this entire earth.
The finest handmade linen paper has dls-
ihteFratsd aHsa aHo. And parchment has
probably crlnkled and nodded past all rec
osnltiun Besldes up-to-date scientific
books such az wu need weren't done on
parchment We're playing into gorgeous
luck with those cyclopcdiRH for everything
| ! need and can't remember IN in them but
Il certainly was one job TO sort those reai,
| tered sheets out OF the rubbish pile 81 tie
| library hnd rearrRnae them"
| Yes, that was hard work. but It's done
| nov. Come on out into tho Eardeu, Allan.
and SEQ u our crops have grown any during
| tho niHht I"
The grounds about the bungalow were
| delight To them, Like two children they
worked, day BY day. 20 enlarge and bcautify
their holdings their lands won back from
natures greed
Though Wild frults-sonie nav. others
famillar-and nsh and the plentiful garf1a
| nn about them offered abundant food. %
W. HAH Tor tho uaaLtnE fhaW hofh
| hsretd on the necessity OF re-establiahinR
| agriculture. For they dlrliked tho thought
| uf being driven southwark with the 70.
turn OF each successive winter They
| wanted. n advisable, 10 he able TO winter In
the bungalow. And this meant some provil
sion for tie uhproductlve season
1T won't always be summer here. you
know" Stern told her. This Eden VIII
some time lie wot and dreary under the
| winter rains that expect now take the
place OF snow. And the eternal curse df
| hdaui---tull--is not yet lifted even from ua
| two survivors Of tho fifteen hundred milton
that ohte. ruled tho earth We, and thoHs
| who shall come after must have the old
time fcuds again And that means work I"
They had cleared patch OF black, virgin
| soil IN sunny Hollow Heru Storm had
| transrlanted all the wild descendants OF
the vegetables and grains OF other time
| which N his still limited explorations he
| had come across.
/ Inv "NIh uI CleNTlnK AWAY tho tnOFnA ana
| bushes. the TANGLED iihnuB and tail trees,
| was severe: but Il strengthened him and
| hardened His whipcord muscles tlll they
ridged hls skin like iron. He burned and
pulled tho stuinpH spndcd and narrowed
! and hoed all by hand. and made ready the
earth for the reception Of its nrHt crop in
d thousand yparB
He recalled enough OF his RnthrupoloEy
| and botany OF university days 10 recognise
the reverted, twisted and strinHy ilttiu
Degenerate wild potato root witch had once
| served the AEtecs and Pueblo indiana for
food and could again. with proper cuitis
| walton, bo brought back 10 full perfection.
| Likewise With tho f,iitiEs, the SQUASH the
Wild turhlp. and many other vegetable
| forms.
Three years Of cultivation" he De.
| ciHred and / can win them back to sdla
| bility. Five, and thsy'll be almost where
| they were before the great Uaiastfobts Al
| Tor the fruits, the apple, cherry and pear,
| all they need is care and scientific grating,
II predict that ten years from today
| orchards and tornhedH and gardens shall
surround this bungalow, and the heritage
OF man shall ba broush, back 70 this old
| world !"
Always giving due credit to tho eycIo-
pedla," added Bentrite.
| And TO you |" Ito laughed happily This
| r. all on your account. anyhow. n were
alone in the world, YOU bet theru'd be no
| gardens made :"
mo. don't believe there would" she
| agreed. n serious look on her face "fIut,
then" she concluded smiling again, you
aren't alone, Allan You've got mo {"
| He tried 10 catch her In his arms. but she
evRded him and ran back toward the
bungalow.
''No. no, you've got to work" she called
TO him from the porch "And 80 have T.
Goodby!" And with wave Of the liand. q
| strong brown hand now, slim and very
| beautiful, SHE vanished.
stern stood In thought moment. then
| shook his head and, with Il singular eS-
preston. picked up his hoe and once more
| fell 20 cultlvating his precious little garden
patch. on which so infinitely much depended.
But something lay upon his mind; lie
paused. reheoting then picked up stons
and weighed II In his hand. tried another
| and a third
I'm damned" no remarked III these
| feel right 20 mo- TVs been wondering
about II for week now--there's got 20
| be some answer to H. stone OF this
size in the old days would certainly have
| weighed more. And that big boulder
rooted out from the middle OF the field
in the other days l couldn't have more
| than stirred H.
Am I SO very much stronger? So much
as all that7 Or have things grown liahtsrf
Is that why l can leap farther walk bst-
tor. run faster? What's It all about. any-
how7"
He could not work, but sat down on 4
rock TO ponder. Numerous phenomena oc-
CURED TO him, as they had while he had
lain wounded under the tree by the river
during their irst few days at the bunga-
low
My observations certainly show a dag
only twenty-five hours and hfty-sevsn mlu-
utes long that's certain" ne unused. so
the earth Is undoubtedly smaller. But
what's that got 10 do with the mass OF
tho earth1 With wei6ht7 Hanged II can
make II out at all
Even though the earth has shrunk. IA
ought to have the same power OF EraVita.
zion, IL all tho molecules and atoms really
were pressed together with no space be-
tween probably the earth wouldn't be much
bigger than football, but II would weigh
Just that much, and body would ran
toward Il from space just a. fast as now.
Quite a hefty football eh7 For the Hfs
OF me can't see why the earth's having
shrunk has affected the weight OF eYery-
thing !"
PeFplexed, he went back 10 HIS work
again, And though he tried to banish tha
puzzle from his mind Il still Continued -
haunt and 20 annoy him.
Each day brought new and lutarasfl..,