Cheyenne Wells record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1???-1969, 1921-07-14
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chariOts, mastouon0 III
so,a and I had entered . s'.t oa..' ths
,,non 0u1 tho front of the city, In fac- tns on,
sa'ns sp one in which I had had ny e -
sa.". ,a,sr w With the apes, and, wishing !"
500 what had caused the suau eue. and
treat mounted to an upper hoo, Dar I tho
naared from the window out over u
per e,,sv and the hills beyond; ana there @
Iaa. nv, the cause of their sudden sour
. r,,nw ,n to cover. A huge craft lons.
low and gray painted SWINE IN s'o Toi.
n,ar @ Tho crest Of the nearest NIL. for
,ow,nq It came another, and aho,ne.
ond another, until twenty OF then
swinging low above the grouno, su.'''
slowly and majestically toward us'
Each carried a strange oanne.
swung from stem to stern aoose ' ~
unner works. and upon the prov y.
zach wos painted some odd device tha,
steamed In the sunlight and sno"eS
nlainly even at the distance at WIZ.
we were from the vessels. cou'u sc.
auures crowding the forward Geek
ond INNER works Of the aircraft
whether they had discovered us y,
a,mnly we're looking at the deseftee
city I could not say, but In any even, m
thev received a rude reception' ~
suddenly and without warning tns
green Siartian warriors fired term,
yolley from the windows Of the ou'lo
ines facing the little valley across
which the great ships we're so peace
| fully advancing.
Instantly the scene changed as o.
magic; the foremost vessel s~unl
hroadside toward US, and bringing mel
guns into play returned our fire. at the
same time moving parallel to our FROM
for a short distance and then turning
hack with the evident intention Q,
completing a great circle which woule
bring her up to position once mor'
opposite our firing line; the other yes
sells followed in her wake, each ON
openipg upon us as she swung Int
position, Our own fire never dimln
ished. and doubt II 25 per cent o
our shots went wild. 1t had neve
been given me to see such deadly &C
curacy of aim, and 1t seemed a
though a little figure on one Of tn
craft dropped at the explosion OF eac
bullet, while the banners and uppe
works dissolved in spurts Of flame q
the Irresistible projectiles Of our wal
rIors moved through them.
The fire from the vessels was MOI
Intellectual, owing, as I afterwar
learned, to the unexpected suddenne:
of the first volley. which caught II
ships crews entirely unprepared an
the sighting apparatus Of the guns III
protected from the deadly aim Of OF
warriors.
Twenty minutes after the first vc
ley the great fleet swung trailing o
in the direction from which 1t ha
first appeared. Several Of the era
were limping perceptibly, and SCENE
but barely under the control Of the
depleted crews. Their fire had ceas'
entirely and all their energies SEEM
focused upon escape. Our warrio
then rushed up to the roofs Of t
buildings which we occupied and Il
lowed the retreating armada with
continuous fusillade Of deadly fire.
One by one. however, the ships ma
aged to dip below the crests Of Il
outlying hills until only one bare
moving craft was in sight. This hi
received the brunt Of our fire al
seemed to be entirely unnamed.
not a moving figure was visible upt
her decks. Slowly she swung fro
her course. circllng back toward u
an erratic and pltful manner.
stantly the warriors ceased firing, I,
It was quite apparent that the vess
was entirely helpless. and. far fro
being In a position to inflict har
upon us. she could not even contr
herself sufficiently to escape.
As she nearet the city the warrior
rushed out upon the plain to meet he
but 1t was evident that she still WI
too high for them to hope to reach h,
decks.
She was drifting some fifty fe'
above the ground. followed by all b,
some hundred Of the warriors wi
had been ordered back to the roo,
to cover the possibility Of a return
the fleet. or for e-enforcements.
AS the craft neared the bulldin
and Just before she struck, the Ma
tian warriors swarmed upon her fro,
the windows, and with their gre,
spears eased the shock of the coll
sion, and in few moments they ha
thrown out graphing hooks and ii
Dig boat was being hauled to group
by their fellows below.
After making her fast. the
swarmed the sides and searched III
vessel from stem to stern. I could Sc
them examining the dead sailors, ey
dently for signs of life, and present.
a party of them appeared from belo
Dragging little figure among then
me creature was considerably lie.
than half as tall as the green MARTA
warriors. and from my balcony I cou]
see that 1t walked erect upon two les
and surmised that 1t was some no
ana strange Martian monstroslty VIII
which had not as yet become a.