Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-07-08

~ Looked Down at Her, Her Beautiful
Face Upturned, and Her Wonderful
Eyes Opening Up the Very Depth
Of Her Soul"
beautiful face turned up to mine. she
whispered: II believe you, John Car
ter; | do not know what gentle.
man u.s. nor have | ever heard before
of Virginia; but on Barsoom no man
lies; IL he does not wish to speak the
truth he Is silent. Where Is this Vir-
ginia, your country, John Carterr
she asked. and It seemed that this
fair name of my fair land had never
sounded more beautiful than as II
fell from those perfect lips on that
far gone day.
II am of another world" answered.
1.-The great planet Earth, which re.
wolves about our common sun and
next within the orbit of your Bar
SOON, which we know as Mars. How
l came here I cannot tell you, for |
do not know; but here am, and since
my presence has permitted me to
serve Dejah Thoris I am glad that
I am here"
She gazed at me with troubled eyes,
long and questioningly. would much
rather not have told her anything of
my antecedents. but no man could
look into the depth Of those eyes and
refuse her slightest hehest-
Finally she smiled, and, rising, said
Il shall have to believe even though
I cannot understand. But why should
l trouble my poor head with such a
problem, when my heart tells me that
believe because wish to believer"
II was good logic, good, earthly,
feminine logic, and If II satisfied her
| certainly could pick no flaws In II.
We fell into general conversation
then, asking and answering many
questions on each side. She was curl
GUS to learn OF the customs Of my
people and displayed remarkable
knowledge of events on earth. When
I questioned her closely on this seem
ing familiarity with earthly things
she laughed, and cried out:
"Why. every schoolboy on Barsoom
knows the geography. and much con-
corning the fauna and fora, as well
as the history OF your planet fully as
well as of his own. Can we not see
everything which takes place upon
Earth, as you call 1t; is It not hang
ing there In the heavens In plain
sight?"
This baffied me, must confess
fully as much as my statements had
COMPOUNDED her; and told her So
She then explained In general the In
struments her people had used and
been perfecting for ages, which per
NIT them to throw upon a screen a
perfect image Of what Is TRANSPORTING
upon any planet and upon many on
the stars. I
"If, then. you are so familiar WITT
earthly things" asked, "why Is IN
that you do not recognize me as iden''
teal with the inhabitants Of that plan
et7"
She smiled again as one might m
bored indulgence of a questioning
child.
because, John Carter" she replied,
"nearly every planet and star having
atmospheric conditions at all app
preaching those of BarsoOm, shows
forms of animal life almost Identical,
with you and me; and, further, Earth'
men, almost without exception, cover
their bodies with strange, unsightly
pieces of cloth, and their heads with
hldeOus cOutraptiOns the purpose OF
which we have been unable to con-
celve; while you. when found by the
TharkIan warriors, were entirely uh'
disfgured and unadorned.'
then narrated the details OF my
departure from the Earth, explain
Ing that my body there lay tulIy.
clothed in all the, to her. strange gar1
ments of mundane dwellers AT TINS,
polnt Sofa returned with our meageJ
belongings ahd her young Marian
protege, who, Of course, would have
70 share the quarters with them
Sofa asked us If We had had a VS.
ltor during her absence, and seemed
much surprised when we answered,
in the negative, II seemed that N
she had mounted the approach to u
upper floors where our quarters w,
located, she had met Sarkoja desc.
ing. We u..''aJ mat she must
been eayesdropplug, but as we
recall no.h,rs Of importance tha
passed between us We dismiss
matter as of little consequence :
Dejah Ttorls and ! then Eel l.
aiming the architecture ana