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Show 'Thursday, March 21, 1935 THE CHAPTER XI to the crossed HENDRON turned the optical Instru ment arid began to count Every man la the room stiffened to atten tion. 'One. two, three, four, five " nit band went to the switch. The room was filled with a vibrating hum. six, seven, eight nine, ten" The sound of the hum rose now to a feline shriek. " Eleven. welve, thirteen, fourteen, fiftee- nready I Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty " Ills hand moved to the Instrument that was like a rheostat His other hand wss clenched, on bis straps. "Twenty-one- , twenty-two- , tweuty-three- . twenty-four- , twenty, five." Simultaneously the crew shoved levers, and the rheostat moved np an Inch. At be counted, signals flashed to the other ship. They must leave at the same mo- y a r:--r and Philip WNU white-knuckle- Wit BrUa. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS ment David Ranadell errlTes at New York from South Africa, with plain (or Dr. Col Hndron. Tony Drake calla at tb Hendrons apartment. Eva Handron, with whom Tony la In lova, Introdueaa Tony to Ranadell. Profeaaor Bronaon, amlnant aatronomar, baa dtacovered two planata that have bean brought under tha attraction of our tug. The lt of tha Inevitable colllalon mutt be the end of the earth. The approach-In- s bodtea are referred to aa Bronaon Alpha and Bronaon Beta. Handron plana a "Space Ship" on which be hopaa to make a landlna on Bronaon Beta, but baa not been able to find a metal which will wltbatand tha beat and preaaure of atotnte energy to be uaad In propelling the Space Ship. n Tidal wavea and quakaa ohange the entire aurfaca of the earth. The colony Buffer, but aurvlvea. Handron'a camp la attacked by a hunger-craze- d borde, and half of the peraonnel la killed. Hendroa calla the Into the ahlp and aenda It aloft. Tha thouaanda In the attacking horde are wiped out by the aearlng blaat emitted by the ahlp. Handron announcea the building; of a aecond and larger Space Ship ao all may to Bronaon Beta. Juat before the ahlpa are to leave the earth, Eve and Tony find two little children, left there by tbelr father, who baa photo-araph- lo Hen-dro- eur-vlvo- ra aa-ca- ship. He rushed across the plat form and arrived at the airlock. He "Father advanced the time," re- wore the remnants of a khaki an! turned Eve, "lie decided to give a form which did not fit him. Pro few minutes more of warning; or truding from the breast pocket of the tunic was the butt of revol else he fooled me, too." black "You are carrying that child?" ver. He was black-haireand When he besited Tony. Eve had the little girt. eyed to speak brokenly, he first "Yea." said Eve. "You are car- gan swore In French, and then said In rying the boy?" "Yes," said Tony. "Rules or no English: "I am Duquesnel The The celebrated rules; necessities or no necessities, great Duquesnel The famous Duquesne. If we can take sheep and goats I Duquesnel The French physicist, me, Du guess we can take these two." "I guess so," said Eve; and she quesne. This I take for the ship strode strongly beside him into the of Cole 'Endron yes? Then, so I am here. Tell him I have come from edge of illumination as the great France In three months, running a floodlights blazed out. The buildings were all alight; steamboat by myself almost, flying and everybody was bustling. The across this foul country with my which It Is broken down near loading of the two Arks long ago plane, was Milwaukee, and to here The passen- what bad been completed. I have walked by myself alone these gers ran back and forth, calling, days. You are going now, crying, shaking hands, embracing many Tell him to go. Tell him Du yes? one another. Is here. Tell him I leave quesne one to all were every They go; In sight was billed on the Space those pigs, those dogs, those cows, those onions, who would build such Ships; but some would be on one a foolish Bhlp as they will break Would ship, some on the other. their necks in. I knew this 'Endron they meet again on Bronson Beta? ship would fly, so I have come to Would either ship get there? it Bah! They are stupid, my Tony, hurrying to his station, ap- French colleagues. More suitable preciated how wisely Hendron had for the motormen of trams than for acted in deceiving them all even In the outer space." himself as to the night. Here he flyers At Instant Hendron arrived that as, second in command of the first at the top of the spiral staircase. Bpace Ship, carrying a strange child He rushed forward, bis eyes alight. In contravention of all orders. The By G d, Duquesne! chief commander's daughter also "Duquesnel I'm delighted. You're In the nick of carried a child. No one stopped them. Not Hen- time. In forty minutes we would dron himself. It was the last hour have been away from here." Hendron's Duquesne gripped on earth, and men's minds were him as and around hand, skipped rocking. he were playing a child's game. The bugles blew again ; and Tony, If With his free fist, he smote upon his ieposltlng the boy with Eve, set he shouted so that the en about bis business of checking the breast; tire chamber reverberated : "Am I a hun-tre- d Three his of ship. personnel fool that you should have to tell yards away Dave Ransdell me what hour was qet for your de Ihecked the personnel of his larger parture? Have I no brains? Do jarty. I know nothing about astronomy? Ransdell, for a moment, ran over. Have I never studied physics? Re asked for Hendron, but he friends, glorious charming Innot Eve. sought, also, Tony did Americans, fools I Have I no brain? terfere; he allowed them their last Can I not anticipate? Here I am." minutes together. Suddenly he let go of Hendron's A third time the bugles blew. hand and stopped dancing. He of his check Tony completed bowed very gravely, first to Hen crew and passengers. Thrice he dron, then to Tony, then to the blew his whistle. crew. "Gentlemen," he said, "let's From off to the right, where the be going. Let s be on our way." second ship lay, Dave Ransdell's "What about the ships that were shrill signal answered. being built In other countries in "Close valves and locks I" Hendron asked him. There was no one on the Europe?" "The English?" returned Dnround. No onel All checked and will get away. What tallied, thrice over. Yet as Tony quesne. "They left the last lock open to gaze out then, who knows? Can yon "muddle space, Oole 'Endron? I ask again and listen, he heard a faint through It But the English are sound cry. The father of the children I a good ship. But as to Could he take him, too? One man they have I have made my answer, I them, more? Of course they could make am here." It Tony withheld the final signal "The Germans?" demanded Hen The voice was faint and far away, dron. and in its thin notes could be The Frenchman gestured. "Too tected the vibrations of tense anxtried to take iety. It came from where the air advanced! They have every contingency into account plane field lay. Presently he made too many contingency! They will out syllables, but not their meanmake the most beautiful voyage of ing. he yelled "Hello," mightily, all or by far the worst As to all the others, again I observe, I have "Who Is Back came the thinly shouted re- preferred to be here." Tony looked at his number and ply: "Cest mol, DuQuesnel found his place. Eve was near by I" Tony's mind translated: "It's I, him, with their two children beside her. She had sat up to welcome Dnquesne Walt." On the opposite side of the flying him. "I've been terribly nervous. lone human figure struggled Of course I knew you'd come, but J. the rays of the floor lights. It It has been hard waiting here." "We're all set," Tony said, as he Waif the figure of a short fat man running clumsily, waving his arms adjusted himself on the floor har ind pausing at Intervals to shout ness. Below, In the control room, the Duquesnel The name had a familiar sound. Then Tony remembered. men took their poets. Hendron Duquesne was the French scientist strapped himself under the glass tn charge of building the French screen. He fixed his eyes to an Bpace Ship that had been reported optical Instrument, across which were two hair lines. Very close to to him by James long ago. He turned to the attendants at the point of Intersection was a small star. The Instrument had been the airlock. "Get Hendron," he said. "Tell set so that when the star reached blm Duquesne Is here alone." He the center of the cross the disoperated the winch which moved charge was to be started. About him the stairway back to the hull of the was a battery of switches which were controlled by a master switch, hip. The short fat man trotted across and a lever that worked not unlike the field, stopping frequently to a rheostat over a series of resistcrew were gesticulate and shout: "Attendee I ances. His rontrol-roofastened In their places with their Cest mol. Duquesnel" At last he scrambled up the steps arms free to manipulate various of the concrete foundational to the lever. CHAPTER X 19 Continued big-nose- A roar, redoubling that which had resounded below the ship on the night of the attack, deafened all other sound. Tony thought: "We're leaving the earth!" A quivering of the ship that Jarred the soul Ao uptbrust on the feet Hendron's lips moving tn counting that could no longer be beard. The eyes of the men of the crew watching those lips so that when they reached fifty a second twitch was touched, and the room was plunged Into darkness relieved only by the dim rays of tiny bulba over the Instruments them selves. A slight change In the feel ing of air pressure against the ear drums. Tony reached toward Eve, and felt her hand stretching to meet his. The fiery trail of the second Ark rising skyward on Its apex of scin tillating vapor already was miles away. In the passenger chamber the un endurable noise rose In a steady crescendo until all those who lay there were pressed with Increasing force upon the deck. Nauseated, terrified, overwhelmed, their senses foundered and many of them lapsed Into unconsciousness. Tony, who was still able to think. despite the awful acceleration of the ship, realized presently that the din was diminishing. From his rather scanty knowledge of physics, he tried to deduce what was happening. Either the Ark had reached air so thin that It did not carry sound waves, or else It was traveling so fast that Its sound could not catch up with It The speed of that diminution seemed to Increase. The chamber became quieter and quieter. Tony reflected, In spite of the fearful torment he was undergoing. that eventually the only sound which would afflict It would come from the breeches of the tubes In the control rooms, and the rooms themselves would Insulate that Presently he realized that the ringing in his ears was louder than the noise made by the passage of the ship. Eve had relaxed the grip on his hand, but at that moment he felt a pressure. "It's horrible, isn't It?" Eve cried. 'Yes, but the worst Is over. We'll be accelerating for some time, though." Energy returned to htm. He strug gled with the bonds that held bis TIMES-NEW- S, PAGE SEVEN NEPHI. UTAH relief map. The whole of the United States, part of Europe and the north polar regions, were revealed to their gaze. In wonder they regarded the world that bad been their home. They could tee clearly the colossal changes which had been wrought upon It The great Inland sea that occupied the Mississippi valley sparkled In the morning sun. The myriad volcanoes which had sprung Into being along the western Cordillera were for the most part bidden under a pall of smoke and clouds. Hendron signaled a command to hit crew, who had been standing unbuckled from their slings, at attention. They now seated themselves. "I assure you." Hendron told Tony and Eve, and their fellow passengers, "that except for lis monot ony, the trip will offer you no fur ther great discomfort until we reach Bronson Beta, when we shall under tbe necessity of repeating approximately the same maneuver. In something lest than an hour we are going to turn the periscope on France In an effort to observe the departure of the French equivalent of our ships. We are at the moment trying to locate our second Ark, which took Its course at a distance from ut to avoid any chance of collision, and being between ns and tbe sun. Is now temporarily lost In the glare of the I feathers with still grows lovingly Inkberry Weed Clingt BRAIDED "STAR- - ima,luiiiAfk.ld Sim a tiuui i lljtj nnviirau it to Accustomed Ilauntt RUG PRACTICAL nan,(.honncr ,ieeplni In the black beside the I By GRANDMOTHER Along Sprain shady path lake, In Yonkert, cloae by the site of an ancient Indian village, grows the Kkeweed, pigeon berry, garnet or Inkberry, Phytolacca uVeiindra, a eoare smooth weed with acid poison ous root and stem, branching sometimes six feet or more tall. With racemes of flowers, white with green centers on angulnr peduncles, two to four Inches long, they become clusters of scarlet Juice berries In the autumn. The Indians used the red Juice to stain their deerskin and paint their faces in wartime. White people settling on farms among the Westchester hills and writing home to relatives in England about the hardness of their lives and the of the country, wrote with quill pens dipped In Inkberry Juice. The Indians are gone from the hill, but the weed the squaws ued to dye CLARK ill- . 1 . Lonesome. Once the iovey coior of the berries decorated ,ne t,iankets of hundreds of warriors about campfires, where now Hoy Scouts sleep out "overnight" and Imagine they are Injuns. Old fashioned herb doctort thought the root an emetic, and a tincture of the ripe berries was once used as a popular for chronic rheumatism. rwnedy Wild birds use the fruit for food, and robins with their bills stained scarlet In August or October are not uncommon sights. Its chief benefit to humanity U Its beauty In fruit J. Otis Swift, in the New York i.,am of it0ck. j World-Telegra- Art Art Is more godlike than science, Fclence discovers; art create. J. Ople, Scientists Find Fast Way to Relieve a Cold A star rug with points on the out er edge It not practical, because the polnta are easily turned up when tbe rug It In use. This hut been overcome In tbe braided rug thown here, and a round rug can be used In many places. This model Is made In six shades of blue but many other color schemes can be used to set off tbe pattern. Size Is S3 Inches and retun." quires about three pounds of mateHendron disappeared through the rial Three strips are used In braid opening In the celling which con- ing. The six diamonds to form -- lar tained the spiral staircase. are 4 Inches wide, 7 lnchet long. Fans distributed the air Inside Fill in space between points of star to make round. Sew about 20 rows tbe sliI p. Outside, there was vacu um against which the airlocks were around In colors desired. Tbe air of the ship, sealed. Thla It one of the 20 braided and breathed and "restored," was not crocheted rugs thown In rug book No. 25. Directions are given with actually fresh, although chemical ly It was perfectly breathable. The each rug; also, how to braid and soft roar of the rocket propulsion prepare the material for working. tubes fuddled the tenses. The sun If you want to make a good-looglared In black sky studded with ing rug, send 15c to the Home Craft brilliant start. Co., Dept C, 1900 St. Louis avenue. To the right of the sun, the great St Louis, Mo., and receive this rug glowing crescents of Bronson Al book by mall postpaid. Enclose a stamped addressed en pha and Bronson Beta loomed larger and larger. Eve sat with velope when writing for any InforTony as a periscope turned on them mation. and displayed them on the screen. Dr. Pierce's Pellets are beat for liver, They could plainly see that Bron son Alpha was below and approach, bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for laxative three for a cathartic Adv. lng the earth; Bronson Beta, slow ly turning, was higher and much Hiatoric Precedent nearer the ship. "Nero fiddled while Rome burned," "Do you see their relation?" she said Mr. Growcher. 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He tried to lift his head from the floor, but the upward pressure still overpowered him. Then the lights In the cabin went out and the screen was Illuminated. Across one side was a glimpse of the trail which they were leaving, a bright hurtling yellow stream, but it was not that which held his attention. In the center of the screen was part of a curved disk. Tony realized that he was staring up at half of the northern hemisphere of the earth. Once again Eve pressed his hand, and Tony returned the pressure. In the control room, Hendron still sat in the sling with hit band on the rheostat. His eyes traveled to a meter which showed their distance away from the earth. Then they moved on to a chronometer. He had already determined the time one necessary for acceleration hundred and twelve minutes and he could not shorten it Hendron operated the switch controlling the choice of periscopes. In the midst of the glass screen, the earth now appeared as a round globe. Its diameter In both directions clearly apparent More than half of It lay In shadow, but the Illuminated half was like a great The Passengers Ran Back and Forth, Calling Crying, Shaking Hands; They Were All to Go. Every One In Sight Was Bllleted on the Space Ships, but 8ome A'ould Be on One Ship and Some op the Other. Bronson Beta, being much the smaller and lighter, was revolving about Bronson Alpha. The orbit was not a circle; It was a very long ellipse. Sometimes, therefore, this broueht Bronson Beta much closer to Alpha than at other times. When they went around the sun, the enormous force of the sun's at traction further distorted the orbit and Bronson Beta probably is near er Alpha now than It ever was be fore. Also, notice It la at the point In its orbit which la more favorable for us." "You mean for our landing on asked Tony. "For that; and especially Is it favorable to us. after we land if we do," amended Eve; and she gathered the children to her. 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