Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1934-11-30

days are gone; we bring our years to
on end like a tale that Is told"
The sexton and old Hezeklah alone
could not lift the box to lower It Tony
had to help them with II. He did;
and his mother lay beside her hus-
band.
Tonight, when the huge Bronson AL
pha and Bronson Beta with its visible
cities of its own dead were on this
side Of the world again. the tide
might rise over this hill. What mat
teri His mother lay where she would
have chosen. A short time now. and
all this world would end
"rn take you away" Tony was say
Ing to the old minister and his wife
and the older sexton. "We're flying
west tonight to the central plateau.
Wen manage somehow to take you
with u.s."
mot me-" said the old sexton. ID
not take me from the will of the
Lordr
Nor would the minister and his wife
be moved. They would journey to-
day. when the water reeeded. into the
higher hills; but mat was all they
would do.
The airplane settled to earth on the
high ground between Lake Michigan
and Lake Superior, Just as the Bron-
son Bodies, appallIngly large, rose over
the eastern horizon. Nearly q thou
sand people came from the great can
teAment TO greet Tony and Hen
dron's daughter. The scientist had
given up his New Mexico venture en-
tirely. and brought his congregation
Of human beings all to his Michigan
retreat.
Greetings, however, we're not fully
made until the Bronson Bodies had
been observed. Beta now exceeded
the moon. and II shone with pearly
luster and brilllance which the moon
had never possessed. Around 1t was
an aureole Of soft radiance where its
atmosphere. thawed BY the warmth
Of the sun 1t 80 rapidly approached.
had completely resumed Its gaseous
state.
But Bronson Beta did not compare
with the spectacle Of Alpha. Alpha
was gigantic-blgger than the sun. AMI
seemingly almost as bright. for the
clouds which streamed up from every
part Of It's surface threw back the
suns light, dazzling. white and hard.
There was no night Neither Eve nor
Tony had seen the camp In Its compile
ton; and when wonderment over the
ascending bodies gave way to uneasy
familiarity, Eliot James took them on
tour Of inspection.
Hendron had prepared admirably
for the days which he had known
would lie ahead Of bis hand-picked
community. There were two prodlgi-
Gus dining halls, two buildings not
unlike apartment houses In which men
and women were domiciled. In addi-
ton there was a building resembling a
hangar set on end. which lowered
above the surrounding forests more
than q hundred feet. At Its side was
the landing field, space for the shelter
Ing of the planes. and opposite the
landing field q long row Of shops
which terminated in an iron works.
It was to the machine shops and
foundry that Eliot James last took his
companions.
''The crew here he said to Eve,
phas already finished part OF the con-
structlon Of the Ark which your father
is planning. II we wanted to, we could
build battleship here; In the labora-
tories anything that has been done
could be repeated and a great many
things have been accomplished that
have never been done before. BY to-
morrow night presume that the en-
tire New York equipment will have
been reinstalled here"
Tony whistled. ITS amazing. Genius,
sheer geniusi How about food7"
Eliot James smiled. There ia
enough food for the entire congrega.
Hon as long as we will need t."
NOW show us the 'Ark.'"
gar to act as their guide.
From the hysterical white glare Of
the Bronson Bodies Eve and Tony we're
taken into 4 mighty chamber which
rose seemingly to the sky Itself, where
the brilllancs was even greater. A
hundred things inside that chamber
might have attracted their attention.
It's hood-iighting system, or the ire
mendous bradng Of its metal walls:
but their eyes were only for the OBJ
ject In It's center. The Ark on that
late July evenins-the focal point. tho
dream and hope Of all those whom
Hendron had gathered together-stood
upright on a gigantic concrete block In
4 cradle Of steel beams. its length
was one hundred and thirty-fve feet.
It was sixty-two feet In diameter, and
it, shape was cylindrical. Stream
lining was unnecessary for travel ID
the outer reaches Of space, where
there was no air to set Up resistance.
The metal which composed II was
special alloy eighteen inches In thick.
ness, electroplated on the outside with
AZ alloy which silons like chromium.
After Tony had looked at 1t for q
long time, he said. 1T Is by far the
most spectacular object mankind has
sver achieved"
Hendron glanced at him and con.
tlnued his exposition. "A second
shell, much smaller, goes inside: and
between the inner shell and It's outer
guard are several layers Of Insulation
material. Inside the shell viii be On.
sines which generate the current,
which IL turn releases the blast OF
atomic energy, store.ehambers for