Show TODAY'S TODA YS Y'S SHORT STORY F Fiction let ion by Americas America's Greatest W Writers I C d 2 by tr th Lank A. A Ca J JIN IN 2116 5 By J. J U. U Giesy and J J. J B. B Smith Wake up said the tho professor and I r opened nd my ee eyes eycK lIe He handed me a cup and with equal obedience I 1 lifted it somewhat weakly I and drank Its contents Presently h he n assisted me to stand I dizzily upon my t feet ct Wo We have had a along along along long sleep I think h hi went on If IC m my experiment worked I out all rl right ht I we are r both holh now something over tr I j years old I I rhen Then I remembered I had allowed the tho professor to hypnotize me and tile the thelast I last I could recall was wa his low toned I voice commanding mo me to sl sleep il ep cp I wondered now If It he might be somo I crazy fanatic as well I ns as a hypnotist That flInt I 1 had been n asleep for a long time I 1 was willing to admit for I felt weak und half starved but years e rH That wa was a 1 little too much Still I Still I decided to tr try find out what m my companion com conk panion really thought lIt he Ime meant Where are c we weD I asked In a secret place I 1 had built for lor the tho experiment e liE he replied promptly and nd waved his hand about tho the room I J followed 1 his gesture and I confess the year OO e lr Idea began legah to look more plau plausible There were two cots In the place and ind they w were r covered with rags The Tue coverings s from which I had holl just jUAt risen were WE're tattered and moldered with a are ago Even nm the clothing I r had worn was I dropping Into shreds and the tho professors professors professor's sors sor's clothes were equally equall frayed He lie noted m my glance and anti smiled walked to small a a. trunk which appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap to b be hermetically sealed and broke it il open with an effort motionIng motion motion- Ing me to approach I ober obeyed d. d and he drew out a couple of oC suits of clothing giving me mo one and retaining the other himself This apartment he continued was built under my home I by m my orders and after I put you OU to sleep p a friend of or mine did the same for me mt I wanted to try tho experiment an und was w willing to tal take e the risk After I was w n asleep they carried us hero heru and sealed U us in Now we will go out I 1 winder what the world Is like after nil all tho the years Once more we had a n drink of or the tile the oM oll old wine which had been heen left with us us and clad In our new we at at- at I tacked a place in the wall where the proe professor sor said ald the tIme last tast stone ha had been heen sealed in After some Borne time it loosened and ande we e dragged it out and crawled through Into a n dark ar place which the professor proCessor told me ought to be the tile ba basement basement base base- ement e- e ment of or his former home An Anyway l he knew the way and led lcd mo nio molo moto to lo whit hat seemed scorned to be a 11 flight ht of steps I up which we mounted rather dizzily 1 I I r confess At the tile top n a door barred harred ms m's HM II I h heard m my m companion grunt It ItI seems to be of or metal tho the old one one was as I wood Ho lIe fumbled about and presently pres pre enthy the door could be pushed back hack only onh In Instead of folding it roved royed to to slide into a a. slot In the wall Theve made changes rs commented the former owner Well Yell come on and lets let's see Bee what we can find We e crept into nn an apartment faint faintly I Illuminated from irom the outside Apparently Ap Ap- Apparently it was as night and yet there was wasa a strange glow in tn the air a air a sort ort of or I daylight dalIg like early twilight ht coming from ron apparently nowhere r for forI foras as as I cross crossed d to the window Indo and looked I out I 1 could see sec the tIle sl sky dark darl above the thet t trees around the time hou house c. c and no signs I of oC Hll h lamps only lamps only the tile strange luminance lumi lumi- flaIled nance p nc-p In th the tle lower air I Wonder onder how the they make the thc light aid the tle professor or at my shoulder I Wonder onder what time It Is is' is Dont Don't seem I I to be anybody up Lets Let's tr try to find out where here we are and ancl wh what t year car this this this' is and if it the they have an anything thing for a pair pall of ot tramps from the thc year car 1916 to eat at We Ve found a door and entered t a n passage It was wag an odd passage and andas as we stepped upon it It It started into I action and carried us for a ways was without nn any effort of ot ours and then stopped a again aln before another door Moving lo platform mused m my corn como panion Great labor saving sa device wo WI were ero merely thinking of ot them when we went to sleep steep From un under r tho the door where h re we wo stood we could now see sec the tho same sarno light we wo had noticed outside only stronger I 1 pointed to the tile thread of ot brilliance The professor nodded Som Somebody boll up after all ho lie remarked Well here goes He Tie seized the tho cd edge e of or the door and shoved it back hack and we wo both stepped Into tho the room t A shriek ran rang through h tho the air A figure uro which had hind been sitting Bitting at a table In tho the room sprang erect and stared cd at us as though to do else than stare after tho the first wild cry Tho fl figure uro wn was that of at what in our do lay day would have ha b been en a young oun pr person on of perhaps 17 or 18 18 and S clad entirely In while whIte As it stood thero there It reminded mo m of ot the tho old pictures of or the tho Grecians for the tIme soft folds of ot the tile clothing f fell fel 11 unrestrained from rom tho tile shoulders crR to a n little below helow the knee save for a narrow circlet Just beneath the tile bust Her lIer hair It It was a n. girl or woman woman was waa piled upon a a. shapely little head and her lower limbs from tram tho edge edgo of oC her gown own were protected only b by a a. pair pall pallor of or sandal like things timings fastened by crisscross crisscross crisscross criss criss- cross ribbons which exten extended ed to above tho thu calf colf of tho the leg From the the- shoulder cr her beautifully b rounded arms were bare and the low collar of or her dress fell feU upon and showed a pink and white while neck and upper chest The Tile professor stepped toward her Do not riot be alarmed my dear young oung woman he began nut lul she shook her head Ml ne she murmured I started I knew the tongue Two hundred years rears before I had studied Esperanto I 1 spoke to her hor at once Chu Chiu vi vl parola la Ia ru Esperanto said salmi the girl Yes Yes I 1 believe c they formerly called coiled It so Todar Today To To- day dar nil all civilized nations speak it Who arc are you OU who come upon me thus Well lI I told her our stor story and offered to show her th the tho place we we- had hall just left Her eyes lighted with Interest and she smiled with ith a flash of or teeth First I I you OU mu must cat then I sh shall l get you OU som some fit tIt clothing then wo shall go see BeG this I Place you ou mention I am greatly In interested In- In In your OUr tale Come She turned and led lell us to a small door slid it back and motioned us to enter We stepped d In In and an nn instant later camo came out on oil tho the second floor It was an elevator elc of a sort built huilt Into the wall The Time girl rl led us to a room and andopen open opened 11 the time door My brothers brother's she explained Ho He is not yet et home but you 10 must be lie clothed She crossed pulled out some drawers from Crom a panel In iii tho the wall wail and handed handell UK us each what looked hooked to me like hike the s garments of an nn ancient Roman Rom being short skirted tunics in fact While you ou are dressing I 1 shall pro- pro pare you OU something to eat she told us and started to run awa away And we wc are arc to put on these things I r i inquired Ired Of Ot course said the tIle girl tirl Rather scanty Rather cr r scanty arent aren't the they they I he began an and paused as I looked hooked Into her violet eyes now widening Then she SlIe began to laugh the tue least bit Now I believe e your our tale talc she replied You talk like lIlee the tho ancients might have lone done Clothing Clothing- with us Is worn a as a n I comfort and protection from the ele ele- cle- cle I I I ments not as a method of or concealment concealment my may friend I changed chanCed the subject before this slim young oun creature could coul give Sivo me mo an another another another an- an other dig dlf What hat is la th the light 1 I 1 asked and how do you OU control it t I 1 saw aw it flash up as we entered this room There Is a n button In tho the sill III she explained smiling Tho light is Just sunlight ht diluted a bit Diluted sunlight I gasped She ho leaned against tho the door frame and laughed outright at that Oh this Is funny she giggled Of Ot course you didn't have ha it then did you ou Well ellwo ell wo we absorb tho the sunlight now and release It at will We Ve lh light ht houses and streets and everything e with the solar absorbent light But Im I'm no scientist My brother will explain I 1 must get set you OU some ome food Which would you prefer physical or mental food I was lost Both BOlh I replied shortly and and though she smiled sho shio nodded and stepped l Into the wall valI I suppose the thc elevator ele took her down TIme Tho professor and I dressed antI and I 1 confess I 1 was wa ashamed of myself while tho tim professors professor's bare baro shanks hanl made mo laugh Pretty soon the girl girt flounced back unannounced and took us down downto to lunch or whatever that midnight meal might ml-ht have been We Ve ate ale What tho tile stuff wits was I dont don't know but it tasted good m my long IonS fast Sh She explained that certain things s were for tho development of brain force and others for physical encl energy I nto ate of at both loth and felt better an and after that I offered to show allow her our vacated tomb Sho SImo h rose and accompanied me As J wo we went down tho the dark o and across cro tho the old cellar I thought to a ask k her if she were not flot afraid She shook her head and lau laughed hc 1 then tiler thrust her hand Into the breast of her gown and drew out something like a aleid leid IC-I pencil In size I 1 could blind you OU or l kill m you with this she Rile Informed me m easily and hid It back In iii her dress 1 was waa staggered ta cred What t was It H I cried A radium pistol she RIe explained explain cd They are arc vcr very deadly things s Wo Yo use them nl to defend ourselves s. s and only women may carr carry them accor according to laws passed after th tho tIlo last great cat war Wh when n several nations nation were quit anniI anni- anni I by modified 11 C forms of nf the these thies things i Women however mil may use uso them in their own defense n It was all aU ver very ery strange e I 1 looked at atthe atthe the time girl irl again Under the soft BOft H light ht which poured from a H. plate in the tho ceiling cell cell- ing where she had switched it on on her lI slIght ht supple form stood revealed repealed d In allI all I its beauty aut its curves barely covered cored rather than concealed b by tho the clinging folds of at her gown own I seemed to have awakened from my long IonS sleep the same man of or 28 At least in that moment I felt all tho Impulses of or m my youth I stretched hed forth my hands to her Her loveliness cs the gold old of her hair the violet t of her eyes the red of or her lips the soft pink of her throat thront and arms alms f seemed ver very ery desirable I looked Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the professor Already ho ic 1 crawled t rough tho hole Into Inlo our former restI rest resti i i I lug IlIg S place where a Jim dim Im candle flickered I seized tile the maill maiden n h by th the tho h. and ami anddrew f drew her toward mo me and amid looked Into her eyes r I lovo you you love lovo you I C- C I dont don't even CVen know now your our name I but I 1 love lavA you ou my own Sh She did not resl resist resist- L Sho She yielded in fact and let me Inc draw her into my arms arm I clasped lur clo close e and felt tell the warmth i of her flesh strike through to my own on f I could feel fecI tho the throb of her hem heart against my breast Very slowly she sho bo borai rai raised ell her C eyes S and looked up Into mine while she site nestled In ill my arms My Iy flame numo is Maida she he whispered whispered- pen pen-d. And you strange man of ot yesterday whom I love lo In turn r rIs Is Jones plain Jones plain Bill Dill Jones JonCs Then I 1 opened ned In my eyes ces Time The professor sor was standing to In Ill front of mo me with a smile on his I hips Ins 1 I started out omit of or my mv chair and nearly fell over ha t did uti you butt lutt In err r cor I 1 demanded Wheres heres Maida Ia lIa nn anyway anyway any any- wa way sho silo go I reckon silo sho ho went back h to 2116 11 said th the professor with a n grin grimm Cut Jut that hint out I 1 told him I want vant I.- I. that girl What hat you OU been doin doln to me nie an anyway wa I 1 sent you ou to 2116 to see sec what It Il was J like ho observed and sat down in his liU J Jold old Morris chair f Then I didn't sleep years years years' You slept ten minutes Dill Bill Jones J JAnd And all that was merely an merely an es CX J p of or yours Merely nn an cp experiment Bill Tell TIle roe what you von thought you vou saw l f |