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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEW, UTAH eontinent .ppro.cC When Worlds Collide horded the fact future dark amlysn . n ,Urrrt kuaia ran " shin 16 pet 7: Kyto, the Japanese serv- ,rbom Tony Drake had had for In New Tork, and of whom iome years Inordinately fond, walked I, The inscrutpeacefully Into camp. able little Jap walked up to Tony, Kyto's face rliose back was turned. fai like a smiling Buddha's; and the drama of the fully appreciating he said In his odd voice: gltuatioD, humbleness request fflth exceeding to former possibilities of return When Tony spun around as going to faint. thought he afterward he began thump-ic- j was pers- feared for the Jap's life. Dut lejeems to be wiry; in fact, he must have the constitution of a steel spring, overland more for be has traveled than eight hundred miles in the past to months, and his story, which I am getting out of him piecemeal, Is one of fabulous adventure. I discovered only today "Dec. 19: that Hendron has used for insulation, between the double walls of the now completed Ark, two thick layers of asbestos, and between them, books. The books make reasonably good lnsulat-to- g material, and when we arrive at oar future home, If we do not arrive with too hard a blow, we will be d with an enormous and complete library. Amazing fellow, Hendron. "Dec 31: We had our Christmas dinner last Thursday, and except for the absence of turkey, It was comto plum pudding. The plete, even weather continues to be warm, and the gardens which we replanted have nourished under this new climate, so that already we ai-reaping huge harvests which ire being itored In the Space Ships. "Jan. 18: A flight was made to the mines' from which Ransdell's metals have been taken, and in the course of It the plane passed over St. Paul and Minneapolis. Apparently the mobs in those two cities have for the most part either perished or migrated. However, we have not drawn in the outposts stationed around the cantonment after the last attack, and if we ihonld be again attacked In force, we tiiall not temporize but use the final weapon at once. "Jan. 20: .There was dancing In the hall of the women's dormitory and Ransdell so far overcame his almost animal shyness that he danced twice with Eve. The rivalry between Eansdell and Tony Is the most popular subject of discussion among the Jirij and women, but such a bond has grown between the two mpn thatJ J know whoever Is defeated in the wuest, ir mere is victory or defeat, take his medicine honorably and generously, i am wondering, howler, about that business of victory or defeat The women here slightly outnumber the men. It will be neces-ar- y for them to bear children on the ew planet Variation of our new race will be desirable. Perhaps we wlU resort in the main to polyandry, Md abolish, because of biological necessity, all marriage. There are a ood many very real love affairs existent already. That la to be expect-when the very flower of young Womanhood and the best, men of all Jes are segregated In the wilderness, myself doubtless "reflect the mental Jttltude of most of the men here, "ere are a hundred women, I shall y two hundred, and one who I would "Proud to have as my wife. "Feb. 17: ln a; little more than a Month it will be time' for our depar-wfAs that solemn hour approaches W of us tend to think back into our Iks, rather than forward toward our w lives. Hendron has not hesitated make It clear that our relatively jump through space will be dangerous Indeed. not The we been contrived ships may properly to with-Jnwhat are at best merely theoretical conditions. The cold of outer Wee may overwhelm us. The rays Wcb t,.avel tnrough the empty reaches when we thrust ourselves along them clad ln the thin cylinders Wr Ark may assert a different po-- r ncy frm that experienced under the Wr of earth's atmosphere. Either ' Doth of our two projectiles may col-- , wltn a wandering' asteroid. In ase the C0nseiuences will be limii ar to those anticipated from the fusion of earth with Bronson Alpha, endron assures us that the only "'PS will fly, and that If they reach atmosphere of Bronson Beta, it 2eo. Dosslb'e to land them. 22; The Bronson Bodies a Appeared ln the sky with ?" AIPha onc8 more looks Ci ewln' nnd Beta not unllke the larRe Pin. v Observations tt'roi hf "r modcst telescope show flea l thnt 15ronson Pct& warmed ,!"le Eun hag a surface now com- awed- - If9 once 8oHd atmos- drifting about It filled with flouflIs. u. and n,. """UBU iU1UHO uiuuuo WO If iM to glimpse patches of dark tod " Relies of brilliance, which lndl- onally pro-tide- e 111 4' e. ttt d . vls-lik- by WaXiDS W effort is .4 m "'"'dialing confiscated. Two "Sed t0 be steel of t.,e extra material required, but we are now engaged ln smelting object for whkb we shall have no woLT; Women are dolD8 tasks Z tt never done before, and are all working on schedule. Hendrouville locks e a little Pittsburgh-- It. furn.ee. Somg all night, its roa.ls rutted by Jeavjr trucking, and its foundries 'king with a continual roar of The construction of the second Ark in such a record time would have been impossible had it not been for the adaptability f Hendron's solution of atomic disintegration. Power and heat we have in unlimited quan- , te 8ilteen-hour--da- tities. "March 6: The day and hour of departure has been announced. In order to intercept the Bronson Body at its most advantageous point, we shall leave the earth on the 27th of this month at 1:45 a. m. It is precisely. estimated that the Journey will require 90 hours, although It could be made much more quickly. "March IS: From time to time, when our own receiving apparatus has been functioning, we have overheard radio broadcasts from the world outside. The static is still tremendous, and these broadcasts have been most unsatisfactory. Once In November and again In January we heard the President of the United States, lie recited in a very strained and weary voice a few fragmentary details of life in his small kingdom. Not ln any hope of aid, but as if he wished to inform any one else who might be listening, what the situation was. He did not address his own constituents, so we may assume they have no receiving sets and are etill struggling against appalling handicaps which Ransdell and myself observed. On three or four occasions we have caught snatches of broadcasts from foreign stations. But except for lull immediately after the storms, we have never been able to overhear enough so that we know anything definite about the situation in Europe or elsewhere, except that on the night of, I think, Dec. 8th, we heard a deU-cac- y . us -- He's a good egg," Tony replied. "I Knew him for year.. His sister went to school my mother." "Another thing: Dad', came wasn't on that list. I think when Dad thought he could save only a hundred people, he figured he was too old, and that his work bad been done; and I'll bet If the first .hip had been ready to leave and there had been none oth-eDad would have been at missing the crucial time." "Yes." ald Tony thoughtfully. "That's exactly what your father would have done. And how calmly we are able to consider this! It's strange the way people change. Death has lost all its meaning. Suffering has become something we accept as the logical accompaniment of life. I am not even shocked when I think that your father would deliberately commit suicide on this planet If he decided his biological usefulness was at an end although, of course, such a decision would have been mistaken." Eve nodded in agreement "He Intended to do it I think as a lesson a sort of Instruction to the others." A silence fell between them, then Tony began to talk again. "I have changed my Ideas about everything, Eve not only about life and death I I think that even my Ideas about you are changing. When Ransdell came to New Tork under such dramatic clr-r, mil it illf mi fSf short segment of a Frenchman's oration which evidently was Intended to move his hearers toward peace. We assumed that In spite of the appalling conditions that must prevail abroad as they do here, Europe, still sticking stubbornly to her nationalism, Is again engaged ln some form of warfare. "March 20: A week from tonight we shall leave the earth. The approach of this zero hour has cast a spell on the colonists. They move as If In a dream. Nervous tension Is enormous. "Everything Is ln readiness; a few perishables will be moved Into the ships in the last hours; the stock and poultry have already, been domiciled in their quarters, although they have not been lashed fast I have been given by Hendron, to include with my papers, a complete list of the contents of both ships. In spite of their enormous size the second ship looks tanks piled on like three also has the and each of other, top same shining exterior as the first it is impossible to believe that they could contain all the items ln these lists. "It Is the most incredible assortment of the gear that belongs to mankind ever assembled in any one place. We are ready." gas-stora- "When I think," Tony said to Eve as they sat side by side on a small descent of twihilltop watching the valley, "of the the busy Into light of your faforesight and ingenuity He was ahead am I appalled. ther In the world in of most of the people and he his idea for leaving the earth, saw ahead of all of us when he was possibility and the practicability was left of taking everybody whonew to the planet after the struggle, to I used lniiuc odd It's the Ark was that would exist when thousand of the and ready to leave, be her only a hundred could been a ter- hnve id T. n cnosen. norinrt for every one. ... . v the r. . arms m Eve hugced hersen k new sldewlse. 'I wired at him for the deparDad's plans about a else, lou ture and I knew something were not to go, were jou?What good Of course not. lime "!c? would I have been?" On this evening an F e smiled. to the grea evenUiS so close nnd un.isu-Ishe seemed radiant n tender. "You're modest lony. charms. one of your crcatest I saw the list : Once you tell Let me Lie had given had mnde up. came eutuiiu. I first place Bronson Timf. fourth. wfshed And from J"" the" whole nJ he world, be pre made you fifth. Than sentiment! up.' father mutt be "lour " Uues Requisite in Family's Menu .gain." "Kaner Not; nofcle you're scientist. rrant Tie .Ujret Tho.e two - ariecond la i;u eon b!g goiag ot.a-de- r the Instruction, f your good friend David Ransdell." , That', grand," Tony t&li; "but wll he have sufficient technical knowledge to run the thlngT "Oh, Jessup and Kane will do that .11 right Ransdell'. only going to be figurehead until they get to Bronson Beta." "That's .well" Ton? kicked the lock on his .hut and said. "We've got to get packed up. Tou know we're going places tomorrow." Jack at down on the bed. "That reminds me; I'm going on the .econd ship, too." Tony's face felt They were .erl-ou- s . ult-ca- again. Jack said: "When yon are .11 et they want you down at the Ark. Everybody', going through It and getting assigned to their quarter" Tony walked up a long flight of ateps to the airlock. A. he went he cast an upward glance at the elaborate structure of beams which supported the Ark, and which workmen were now removing. The Interior of the Ark was brilliantly lighted by electricity. Through it. center ran a spiral staircase, and a long taut cable Inside the stairs. At eight-foo- t interval, steel floor, cut the cylinder Into sections. The two forward sections were crammed with machinery and Instruments and across them ran the great thrust-beam- , against which the atomic tubes would exert their force. A ring of smaller tubes pointing outward around the upper and lower 8ections like .poke, were provided to give free dimensional control of the .hip, and to make the necessary for grounding. It had been planned tc travel head-ofor the greater art of the distance. Tony walked up the spiral staircase from the stern's engine-room- . Above It were stockrooms with their arrangement for lashing fast the live e the stock rooms . were store room, reaching to the center of the ship, and tightly packed. In the center of the ship were the human quarters, their wall, carefully padded, and lashings, similar to but more comfortable than those provided for the animals, arranged along the floor. These accommodation, were not alluring. They suggested that the Journey would be cramped and unpleasant, but Inasmuch a. It would take only ninety hours If It wa. .uccessfuL everything had been sacrificed to utility. On the side wall, were water taps, and ln steel closet, food for considerably longer time than four day. had been atored; but In their Journey through space the travelers would enjoy no comfortable beds, eat no hot meal, and divert themselves with no entertainments. The exact conditions of flight through space were unknown; and underneath the springs and paddings which lined the passengers' quarter, was apparatus both for refrigeration and for heating. Tony passed through the double layer of passenger quarters, through the layers of store rooms and the engine room at the front end of the great cylinder, climbing all the way on the spiral stairs. There he found Hendron, who waa testing some of the apparatus. "You sent for me?" Tony asked. "No. Oh, I see what It was. They were giving out the numbers of your slings down below. I've asked every one to get ln slings before we start and when we land, as I'm not sure, from the single test, exactly what the general effect will be." As Tony was about to go, Hendron recalled him. "I neer showed you my engines, did I?" "No," Tony said. Hendron waved his arm around the chamber. It looked very much like the Interior of a submarine. "This 1. the forward power cabin," he began. "The breeches of the main tube, are concealed behind a wall which 1. reThose inforced by the thrust-beamare the ones which are to break the force of our fall ; but you see here the breeches of the smaller surrounding tubes. They are not unlike cannon, and they work on the same principle. Acting at right angles to our line of flight they can turn the ship and revolve it end for end, ln fact like a If we should turn thrown on jets on opposite sides and opposite ends. The breech of each of these little tubes," at that point Hendron turned a wheel with a handle on It and the rear of one of the tubes slowly opened "is provided with the tubes which generate the ray. that split atoms of beryllium into their protons and nuclet The forces engendered in the process, which Is like a molecular explosion, but vastly greater, together with the disrupted matter, Is then discharged through the gun, the barrel of which Is lined with Ransdell's metal. The consumption of fuel, so to speak, both In quantity and rate, Is regulated by a mechanism on the breech Itself. The rate and volume of the discharge will be, of course, Immensely greater for leaving the earth than It was on the mere hop from the ground on the night of the assault The ship proved Itself then to be a gun, or rather a number of guns, whlrh will fire steadily on the trip through space. By Newton's law, which Einstein ha. modified only In microscopic effects, for every action there Is an equal and positive reaction, so that through .pace the speed and energy of the discharge from the tubes which we also call the engines and motor., rather Inaccuratelyare what will determine the speed and motion of the ship,' n stock-Abov- . . v tf guesi who. mrtr22Ea th-ioca fiiip.- -. . ..v.. "Jessupr- - ..a, vices !" be-T- A. metal for nea;?0581 CHAPTER in." But I oral .hieh Dave couldn't handle. the compliment "Fk-tbe- r too. the list from me. he wa . very t!iSrj that I had see it underbill was on it When you confer asit V.nderbltt ba. mUch :most any one. The uat comes from overbading, a wiry nervous constitution, an rt-- J ten,IerameDt, taste. learned mlid. gor-eosense of humor .ud course. he', wasteful, epemithrift, decadent and jadedr at least he used to be; but how great-- y nig positive virtues outweigh hi. . endou.. The Lanf1!.00,." had Pr0teete4 the e w! ioooooooooooo IX Continued I - "'J,00m."I,iroa'-- ,Tremen,lous UPD the I S. ,.-, Ti,i9S' 11 S t? WNTJ Servle h. : th, ln7rpn hard that to eonslder siXerdtrr r1- PHILIP WYLIE Kyto's back so tt At tTZ ,mT.1 know St EDWIN BALMEIt tj .: S denoted it. We. but we - ' "He Must Have the Constitution of a Steel Spring, for He Ha. Traveled Overland More Than Eight Hundred Miles In the Past Two Months. Hi. Story I. On. of Fabulou. Adventure." ... cumstances, and when I saw your Interest ln him, I was jealous. I pretended I wasn't even to myself; but I was. And In some small way some way I felt superior to him. I was better educated, better Since bred, better trained socially. I've come to know that man, I've learned that from the standpoint of everything that counts, he's a man, and I'm still ln short pants. "It would have been hard to talk to you about such things at one time; ln fact it would have been Impossible, because I would have considered It bad form. Now it's all different The day after tomorrow we are going to sail. I may not have a chance to see you alone again between now and I don't want to burden you then. with a feeling of unnecessary responsibility. There Isn't any responsibility on your part But I must tell you that I love you. I've told you that before, long ago, and what I said then has nothing to do with what I feel now. In saying It I am asking you for nothing. I mean that you shall know only that whatever hapwhatever pens, whatever you decide, either of us does ln the future, cannot alter the fact that I now do and always shall hold for you Intact the most fundamental part of all that any man can feel toward any woman." He had finished his words with his face turned toward her, and his eye. looking into her eyes. Eve spread her palms on the ground behind her and leaned back. "I love love you, too, Tony. I shall always small-minde- d you." Tony took her In his arms then and kissed her. "You whistle so persistently and so cheerful." Jack Taylor said to Tony on the following morning, "that it makes me Irritable." "Oood!" Tony replied, and kept on whistling. CHAPTER X who "Do you know that the list of been postJust has which ship goes ln ed?" Jack Taylor asked Tony. "Huh." out "I thought that would get a rise don't worry. of you. Don't worry, with Eve, .11 You're In the flrst ship, command. lou're In rttrht Hendron. lieutenant Jtmo. Li with you. Bat r, TO MM CONTINt'KO. - -- ., Citrus Fruits, Cabbage, Lettuce, Spinacb an Tomatoes, ' V Both Raw and Canned, Are Liberally, V Supplied With Vitamin C. If you have the orange and tomato Juice habit which has swept the coun try ln the. last few years, you are probably getting your quota of vitamin C, which Is found widely die tributed among fruit, and vegetables The cltrns fruits, cabbage, lettuce spinach and tomatoes, both raw and canned, we particularly well supplied with thl. vitamin. Pineapples apples, bananas, raspberrle. and strawberries, string bean., carrot, turnlpa, beans, peas, potatoe. and radlshe. give us almost a. liberal a contribution. Because .nmetlmea the vitamin C content I. Injured during cooking, It Is fortunate that moat of these foods are delectable In their raw state. Both tomatoes and pineapples, however, because of their natural acids, keep their full content after cooking. This enable, cs to nse these canned product, with full confldence ln their vitamin C .upply. When this vltaniln is very low or absent s has been the case ln war times or on long voyages away from the source of the fresh food supply, the disease known as scurvy may afflict the community or the crew. Old records show that limes, lemons and potatoes were known as scurvy preventives and cure, generation, before the existence of vitamin 0 was rec ognized, While acute scurvy Is sel dom or never seen In this country, a which recondition of tards the growth and the formation of good teeth ha. been found In cases The of undernourished children. symptoms are loss of appetite, sore mouth and tenderness of the joints. Borne of the "growing pains" which were supposed to have been a nat oral affliction of childhood may have been caused by a chronic case of mild .curvy. Plenty of fruits for breakfast the nse of vegetables and fruit, liberally at the other meal, ln the form of salads and desserts, will provide ns pleasantly with the essential vitamin C. lowing them to stand In ice water. Drain, add vinegar, and chill 13 min ute. Praln and dry vegetable, thor oughly. Whip cream slightly. When thick, fold ln mayonnaise. Combine carrots, cabbage, and nuts and toss together lightly with .our cream and mayonnaise mixture. Serve on crisp lettuce or as a slaw. WNU Sarrlo Bell Byadleat Skip It Johnny Dad, they say the Saar ha. gone to Germany now. Dad (busy reading) Something like that. son. Johnny But what will the Russians sayt Dad The Russians I What have, they to do with It? Johnny (puzzled) But I thought the Saar was the king of Rossuw Montreal Dally Star. sub-scurv- y, NEUTRALIZE Mouth Acids by chewing on or more Milnesia Wafers MA . 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Combine and pour over cracked Ice in cocktail glasses. Garnish with mint sprigs or maraschino cherries. WATCH YOUR KIDNEYS! f Carrot Cabbage, and Nut Salad. S enpa carrot, cut In very fine trips 2 cup cabbage, finely shredded M cup vinegar y cup aour cream H cap mayonnalee y cup nut meats, finely chopped Crisp carrots and cabbage by al Oil From Rubber The motorist of the future may be able to obtain his petrol and oil from old tires. Government chemists of the fuel research board have discovered that by compressing rubber and hydrogen at high pressure and high temperature a process similar to that used for extracting oil and tar from coal it Is possible to pro duce either motor spirits or lubricating olL In one experiment a temper ature of 330 degrees centigrade was reached, and a quantity of pale yellow oil equal to about of the bulk of the rubber was produced. At a higher temperature, 450 degrees centigrade, the scientists succeeded ln obtaining a yield of motor spirit equal to half the amount of rubber used. London Be Sure They Properly; Cleanse the Blood constantly YOUR kidneys are from the blood Impurities stream. But kidneys get functionally disturbed lag in their work-- fail to remove the poisonous body wastes. Then you may suffer nagging backache, attacks ot dizziness, burning, scanty or too frequent urination, getting np at night, swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic pains; feel "all worn cut" Don't delayl For the quicker you get rid of these poisons, the better your chances ot good health. Use Doan't PiXls. Doan'i are for the kidneys only. They tend to promote normal functioning of the kidneys; should help them pass off the irritating poisons. Doan't are recommended by nsers the country over. Get them from any druggist. 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