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SYNOPSISUnder SYNOPSIS SYNOPSISUnder Under the tho leadership of ot Cole Cale Hendron Itendron IIendronnoted , . noted American scientist over 300 900 per- per person persona per-soni per soni - son sona ' ! escape e'lcapo elcapo ' In two t0 t\\ t tit \ 0 o Space Ships just bo- bo be- be botore before bo-fore bo fore - tore fore a Ii . cosmic collision wiped out tho the thoearth theearth theearth earth , . and land on Uronson tironson Bet BetiGiant 1 . t tGiant Giant meteors , frnRinents fragments of or the earth B a Bmoon amoon amoon moon . , fall In their vIcInIty vicinitybut but none of cC Hcndron'3 Hcndron3 Hendron's Hendrons ' colonists Is hurt A rh rner rnerbottom riverbottom er erbottom bottom crcen green with vo&ctntlon voctntlon vegetation & Is Isfound isPound Isfound found Pound and ereat great forests lorests of ot dead dend trees treespre'lerved treespreserved treespreserved pre'lerved prelerved preserved ' for tor a n million years b > ) theabsolute the absolute bsolute cold of or space An airplane airplanewhich , , which disappears dls1ppenrs . ' almost Immediately Immediatelylllea , Illes tiles over the camp . , making no attempt attemptto to communicate communicato \ with filth Ith Its people who whorealle whoreallce whorealize realle reallce . : that they are not alone on the thene thenett thenow ne\\ ne nett neplnnet \ planet plnnet , and that their visitors may maybe maybe maybe be enemies Tony Drike Dr\ke Dr ke Dr'tke Drtke ' \ and Eliot EliotJames EliotJames 1tot 1tot.Tames .Tames Tames James . In an explontlon explor\tlon explor tlon exploration ' \ alrplaJ alrplanq alrplanqflight airplaneflieht ( t1lght flight come upon a \ wondrous ondrous city , en- en enclosed enclosod en enclosed - closed closod under what seems like halt half an aniridescent anIridescent rldescent iridescent glass glnss bubble Amone AmonG ' their their"nds theirfinds theirfinds "nds nds finds " In tho the citi clt elt ) ) . , Is an edible graln- graln grain- grain gralncnl1Jlons erain eraincnllllons graincnlllfons - cnllllons cnl1Jlons cnlllfons of at bushels On their filght flight filghtback flightback flightback back they col1c coipe come ] upon the camp of or more morethan morethan morethan than 200 persons percons ; who left lell the earth earthwhen earthwhen earthwhen when they did , In a n second Spaco Space Ship Shippiloted Shippiloted Shippiloted piloted by Dave Date Va \ e RansdellCHAPTER Ransdell RansdelJ RansdellCHAPTER CHAPTER .cHAPTER . V-Continued V Continued V--Continued V - - - Continued Continued'Sure VContinued8 -8- 8 - 8C 8Sure - 8Sure - C ' " ' answered anssscred c.red cred . She ShesMiled Shesruled Shesrnled 'Sure Sure Sure ; . , the girl ans " sMiled sruled buoynntiv buoynntlv buoyantly nnd and returnedllan returnedRansdell returned returnedRansdell llan Ransdell < : d ll looked loohcd nt at her thllu thuushtfullysipped thoughtfully htfully , sipped his cotrce coffee conee , and shook shooh Ills his he'1d he1d held he'1dThen heldThen heldThen ' Then be he continued prl\ately prl ately prl\ntely ntely prhately \ \ to Tou Tom Tout ; } : " ' I I Idoubt Idoubt Idoubt "She's Shes "Sbe's Sbes really reaIly a n moron , suppose doubt If Hendron \ ' will III approve of ofEta ofhating ofhaving Eta\ Eta EtaIng hating \ Ing a moron In our company ; but butber buther buther ber her empti emllt empty ) headedness , her astonish astonishment astonishwont astonishmont ment wont at everything e\erythlng e erythlng eserything \ even her het Ignor lgnor lgnorance Ignorance Ignorance ance , which "hlch hlch " Is pretty naive nal\e nal e noise \ , , have hare de- de delighted de de- delighted delighted - - lighted . , eserybody e\ e ecr eveo \ cr bod } ) And she did a blci bib blcithIng bibthing bijthing thIng for us4'What us " 'What What -4'What 4'What 4What "What - " - ' did she dot do ! ? " " Tony asked"The asked asked"The "The The 'The " ' sc second < ond night we were hereRbertille here hereEbervllle 1ben ' : Ebervllle Rbertille lIIe \ went \ cnt mid m'1d m1d mad ' Ue lie He decidedearl decide decided decidedenrly . ! carlJ enrly ; ' In the evening ercnlng that It was wns ngaln against againstthe agalnbtthe t tthe the 'will will w1ll will of Go God for us to be here , millOwt amthat mill and andthat ] Owt that we should all nil be dcstro destroyed , } ed nllt But nlltIJe Butlie Butlie IJe lie quieted down , and be"fiS be he } was \"fiS "fiS fiS vas \ " ] left efr alone aloneI.ater aloneLater aloneLater I.ater Iater Later . he be got up , got into the ship shipstarte shipstarted shipstarted starte started the only generator that woul \ ' woullwork oull oullwork l lwork work , . and find turned on one of the lnterlll laterti lnterllltubes lateniitubes , tubes In the morning you could ser seo seoa scra ' a big bhck black patch about four bundle hundtrl hund hundtrlyards [ ( ' I Iynrds 1yards ynrds yards to the left of where we were werecamped werecamped werecamped camped Bed Hed He d have hare \ wiped Iped us out In Intcn Inten Inten tcn ten seconds , bur but Marian Marlnn jumped on onhim onhim onhim him She's Shes ' ' strong So was Lber Eber Lbervl11e Eberville Ebervine vl11e vine , Insinely Ins'1lJcly Ins1lJcly insnuely ' strong But she sbe h'1 h1 h'is his h'isteeth histeeth ' < : teeth and nnd nails That Is \ ' why hy we all allesc'1ped allescaped allescaped esc'1ped esc1ped escaped ' annihilation annlhHnUon to " toSuddenly a second timeto time Suddenly ' lony 'lony Tony got up Hendron Heudronlie , , he remembered knew nothing of their theirdlsco theirdiscoterles theirdlsco\ theirdlsco theirdlscocries dlsco\ dlsco dlscoerles discoterles \ cries erles and events eents esents e\ e \ ents . . , He lie could de- de delay delay de delay - - lay no longei longel longer hl3 his return to Hendron HendronDut HendronBut HendronBut Dut But Duthen when \\hen hen \ he suggested to Eliot Lliot James Jamesthat Jamesthat Jamesthat that they return , otheis othe1s others would not notaHow notallow notallow aHow allow It It . , . "Not Not " both of you 1 i . . . . You haven't havent haven'thoth haven'tboth haven'tboth haventboth ' hoth both got to go gol I 1 " yetto There Tbere \ ' was as altogether too much yet to tell , and to bear"Let hear"Let hear bear hear"Let "Let Let " Eliot LUOt stay here . , Tony : ; , " ' Dae Dave DaeRansdell DaveRansdell DaveRansdell " , Ransdell said "I'll Ill "rn rn " ' go to Hendron HendronVltb Hendronwith Hendronwith \Vltb Vltb with \ ) ion you ou I ought to report to him blm ; and I \ want ant so much to see him " " Tbey Thc Tbe , } \ wcra were erg ! In n the ( he air nlr In the tbe plan plane planewith planewith wItb with them they freighted frughted fr 'lghted lghted < ' a fair half balf of ofthe ofthe ofthe the objects intellieible Intellicilble intelliefble and unlutel uniutel unlutelIIglble uniutelIigibie unlntelllglble IIglble Iigibie . , which whlrh Tony and Eliot 1lIot ; had hadDrought hadbrought hadbrought Drought brought from the Soiled Se'1lcd Se1lcd Sealed ' City . W \ VMththem lth lthtbem [ t tthem h tbem them was nfiS seas also ; Eliot 1lIot Jame James ' recordIt recordIt record recordIt It \ was \ as da dawn datsn \ \ n , the slow sunrise o oBronson of ofDronson ofDronson f Dronson Bronson Be Beti Beb \ was \ as spreiding sl'rc'1dmg slrc1dmg spreading ' ' Its fir/t fir t firtfawt firs firsfaint fir&tfaint firtfaint & / ) t fawt faint shafts acro&s acros across acro & s the sl sky y They Theysighted The Thesighted Theysighted y sighted , far ahead , , columns of smol smoke smokelifted smokelifted e elifted lifted la/lly la lly let/fly let fly hilly / / into tho the sky Rans Ransdcl Ransdclpointed Ransdellpointed lt.lt ltlt lt.ltpoIntL < . poIntL pointed and TOIQ Touy Tou , , le leinlOa mln inn [ , ; ? to bis his e1r ear earshouted eirshouted , shoutL shouted 'Our Our ' Our camphresi campfires lOur I Our c.lmpI cjmp c.lmp clmp camp . I ' ' " ' " The camp seeme seemed UI1Ch'1l1 UI1Ch1l1 unclniioCd unchaned ' ; ed ; It wa sva svasafe s > safe ' Tony 'rony rony glineed gl1IH.cd gl1IHcd glanced . aside and sur surl1rl.sed surprised surprised l1rl.sed l1rlsed prised . llan&dell llandell HanM.1el1 HanM1el1 ltansdell & . , as he stJre stared do\\ do dot dof \ ' f a ) aWhat downWhat What tbou&and tbouand thou&und thouund thousand & sh'1tterln sh1tterln stuttering shattering ' ; : fl fingment fingmentof fiagmenisof ugmenls ugmenlsof s of thoughts thouohts thoubhts must Oil fill Hans Kansdells ltansdell ell s mind I ! uilndlOne mindOneand One-and One and - - and Tony plainly plnlnl plalniy , } could see itovertshelmcd It- It Itoven It Itovervvhelmtd - oven overvvhelmtd overtshelmcd below.was belowwas . helmul all nn the rest . . Here llere , belowwas below v . , was Eve 1e Ete 1\ 1 ; \ e lIcn Hendron HendronI ron ronlor lor I or It was a sudden softness anll anllyearning am amyearning andyearning I yearning thebroad thbroad that " was "as as in the ( he eyes e es e'3 e3 ' of th the e broad shouldered , , Herculean Uerculean min m1n mqn a ar r Tony's Tonys arTony's arTonys ' sl side e What would ssould " ould be In Lve Eve Eveseyes s sCYLS , CYLS eyes when she sahim7 saw sa\\ sa \ \ him7Ce him himl him7 himlCve ? Cve C\e C e Cse \ nlna always alstays s bad had admired Dave and an d liked irked andllhcd andliked anirked him-and him and him - - and more More Morees , \es es yes \ es more mor mortitan e moreiian morelhan lhan titan ( liked him , during tho thobe those e list hst lust des desperate d dperate despcrate perate dJs days da . , } s on earth Now bea he be \\a a w \ \ as here washere where ; ; and he had done.ell done dune well \.ell .ell sell \ . AnyonWould .Anone Anone Anyon . Anyonewould .Anone"ould ) e "ould ould Would " , woulddeclare say-Hendron say Hendron say - Hendron himself blmself would woulddeclarethat woul wouldeclarethat d declare-that declare that - - that Dave DaH Date Ransdell Hnnsdell Itnnsdell had done don donwelt donewell e welt ' " eU indeed Indlcd lndced to have brought brough t acrOS3 acrOS3spnce acro acrospace acrossspace ss spnce space withloss Ithloss calloss the ship Intrusted to him cal \ Ith th Ransdell HJ.nsdell Randell loss of le le&s les less & s than t1lfin lint half ! the party part } . , Ran Rans HJ.ns HJns . s dell delltsould \ would tsould \ oul be gr greeted eted ecstitlcally ecst'tt1cally ecsttt1cally ecstgtlcally ' ashero as n a l.1ero l1ero hero . ahero nl.1ero _ _ _ Tony caught his bls lip between bls his histeeth blsteeth teeth and tried to establish tstnbll&h tstnbllh & better con conlrol control control lrol trol of his 111\\ 111 111III Invvaid Invatd \ \ III d tumult If ; Eve 1ve pre pre- precrred - - ( ferred preferred crred Dive D'l\e D'l Dl e Die ' \ to himself , , let her heri heriHe I ! IH H He busied himself hhnselt grimly with wltb n Itb bi hl , : ) hiathrottles throttles , putting do\\ do down don \ n the fclilp bhlp ship on onthe onthe onthe the bare soil soU more than thun a mile from fromcamp fromCamp fromcamp fromcampllicy camp camp'I CampTliey 'I I ' llicy Tliey hcy hid h'td htd hqd ' been s seen n In the air and andt"cco andrecognized andrccognl7ed t"cco tcco recognized " nI7ed and the camp was out outpourmg outpouring outpouring pourmg pouring toward to\\ard to ard \ \ themTony themTony them themTony Tony and Dave Du\"e Du "e e \ ' " started stJrted to run runtoward runtoward runtoward toward them ; then they halted The Thepeople Thepeople Thepeople people from tlie tho the camp bc began > gnn to SIX see seethat seethat . that one bguro lIguro tiguro " was "as as nas not that of or r.llot rllot Eliot r.llotJames EliotJames . EliotJames James James"Who . "Who Who " \ ' \ ho bo Is 11t It ? Whoa Who s with you7 you ? " came camethe camethe camethe i the cry . , ' Rnnsdelll nnncdcl1l htansdell ; I Dive Dne D'tve Dtve ' nnns Rnnsdplll Rnnsdeli ( ] ( U I 1 " Ton Tony Tonyyelled Tonscelled ) , } yelled elll ; ; : and ) Dave JU\C JU C flaC \ % slopped stoPIJcd stopped and lifted liftedhoth liftedboth liftedboth hoth both tils his nrms"ns1I1sdt.1I1 nrms"ltnusdcllI arms nrms arms"Rmisdell "Rmisdell Rmisdell "ns1I1sdt.1I1 ns1I1sdt.1I1 ns1I1sdt1I1 "ltnusdcllI ltnusdcllI " . ! RnnsdcJl Rnnsdeli Ransdell'came Ransdellcame ? ' came cn me back backesl . , " 1 \ \esl esl es I 1 They got 0\ 0 of over 0cr \ cr er I 1 n the he lie scconrl second secondship secondbhip ship hlp got gol ovcrl oterl 0\ 0 0cr \ cr I " Then the " welcome "clcome clcome tselcome be began'bony began nn nn'lony lony 'lony 'bony bony ' , " " cnlrJ enid < : ald H Kinsdtll Rgn.dcll Rgndcll In < " ' . t.1J t1J . Inter Inler , whpn when whenfor whpnfor whpnfor for HU UD an Instant Instnllt they had hnd a few \ words ttords orrJs orrJs'bow ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' 'bow bow how llcndron's llcndrons Hendron's Hendrons liendron's liendrons changed chnllged ' "les les 11es " " said slId : Toni Tony Ton , } , ' 'of of ' of course hc he hchas hehas hehas has " But Dut lie he rcnlli'ed rcnllied renlired renli ' cd tint t11'1t t111t tliqt ' to Rl1nseIl Ransdell Ransdellwho Rl1nseIlwho Ransdellwho ( ] who had not seen their tllelr leader lender sln\ sln slne slate slnthe slatethe simethe \ e the last Inst dny day on earth el1rth , the altprutlon alteration alterationIn altprutlonIn In Hendron's Hendrons Hendran's Hendrans ' ' appearance nplJcl1rttnce 11m and } mannu manner mannerwis J \ % 'IS IS 1s ' more trablcNeer tragic trablc traic , Ne\er Ne er \ ever eser \ had hud Tony heard heart ! Hendron liendron Heiidron'volce'shike Heiidronvolceshike " ' , * ' tolce-shtke tolce shtke \ oice .sh sh ' . - Ihe as now It did , , and nnd hl hithand his hishand l < lhund hund hand , , which whlcli \ hlch clung to the list whichRansdell which whichI whichHnnsden whichRansdoll I Hnnsden Ransdell hid Irlel hilt gh given gisen cn him quhercd quitered quh are as ns If IfwIth Ifwith ifwith wIth pnlsi pnls pnis , } ) . . , It 1l was the list of the survivors surthors sun hors nnd rind nndof rindof andof of the deid dead dc'1 dc1 ' from frOID thc the ( lie second s'cond scond ( ' Ar Ark ! . . H He Hehad Hehid b'ld bld had ' rend read It se seveial several elal times ; but ngaln again ngalnnnd againand againand nnd and nnln a n ? nin aln , like J1Ie , a n very tery \ ery old man , ho howent howent howent went 0\ 0 o\er o er 0er oter \ er it'It it 'It It 'Itas ' It \ ' was \\as as nas the tubes you say , , David David"he Davidhe ? " he kept hept re\ re ref rele reviewing \ le\\ le iett leIn \ In ing : tlie the disaster dlsnster ac nt at lund land lundlng landIng landIng lng Ing , \ with nlth Ith Ran Hnncdell ltansdell ; < ; dcll " "three three " 1 hree of the thetubes thetubes thetubes tubes fused I ' lhat 'lhat That ' W wis wss IS < the fault of oftbe ofthe ofthe tbe the design-my design my design - - my fnult fault , , " be he to blamed himself himself him himelf self elf morhldl morbidly morbidi3 , } ' "rather rather "ralher ralher 'rather " 1 l ! ' ' \ whimpered whispered JlI percd his d wgfiterto tUghtcr wgfiter tUghtcrto lughterto to him 'rather rather Father ' , , you ought to be hap happier happier happier pier than any other man mnn In the world nnrld \ nrld ' 'In In ' In the ssoi \ wolldl olld id I l ' ' repeated repented Hendron Hendron'In Hendron'in Hendron'In HendronIn 'In In ' ' ' ill 'ill the universe unitersel unh crse 1 I ' ; Eve r\"e r "e e \ " qulclcly quickly qulclclycorrccted quicklycorrected quicklycorrected corrccted corrected "You You " brought brOuciht all ull the people peopleIn In our ; ship chlp over |