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Show , . AFTERWORLDS AFTER AfTRWORWSCOft1DE [ WORLDS COLLIDE SYNOPSISUnder SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISUnder Under the lca leadership leaderahlp ershlp of Cole Hendron Ifendron Hcndronnoted , noted American Amerlca.n Amerlcan . scientist sclentl8t , owr ov"r ovr over " 300 per- per per"on pereons per-eona per eona - "on on eons " " escape In two t"o to " Space Ships Just be bo bo- bo bofore before - fore a cosmic collision coUlslon n " wiped "Ipcd Ipcd Iped out the theearth theearth theearth earth , and land on Bronson Ueta Beta UetaOlant Betaslant DetaGiant Olant slant meteors , fragments fragmcnts of tho cirlh c\rlh c rlh earth ' \ IS a ISmoon amoon amoon moon , rail fa.ll fall . In their vicinity , but none noneot noneof noneof ot of IIendron'a IIendrona Hendron's Hendrons llendron's llendrons ' colonists Is hurt A rlvcr river rlvcrbottom riverbottom riverbottom bottom , preen green with vegetation Is Isfound isfound lafound found , and great grent forests of ot dead trees treespreserved , preserved lor for a 11 million m11llon years yea.rs . by tho the thoab8ol theabaolate thoabsolute abaolate ab8ol te cold of space apace An airplane , which disappears almost In1lnedla.tclY In1lnedlatclY Immediately Immediatelyflies . , , nics flies over the camp making- making makingno - no attempt attemptto to communicate commllnlcate " with "Ith Ith sslth Its people , who whol'ea.llzo whorealize whorealize l'ea.llzo lea.llzo leallzo realize ' . that they . are a.ro aro arc not alone on the thenew thenew thenew new planet , and that their visitors may maybe maybe maybe be enemies Tony Drake Dralto and Eliot EliotJames EliotJames EliotJames James , In an exploration airplane airplaneflight airplaneflight airplaneflight wondrous "ondrous ondrous nondrous " city . , cn- cn en- en cnclosed enclosed en enclosed - flight , come upon a closed under whit wh\t wh t wti'tt wtitt ' \ ' seems llico 1I1eo like halt half an anIridescent anIridescent anIridescent Iridescent glass bubble Among their theirfinds theirfinds theirInda finds ( , In tho the clt cits city ) , . , Is an nn edible sraln- sraln grain- grain sralnmillions grainmillions grain grainmillions - millions of ot bushels On their flight flightbaC'k flightback flightback baC'k baCk ' they como come upon the ' cimp C1.anp C1anp c'tmp ctmp ' . ' of ot more morethan morethan morethan than 200 persons who left Jctt the earth earthwhen earthwhen earthwhen when they did . , In a second Space Ship Shippiloted Shippiloted Shippiloted piloted by Dave Davo Ransdell R\nsdel1 R nsdel1 Rnsdel1goes R Rinsdcllcocs ' \ tnsdell tnsdellgoes goes to Hendron's Hendrons IIendron's IIendrons ' camp with Tony Ton } ) CHAPTER VI-ContInued VI ContInued VI - Continued VIContInued9 -9- 9 - 9I 9I - 9 - ' * I can give you .rou rou . no ( Idea dea of tue the uper- uper super- super superlathe buyer-lathe buyer lathe uperlath - lath lathe e order In 1n which shlcli \ hlch c\ c everything cerythlng eserylhing \ erythlng In it itwas itwas itwas was arranged Itould It would \\ould ould \ be hopeless hopelessfor hopelessfor hopelessfor for me to try to tell Sou ; ) ou the skill 81,111 81111 shill , situ situwhich \ withwhich ith ithwhich which those people combined use with withbeauty withbeauty withbeauty beauty . , Beauty eauty and use \ with ith hnngln'l hnnglnl lrnaglna hnngln'ltl.e lrnaglnatlve imnginatlve ' tl.e tle tlve . Intelligence Intelllgence 1 I can only say S'1y S1y ' two twotblngstlrst twothingsfirst twothings tblngs-tlrst tblngs tlrst things-first things first - first , that tlUlt you \ will sill tl1 all nlJ nil see sce It ityourselves Ityourselves yourselves } ourselves , and second , tlint that while thj the thjstreets thestreets th thetreets etreets streets , and the bulIdln buildings s and the theapartments theapartments theapartments apartments of the city cit clt ) of the Other OtherPeople OtherPeople OtherPeople People fascinated us \ we se e had h'ld hld bad ' Intended Intendedto to leave lease lea \ e that morning " Again Tony ceased to read rend 'We We * ' We ap ap- appreciated appreciated - preciated predated , of course , " , " he obsened observed to tobls tohls tobis bls hls hearers , ' 'that that ' that wo we ought to com corn communlcate cornmunlcate cornmunlcate munlcate with you , and after our ourbrea1.fast ourbreakfast ourbreakfast brea1.fast brea1fast breakfast . , and n fl a brief journey through throughsome throughsome throughsome some of the strange streets , s \ we e went wentput wentAat wentjout put Aat of ot tlie the city by the way " we "e e had bad hadentered badentered hadentered entered and returned to our ship slilpwhere , , wbere where we tried to call can you by radio radioWe radioWe radioWe We failed utterly ntterly because of some puz puzziJng puzsling puziling ziJng sling Interference"We interference"We Interference Interference"We " "We We " argued , then , tbether w t\ t s \ hether bether we should shouldreturn shouldreturn shouldreturn return to you with \ what shat hat we "e e " se had hadlearned hadlearned hadlearned learned or shether w v . hether we should first try tryto tryto tryto to learn IearD much more . . . The second argu argument arguwent argument ment went was wns overwhelming In Its appeal appealto . to us We returned to the city dty ; and on onthe onthe onthe the second day , \ we vie e discovered that It ItWl.S Itwas Itwas Wl.S WlS was . ! not Dot quite so 50 Intact as \ we sse e had SUII sup SUIIposed supposed supposed posed . In no less than six places placeswhere placeswhere placeswhere where we observed , the huge trans transparent transparent transparent parent dome was pierced and sho\\ sho shoe(1 shored shoredgreat showedgreat \ e(1 e1 e(1great ( great jagged tears or holes and nnd belo\\ belo beloss belowere belosswere belowwere \ were marks marhs of demolition demohtlon exhlbitin exhibiting exhibitinggreat exhibitinggreat great violence Meteors had toru torn toruthrough tornthrough tornthrough through But e except ccpt for the wrechag wreckage wreckagecaused wreckagecaused " caused by these , I tell you that w \ wefound t , . ' found almost nothing out of order In Inthat inthat Inthat that rem1rl remarkable . 'lble lble ' clt city'Row citi city citi"Now ' "Now Now 'Row Row " I J will wIJJ give you a few more morerandom morerandom morerandom random details detalls from Lllot's Lllots ' diary : 'One One ' One thing we sse \ . e noted on our return returnto returnto returnto to the stores-If stores If stores - If they were stores stores"Tony storesTony , " Tony read , "was was " " ns that In none of them themdid themdid themdid did there seem to have ha\"e ha "e e \ " been a s s3 systemfor stem stemfor stemfor for collecting money , or a medium of ofexchange ofexchange ofexchange exchange , or of keeping books boohs . . Seem Seem- Seemlagly SeemIngly Seemingly - ingly lagly the Other People just came In InRnd Inand inand Rnd and took what they wanted-or wanted or wanted - or Indi Indi- Individuals indivldunls Individuals - viduals vldunls must have ha\"e ha "e e \ " kept their own ownbooksor ownbooksor ownbooks books-or books or - - or some system which we wecouldn't wecouldn't wecouldn't wecouldnt couldn't couldnt ' Imagine , was used For at the theend theend theend end of our three days ' stay we were werepretty werepretty werepretty pretty certain that they had no me me- medium medium - dium dlum of exchange eIchanbe to correspond to tomoney tomoney tomoney money " Tony 'lony lony bony ' looked loohed up at his fascinated fascinatedaudience fascinatedaudience fascinatedaudience audience , , then turned again to Ellot Eliot EllotJames EliotJames EliotJames James ' diary : " ' "A A " A department of or that store ssas ssasgiven \ wasgiven as asghen ghen given over o.er oer oser . to musical instruments Instrumentstheir . , . 1helr Zhelr ' chromatic scale Is different from fromours fromours fromours ours , and their thclr \ way \ ay of \ writing sriting rlUng music musicentirely musicentirely musicentirely entirely different . They hnd had a few fewstrInged fewstringed fewstringed strInged Instruments , no \ wind lnd lnstru instru lnstruments instrumeats Instruments ments meats , many percussion percuscton percus5lon ; Instruments Instrumentsbut , but they had developed a vast variety varietyat varietyof varietyot at of ( Instruments nstruments \ which hleb seem to have havebeen havebeen havebeen been operated by the transference of ofelectrical ofelectrical ofelectrical electrical Unquestlon'lbl Impulses to sound . . Unques Unquestfonatil3 Unquestlonabli tlon'lbl tlonlbl tfonatil3 ' , music and the science of or elec electrIcity electrrcity electncity trIcity trrcity had existed exCted ( ) side by side for so solong solong solong long that the art had developed de\eloped de eloped deteloped \ a sel sci selence science sclcnce ence for its expression "We We "IVe IVe " " found In profusion small sman , llght light llghtH lightsehlcles lightvehicles H sehlcles hlcles of the type which we first firstdlsco firstdiscovered firstdiscovered dlscoered discovered dlsco\ dlsco \ ered wrecked wreclted on the road near nearcur nearour nearour cur our camp It Is plain these " were sere ere oper oper- operated oper- oper operated operated - - ated by some sort of electric Impulse ; but \ we se e could do nothing \ with ith them " " ' Tony 1'ony 1ony ' skipped sl.lpppd sllpppd . more pa pages es . . "Imagine Imagine "Imagineus Imagineus " us \ ' with 'isith isith ith the sun rising rlsmg and the foodof flood food floodof floodof of Indirect Illumination dimming dimmtng a\\ay a ay assay \ . Imagine away.Imagine awayImagine us under that th'1t th1t ' vast 'oust oust cast ' transpar transparent transparent transparent ent bubble In tlie the early morning , hav hav- hay- hay havnr haying having - ( ing nr ; a 11 long 10\1 10 1 [ \ ; look at one marvel manel marsel after afteranother afteranother afteranother another We IVe went sent \ cnt across I1cross bridges and andlip andtill andup lip till and down dossn o\\ o on \ \ n streets . . We tramped trampedalong trampedalong trampedalong along ramps and on a dozen lev le\ le les lecIs \ els cIs cIsVe \Ve Ve We Wevisited \ Weviblted Vevhted vhted visited . ( ch civic elsIe Ic centers and museums and andtheatlrs andtheaters andtheaters theatlrs theaters and recreation grounds and andcentral andcentral andcentral central kitchens hltchens and other places of oful.llIbb ofassuubl3 ofisst-iiibli ofisst iiibli ul.llIbb ulllIbb assuubl3 ( % . - , , thy the purpo purpose of which shlch \ htch ssas ssasnot \ wasnot as asDot Dot not clear . All Allve \ \ve ve se \ e lacked lached \ was ssas as some someone someone someone one to explain at frequent Intervals Internls Intersals Inter\ Inter \ nls just justs justv\hat justv hat s \ \ hnt \ we e \ were ere seeing , because ss \ whilewe hlle hile hileto to \ e \ were ssere ere Interested \ we sse e often could 01113 01113guess onl ani onlguess ) guess glless and sometimes none of or our ex- ex explanations exidanatluns ex explanations - planations idanatluns made sense We 1Ve never ne\er ne er \ found foundthat foundthat foundthat that some souse Ollle one oue One thln thing " was "as as ssas very veryI veryclear veryclear .Ic.1r Ic.1r Ic1r clear < . . , , ho\\ ho hoe however hossescr \ e\ e el.r \ l.r lr . ; : the Other Otber People lIhed lIhedI liked lIhedto likedto likedto I I to spend a lot of time together . , They Theybnd Theyhad Tlicyhad bnd had prn privacy prisacy RCY In their own n J\rtmcnts J rtmcnts apartments apartmentsto Jrtmcntsto [ ' \ to be sure . , but there thlre \ were sere \ ere so many manytl1lns manythrobs manythInoS tl1lns throbs " , and BO so many 1ll'1ny 1ll1ny ' . kinds b.lnds blnds of thln things thingsfor thingsfor s sfor for people to do ( In n cro\\ cro crowds cros crossds \ s that sse ssebecame \ webecame e ebecmc bec\mc bec mc became ' \ com cans convinced Inced tint th'1t th1t that ' they u \ were \ ere s \ verygregarious ery erygre erygregarious gre gregarious 1r1ou ' ' : ! We IVe felt . , too , that th'1t th1t ' their theircroHl theircrossds theircrowds cro\Hl cro Hl crossds \ \ were sure \ lre not compll computed comprised e of moll mobs , ; or of orunfrlendh ofunfriendly ofunfriendly unfrlendh unfriendly . , un uns3 uiibiinpittiLtic mp nip 1thltiC rtlictic , . unacquaint un\cqunlnt- un cqunlnt unacquaint- unacquainted uncqunlnteI ' \ - ed eI ( ntllualshl fndhiduals-ltle fndhiduals ltle ( Individuals ntll\ ntll \ ( uals-hl uals hl - 111 e tlie the crowds crods crossds cro\\ cro \ \ ds tll'lt tlllt that tll'ltunce thatonce thatonce ' unce once thrOIJl thronged throncd , . ? tlie the streets strllts struts of ? ew etv lorlcbut \ . lork lorlc lorkbut orlt orltbut -but but - but \ were ssere \ lrC cro\\ cro crowds crocis crossds \ \ cis of people \ who sho 110 were wereubbhclted wereassoclrted wereusAdcl ubbhclted assoclrted ! ited In a most I11l1st mist friendly frilntlly and co coUIern cooperathe cooperative UIern operathe ) tl\ tl tl5pl \ 5pl spirit rlt with tslth \ \ Ith { ' cich each 'tch tch ' other othere . * , ' \\e e lie \ \ e followed follllcd fullutted follll\\ follll \ cd a n gallery underground under undergroundl rollIld , , J I hl lieif hue . ! t ' \ we ae \ e round found niore more inure , : great Jrent msichlnes nwrhlnes- nwrhlnes miichines- miichines nwrhlnesl1dl1 miichinestslitiatswhich msichlnest - t . tslitiats-which tslitiats which miius l1dl1 ( : . * - \ which \ ltlclt ltlclte we \\e e sse \ could cuuld cuing cuuldot [ \ not \ot ot . at all .111 111 411 . un Ufl by EDWIN BALMER BALMERand BALMERand BALMERand and PHILIP WYLIECopyright WYLIE WYLIECopyright Copyrlght,1I34 Copyrlght1I34 Copyright . , 1934 ! 193 < by byEdwin byEdwin byEdwin Edwin Balmcr Balmer and Philip PhUlp Wyllo Wylie WylloWNU WylieWNtr WylloWNVServleo WylloWNVServleode'rstand WNU WNtr S\rvlco S rvlco service servicederstand \ ! de'rstand derstand ' We saw further descents Into Intodepths Intodepths Intodepths depths we decided dctJded not to explore But Buts Butwo of their stores storesot storesof storesof s \ se e did come upon some ot of food-particularly food particularly food - particularly grain . . "Samples Samples " of ot this tlus thus grain gr'1ln gr1ln graln ' , , " Tony re reminded reminded reminded minded them , looking up , 'ab ab 'alieady alieady ' alt cadY early YOIl YOIlhave you youhave youhave Ellot Eliot Ellotand Eliotand Eliotand have examined eamlncd , ; : for yourselves and I tasted It ; \ we se e ate It It . . It was wasstarchy wasstarchy wasstarchy starchy and nail uot not unpleasant unplensant . . . Whether Whetheror or not It still sun contains vitamins vltam1 s , at atleast atleast atleast least It has the starch stnrch base for nutrltlon nutritlon nutrl nutri jtlon tlon . In the afternoone afternoon , , \ we \\e e se found round one oneother oneother oneother other thing of far f.Ir fIr . greater gre'lter grelter ' Importauce Importance Importanceto Importauceto to us than any other discovery dlscoery dlsco\ dlsco \ ery , , If It I Imay Imay Imay may e\cept e cept e\.cept e.cept .cept ecept \ . " the food supply . This "asa ssasa " was "as as ssas wasa a school scllool " "A A " school ? ' se\ se several seenl sesergl \ enl \ voices olces solces cried ' We believe It " was "as as ssas a school fortheIr fortheir for forJheliL JheliL theIr chlldreiL chIldren chlidren from their early , 3 , } cars ears up Can you ) ou Imagine Im'lglne Imlglne ' the orsuch orsuch such a discovery dlscO\crv dlscO crv \ to .vou vou you . ou ? We 11'1\e 11'1 111 e hose 11'1ebrought hosebrought havebrought ' \ brought back some of tlie the objects from fromthat fromthat fromthat that scliool school Some of them seem to tobe tobe tobe be books-books books books - books of a n different t-pe t pe type tpeto typeto typeto , } - to be sure , from our"olumes our \ " volumes \"olumes "olumes olumes ; yet they theycnn theycan |
