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' ( r Pbilip Philip PbilipWylie PhilipWylie WylieTHE Wylie , ( THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNINGUnder BEGINNING BEGINNINGUnder , Under the leadership of ot Cola Cote Colo Hendron Bendron Ht > ndroll , American scientist , . over 300 persons par"ons parons par"ons.8cape personsecape " collision coUlslon wipes out the tho earth earthand , , . before betore s & cosmic .8cape 8cape . ecape tecape In two Spice Sp'lce Splce Space ' Ships Just and lad land on Bronson Beta Vegetation Is found , , . and ereat great forests torests of ot deid dc\d dc d deed ' \ trees trec tree ' < , treBcrved I\re.llerved Ire.llerved I re.llerved rellerved gireecrved \ . by the absolute nbsolute cold of ot space sp-acc sp acc - An airplane nlrptano flies over 0cr other 0\ 0 \ cr the camp cnmp , , . making makingno makingHo who realize reallze thit th\t th t that ' \ they are not 'llonoem stoneCa ' ilono 'llono llono stone ilonon 110 no attempt a.ttemJlt attemJlt . to communicate with Us Its people , , em Ca n the new planet . , , and that their \ . visitors .lsltors lsltors { sitors may be enemies E\plorlne E plorlne .plorlng plorlng Deploring IJ \ > . Tony TonyDrako Ton TonDrake > ) city enclosed under whit wh'lt whlt whst ' seems like halt half haltan halfto halfin Drake Drako and nnd Eliot James Jnmcs come upon a , . an to Iridescent class gtn.ss gtnss glass . bubble Amon Amoni AmlnJ ( . , , llieir their finds ands . , In the city clt > ) . , is an edible graln- graln graln1'I11JJ1ons gralnfililions grain grainMillions - ' Millions 1'I11JJ1ons 1I11JJ1ons fililions of bu bushels hets On their rlh.h/ rlh.h tliEht rlh.hbac1 Ill . , iii / back bac1 bac11 . thoy tho ) stumble stumblo on the camp of ot more than thanZOO thanzoo than200 ZOO persons who left teft the earth \ , v\hen v hen t \ hen they did , In 1n a second Space Spnco Ship piloted pl10ted by by.Davo byIavo byDavo .Davo Davo Iavo . ) Ransdcll RnnsdclJ Ransdell Tony learns Icarns that Russian Jnp\ne Jnp ne Jnpine'se Jnpinese Japanese ' \ ' e and German scientist Com Com- Communists Comtnunlsts Communists - munists tnunlsts have reached Bronion Bronqon Bronson Lit-ti Lit ti Lll'l Llll Lets - ' . and probably sent the mysterious pIano plane planeto pIanoto planeto ' ' $ , the tho Hcndron Hendron camp but v.hen vhen when . hcn theyreturn they theyreturn theyreturn to spy on Hendron's Hendrons cimp c'lmp clmp camp ' ' Ihe 'lht lht Zhe ' Aitks A"liti Aliti A"lltl Alltl " s q RIS gss 'ls ls ' return In an armada of ot the B1 Iii Bn ' . H nsun ! > un Betans Betnns ' ' planes Tony and his men anni anni- annihilate annihilate annihilate - hilate them " vilth "ah ah with atomic bine's bines btnctc bluets : ; ' from Crom the tho Space Ship Ships s propulsion tubes tubc ! > , Het- Het Hept- Hept Hept1lren's Hetren's Heat-iron's Heat iron's irons ; - 1lren's 1lrens ren's rens ' health hpaHh falling tallJng failing , . he orrlers orrlt'rs orrltrs orders ' rony Pony to remove oserybody 0\ 0 over 0er \ er } ) body to one of or the Sealed SealedClUes SealedCities SealedCities ClUes Cities This Tony succeeds In > n doing Von Beltz Beitz . , a . leader teader , . disappears Hendron Iiendron Hendrondies Iiendrondies Hendrondies dies Tony's Tonys ' party realizes reaJlzes th it U It receives rc'elves rcelves ( ' heat , light Jlght and PO\\ PO power POer \ er only becausethe because becausethe becausethe the Asiatics Aslatics ration power to tliem them 1 ahoy llio hc > ) flnd find and passages pacsagcs ; tv two . 0 miles mlles undergroundand undergroundInd underground undergroundnd and Ind nd great grea.t . stores of food tood l t , CHAPTER X-Continued X Continued X-.Continued X.Continued .Continued X - . - . Continued XContinued16 X.Continued1a -16- 16 -1a-- 1a - 16.It 1a"It 16 16"It - ( - - "It It .It " . Is evidtnt evident evident : ! thit th'1t th1t th'tt thtt ' ' the Midiniutes 'fllillHl/tes 'fllillHl fllillHl tes latdtnnltes 'fllillHltesare latdtnnltesire ' / are ire re engaged In a anr " \\nr nr "fir fir star \ \ III nt t 11111 aiitiltion aiitiltionwhey ninltlonThey Irion Iriontrhey trhey whey . ( mean to conquel conquet us I 1111\ 1111 1111mean iiiwean 1 iii- iii lirv ' - \ weanto mean wean meanto meanto to have Itave Bronson Beta for tbew thenosti tbeiu&fches tbeiufches tbeiu&fchesbr & lI\es- lI es lIeser \ es- es esbr - br er at least to Insure tint th\t th t th ' \ tt all hum'ln humln human hum'lnlJe1ngs humanbeings tuiminbeings ' lJe1ngs beings upon the planet tt \ \ III he goterned goternedby governedby o\ o oerned \ erned ernedby by them and nnd will 11\ 11 live 11e use \ e btheIr bv b\ b bt \ their precepts pre precepts preecpts cepts An3 Ana And Lady Cynthia Cynthln has left no nodoubt noIflonbt doubt oubt In our mint minds mind ] , . . about .Ibout Ibout tlitir thdr their desire desirelor desireor desirefor lor or our \ women s omen 'J J 'I I ' Ihey hey lrey need ncpd what they theyeal1 theytall theycall eal1 tall 'breeding breeding ' females . , . ' I 1 t think lnk thatteed that'J:1eed that need 'J:1eed J1eed teed ' : ' ' In Itself would be sufficient to tocanse tocause tocause canse cause every man and a \ woman \ oman onion here to toAght tofight : f2ght Aght to the deith de1th death deith'Yes 'Yes Yes ' Yes , we could and should be happy happyJ1ere happyhere happytere J1ere here now . But"More But- But But"More But - "More More " than three hundred EngUsh English- English Englishmien English-inen English inen - . snen mien and Englishwomen Engh-lnvomen Engh lnvomen " - are living HvIng In insubjugation Innibjugatlon subjugation ( bjugaUoD , , and ive vie \ e are unable to setthem set setthem setthem them : free They are our 0\\ 0 own 0n \ n bioo blood bloodand bloodend end and kin They are In lit living ing under conditions con con- condltlons conditions - ditions dltlons at best odious , . at worst horrible horri horri- horrible horrible - ble to them We IVe cannot be happywhile happywhIle happy while they ire 'lre lre 'ire ' ' virtually slaves"And slaves"And slaves slaves"And "And And " also-Bronson also Bronson also - - Bronson Beta movcs moves movcsever movesever movesever ever Into cold Bitter mtter cold I ! Sixtydays Sixty Sixtydays Sixtydays days ago the surface of the phnet planet phnetwas planetwas plinetwas was chilly Then , . for a while , . , Itharmed It Itwarmed harmed ' " armed agiln ag\ln ag ln again ' \ , so that we enjoved enjoed enjoyed enjo\ enjo \ ed a atong along along tong long fall faU or Indian summer But now nowthe nowthe nowthe the chill chlll Is returning Our seasons season are aredue aredue aredue due not to an Inclination of our aDs amts axisas , fiB as on earth , but to our eccentric eccentnc orbIt orbitThe orbit.The orbitThe . The earth in winter was actually near nearer nearer nearcr er to the sun than In the summer , but butIn butin butIn In \ n winter \ Inter the earth's earths ' a axis I caused the thesun's thesun's thesuu's thesuus sun's suns ' ' ra rays ravs s to fall obliquely . Here on onBronson onBronson onBronson Bronson Beta n we rte e mo\ mo move moe mote \ e from a point pointclose pointclose pointclose close to the orbit ofTenus of \ Venus \Tenus Tenus to a point pointDt1r pointnear pointneir Dt1r near ' ' tint th'1t th1t that ' of Iars-and Iars and Mars-and Mars Mars - - and the change In IndIstDnce indistance indistance dIstDnce distance from trom the sun will wIlI bring es estremes e e'ctremes ectremes " , ' tremec tremes ; of temperature'Th'1t temperature'That temperature Tint 'Th'1t Th1t 'That That ' ' Is not all lhat 1hat that Is not tlle the tlleonl theonit theonl\ theonl theonlproblem onl\ onl onit onlproblemanlous \ problem-an\lous problem an lous problem-anxious anxious problem - anxious " \ : problemwhichfaces problem-which problem which problemwhichfaces problem - whichfaces faces us In these autumn days Shall Shall"e Shallwe Shallwe "e e we " turn back bach to\\ to toward toard \ ard the sun stln 7 ? Ourscientists Our OurEclentlsts Ourscientists Eclentlsts scientists say so ; ; but shall we we7 ? ' ThIs ThIsIJlanet Thisplanet Thisplanet IJlanet planet has not done It yet Its spe specIalty speclalty speclalty cIalty clalty seems to be a drift out into into"pace intospace Intocpace "pace pace space " . . . 'Our Our ' astrophysicists astropliyalcists astroph .IClsts IClsts : . and mathema mathematlclans mathematlcians mathematiclans I I'Our tlclans tlcians burn their lights far Into the thenight thenight thenight night of this new planet in order to tonnticIpate toanticipate toanticipate nnticIpate anticipate the possibilities posslblIlties In our state stateThey stateThey stateThey They are not romantic men"MeaDhlle men"Meanwhile men men"Meanwhile .out out 'out out ' . "Meanwhile Meanwhile "MeaD\\hlle "MeaD MeaD hlle " \ \ as we move mo\e mo e mote \ out into intospace intospace intoEpace space to\\ to toward toard \ \ ard Mars iars , . that red world In Increases Increases Increases creases in sue size Sl and brilliance brlIlI'lDce brlIlIlDce brilllance ' Already AlreadyIt i iIt It Is a more vii vivid vhId id body thanas than was \\as as w \ as Yenus Venus Yenusfrom Venusfrom Venusfrom from the earth , . and Its color Is malev male\- male males- males maleJlent malescleat malevolent \ - - olent Jlent cleat ( and ominousI ominous"So ominous"So ominous I $ "So So " the days and nights pass"Yes pass"Yes pass pass"Yes "Yes Yes " , . our colony is returnin returnln returning . , : , ; to the thebappy thehappy thehappy bappy happy human pursuits of love nnd and nndknowledge andknowledge andknowledge knowledge and social relationshIps relationships.But relationshipsBut . . $ But ut we are nre surrounded by mysterIes mysteriesterrors , terrors , . spies within our city , enemies " , Vtho tho ho " would "ould ould conquer us ; and nnd nh\ays nh ays always nhaysthe alwaysthe ahvaysthe \ the red planets draw nearer-as nearer as nearer - as notlong not notlong notlong long ago the tl1e two bodies from cosmos cosmosdrew cosmosdrew cosmosdrew drew toward the condemned and ter- ter terrlfled terrifled ter terrified - - rified rlfled rifled Earth " . As Eliot James finished that entryin entry entryIn entryIn In his diary , , . hens be he \ was \\ns ns interrupted by a aknock aknock aknock knock on his door , . "Come Come " in , . " ' he called . . Shirley Cotton entered . . She said saidsomething saidsomething saidsomething something that sounded like " tlhe Like "Uopayia- "Uopayia Uopayia "Hopayfa- "Hopayfa Hopayfa "Uopayiato "Hopayfato "Hopayla-to "Hopayla Hopayla to - " ' to "Hopayiato Hopayiato "Hopaylato Hopaylato " yourself yourselt , , " Eliot rmot James Jamescns Jamesttnsw Jamesanswered JamesansweredThat's cns\\ cns ttnsw cnsered \ ered eyed . * ' . -That's That's Thats .rbat's .rbats rbats - ' a n Bronson Beta word , , . " she she8I1id shesaid sheaald 8I1id said . . "It It " means , ' 'How How ' the devil devll areyouor are areyou areyou you-or you or you 1-Qr 1 Qr ? ' - - or something like that . " "Sit Sit " , , " said the writer . "I'm Im " ' ' ' fine fine"What's fineWhats . . . What's Whats " ' news7 news ? ' ' Shirley grinned grinnedWant -Want Want "Want - " a nice nicemauve nicemauve nicemauve mauve and yellow shirt ? Want a pnlr pair pnlrof pairof pairof of red and silver shorts shorts1 ? " " "Any Any " rags ? Any old Iron7 iron ? What'sthe What's Whats What'sthe What'sthe Whatsthe ' the trouble ? Your clothing cJothIng departmentrunning department departmentrunning departmentrunning running out of or orders orders1 ? ' "Nope Nope "Hope Hope " And w \ when hen lien we do , w \ we'll well e'll ell e'11 e11 ' re- re revive reQive re revive - - vive Qive fashions-so fashions so fashions - so you'll youll ' ' have to pat pat- patronize patronize patronize - ronize Shirley Cotton's Cottons ' mills , whether whetherrou whetheryou whetheryou rou you ; want to or not " "Just Just " like a aonianl w \ < \onianl onianl \ oman I " said JameswIth JamesvIth James Jameswith with vIth mock anger , "you'd youd " ' think thlnh thnt that thntnfter thatafter thatafter nfter after managing to abolish nhoUsh styles fora for forn fora n a couple of or years , people would be beglDd beglad beglad glDd glad enough to give them up forever 1 I " bhe She he shook her head " 'Ihis Ihis "lhls lhls This ' yearwe year yearwe yearwere we re going In for light clothing with withanim'll withanimal withanhnil anim'll animll animal ' de designs < : lgns Next year 3 ) ear I plin pl'1n pl1n plan ' flow now nowers flowers flowers ers Higglns Higgins Is going to present some somep'lltern5 somepatterns somepitterns p'lltern5- p'lltern5 plltern5 patterns- patterns ' . - ' p'lltern5'He patternsLie 'He He ' Lie never nevervlll tt \vlll vlll \ \ Ill , I trust trust"I'll trustIll " "I'll Ill " ' ' 1m bribe brbe , be him himn himvltb \vltb vltb "lth lth with " \ a waistcoat waI5tcont In an anIitotison inBionson Iitotison loRSon Leta orchids and mushrooms mushroolD3 . . By y tbe the the "a-how "a a how tray-how tray " wav ) - how long have ha\"c ha "c c ' \ " you been beensItting beensitting beensitting sItting In this cramped hole hole7 ? " " "All All " ? ' morning Why1 Why "Then Then " you ) ou haven them t henid henrd d about the thegreen thegreen thegreen green rain " James looked at her with surprise'Green surprise'Green surprise * ' ? ' Green 'Green rain "Sure Sure " Outdoors Didn't Didnt ' ' amount amountto amountto to an anything-but anything but anything thmg-but thmg but - but for tor about ten mlutes min ml- ml minutes - . utes it rained green " Til "I'll Ill " ' ' be d-d d d - d t ' What " was "as as It ? " Shirley shrugged "Search Search " me A Agreen Agreen Agreen green sky shy Is bad enough But a green greenrainwell greenrainwell greenrain rain-well rain well - well , . anything can happen bappen Higgins Hig Hig- Higgins Higglns - glns gins has bas bottles full fuU of whate\ whate whatet whatever whateer \ er itwasmore it itwasmore itwas was-more was more - more like snow than rain-Qnly rain Qnly rain-only only rainQnlynot rainonlynot rain - - onlynot not fro7en frozen It misted the dome a littie lit littIe littie tIe And then- then thenou then-you then you then - you ou probably ha hat ha\en'theard ha en'theard entheard \ en't ent en'theard en'theard ' heard the rumor about Von Yon Beltz Betts tllat that thatvas tllat"as thatwas "as as vas " going gomg around " "News News " ? ' "Not Not " ne\\ ne news nes \ \ s A rumor . Scandal , I'dcall I'd Id I'dcall ' I'dcall Idcall ' call it it . . . People h hive we been S'l Sl siving siting ' ' Ing thIs thIsmornIng thismorning thismorning mornIng that the spies hiding hldmg here areundoubtedly .Ire Ire are .Ireundoubtedly . areundoubtedly undoubtedly from the MIdianlte Midianite gang gangSome gangSome gangSome Some of them are Germans Von Beltz Beitz Beltzas Beitzwas Beltzwas \\as as was \ a German So they say tint th'1t th1t th'it thit ' ' he heasn't hewasn't hewasn't hewasnt \\asn't asn't asnt wasn't wasnt \ ' ' kidnaped hldnaped but thit th'lt thlt that ' he hid h'ld hld had ' al al"ays always always "ays ays ways " belonged beloned ; to them , , and merely merelyjowed merelyjoined merelyjoined jowed joined them at the first OppOl oppoitunlty opportunity tunlty " Eliot rUot : Jimes J'tmes Jtmes James ' swore "That's Thats " ' a lousy lousylibel lousylibel lousylibel libel Why , Von Yon Beitz Beltz Bettz Is one of the thettbitest thewhitest ttbitest \ \ 111test men I lenoA know leno\\ leno \ A great brain brainand brainand brainand and nervel nerve I I fought side by'aide by 'aide aide . , * ' , Ide with withthat \ withthat ith ithtllat tllat that guy in Michigan lUlchlgnn , . and-\\ and and-s s andhy and - \ why whyh hy- hy hyhl hyhli - h-l h l h-li h li h - I ! He's Hes ' ' piactlcallv placticaII piactically a n brother ofmine of ofmIne ofmine mIne Why do you think thinh ' I've Ive ' been In |