The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-11-08

"GOOd. NOW you've stuuicu -
school what I've only read In books,
but you know that there was a time
when the seas were warm, steaminS
baths, and the steam formed CLOUDS,
80 that the sun had never been e
Before the sun appeared. he world
was Just diffused light and darkness.
There's an answer to your Bible crit
les who a Genesis In all wrong. be-
cause II says light was made before
the sun. Light did exist. before the
sun was dreamed Of, 30 far as man Is
concerned
You're right, SIR" answered Don
aid, who like most sailors. was q re-
ligious man.
"And thea" continued Hasterman,
swhat does the record fell us7 The
moving creatures that have life were
made, and the great sea monsters, Le
viathan and his kind, and the fowls
OF the air. And afterward the earth
monsters, and creeping things. And
man not till the last. Now don't tell
me, lieutenant. that the man who
wrote the story Of the creation wasn't
an up-to-date scientist
"well. sir. at last the day came when
the waters had cooled, the clouds
| opened, and the sun streamed through.
BY that time the ocean wasn't so
| pleasant q place TO live In as formerly.
especially as the climatic zones were
appearing. No doubt there was a rush
to the equator on the part Of the sur
face monsters But the beds
were still warm from the hot rocks,
and the heat down there was good for
several thousand. or hundred thou
sand years yet
$50 some Of the sea creatures re
NAMED In the depths, and others pre-
ferred TO bask on the rocks In the sun
light. Then their girls began to be
replaced by lungs, or else they had
gills a. well ~ lungs, or an interme-
diatc apparatus.-
Common today. captain Certain
lizards develop either lungs or gtlls,
according to the medium In which
they live"
-Weli. sir, n I understand Il. the
first organisms that came out on land
were armor plated, like the crabs and
spiny fossil fishes. Their bones were
on the outside. to protect them against
being eaten But after a while the
progressive ones turned themselves In
side out. Those that didn't, remained
like the turtles and degenerated. The
rest found that II vas easier to escape
their enemies by using their bones as
props and developing speed.
"Now, lieutenant, suppose men had
developed that way In the depths Of
the sea. Suppose you had a race Of
men who had discovered, not neces-
sarily turning themselves inside out,
like us. although they might have done
so. but other means to avoid being
e~aten-say invisibility."
There I can refute you" answered
Donald. "Mar has developed from an
extinct ape, an ancestor Of his "a
ms, the four metropolis. supposedly
a chimpanEeelike creature with the
structure Of = gtbboa, from which he
obtained his erect posture. Your 30
creatures would have had to 60
through the lemur-ape forms"
.Buf 'et US suppose 9 men rho de-
veloped on the line persisted Mas
terman. "A manlike ~organian with
webbed feet-something like q man
seal. How about mermenf Do you
believe there 10 anything in that
storyf
Il hardly think 30, captain
"How about the. old legends Of the
C~yclopsesr"
"A myth, Masterman. Besides, the
Cyclops kept cattle and lived upon
land"
But they ate men, lieutenant. How
ever, let Us call our men Of the vet
imaginary. Grant that there might
be such creatures though You'll adj
nit that. with life . hard under the
ocean. they'd have developed more
cunning along certain lines than the
human race. And they wouldn't know
much about pity or love. or anything
except how to ind their food"
'Tl grant that answered Donald.
"a VIC aSScRt lag A1totAcckS dsAs Sotu
creatures exist"
"Goodi Put . pin there. my lad.
Now. AZ we were saying. after thou
sands Of years the heat at the bottom
Of the sea would disarresr by itr diff
fusion through the oceans every
where's The depths would grow too
cold for them. It's bitter cold In the
water at 81 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
wouldn't the dime come when they.
too. would feel the impulse to migrate
Into the sum-
mo. NasteFman. Their breathing
II know what you're going 70 ny.
lieutenant. You're going to tell mo
that. even II they could breathe air.
they couldn't live when the pressure
Of thoss miles Of . vas removed.
But suppose nature has been busy
preparing for ne change during thou
sands Of years. while she has been
modifying their giIls Into lungs. a.
nhe worked % the brontosaurA That's
how nature workS-ouistly. softly. -
cretly. III shs's ready 70 launch hek