Show possibility OF THE when navigation of the air shall have become common the man from mars checked hla he saw below him what re a huge rat trap an immense steel frame composed ot light rods en covered the buildings beneath it the steel frame was of height to just clear the loftiest loft iest sky scraper As the man from mars stared at this contrivance a section of it opened inward and he and his trained dropped through As he alighted li the city ball square a man in hurried up to him sorry to have kept you waiting outside he said in choice but at first I 1 coulden couldn t quite make you out I 1 m the guardian of the eky trap glad to know you said the man from mars and now tell me what in the name of all that s wonderful this wire cheese box means why that s our balloon guard laughed the officer you see the air ships and balloons got to be such a nuisance that we had to put up frame why they use d to drop al sorts of things on us sometimes drop themselves two of oui best citizens were killed over there in front of the cafe by a fat aeronaut have airship picnics too and throw the scraps all over us there was no use legislating against cm before we could enforce the law be three counties away and hang shawls and overcoats over theli numbers so we coulden couldn t take em finally when things got too bad ano the mayor himself was felled by a cheese sandwich just as he was bow ing to the governor s daughter we pul up this balloon guard the man from mars took out ahli notebook how very curious he said |