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IX-Continued IX Continued IX Continued CHAPTER - - IXContinued16 -16- 16 - - 16"Dec 16 16"Dec - "Dec Dec " . . 7 : I Kyto yto , the Japanese serv serv- servnnt servant serv- serv servant - - ant nnt whom Tony 'l'ony lony ' ' Drake DraL.e DraLe . had had for forsomo forsome forsomo somo some years In New York Yorh , and of "bom bom Whom Whomhe ft " "bombe bomtie be he was Inordinately fond , walhed walked walhedpeacefuUy walkedpeacefully walkedpeacefully peacefuUy peacefully Into camp The Inscru Inscrutable . table little Jap walked up to Tonywhose Tony , whose back bac1 . was wns turned Kyto's Kytos ' face faceWll.9 facewas facewas Wll.9 Wll9 was . like llL.e llLe . a smiling Buddha's Buddhas ' ; : and andtully andfully andfully tully fully appreciating nppreclaUng the drama dramn of thesituation the thesJ theslEuation sJ slEuation uatlon , , be he said snld In his odd voice : 'With With .Wlth Wlth ' . exceeding humblene humbleness request requestposslblllUes requestpossibilities requestpossibilities posslblllUes possibilities of or return to former em employment cmployment ployment . . ' When Tony spun around aroundI I thought ho hp was going to faint 1m Im 1mmedmtely Immedfately Immediately medmtely medfately afterward he began thump thump- thumpreg thumping thumping - ing reg K3 K Kite's Kites to's tos ' ' back so hard that 1 I per perBon'lIly personally pereonilly Bon'lIly BonlIly sonally ' feared for the Jap's Japs ' life Ufe But Butbe Buthe Buthe be he seems to be wiry ; In fact , he must mustl1ave musthave musthave l1ave have the constitution constltutlon of or a steel sprmg spring springfor , , for he has traveled traeled trawled tra\ tra \ eled overlind oferhnd overland mor more morathan than eight hundred miles In the past pasttwo pasttwo pasttwo two months , and nnd his bls story , " which "blch blch I Iam Iam Iam am getting out of ot him piecemeal . , Isone Is Isone isone one of or fabulous nd\ nd adventure ndenture adventure"Dec \ enture enture"Dee "Dec Dec "Dee Dee " 19 : I dlsco\ dlsco discos discovered dlscoerell \ erell eyed only today todaythat todaythat todaythat that Hendron has u&ed ued o/ed o ed used & / ) for Insulationbetween Insulat1On insulation , , betwcen between the double walls waHs of the now nowcompleted nowcompleted nowcompleted completed Ark , tn two 0 thick la lasers ) ers of or as- as asbestos asbestos as asbestos - - bestos , and between them , books Thebooks The Thebooks Thebooks books make reasonably reasonnbly good Insulat Insulat- Insulating insulatlag Insulating - - ing lag material , and when we sve arr1\ arr1 arras arrive arr1e \ e a at atour atour atour our future home , , It if we do not arrlfcwith arrivewith arrive arrlfc with . too hard a blow , we will wlll be pro-- pro provided pro-Tided pro Tided - . - vided vlded with an enormous and complete completelibrary completelibrary completelibrary library . Amazing fellow , Hendron"Dee Hendron Hendron"Dec Hendron"Dec "Dec Dec "Dee Dee " 31 : We had our ChrIstmas ChrIstmasdinner Christmasdinner dinner last Thursday , and except : forthe for forthe forthe the absence of turkey turhey . , It " was "as as com corn complete cornplete cornplete plete , even een esen e\ e \ en to plum pudding The Theweather Theweather Thaweather weather continues to be warm , andthe nnd and nndthe andthe the gardens which we replanted ha\ ha has hae hatlourlshed havenourished \ e tlourlshed flourished under this new sub tropIcal tropIcalclImate tropicalclimate tropicalclimate clImate , so that already alrcady we are reapIng reap reapIng reaplug Ing lug huge har\ har bars harvests harests \ ests which are nre beIng beIngstored beingstored beingstored stored In the Space ShIps"J Ships"Jan Ships Ships"Jan "Jan Jan "J J " an 18 13 : : A flight Ight ft " "as as was as made to the.mlnps the themlnps mlnps .mlnps 'mines mines * . ' ' from which Ransdell's Ransdells RansdeH's RansdeHs ' ' met'lls metlls metals met'llshave metalshave melilshave ' have been taken , , and nnd In the course of ofit ofIt it the plane passed 0\ 0 o\er o er 0er oser \ er St . . Paul aud and audMmneapolls andMinneapolis andMinneapolis Mmneapolls Minneapolis : Apparently the mobs In Inthose Inthose inthose those two cities ha\ ha have hae hate \ e for the most mostpart mostpart mostpart part either perished or mlgr'lted mlgrlted migrated migratedHowever mlgr'ltedlIowever migritedHowever ' lIowever However , we have bave not drawn In the theoutposts theoutposts theoutposts outposts stationed statloned around nround the cantonment cnnton canton cnntonment cantonsent ment sent after the last attick att'1ck att1ck attack ' , and nnd if we weshould weshould weshould should be agiln ng'tln ngtln ag'tin agtin ' ' attacked attac1.ed attac1ed . In force , we weshaH weshall weehall shaH shall not tempoiize tempollze temporize but use uce : the flnilwcipon fin'll finll anal fin'll'We'1pon analweapon ' 'We'1pon We1pon weapon ' ' at once"Jan once"Jan once once"Jan "Jan Jan " 20 : Theie Thele There " was "as as dincing d'lnClng dlnClng dancing ' In Inthe inthe inthe the hall of the ft w nomen omens s dormitoryand dormItory dormItoryand dormitoryand and Ransdell so far 0\ 0 \ overcame 0ercame osercame ercame his al almost almost almost most animal shyness that he danced dancedtwIce dancedtwice dancedtwice twIce with wlth Eve Ie Ese I\ I . : \ e Ihe 'lhe lhe Zlie ' rivalry risalry rh aIry betweenRansdell betwecn between betwecnRansdell betweenRansdell Ransdell and Tony Is the most popu popular lar fcubject bubject subject of discussion among the thegirls thegirls thegirls girls and women , but such a bond bondhas bondhas bondhas has gro\\ gro grow grown gron \ n a bet\\ bet betty betfteen beteen \ een the tfto t0 t\\ t tw \ 0 o men tint that tintI thatI tintI I know hnow whoever Is defeated In the thecontest thecontest thecontest contest , if 1f there Is victory or defeat defeatwill , , wllI will take his medicine honol honoiably honorably abiy and andgenerously andgenerously andgenerously generously I 1 am wondering , , however how howc howeser cer eser c\ c \ er , about that business of victoryor sictoryor Ictory sictory \ Ictoryor or defeat . . The women ft \ omen here sllghtly slightly sllghtlyoutnumber slightlyoutnumber slightlyoutnumber outnumber the men It ft " will ill 111 be neccbeary nece neces necessary : . sary for them to bear children on ou the thenew thenew thenew new planet Variitlon "arhtlou arhtlou arlitiou " of our new newrace newrace newrace race will svill be dcsliable deshable . . Perhaps wewill we wewIll wewill wIll resort In the tbe main to pol\'andr pol 'andr andr polvandry polvandraud \ ' ; ) , and abolish sboUsh , because of biological ne necesslty necessity neccssity cesslty cessity , , nil aU all marriage mnrrla e Theie There Thel e are nre n a ngood agood agood good many very real love affairs e e-tIstent e tIstent ' - 18tent istent already , . ' lhat 'lhat Zhat Is to be expect expect- expectcd expected expected : - - ed cd , , when wben the . very .ery ery flower of 'ounJ ounJ young youngwomanhood ) ' ounswomanhood : 'Womanhood Womanhood ' and the best men of aU all aUages allages allages ages are nre segregated in the wllderness wilderness wildernessI wlldernessI I myself mysetr doubtless reflect the mental mentalattitude mentalattitude mentalattitude attitude of most of the men here hereThere hereThere hereThere There are nre a hundred women , I shallBay shaH shall shaHsay shallsay [ say two hundred , , and one who I 1 would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be proud to have as my "Ue"reb " ftife "Ue Ue ftife"Feb is lfe lfe"Feb "Feb Feb "reb reb " 17 : In a little 1ltUe more than tban thanmonth smonth a amonth month departure It will wlll be time for our depar tUre . . As that solemn hour approaches approachesaU approachesall approachesall aU all of us tend to think thln1 . back Into ouiU\es ouiU es our ourU ou ouUses r U Uses \ es , rather rnther than for\\ for forftard forard forward \ ard toward townrd ou ounew our ournew ouinew r new lives Ueudron Uendron Hendron ha has not hesltatecto hesitatedto hesitated hesitatedto d to make It clear that our relatnelshort relatn retatis ely elysbort el elshort y ] sbort short jump through spice sp'lce splce ' will ' ft ' ill 111 be dan dangerous dangerous dangerous gerous Indeed The ships may no not noLave t have nothave nohave been contrived contrlsed contrh ed properly to with svitll withstand svitllstand withstand stand what are at best merely theo theoretlcal theoretlcal thcorctlcal retlcal conditions condltJons . . The cold of outer outerspace oute outespace outeBpace r space may overfthelm ovenhelm overwhelm oven\ oven \ helm us . . . The rays rayswhIch ray raywhich raywhich s whIch travel tra\cl tra cl trasel \ through the empty emptyreaches empt emptreaches cmptreaches y reaches when we thrust ourelves ourselve ourelvesnmong ourbelveamong ourselveamong : , s nmong among them clad In the thin cylinder cylinderof c ) Ilnders Ilndersof Underof s of our Ark assert may a different po- po p a - ( ptency potency tency from that C experienced perienced under th the e 11 laser ! thlaicr thlaser er of or earth's earths enrth's enrths ' ' atmosphere mtheror Ettheor Eitheor ; r or both of or our two projectiles may ma ) col co 1 1 collde colade llde lade with a n wandering asteroid , , Iwhich In InwhIch t twhich n whIch case the consequences will w111 be besImilar b bsimilar bsimilar ie e sImilar to those anticipated from th thcollision the thecollisIon tlicollision e collisIon of earth with Bronson Alph Alphn AlphnDendron AlphIlendron a ; i Hendron Dendron Ilendron assures nscures ascures ; us only that the theshIps th thships tlships ie e shIps reacthe reachthe will wiU fly . , and that It if they reach reac h li the atmosphere of or Bronson Betavilll Eeta Beta , It It"Ill Itwill "Ill Ill will " be possible to land lanl { them"Feb them"Feb them them"Feb Bodiesho "Feb Feb " 22 : ' The 'fhe fhe Bronson Bodi Bodf Bodies Bodfhave Bodihave es < have ho vlIble viIble . ve reappeared in the sky shy with vI vi < ; s " ible lookslike discs Alpha once more looks loo loolike loolike ks ] s like a coin , , and Beta not unlike unllhe the theJ1e'ld ti tihead tlhend e J1e'ld J1eld head . ' of or a . large pin Observatiothrough Observntfons Observatio Observntfonsthrough Observatiothrough ] ns through our modest telescope show showclearly sho shoclearly sheclearly iw sv clearly thit th'1t th1t that ' Bronson Beta , , warmed warmedby warm warmby id idby by the Bun 6un sun , has a surface now coipletely com completely co copletely m pletely th'l\\ th'l thl thiftpd th'll th'tssed thtssed ' ' \ ( > l ! Its It'5 It5 ' once solid utmos utmosphero atm atmpliere atmcphcrc os > s phero pliere Is lIrlfLw driftinj drifting about . ! bout bont It tfllcd 1l1led failed wl wlcloud wHh wlclouds th cloud ( ) oud . ' anil nod and through t1rrouhh tllIou h those ; clouds cloud we weme s sare iaie , re me are nllc able ) to fcUmpse bllmpse flimpse , patches of or d'lrh dlrh d'lrhUlHI dimid d1 d1uiid ' rk UlHI uiid patches D3tches of brilliance brllllnnle , . " fthlch "hIch hIch which Indl- Indl In ( [ i - cite C'lto Clto Cato ' continents nnd and oceans ocenns . . . At tho the thoUrst thetirst Urst first approach npproach , , an excellent spectro- spectro spectra spectrascopic spectro6coplc spectro-Bcopic spectro Bcopic - - 6coplc scopic unal analysis unnlSsis ) sls was mide m'ldc mldc mvdo ' of the theplanet's thelanet's thoplanet's thoplanets planet's planets p lanet's lanets ' ' composition composltloD The analystsdenoted analYbls analysts analYblsdenoted analysisdenoted denoted Its fitness to support human humanUte humanlife humanlife Ute life , but we stand staid In such awe alive of or It Itthat itthat Itthat that thatwe that we siv S'lV SlV s'iv ' ' to ourselves oursehes only : ' 'Per Per 'Perhaps ' . haps baps we sha.I shaI shal shall . , be able nble to ll\o ll o 110 ilso 11\ 11 \ \ 0 It Ir if we live wec.er liveever weever c.er cer ever . disembark dIcembark ; there ' ; but we cnnnot cannot cnnnothnow cannotnow cannotknow hnow k now . There ma may be things upon Itsmysterious Its ItsmysterIous Itsmysterious mysterIous sur surfice surface 1ce ' . , elemental condi comU condi- condi condiions conditions - . t tions tlons ions undreamed of or b bi by man . How now How- Hows However . - ever ecr e\ e C s \ cr 0r , there Is some mysterious Dl m } } steriOus cornfort com coal comfort coalfort fort fort , , , a sort of or superstitious courage courage.afforded courageafforded . , afforded to miny m'1ny m1ny many ' of or our numbers by bythe bythe the t he fact tint th'lt thlt tli ' it as ns our doom approachesa npproJ.chesa npproJ.ches npproJches approaches . I brIghtlyI a future home Is also'i also ft \'i 'i i ssaxing \ ' axing brIghtly brightlyIn brightlyn In i n the dirk d'trl dtrl ' . shy'I'eb sky'reb sky shy 'reb reb 'I'eb Ieb ' Pel ' ) 28 2S 8 : : Tremendous effort Is be be- being beIng beag - - l ing ag e\pended e pended e\Ilended Ilended expended \ ' upon the second .o\rk .ork .o o rk Ark Arkthe . \ A.rkLhe ArkLhe . lhe the task tnsL . of aP accumulating accumulatlnf : metil met'll metll met'tl mettl ' ' for forIts forits forIts Its construction was tremendous Thehangar Thehangar The Thehangllr hang-llr hang llr hangar - " fthlch "hIch hIch which had piotectcd plotected protected the first firstship firstship hrstship ship wis w'ts wts w1s ' confiscated confiscnted Two steel steelbrldges steelbadges steelbridges brldges badges across ncross what used to be a rl\"er rl "er er river rl"ernear rivernear rivernear \ " near by have ba\"e ba "e e \ " furnished us with muchof much muchor muchof or of the extra material materlnl required , but yse yseare \ fteare e eare are now engaged In la smelting everyobject every everyobject everyobject object for which we shall shaH have no futore fu future tuture ture tore use Women are doing tasks tasl"s tasls " thatwomen that thatwomen thatwomen women ha have hate \ e ne\ ne never neer Weser \ er done before and andwe andwe andwe we arc are all working on an a sixteen sl"tteen sltteen sicteen " hour hour- hourday hour-a hour a - . a day schedule Hendronvllle lookslike loohs tools loohs1Ihe 1Ihe 1110 a little mtle Pltt Prttaburgh-its Prttaburgh its Pittsburgh burgh-lts burgh lts - its furnacesgoing rUrnaces furnaces rUrnacesIolng furnacesgoing Iolng going ; all aU night , its roads rutted bSheavy bJ bS bJheavy bheavy } heavy trucking truchmg , and its foundriesshaking foundries foundriesshakIng foundriesshaking shakIng with a contlnuil contlnu'll contlnull continual ' roar of ma machlnery machlnery machlnery chlnery . . The construction constructlOn of the see sec seeond secand second ond and Ark Ar1 . iu lu such a record time wouldhave would wouldhae wouldase ha\e ha e b ase \ been Impossible had hnd it not DOt been beenfor beenfor beenfor for the adiptabllity ad'lptnblhty adlptnblhty adaptabfltty ' uf of Hendron's Hendrons ' ' so soluHon solutIon solution luHon lutIon of ot atomic disintegration dlsintegrnhon Powerand Power Powerand Powerand and heat bent we have ha\c ha c base \ In unlimited unllmlted quan quantitles quantitles quantitles titles titles'March March 'March , ' IarclJ 6 : ' Ihe 'lhe lhe The day and hour bour of de- de departure departure de departure - - parture has fins been announced In or- or order orer or order - der d er to intercept the tbe Bronson Body at atIts atits atits Its most advantageous adantageous adsantageous ad\ ad \ |