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Show UTAH LEHI FREE PRESS. LEHL . w -- (tttt .. Sally Sez Re GOOD HEALTH ba nun (he The world waited . . . hushed, fully expectant . . as death blasted from the skies, boiled up from the fear- bowels of the earth. Wht did people do as they stared into the relentless face of destruc- - Colic terrible day when everybody knew that the hour of doom had struck? Edwin Balmer and PhilipWylie will Je?,o HEALin "CDSH-AWFU- THESE tion? What happened on that last WORRIERS when! the .11 day one of Read This First Installment and Follow It Throush to the Smashing Climax 2 COLLIDE 7 Edwin. and Balmtjr WNU BerTlce CHAPTER I It The secret Itself was (till safe. rat clear that the public could not yet hart learned It No; the nature of the tremendous and terrific DIscot-erj- r remained locked In the breasts of the men who had made It No one bad broken so badly under the burden of It that he bad let slip any actual details of what bad been learned. But the fact that there was a secret of Incomparable Importance, was cut David Ransdell received plenty of proof of It, as be stood at the Europe's rail, and the radiograms from shore were brought to him. He had had seven, all of the same sort within the tour; and here was another. The first, arriving less than an hour go, offered him one thousand dollars for first and exclusive Information to be I withheld from all others for twelve hours of what he carried In his black box. It was signed by the most famous newspaper In New York. Within ten minutes the offer had Jumped to five thousand dollars, made by another paper. Plainly, the knowledge that there was a secret of utmost Importance had spread swiftly I The thrilling and fact of It was that David Ransdell himself did not know what he carried which could become of such amazing concern. He was merely the courier 'who transported and guarded the secret. Those who 'had entrusted It to him knew that he would never violate his word. Least of all, would he sell out to others. Moreover (if curiosity tried him beyond his strength) he had I'rsfessor Ilronson's word for It that the contents of the box would be utterly meaningless to him. Cnly a few, with very special training, could make out the meaning. Cole Hendron In New York Dr. Cole Hendron, the physicist could make It out Indeed, be could determine It more completely than any other man alive. That was why Dave Kansdell, from South Africa, was bound for New York ; he was bringing the box to Cole Hendron, who, after he bad satisfied himself of the significance of Its contents, would take the courier Into his confidence. Dave gripped the rail with aggravated Impatience for arrival In the city. He wondered, but with secondary Interest only, under the circumstances, what It would be like In America. It was the native land of his mother; but David had never so much as seen its shores before. For he was a South African his father, an Englishman who bad once ranched In Montana, had married a Montana girl and had taken her to the Transvaal. Dave had been born at Pretoria, schooled there, and had run away from school to go to war. He bad been summoned at night to the great mansion of Lord Rhondin, near Capetown. Lord Rhondin himman, self, a big, calm, practical-mindereceived him; and with Lord Rhondin was a tall, wiry man of forty-odd- . with a quirk and nervous manner. "Professor Rronson," Lord Rhondin said. Introducing Ransdell. "The astronomer?" Dave asked as they shook bands. said Lord Rhondin. "Exactly," Bronson did not speak at all then, or He merely for several minutes. grasped Dave's hand with nervous tightness and stared at him while he thinking, patently, of something . was else something, Dave guessed, which recently had allowed blm too little sleep. "Sit down," Lord Rhondin bade. They were In a big, secluded room given to trophies of (he hunt Animal skins covered the floor; and lion and buffalo and elephant hpads looked down from the walls, their glass eyes glinting In the light which wits reflected, also, by festoons of shining knives and spears. "We sent for you, Ransdell," said Lord Rhondin, "because very strange ' discovery has been made a discovery which, If confirmed In all details, Is of Incomparable consequence. I tell you that at the outset Ransdell, because I must refrain for the present from telling you anything else about It" Dave felt his skin prickling with a strange, excited awe. There was no doubt that this man Lord Rhondin, Industrialist, financier and conspicuous patron of science thoroughly believed what he said; behind the eyes which looked at Dave Ransdell was awe at knowledge which be dared not reveaL But Dave asked boldly, "Whyf "Why can't I tell you?" Lord Rhondin repeated, and looked at Bronson. "Why not tell blm?" Bronson asked. But Rhondin went abruptly to business: "We asked leave for you, Ransdell, because I have beard you are a particularly reliable man. It is essential that material connected with the discovery be delivered In New York city at the earliest practicable moment You are both an expert pilot who can make the best speed, and ... "Yon demanded. aw me standing He put his hand on her shoulder, and turned her away from the panorama of the city. -Is there 6ome real trouble. Eve?" he Inquired gently. "No; there's no trouble, Tony." -Then there's somebody else ahead of me is there! Somebody perhaps In Pasadena?" "Nobody in Pasadena or anywhere else, Tony." "Then what is It tonight? What's changed you? "You're not listening to me even now. You're thinking Instead." "What do you want me to do?" "Feel !" "Oh, I can do that, too." "I know, then why don't you and stop thinking?" Do "Wait! Not now, Tony. you suppose that's the Europa?" "Why do you care? See here. Eve, is there anything in that newspaper story your father and you have been denying all afternoon that something unusual is up between all the big scientific leaders?" "There's always something up, In science," Eve evaded. . . . The doors were flung wide open. In the drawing room a half dozen people continued to dance. Another groua surrounded the punch bowL Some one stepped out and asked Eve to dance, and she went In with him. Tony Drake wandered In from the terrace. An arm encircled his broad shoulders. "Hello, Tony. Say give me the on what shoi the market to ... low-dow- n h 1 today." Tony frowned ; his eyes were following Eve. "Why do you compliment me with thinking I may know?" "It's something happened In Africa. hear. Anyway, the African cables were carrying it But what could happen down there to shoot h 1 out of us this way? Another discovery of gold? A mountain of gold that would make gold so cheap It would unsettle I everything?" "Cheap gold would make stocks dear not send them down," Tony objected. "Sure; it can't be that. But what could happen in South Africa that" Tony returned alone to the terrace. His senses were swept by intimate thoughts of Eve : A seductive perfume. hair. Gold lights In her Dark eyes. The sweep of a forehead behind which, In rare company, a woman's Instincts and tendernesses dwelt with a mind ordinarily as honest and unevaslve as a man's. All the tremendous Insignificances that have meaning to a man possessed by the woman he loves. He stood spellbound, staring through the night Anthony Drake was an athlete that would have been the second observation another man would have made of him. The first that he owned that uncounterfeitable trait which goes with what we call good birth and breeding, and generations of the like before him. With this he had the physical sure-nes- s and the gestures of suppressed power which are the result of training In sports. He had the slender waist of a boxer, with the shoulders of a discus thrower. His clothes always seemed frail In comparison with his physique. He also had Intelligence. His university companions considered It a trivial side Issue when he was graduated from Harvard with a magna cum laude ; but the conservative investment house with which he afterward became affiliated appreciated the adjunct of brains to a personality so comHis head was large and pelling. square, and It required his big phy sique to give that head proportion. n "You Can Kiss Me. I Like to Be Kissed. But Don't Propose." "Why Not? . . . See Here, Eve, I'm Through With Christmas Kisses With You." you are dependable. If you will take It I will put the material In your care; and can you start tonight?" "Yes, sir. But what sort of material? I must ask, If I am to fly with itr "Chiefly glass photographic plates." "How many of them?" Lord Rhondin threw back a leopard skin which had covered a large black traveling case. "They are packed, carefully, In this. I will tell you this much more, which you may guess, from Professor Bronson's presence. They are photographic plates taken by the greatest telescopes In South Africa, of regions of the southern sky which are never visible In the northern hemisphere. You are t titke them to Dr. Cole Hendron tn New York city, and deliver thera personally to him and to vo one else. I would tell you more about this unusual errand, Ransdell, If the the Implications of these plates were absolutely certain." At this, Professor Bronson started, but again checked himself before speaking, and Lord Rhondin went on: . "The Implications, I may say, are realized that the matter on their minds completely transcended any monetary consideration. The evening In New York was warm. On the high terrace of the Hendron apartment Eve found that her search fcr breath of fresh air was fruitless. For a moment she gazed Into the mist and monotone that was Manhattan, and then stared over the city toward the channels to the sea. "Suppose those lights are the she asked Tony. "It left quarantine before seven; it's somewhere there," Tony said patiently. "Let's not go back In." Eve leaned against the balustrade and looked down at the lights; and he, desirous of much more, bent Jealously beside her. Tony laid his hand possessively on Eve's. She turned her hand, lessening subtly the possesslve-nes- s of his, and said, "You can kiss me. I like to be kissed. But don't propose." See here, Eve, Tni "Why not? through with Christmas kisses with you." ... He was blue-eye- sandy-haire- He possessed a remarkably deep voice. He was entirely normal. His attainments beyond the average were not unusual. He belonged more or less to that type of young American business man upon whom the older generation places Its hope and trust Eve was really a much more remarkable human being not on account of her beauty, but because of her Intellectual brilliance, and her unique training from her father. Yet Eve was not the sort who preferred "Intellectual" men ; Intellectual-ism- , as such. Immensely bored her. She liked the outright and vigorous and "normal." She liked Tony Drake and Tony, knowing this, was mors than baffled by her attitude tonight He believed her when she told hlra that her tantalizing abstraction waj not because of another man. Then, what was Its cause? Tony was drawn from his reverie by the appearance of Douglas Bal-cosenior partner of his firm. His presence here surprised Tony. N0 re, son why old Balcom should not drop la. If he pleased; but thu rest of Uj guests were much younger. TO B i luivt-a guard stopped at lower floor to let a woman on. She was in en irate humor, to say the least "Why didn't you stop on your trip down before?" she in tell you in the amazing story, "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE." probably true; but so very much is Involved that it would be most disastrous if even a rumor of what we believe we have discovered were given out For that reason, among others, we cannot confide It even to you; but we must charge you personally to convey this box to Doctor Hendron, who is the scientific consultant of the Universal Electric and Power corporation In New York. He Is now in Pasadena, but will be In New York upon your arrival. Time is vital the greatest speed, that Is, consistent with reasonable safety. You should reach Doctor Hendron not later than a week from Monday. You may return, then, If you wish. On the other band" be paused as crowded considerations "you may be heaped In his mind, Indifferent as to where you are." "On the earth," added Professor Bronson. "Of course on the earth," Lord Rhondin accepted. "I would go myself, Ransdell, you understand," Bronson then proceeded. "But my place, for the present certainly Is here, I mean, of course, at It Is possible, the observatory. Ransdell, in spite of precautions which have been taken, that some word of the Bronson discovery may get out Your errand may be suspected. If It Is, you know nothing nothing, you understand? You must answer no inquiry from any source. None none whatever 1" Until now, nothing had happened to recall these emphatic cautions; but now, something was out. A boy was approaching with another radio: "Twenty thousand dollars in cash paid to you If you grant first and exclusive interview regarding the Bronson discovery to this paper." It was signed by the man who, an hour ago, had opened the bidding with one thousand dollars. Dave crumpled It and tossed it overboard. If the man who sent It had with Bronson been In that trophy-rooand Lord Rhondin, be would have . was In an el OON'TLNUKTU there." could "How I know you wanted to get on?" cou- ntered the guard. You didn't press the button." wom"And do vou think." said the on that an "that 1 11 put my finger bell with all the germs there areon button." It? Everybody pushes that head. his shook The guard -- a gosh-awf"Lady," he said, "youTI have if life you time going through on bells and the germs about worry How do you think you ' can escape them?" Every one. particularly the physician, indihas met these worrying types of that they Is, trouble the And viduals. but every one give not only themselves, connected with them a gosh-awftime. You can have no rest when you ore with them. They make life miserable worrying about germs ; they crane their necks hunting for drafts, so that some one has to Jump up constantly and winopening and shutting doors wondering dows; and they're always about their digestions. You can't mention a food In their presence without getting a long harangue about whether it Is good or not good for them. Health officials sometimes think that the Indigestion worriers are Increasing out of proportion to the increase In the Certainly the advertisepopulation. ments In the newspapers and magazines and on sign boards throughout the country that advocate cures for Indigestion, sour stomach and dyspepsia, seem to be growing In number, and If these patent medicines did not have buyers, the advertising about them could not be so extensive. Indeed, one might divide the adult population Into two groups; those that suffer from Indigestion and those that do not Most of the digestion worriers are underweight; they have dried, leathery skins, puckered and wrinkled foreheads and a bored and expression about the eyes; usually they are In every past the age of thirty-five- . case they have too much time to think about themselves. Our bodies are always with us. In the absence of other mental occupations, the worrier makes his body an suband ject of thought He creates an artificial little world around himself wherein he lives exclusively, ne is out of tune with his environment. He doesn't react as other people do to things that happen. His first Impulse is to con sider the possible ill effect these hap penings might have on him. The wom an who did not want to push the elevator bell because many other hands had pushed it, thought only of herself. She would be highly offended if a person coming after her did not want to touch a door knob that she had touched. She would always be holy in her own opinion, and no one e!se could ever be. The indigestion worriers become food faddists. They cannot eat anything that Is fried ; they think a combination of milk and fish Is pcison. They cannot eat starches and meats at the same meal. They believe one thing this month and another tiling next month. The errors in diet made by worriers are enough to put them ultimately under a physician's care. Constantly wondering if their food will agree with them is not a healthful pastime. As time goes on, the worrier avoids more and more foods, with the result that his diet become more and more unbalanced, and the consequence 13 that he worries still more. It is a vicious cycle that often culminates In a hospital bed. To the physician the worrier is always a health hazard. When his physical resistance is worn down, as it will be, he becomes good soil for bacteria. And then he not to get only is a disease himself, but he apt is also apt to transmit It to others. Because the worrier, thinking only of himself, is not usually concerned about protecting other people from his disease germs. If you have a worrier in your family We're oa the "p and .p- -. 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