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Show 1 WH EN WORL D s COLLIDE "!?! 2 Copyright by Edwin Balmer Philip WyiU , WN'U Service S j SYNOPSIS David rtanstlell, commissioned at ipetown Lo deliver a consignment t photographic plates to Dr. Cole Hendron, reaches New York. Tony iake Bulls at the Hendrons' apart-oent. apart-oent. Eve Ilendron. with whom Tony is in love, introduces Tony 0 Rrtnsrlell. A statement by Hen-Iron Hen-Iron says that Professor Bronson 1 as d is cove red two planets ap-iroachini ap-iroachini the earth. The result of he inevitable collision must be the md of this world. The approaching tod ies fire referred to as Eronson llpha and Bronson Beta. Hendron las in contemplation a "rocket" in I'hich to transfer a party of human being's, lower animals, and other 'orms of life, to Bronson Beta. Tony ounils up suitable men and women o build the ship. Hendron has not een able to find a metal which will withstand the heat and pressure of itomic energ-y to be used in pro-telling pro-telling the Space Ship. The tides iweep to the Appalachians on the iast and to the mountains on the Jaoific side, find quakes change the mtire surface of the earth. Rans-lell Rans-lell and Eliot James, an English mot, makean aerial reconnoissance. They report almost universal de-itruction. de-itruction. Ransdell. Peter Vander-lilt Vander-lilt and. James leave Hendron's ramp for a flight over he devasta-ed devasta-ed country. They are attacked, and tach member of the party wounded, mt they return alive, and Ransdell ins found the metal Ilendron needs tor the Space Ship. tions that at moments almost broke out in a demonstration against Itansdcll. When Tony was with Eve, she. seemed to him less the civilized : creature of cultured and sophisticated sophisti-cated society, and more an impul-; slve and primitive woman. Her very features seemed altered, bolder, her eyes darker and larger, her lips softer, her hair filled with a brighter fire. She was stronger, also, and more taut, "We're going to get over," she said to him one day. "Yes," agreed Tony. No one now openly doubted' it, whatever he hid in his head. "How do you " he began, and then made his challenge less directly personal by adding, "How do you girls now like the idea of ceasing to be individuals and becoming 'biological representatives represent-atives of the human race' after we get across?" He saw Eve blush, and the warmth in her stirred him. "We talk about it, of course," she replied. re-plied. "And I suppose we'll do it." "Breed the race, you mean," Tony continued mercilessly. "Reproduce "Re-produce the type mating with whoever Is best to insure the strongest and best children for the place, and to establish a new generation gen-eration of the greatest possible variety va-riety from the few Individuals which we can hope to land safely. That's the program." . 'Yes," said Eve, "that's the purpose." pur-pose." For a minute he did not speak, thinking, his hands clenched; then: "Would you care?" , "Care, Tony?" she began, her face flooded with color. She checked herself. her-self. "No one must care; we have sworn not to care to conquer caring. car-ing. And we must train ourselves to it now, you know. We can't suddenly sud-denly stop caring about such things, when we find ourselves on Bronson Beta, unless we've at least made a start at downing selfishness here." i and bullets sang by ; some foum I their marks, llansdell scouted the surround lings from the air; and Tony am three others, unshaven and dishev I eled, crept forth at night and min ! sled with the men besieging th 1 camp. They discovered that Hen J dron's group was hopelessly out numbered. . j "What saves us for the time.' Tony reported to Hendron on hh I return, "is that they're not ye united. They are gangs and group which fight savagely enough amoni themselves, but in general tolerah each other. They want to get !i here. They want to get us ant our women. '( "They talk about smashing !i here. If they get in, we'll see some thing new in savagery." The attack began on the follow ing night. It began with gun fin raking the barriers. A siren on to of the power house sounded i wholly unnecessary warning. "Worn en to cover ! Men to arms !" Tony, directing the disposal of hli men, longed for the moon tin moon, shattered by Bronson Alpha that survived tonight only in frag ments too scattered and distant U lend light. The stars had to sut tice. The stars and three search lights fixed on the roofs of the lab oratories nearest to the thret fronts of the encampment. One blazed out and Instantly be1 came , a. target for a machine gui in the woods. . For a full minute the gleaming white beam swunj steadily, coolly back and .. forth , picking out of the night men's fig ures. Then, the beam tipped out The machine gun in the. woods had got the light . crew first, and ther the light Itself. Other machine, guns and rifles firing- at random, but ceaselessly, raked the entire camp. Tony stum bled over friends that had fallen Scientists, great men, murdered it mass ! A defending machine gun showed its spatter of ff ashes off to tin right. Tony ran to it and dropped down beside the gun crew. - He had to have a shot at thetn himself. . The two. remaining searchlight! blazed out, one sweeping the woodi before Tony. The glare caught i hundred .men before they could drop ; and Tony savagely held tin trigger back, praying to catch them, with his bullets. Machine guns were spitting from the woods once more, and both lights were blinding.. -. . A rocket rasped its yellow streal into the air and burst above in a shower of stars. Unquestionablj a signal! A second rocket rasped up and broke its spatter of stars. Now th camp held its fire and listened. I! heard Tony heard only a whistle, like a trattie whistle, or the whistle that summoned squads to attacking order. CHAPTER IX Continued 25 The neighboring vent, opened In he vicinity of St. Paul, supplied hendron with more than the neces-fary neces-fary amount of the new metal, vh icli could be machined but which withstood even the heat of the itomic blast. Hendron had not valted for his explorers to recover. )n the day after the reading of the liaries he had flown with another illot, found a source jl the strange naterial from the center of the ;artli, and he had loaded the plane. Repeated trips had provided more han enough metal for the tubes of he atomic engines. " "You call it selfishness?" "I know it's not the word, Tony; but I've no word for it. Morals isn't the word, either.. What are morals, fundamentally, Tony? Morals Mor-als are nothing but the core of conduct con-duct required of an individual in the best interests of the group of which he's a member. So what's 'moral here wouldn't be moral at all on Bronson Beta." "D n Bronson Beta I Have you The engine makers could not melt he metal by any heat they ap-died ap-died ; they could not fuse it; but hey could cut it and by patient nachining shape it into lining of ubes which, at last, endured the frightful temperatures of the atom , pleasing its power. The problem of the engine for he Space Ship was solved. This ransformed the psychology of the ramp. And now there ensued a period if frantic impatience for the return if the Bronson Bodies! For the amp, in its hew hysteria, had be-ome be-ome perfectly confident that the Space Ship must succeed in making ts desperate journey. The. camp I ras resolved that part of it which ihould be chosen to go. j Tony kept on at his work, tor-nented tor-nented by a torture of his own. Together with Eliot .Tames and Tanderbilt, Ransdell had now recov-red recov-red from his wounds. . For his part in the great adven-ure adven-ure the pilot would have become lopular, even If he had not also iroved the discoverer of the metal hat would not meit. That by itself could have lifted him above every it her man in the camp. Not above Hendron in authority ; or the flyer never in the slightest itiempted, to assert authority, tansdell became, indeed, even more cUring and reserved than before; md so the women of the camp, ind especially the younger ones, vorshtped him. When Eve walked with Ransdell, is she often did, Tony became a lotential killer. In reaction he ouid laugh at himself; he knew t was Uie hysteria working in him -his fear and terror at facing al-Dost al-Dost inevitable and terrible death, ! Mil at knowing that Eve also must ie annihilated, ft was these emu- no feeling for me?" "Tony, la there any sense in making mak-ing more difficult for ourselves what we may have to do?" "Yes; d n it," Tony burst out again. "I want it difficult. I want it impossible for you I" Wanderers from other places began to discover the camp. While they were few in number, It was possible to feed and clothe and even shelter them, at least temporarily. tempo-rarily. Then there was no choice but to give them a meal and send them away. But daily the dealings with the desperate, reckless groups became more and more ugly and hazardous. . Tony directed the extension of the protection of the camp by a barrier of barbed wire half a mile beyond the buildings. There were four gates which he sentineled and where he turned back all vagrant visitors. If this was cruelty, he had flo alternative but chaos. Let the! barriers be" broken, and the settlement settle-ment would be overwhelmed. 1 But bigger and uglier bands continued con-tinued to come. It became a commonplace com-monplace to turn them back at the bayonet point and under the threat of machine guns. It became unsafe un-safe for anyone man or woman to leave the enclosure except by airplane. Rifles cracked from concealments. A third rocket went up. "Here they come I" some one saldj and Tony wondered how he knew, it, Now machine guns In the woods wers sweeping the camp enclosure The fire radiated from a few points; and as it was certain that the attackers at-tackers were not in the path ol their own fire, but were in the dark spaces between, Tony swept these with his bullets. ' Anguished yells rewarded him. Shouts drowned the yells of the wounded savage, taunting shouts There must be a thousand men on the front alone, more than all the men in the camp. Tony heard his voice bawling over the tumult: "Gel 'em Get 'em!' Don't let 'em by!" Tony's machine gun was overheating. over-heating. A little light came from somewhere; Tony could not sec what it was, except that it flickered. flick-ered. Something was burning. Tonj could see figures at the barrier now, He could not reckon their numbers, did not try to. He tried only to shoot them down. Once through the wire that wire so weak that he could not see it and that thousand with the thousands behind then would be over him and the men be side him, they would he over the line of older men behind; thei they would reach the women. (TO BE CONTINUKD.) ; Rhoda Hatfield, Mrs. Phoebe Singleton, Mrs. Ella Miner, Mrs. Mae Smith, Mrs. Ada Harrison, Mrs. Eva Crandall, and Mrs. Margaret Mar-garet Miner. Mrs. Neill Ogden gave a birthday birth-day party for her daughter Mildred Mil-dred at their home Thursday afternoon. after-noon. About 25 little school friends enjoyed the affair. Mrs. Orland Thorn recently returned re-turned from a visit with relativse ; at Santa Clara and St. George. ' Mothers Study club members were guests of Mrs. Emil Ostlund at her home Saturday afternoon. President Ella Reynolds presided. Mrs. Anna Johnson introduced Mrs. Bertha Roberts of the B. Y. U. as the principal speaker. She gave an interesting talk on France and French people. Vocal selections selec-tions were given by Mrs. Aleen Peterson of Provo, accompanied by Mrs. Mary Bird. Mrs. Bird also gave a piano solo. A report of the district convention was given at the meeting by Mrs. Buleah Whiting. Refreshments were served serv-ed in conclusion to 27 club members mem-bers and guests. I night the stake officers met at the home of Mrs. Hattie Blackett to fashion the flowers. The First ward officers and teacher met at the home of Mrs. Bertha Fullmer on Monday evening while on Tuesday Tues-day evening the Second ward party was held at the home of President Nell Alleman. Mrs. Marie Cranmer was hostess to the Fourth ward officers and teachers at her home Wednesday night. Pot luck lunches and light refreshments re-freshments also featured each en-tertanment. en-tertanment. i i 1 The Daughters of Pioneers held ; a conjoint meeting Thursday at : Relic hall with Captain, Mrs. J. M. Brown in charge. Carlton Culm-see Culm-see of the Brigham Young university, uni-versity, gave an interesting talk on pioneer history during the , meeting. A history of William Clegg, local poet, and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Oakes Clegg was given by descendants of Mr. Clegg as follows: Poems by Mr. Clegg, Mrs. Myrtle Conover, and Mrs. Lillie Snow; vocal duct, Mrs. Thelma Carter and Mrs. Eliza Boyer. accompanied by Mrs. ' Stella Wixom with a guitar; clarinet clar-inet solo, Robert Clegg; vocal duet, Mrs. Erma Brailsford and Mrs. Hazel Clark; reading, Mrs. Cecil Robertson; organ solo, Mrs. Mary Witnog. Mrs. Mary Weight led community singing and prayers were offered by Mrs. Myrtle, Harrison Har-rison and John Wardsworth. It was suggested by Mrs. Mary Fin-ley Fin-ley that the D. U. P. contribute their pennies toward a frame for 1 the old curfew bell. Pioneers of the community were special guests i and at the close of the program refreshments were served. Hostesses, Host-esses, were: Mrs. Rhoda Dougall, Mrs. Hattie Dougall, Mrs. Mary Fiiiley, Mrs. Emma Haymond, Mrs. |
