The Connecticut labor news., 1921-08-26

read his every thought while he could not fathom an iota from my mind un- less I spoke.
 The building In which l found my self contained the machinery which produces that artificial atmosphere which susta1ns life on Mars. The se- cret of the entire process hinges on the use of the ninth ray, one of the beautiful scintillations which had noted emanating from the great stone in my hosts diadem.
 This ray is separated from the oth- CT rays of the sun by means of finely adjusted instruments placed upon the roof of the huge building, three-quar- ters of which is used for reservoirs in which the ninth ray Is stored. This product is then treated electrically, or rather certain proportions of re fined electric vibrations are incor- porated with 1t, and the result Is then pumped to the five principal air cen ters of the planet where, as it is leased, contact with the ether of space transforms 1t into atmosphere.
 There is always sufficient reserve of the ninth ray stored in the great building to maintain the present Mar tian atmosphere for a thousand years, and the only fear, as my new friend told me, was that some accident might befall the pumping apparatus Before l retired for the night he promised to give me letter to a near by agricultural officer who would help me my way ito Zodanga, which he x7 oif
 But be sure that you do not let them know you are bound for Helium, as they are at war with that country. My assistant and l are of no country we belong to all Barsoom and this tai isman which we wear protects us in all lands, even among the green men though we do not trus- ourselves to their hands if avoid it,'' he added.
 And so goodnight, my friend" he continued. may you have long and restful sleep-yes, a long sleep
 And though he smiled pleasantly saw in his thoughts the wish that he had never admitted me. and then pie ture of him standing over me in the night, and the swift thrust of long dagger and the half-formed words. II an SC Try, but it is for the best good )f BarGoom."
 What was I to dor How could I es- cape through these mighty walls? Easily could kill him now that I was warned but once he was dead I could no more escape, and with the stop ping of the machinery of the great fho 0fho inhabitants of the p1anet-an even Dejah Thorfs were she not already dead.
 Cautiously I opened the door of my apartment and, followed by WoOla, sought the inner of the great doors. wild scheme had come to me; would attempt to force the great locks by the nine thought waves I had read in my hosts mind.
 Creeping stealthily through corridor after corridor and down winding run ways which turned hither and thither finally reached the great hall in which had broken my long fast that morning
 was on the point of stepping bold ly out into the room when a slight noise behind me warned me back into the shadows of a recess in the corri- dor Dragging Wooa after crouched low in the da rlnes
 Presently the old man passed close by me, and as he entered the dmly lighted chamber which had been about to pass through saw that he held long thin dagger in his hand and that he was sharpening it upon Tn Inf decision to inspect the radfum pumps, which would take about thirty minutes, and then return to my bedchamber and fin ish me.
 As he passed through the great hall and disappeared down the runway which led to the pumproom. l stole stealthily from my hiding place and crossed to the great door the inner