Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-05-09

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-
manned In the depths, and others pre-
fcrrcd to bask on the rocks In the sun
light. Then their gills began to be
rcpinccd by lungs. or else they had
giis MS we'll as lungs. or IN interme-
d;arc apparatus"
"Conlmon today, cai.tnin. Certain
lizards develop either lungs or gills,
according to the medium In which
they live"
swell. sir, as I understand 1t, the
first organisms that came out on land
were armnr plated, like the crabs and
| srIny fossil! fishes. Their bones were
ON the outside. to protect them against
being eaten. But after while the
progressive ones turned themselves In
slice out. Those that didn't, remained
| like the turtles and degcnerated. The
their encG.ies Ivy using their bones as
props ard developing speed.
"No", lieutenant, suppose men had
developed that way In the depths OF
tho sea. Suppose you had race Of
men "ho had discovered, not neces-
smriiy turning themselves inside out
like us. although they might have done
sn, but other means to avoid being
eatcn--say invislbility."
"There cun refute yOu," answered
Donald. "Alnn has developed from IN
cxtiuc. ape, an ancestor of his cous-
ms, the four nnthrOp0ids, supposedly
chimpunzeclike creature with the
structur" of gibbon, from which he
obtained his erect posture. Your sea
creatures would have had to 60
through the lemur-npe FORMS"
But let us suppose man who de-
veloped off the line" persisted Mas
terman. "A manlike organism with
webbed feet-something like man
seal. How about mermen? Do you
believe there is anything in that
story?'
II hardly think SO, captain"
"How about the old legends of the
Cyclopses?"
"a myth, Masterman. Besides, the
Cyclops kept cattle and lived upon
lnnd."
but they ate men, lieutenant. How
ever, let US call our men Of the sea
imaginary. Grant that there might
be such creatures, though. You'll adj
init that, with life SO 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 find their food"
"Ill grant that" answered Donald
III we accept the hypothesis that such
creatures exist"
"Good! Put pin there. my lad
Now, US we We're saying, after thou.
sands Of years the heat mt the bottom
of the sea would disappear by its diff.
fusion through the oceans every
where. The depths would grow toe
cold for them. It's bitter cold in the
water Ut 81 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit
Wouldn't the time come when they
too, would feel the impulse to migrate
into the SUM-"
mo, Musterman. Their breathing
II know what you're going to say
, lieutenant. You're going 10 tell me
that, even If they could breathe air
> they couldn't live when the pressure
, of those miles Of ocean was removed
, But suppose nature has been busy
preparing for the change during thou
| sands of years, while she has beer
{ modifying their gills into lungs, a.
: she worked on the brontOsaurs. That!
how nature works-quietly, softly, Sc
= cretly, till she's ready to launch hel
3 thunderbolt.
. Suppose second human swarm
mans poor cousins, Is getting read.
to overrun the earth, and put dow
t man from his throne. Suppose tn
!, puny swarms of monkey-men, white
e yellow and black, that crawl upon tn
9 face of the globe and imagine them
, selves its owners, are. going to be oh
!. liberated, not from Mars or Venus, bu
/ out of the earth's own vitals!"
). Captain Masterman sat bolt uprigh
: as he spoke; he looked like some oil
= prophet spelling out the doom Of man
e The intense earnestness in his word
e shook Paget's incredulity for me
s ment, and left him sick with horror.
Suppose that civilization, every
L thing which has gone to make up tn
life we know-family love, book.
monuments, parliaments, ships-all Q
l, 1t is to be ut the mercy of this mel
e CHESS horde, and that we are goin
e to fight harder than we have tough
since the days when we held our ow
8 against the saber.tooth! Who'd thin
or care then whether he was an En-,
lishman or u Dutchman; who'd troubl
II whether his friends We're white mel
10 negroes, Hottentots or Chinese. q
Z long as they were human? Wouldn
that make for the brotherhood of mai
n Donald? Wouldn't we set NIL our col
Is victs free? Wouldn't kings shak
b. hands with anarchists and college pr,