Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-23
BEYOND THE GREAT 0BLTVTON
BY GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
ranarisAl. 1873. b. rrnnh a. M.-.... -.

Tons arc probably similar all along the
| .tttaHuo coast; there's no life 70 be found
mere. on the other hand. n we strike
los we West there's At least a chance of
! tunN'hE across survivors. II we don't md
mem there, then wo probably ahant ma
| Nncln anywhere. In Chicago we cnn live
and restock for further explorations and
~ tor locating q telescope. tho Unlvcrslty
~ ,yr'sako ruins are ne promising as those
"' harvard Chicago by all meRnHl~
They set out st O'Clock aud. having
nade good start, reached Buffalo hv
twenty minutes past, flying easily along ths
shore at not more than 800 tcet elevation
Geyly the lake sparkied and wimpied
IN thc morning sun. upvcxod now BY any
steamcrs prov, uushadcd by any smoke
from cities or roaring mills along its banks.
Despite tho latcnesa OF tho sennon, the
morning was warm mild hreozo awaycd
the treetops and sot tho little whltecaps
roaming here and there over the broad
eSpAnso OF blue, Beatrice and Stern felt
ne Joy q lfo reborn IN them at that
"Aiasnincentr' cried tho engineer Now
Tor swing up past Niagara, and we're
Tho river. they found as the plane swept
onward. had dwindlcd 20 brook that they
could almost leap across The raplda now
were but drcaty waste OF 6lnckoned
rocks, and tho falls themselyea. dry save
TOT dcHolate trckc down past Goat
Island, presented a Bpactacle Of death
The death of tho world ~ Beatrice and
both.
That this tremendous cataract could van
ish thus; that tho gorge and tho great falls
which Tor uncountcd centuries had thun-
ucred TO tho rush and tumult OF the mighty
waters could now lie mute and dry and
liclcaa, paddencd thcm both beyond meas
urc.
And they we're glad when. with wide
sweep 90 her winra tho pAuiliac Veerci 20
westward again along the north snuro OF
LAKE Erle and settled into the long run
ot close ON 25O miles 10 Detroit whore
stern counted on making hia nrst stop.
without mishan. yet without sighting
ainglc indication OF the presence of man.
they coasted down tho shore and ate their
dinner on tho banks Of Lake saint clair
near tho ruins OF Windsor, with thors OF
detroit ON the opposite side For soma
reason or other impossible TO nDIyc the
current now ran northwhrd toward Huron,
Instead OF aouth 10 Erie. hut this phe-
nomenon they could do little more than
morcly note, for time lacked to give II
any serious study
htd-Hternoon found them getting under
way again wcsthound
Chicago next" said Stern, making nonic
ahEht but uccc8Enry adjustment OF tho air
feed IN the carburcter And hero,H hon
INK thorcll be Romo native to greet W. Z"
Amen TO that answered the girl ''lf
any lie has survived mt all. II ought 10
be on the great central plain OF the country
gay from Indiana out through Nebraska
But do you know. Allan. II Il should come
rlsht down TO meeting any Of our own kind
OF peoplc--savagca, OF course. I mean but |
white--t really believe I'd be awtully afraid |
Of thcm. Imagine white aavaEcs dressed |
ia atkins"
Like usi" interrupted stern, laughing
And painted with wuad, whatever woad |
IN; / rgmemhor reading about Il In the |
hlHtorica of England all tho early Brltons |
used it And carrying nice knobhy stouo |
clceks to stavc 10 our hcadA II would /
DO nice 10 mcet n hundred or a thousand |
OF them, ehF Rather different matter /
from dealing with a horde OF those am |
thropold creatures, I imagine"