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Show 0 . . . 3 < . . . . . . . . When"or WhenWor1d When "or or " World Wor1d Ids IdsCollide WorldBy Collide CollideBy By EDWIN BALl\lER BALl lER BALKIER BALllERand BALKIERand BALMERandPHILIPLWYLEE BALMERandPHILIPLWYLEECopyright \ and PHILIP wnm WYLIE WYLIECopyright Copyright by T : Edwin Idwln ciwln Bslmerand BAlmer Bslmer BAlmerand B&lnrrand Blnrrand & and Phlllp Philip Wylie WylieWNU WylieWNU Wyll VTOU WNU Scrflc Ser-rlc Ser rlc Service ServiceCHAPTER - . e.o.C eo.C eoC . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER XI-Continued XI Continued XI - Continued XIContinued19 -19- 19 -19-- - 19The 19The 19 - - - The passengers " were "ere ere brea breathing breathinggasping thIng , gaspIng , hiccoughing hlccoughlng ; their hearts heartswere heartswere heartswere were pounding ; their faces were stark stnrk starkwhite stnrkwhite starkwhite white ; but they seemed to be ahve alive alive.Tony aliveTony . Tony knew they would be all aU right as as.soon asMoon asaoon .soon soon Moon . as the gravity from fl"om flom " Bronson BronsonBeta BronsonBeta BronsonBeta Beta became stronger . He " knew "new new that thatthe thatthe thatthe the voyage was more than half hate tIn tInlshed tinIshed finIshed lshed Ished . He lIe fell teII Into a state betwcen between betwcensleep betweensleep betweenaleep sleep and coma . . Some one woke wohe him blm "Were Were "We We " re eatinghow e'ltlng eltlng eating e'ltlngHow eatingHow ' How about a sandwich ? " He : sat cat up upThe upThe upThe The gravity grwlty u ' " was 'lS lS as ' still very slight , but butan butan butan an hour bour later conditions " were "ere ere 1m lm 1mproved lmproved 1mproved proved for tor moving mo\lng mo lng \ about the chnm chain chnmber chainber chainher ber , by the starting of ot the motors motorswhich motorswhich motorswhich which v w " , ere to decelerate the ship The Thefloor Thefloor Thettoor floor was firm again On the screen screennow screennow screennow now at their feet teet they could see Bron Ikon Bronson Ikonson Broneon son Beta lleta . . . It was W'1S W1S ' white "hlte hlte " like IiI.e IiIe . an 1m im 1mmense immense Immense mense moon , butelled but \ veiled \elled elled terled In clouds cloudsHere cloudsHere cloudsHero Here and there bits l)1ts l1ts ) of Its superficial superficialgeography superficialpeography eogr'lphy eogrlphy geography ' were "ere ere "ere"Islble " \ " visible \"Islble "Islble Islble In four hours hoursthe hoursthe hoursthe the deceleration liad hnd had been greatly g-re'lt1y g re'lt1y relt1y - ' In Increased increased Increased creased In six , Bronson Beta was"ls was \"ls "ls ls vis "lsIbly visably \ " visIbly Ibly ably spreading spre'1dlng spre1dlng ' on the screen Deceler DecelernUon Deceleratlon Decclerntlon nUon atlon held them tiglitly tIghtly on the floor floorbut , but they " would ould Cla clawl crawl wI ' across 'lcrocs lcrocs : each e'lch elch ' oth othcr other othcr cr er laboriously , and In turn stare at atthe atthe attho the floating 1l0atIng , cloudy spheie 8phele sphere upon which whichthey whichthey whichthey - they e'tpected etpected expected ' to arrh arrive Arnie a . The hours dragged dr'1gged dr1gged ' moie mOle mote . , , even e\Cn e Cn \ , , th'ln thln than thanthey th'lnthey thanthey ' they had on the out outward " 1rd ' jouine journey jom ne ; . . A Aword Aword Aword word of ot warning "arnlng arnlng uarning " went through the theellip theship theehlp ellip ship Tho The passengers p'lssengers plssengers ' took another anotherdrlnh anotherdrink anotherdrink drlnh drink . of ot \ water ater , ate another mouthful mouthfulot mouthfulof mouthfulof ot of food . , and once a again 'l.ln l.ln lln ' . strapped them themselves themselves themselves selves to tlie the floor fioor . Hendion lIendlon Hendron turned turnedon turnedon turnedon on more povyer pOere power pO\\ pO \ \ ere ereA . A half halt hour passed , and he did not notbut1ge notbudge notbudge but1ge budge . . His face was taut . The dan dantIers dangers dangers tIers gers of ot space had hat1 been met Now Nowcame Nowcame Nowcame came the last great test . At his sIde sIdeagaIn sideagain sideagain agaIn was Duquesne So great W'1S W1S was W'1Sthe wasthe wasthe ' the pressure pressul"e pressule " of ot retardation that It was wasalmost wasalmost wasalmost almost Impossible for tor him to mo\ mo moti moa moveand \ a e , and 1 yet et It was necessary to do so wJth with wJthgreat withgreat withgreat great delicacy . A fractional mIscalcu miscalculation miscalculatlon - latlon lation would mean me'1n me1n ' that all his wori work workhad workhad . bad had gone for tor nothIng'Suddenly nothingSuddenly nothing nothingSuddenly ' Suddenly 'Suddenly the clouds seemed to rush rushop rushup rushop op up toward him . Hendron pressed a stud The re retardatlon retardation retardatlon tardatlon tardation was perceptibly Increased IncreasedSound increasedsound IncreasedSound Sound began to pour In awful volumes volumesto volumesto to their ears . Suddenly Hendron's Hendrons ' lips Ups jerked jerhed spas spasmodlcaIIy spasmodically spasmedically modlcaIIy modically , and a quh qul quiver er ran through throughthe throughthe throughthe the hand on the rheostat He lie poInted poIntedtoward pointedtoward pointedtoward toward the screen with his free tree hand , and nnd they had their first view of thenew theaew the oew new aew " world "orId orId worldCHAPTER CHAPTER XII XIIf XIII f - j I ! The first view of ot the new wOlld world worldnow wOlldnow woildnow now flashed fiashed through the remnants ot of otcloud ofcloud ofcloud cloud to all the passengers . Belo\v Belo v Below Belovthem Belowthem Belowthem \ them was a turbulent rolling roIling ocean oceanWhere oceanWhere oceanWhere Where the force of ot their blasts struck struckIt struckIt struckIt It It . , It flung back terrific clouds ot of oteteam ofsteam ofBteam eteam steam ' They 'Ihey Ihey Zhey descended to within wlthlD a amile amile amile mile of ot Its Us surface , and then Hendron Hendronoperating , operatmg operating another lever , sent out horl hors horlontnl horszontal horlsontal zontal % ontnl jets , so that th'1t th1t ' tlie the ship began to tomove tomove tomove move rapidly o over 0er 0\ 0 \ er the surface of this thisunknown thisunknown thisunknown unknown sea . To e\ e everyone eeryone \ eryone " who "ho ho lool looked ed , this des desalate desolate dcsolate alate olate expanse of ot ocean was like llke a abeneficent abeneficent abeneficent beneficent blessing from God hImself himself.Here himselfHere . Here " was "as as something familiar famlIlar , some somethIng something something thIng Interesting , something somethmg terrestrl terrestri terrestrlal terrestrial 81 al . Here was no longer the Incom Incomprehensible incomprehensible Incomprehcnslble prehensible majesty of tlie the void . . The Space Ship had h'ld hld ' reached the thesurface thesurface thesurface surface of ot Bronson Beta Bet'1 Bet1 ' and was trav tra- tra tra\- tra traeIlng traeling traveling - \ - eling eIlng now at nt a slow , lateral \ velocity.above velocityabove eloclty elocity eloclty.abo.e elocityabove . , .abo.e abo.e aboe above . one of ot the oceans Hendron Hendronworked Hendronworked Hendronworked worked frantically tranticalIv with the delicatecontrols delicate delicatecontrols delicatecontrols controls to keep tlie the ship poised and andIn andIn andIn In regular motion ; yet It rose and andfell andfell andtell fell like an airplane bounding boundmg In roughwInds roughwinds rough roughwinds winds , and ! It t swayed on Its horl.mntal horlmntal horizontal horl.mntal.nds horizontalaxis horizontalaxis . .nds nds axis . : eo so that Its pilot ceaselessly played playedhis playedhis playedhis his fingertips on the releases rele'tSes reletSes ' of ot the thequick thequick quick ( } ulck blasts which maintained equUl equlli equUlbrlum equllibrlum cqulllbrium brlum . The sullen sulIen , sunless ocean seemed seemedendless seemedendless seemedendless endless . Was there no land ? Illld Had Illldthe Hadthe Hadthe the cities cItles , had bad the mountains and andvlns andpins andp vlns pins " , lns , been mere optical muslons illusions IllusionsStill ? Still the views obtainable obt'1lnable obt1lnable ' from trom the theside theelde theaide side elde periscope flashed fiashed upon the Ule screen screenand screenand screenand and showed nothing but empty se1 sea seaand se1and seaand and lowering cloudThen cloudThen cloud cloudThen Then . , on the far horizon , land ap appeared appeared apoeared peared dimly dIm1y . _ A cry , a shout tliat that drowned In the thetumult thetumult thetumult tumult of ot tho the motors , broke brohe from fromtremblIng fromtrembling fromtrembling tremblIng lips Speedily they ap- ap approached approached ap approached - - proached the land It spread out un under under under der them It towered Into hills Its Itsextent Itsextent Itsextent extent was lost 10.t 10t : . in the mists They Theyreached Theyreached Theyreached reached Its coast , a bleak Inhospitable Inhospitablestretch - - - &retch retch ntretch & of brown caith earth cal th and rock , ot of otfandy ofsandy ofpandy fandy sandy ' ; beach and cliff cIlft upon " which hlcb noth nothtng nothtag nothtag tng tag grew or moved moed motied mo\ mo \ ed or was tivas Inland Inlandthe Inlandthe Inlandthe the country rose roso precipitously preclpltousl ; and andHendron andllendron andHendron Hendron llendron , , as If It he shared the Impa imps Impatlence impsthence impatience tlence thence of his passcngeis passengels passengers and could bear bearco bearno bearno co no more , turned the ship back toward towarda a plateau that rose high above the thele thelet thelevel le\ le let leel \ el of ot the sea sen . . Along the plateau plate\u plate u . \ he skimmed shimmed at atSA atu ata SA u speed tliat that might have hn.e hne . been thirty thirtyrolleb thirtymileb thirtymiles rolleb mileb an hour . The 1ha 'Ihe Ihe ' Ark drew down downtoward downtoward downtoward toward the tllo new Earth arth uutll until It was wasImt wastint was2 ) Imt tint > ut a few feet above the ground The Thepeed Thoapeed . peed eed diminished . , the motors v . were ere turned oT oft o'f of ' and rind on again ng'lIn nglIn ' quickly flu1c"ly flu1cly ] " . There ThereM Therewas Thereftns \\M M was \ a . Tery 'fery fery very ' short , , very rapid drop ; I bodies were thrown violently vlolent1 n against againstthe againstthe ainst ainsttbe beneatb beneath beneatbthem beneaththem beneaththem tbe the imdded padded JlIldd d floor ; the springs 6Prlngg them recoIled-and recoIled and recoiled - and there was "as as " silence silenceThe silenceThe silenceThe The ship settled nt at a slight angle In Inthe inthe Inthe the earth and rock ruck beneath bcncnth It . . The Ark was filled with lnew a l\ l \ new soundthe soundthe sound * ' raised In InhvsterlC'l1 inhysterical Inhysterical -the the - the sound Bound of human voices hvsterlC'l1 hvsterlCl1 hysterical ' bedlam * . . ' Hendron 1 ! " lose tose The thie shout ; and men menand menand menand and women , almost equally hysterical hystericalrushed , rushed to him They had bad to clap cInp hands handson handson handson on him , touch him , cry out to him . Tony discovered Eve at his sidE sidestruggling ' , struggling toward her fatlier tnther father , and andweeping andweeping andweeping weeping Some one recognized her herand herand herand and thrust her through t11rough the throng . ! Men ren and nnd women were throwing throwln their theirarms theirarms theirarms arms about each other , kissing , and andscreaming andscreaming andscreaming ' ' At Atlast Atlast Atlast screaming In each other's others faces last come some one opened the larder and andbrought andbrought andbrought brought out food tood People PeoI\le PeoI le \ who wbo had hadeaten hadeaten hadeaten eaten practically practlcally nothing for tor the tour four tourdays fourdays fourdays days began to devour c\ c ccry everything \ cry thIng they theycould theycould theycould could get their bands hnds hinds , upon . Tony , meanwhile me'lnwhUe melnwhUe ' , , had h'ld hld hid ' some\\ some somewhat somehat \ \ hat re recovered recovered recovered covered himself . He lie made a quick quickcensus quickcensus quickcensus census and nnd shouted : "We We " all aU are arebere arehere areliere bere here . Cvery Iver : Everyone , ) one who started on this thisshIp thisship thisship shIp sur sun survlvcdl h ited cd 1 ! " It set off ocr pandemonium again , . but butalso butalso butalso also It reminded them of doubt of the thesafety thesafety thesafety safety of ot the second ship "Where Where " Is IsIt ! IsIt s sit It ? Can Cnn It be sighted slghted1 ? . . . How Howabout Howabout Howabout about the Germans Germans1 ? . . . The Eng Englisp Engllsh ng ngI1sh I1sh lisp ? . . , . Tlie The Japanese " ) ' Their own shouts quieted them theta , so soth'1t sothat sothat th'1t th1t that ' Hendron at last Ialt iast ' : could speak"We speak speal speak"We "We We " have had bad , for three days , no nosight nosight nosight sight of ot our friends or of any of the theotbcr theother theother otbcr other parties from em Eaith Ilarth th , , " he be an announced announced announced nounced . * ' That does not mean that thatthey thatthey thatthey they all aU 1m have Rafe \ c failed falled ; our path through throughsp'lce throughspice throughspace sp'lce splce spice ' was W'1S W1S ' not the only one Some Somemay Somemay Somemay may 11a have base \ e been ahead of us and nnd arrlsed ar- ar arrh ar-riv ar riv - rlsed rh ed cd when the other side of this world worldwas worldwas worldwas was turned ; others may still stln sail arrive nrnve ; but you all understand unt1erstan that we can cancount cancount cancount count upon no one but ourselves'We ourselves 'We We * ' We h'1\ h'1 h1 hat have h'1e ' \ e a arrl\ arrl arrived arrled \ % ed , that we hnow know hnowAnd knowAnd knowAnd And none of you will wlII question my sm stn smcerHy stncerity sincerity cerHy cerity \ when hen I repeat to you that It Is Ismy ismy Ismy my conviction that f'1tc-Destin f'1tc f1tc Destin f'1tcDestinfar fate-Destiny-far fate Destiny far fateDestinyfarmote fate ' - - Destine -far far - farmOle farmoie mOle mote than our own efforts has brought broughtus us through through"I "I I " repeat here , ! In n my flr&t flrt fir.t firt first & : . words wordsupon wordsupon wordsupon upon this strange , new , marvelous marvelousworld marvclousworld world \ orId what wbat I said upon that planet planethlch planetwhich planetwhich \hlch hlch which , \ now flies in shattered fragments fragmentsabout fragmentsabout fragmentsabout about our sun ; we have arrl arrived arrhed ed , , not notas notas notas as triumphant indi Individuals Indhidunls lduals spared for forourseh forourselves forourselves ourseh ourselves es , , but as humble llumtlo hum1a hum1 ) a represent represent- representntl"es representatives representatives - atives ntl\"es ntl "es es \ " of the result of a billion bllIlon years yearsot yearsof yearsof ot of evolution e\oluUon e oluUon eolutlon \ % transported to a spher sphere spherewhere spherewhere "here here where " we may reproduce and recre'1te recre1te recreate recre'1tethe recreatethe recreatethe ' the life Ilte glen giv gh en us . . . "I I " , will ,111 111 pass at once to practical practicalconsIderations practicalconsiderations practicalconsiderations consIderations . "At At " this spot , It Is now late In the theafternoon theafternoon theafternoon afternoon of ot Bronson Beta's Betas ' new day , - r rK rIQ K IQ "I I " " 1 which lasts tll11 thiity thirty ty hours Instead of ot the thetwent thetwenty thetwenti twent twenty } four to which wblch we are accustoured accus accustOOled accustomed tOOled toured . For ror Ibr the present , , we must all allremaIn allremain allremain remaIn upon the slilp ship The ground groundImmediately groundimmediately groundImmediately Immediately under Is still sUU baked hot hotby hotby hotby |