OCR Text |
Show V Thursday, June 27, 1935 vP Copyright. 1114, CHAPTER VII THE Balmor and Philip Continued 12 Ills eyes, large and restless, fazed at his daughter and at his lieu- tenant; and bla thin white band plucked at the blanket over him. "Have they come again, TonyT "Have they come be challenged. galnfair." "No "Those that came, they are all dead?" "l'ea air." "And none of osT" No air." a "Arm some of yourselves unto the war, Tony." "What, alrr " 'Arm yourselves onto the war." Tony I 'For the Lord spake onto Moses, aaylng: 'Avenge the children of Israel of the Mldlanltes; afterwards ahalt thou be gathered onto thy people. "And Moses spake onto the people, say Inc. Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Mldlanltes.' "How many of the Mldlanltes have you slain, Tony 7" "More than fifty, bW," said Tony. "There might be five hundred more. We don't know the size of their ship; we don't know how many came. It's clear they have taken possession of one of the cities of the Other I'eople." "Yes sir." "Then we mast move .Into anoth er. You must lead my people Into the city you found, Tony the city I shall never see." "You shall see it, sir I" Tony cried. "Don't speak to me as If to a child 1" Ilendron rebuked him. "I know better. I shall see the city; but I Ehall never enter It I am like Moses, Tony; I can lead you to the wilderness of this world, but not to Its promised places. Do you remember your Bible, Tony? Or did you never learn It? "I learned whole chapters of It, Tony, when I was a boy, nearly sixty years ago. In a little white house beside a little white church In Iowa. So I My father was a minister. know the fate of the leader. . "'And the Lord said onto Moses, Behold thy days approach that thou must die : call Joshua that Is you, Tony 'and present yourselves, that I may give him a charge. " 'Charge Joshua and encourage Dim; and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and be shall cause them to Inherit the land which thou Shalt see.' Joshua my Joshua, Tony, we must move, move, move tonight. Move Into one of their cities. Thou art to pass over Jordan this day,' Tony, to eltles great and fenced up to hear in.'" Father" Eve whispered. The old man leaned forward gain. "Go, Tony I I throw the torch to you. Your place Is the place I occupied. Lead my people. Fight I Live! Become glorious I' "You'd better leave," Eve said. watch here." Tony went out, Into the darkness. Be whispered to a few people whom he encountered. Presently he stood Inside the circular room that was all that remained of the Ark. With him were Itansdell and ' Vanderbllt and Jack Taylor, Dodson and Williamson. Shirley Cotton and Von Belts, and many others. Tony stood In front of them: "We're going to embark for one of the Other People's cities at once. The night Is long, fortunately" Williamson, who had once openly suggested that Tony should not be come their leader, and who had wel corned the reappearance of Hen dron, now spoke dubiously. "I'm not in favor of that policy, We have the blast tubes " "I cannot question It," Tony an swered. "Ilendron decided." "Then why Isn't he here?" There was silence In the room, Tony looked from face to face. Ills own countenance was stone-like- . Ills eyes stopped on the eyes of BansdelL Ills voice was low. "Hendron turned over the com' aiand to me." "Oreatl" Itansdell was the first to rrasiv Tony's hand. "I'm In no lhape for the responsibility like that I had for a while." Tony lookjd at him with gratitude burning tn his "But Ill o eyes. WllWNU Service the globe James and I found In the Other 'People's city," he said. They crowded around It: a rough projection of Imaginary parallels and meridians marked two circles. "Here," said Tony, pointing with a pencil, "is where we are. To the south, Itansdell's camp. West, the city we explored. The Mldlanltes" He smiled. "Thats Hendron'a term for the Asiatics and Japs and Germans; it comes from the Bible the Mldlanltes are camped some where to the northwest. You note a city at this point They doubtless occupy that city. Now" Hia pencil moved south and west of the position where they were camped. 'You see that there's another city here. It's west of a line between here and Itansdell's camp, and about equidistant from both. I suggest that we go to that city tonight, by the Other People's roatf md occupy It The distance can't be too great Well use the tractors." He then addressed those who could not see the map: "Imagine that we are camped In New York, Itansdell in Washington, the Mldlanltes in Utica then this other city Is about 50 miles west of where Philadelphia would be, while the city James and I explored Is say a hundred miles north of Pittsburgh. That's about "Orders, then?" Itansdell asked grinning. That wns better for Tony; action was his forte In life. He pulled a map from bis pocket "Copy of S. TAGE SEVEN NEPM. UTAH "We come from earth," be suH. Americana." the swayed dazedly, snd William- ton took her arm. Better duck the lights," Tony We're said. They were In the dark again. The girl sninied and ahook herself In little shuddering way, and sull enly poured out a babble of words to which tbey listened .with aston ishment "I've been a prisoner or some thing like It since the destruction of earth. Today I emaixnl In this van. I'd been running It. That was my Job. I knew you were somewhere out here, and I wanted to tell you about us." We'll walk back," Tony said, and took the girl's arm. "We're Amerisilent Tony ran forward. "What Is Itr cana. You seem to know about us. The driver of the truck Von Please try to explain yourself." "I wilt" She paused and thought Belts leaued out la the styglan dark. They walked toward the silent, wait "We saw a light ahead!" be whis ing train. "You know that other Space Ships left earth besides pered. yoursr "Wherer Tony asked. Tony said grimly: "We do." "Over the hills." "You've been attacked. Of course. Tony strained bis eyes; and against the aurora and the stars One ship left from eastern Asia. be saw a series of summits. He Its crew were mixed nationalities." "We know that" could even see the metal road that wound over the hills, learning "They're living la a city a city But there was no light that belonged to the original Inhabfaintly. Not sound emerged from the itants of this place, north of here." "And we know that too." fifty human beings packed In the "Good. A ship also left the Alps. caravan behind. The wind blew a raw wind, An English ship. I was on that Then there was a soft sighing ulu ship. The eastern Asiatic expedition came through safely. We came la t Ion. Tony gripped Von Beltz s arm. down In fog. We fell Into a lake. Half of us, nearly, were drowned. "What was that?" The Russians and Japs and the "God knows." others found us the next day. They strained their eyes. Since then They fought ns. Tony saw tt then: a shape Ughtlees and Incomprehensible they've made us work for them. shape, moving slowly on the gleam' Whoever wouldn't they killed." "How many" Ing surface of the road toward "There were three hundred and them. of us left" she said. Tony pointed ahead. "Something, sixty-seve'Now there are about three hun Dipped Into a valley. There I" Again the soft moaning sound. dred and ten." The truck loomed up ahead. Tony Again the meaningless shape topped a rise and slithered along the road spoke rapidly. "We are moving toward them. Its course was from our camp at night We Intend crooked, and suggested the motion of an animal that was sniffing its way along. ' "Meln Gott!" Von Beitz had seen -- n Light on Mystery Age-Ol- d Mummy of Baby, Perfectly Preserved, Unearthed in New Mexico, May Lead to Solution of Great Riddle of the PueLlo People. The pltk of a lonely rold prospecThe prospector hastened to the tor a short time ago unearthed a authorities with bis treasure. It was treasure on the Jemea l'lateau, to they who Oxed bis burial dute as -' New Mexico, which brings one atep nearer the solution of the great about 3.7). The priceless find was minutely examined, all lta history searched out by the signs which only expert onderstand. archeologlsta Then It was put on display at the Museum of New Mexico, In Kanta Fe. Only four such mummies have ever been found, and this aeems to be the most Interesting specimen of all. So proud are the archeotoglsts con nected with the museum that they are carefully preparing a report to be printed In learned scientific Jour- nala. Meanwhile they tealously guard the child against photogra phers until they have made their weighty reports and safely lodged him In the archeologlsts' Hall of Fame. Already the word has gone around among the native Indians, and many of them, resplendent In their silver and turquoise rings, armhunds and necklaces, have come to view the lit tie mummy. They have walked by with Impassive faces. "A pity." they say In their strange, expressionless voices, "a pity to take the little child from bis grave where he has rested so long." Some seem to be afraid bad luck will follow those who leave him there In a glass cabinet Bleeping his timeless asleep before the eyes of strangers. Many scientific explanations have been advanced as to the cause of the departure of the Tewa peoples from their homes. Some sny a pes tilence wljied them out Others that an enemy annihilated them. Hut the theory which seems verified, after the Intense drouth of the last summer, is that the ground level of their water supply sank during some rid- dles of the deserted puriiloa there and In the Cbaco canyon, aaya the Kansas City Star. Great mystery has alwaya surrounded these prehistoric ruins In the district northwest of Santa Fe. Where did those ancient peoples go? What drove thero from their pueblos, so well built and so strong? One day they were there, 11,000 of them, living In 14 large towns In symmetrical puebloa four and live stories blKh. Then they were gone, leaving no word, no sign to say where. The prospector found one mute little messenger to throw a bit of light on the mysteries which surround the customs of these Tewa peoples. . Instead of gold, he uncovered a carefully wrapped bundle from the loose soil. With trembling Angers he began to loosen the outer covering. The prospector found a softly woven blanket lined with feathers In a perfect state of preservation. Within that was another blanket the downlike feathers duplicates of those In a modern baby's pillow. When that was opened there lay before the prospector the perfectly preserved mummy of a child. There he lay, with an ear of corn In bis hand, a little pottery bowl over bis face. Just as he bad when he was buried about l.GOO years ago. His hair was touseled as any child's would be In Bleep, and his tiny hand grasped the ear of corn as If, tired, be had fallen asleep. d terrific great drouth and drove them in to seek other hoiuea. However, uo man can say iletlnltt. run ly, for here the against a blank wall at every turn. The Tewa peoples, though living In high state of civilization, had no written word. There are no old tab lets to decipher, no Itosetta stone on the New Mexico aiesus. On every hand In these anctvut pueblos there are riddles, but the greatest of all la the location of their burful ground. Up to the present none has been found for this large prehistoric community of C'hetro Ketl In Chace canyon. Feast of Raw Peanuts Upset the President Culvln Coolldge was browsing about the basement rooms and corridors of the White House, a short time after taking ol!k-e-, when ho spied a large suck of peanuts neai a door leading to the rear grounds. This discovery Interested blin at once. lie always bad a passion for any kind of nuts, especially peanuts. This huge bag was open at the top and looked most Inviting. He gazed upon his find for m second or two and He then helped blmaelf liberally. Oiled his two coat pockets. Later In the morning, while at his dek In the executive olllce, be rang for his secretary and told him be felt sick and directed that his engagements be canceled. He went to his bedroom, suffering with pains In the stomach. His physician made him drink plentifully of castor oil, "and in a few hours he was feeling more like himself. Upon Inquiry the President discovered the peanuts be bad been eating were raw. He did not know that the nuts to which he helped himself were for the squirrels. Kor years a sack of raw peanuts had been kept on hand for the policemen and gardeners to fill their pockets before going to their duties in the grounds. It was in this way that the squirrels were fed. Boston Globe. it Duqnesne snrugged, ana mur correct" mured to Tony: "It comes this way "Well mover Vanderbllt asked. on the road. We must meet It Per "Everything?" 'No. People necessities. Come back for the rest" Williamson stepped forward. "Con gratulate yon, Tony, glad." Others congratulated Tony. Then he began to Issue orders. The exiles from earth prepared to march at last from the wilder ness. They prepared hastily and In the dark. An hour after issuing his orders, Tony stepped Into Ueutlron's house. Eve was there. "How is he?" She shook her head. "Delirious." Tony stared at the girl. "I won der " She seized his hand. "I'm glad you said that I" "Why?" "I don't know. Perhaps because I'm with fatigue and anxiety. Perhaps because I want to Justify him. But possibly be cause I believe" "In God?" "In some kind of God." "I do, also. Eve. Have your fa ther ready In half an hour." "It'll be dangerous to move him.' "I know " Their voices had unconsciously risen and now from the other room came the voice of Hendron : "Tony I I know you are there Hurry them. Fob surely the Mldlanltes are pre paring against you." "Yes, Cole, We'll go soon." In the night and the cold again, Tony .looked toward the aurora veiled stars, as If he expected al most to catch sight of God there. Vanderbllt called to him, calling softly: "The first truck Is ready, "Dispatch It" "Right And the second will start In thirty minutes?" "Exactly." "Which will you taker "Second." "And who commands the first?" "Ilansdell." Vanderbllt went away. Tony watched the first truck with its two trailers one piled full of goods, the other Jammed with peo ple. They were like soldiers going to war, or like refugees being evac uated from an endangered position, They lumbered through the dark and out of sight silhouettes against the stars. . . . Motor sounds. . Silence. When tne second convoy was ready, Tony and Williamson car lied Hendron aboard on a litter. The old man seemed to be sleeping. Eve walked beside him. The motor ahead emitted a muffled din. Wheels turned; the three sec al 1 Ilendron stopped speaking and fell back on his pillow. Ills eyes closed. "Yes sir," Tony said softly. "The cities I shall never seel" Hendron murmured with Infinite re- - rret. Mr v a Ecvyn fid,mer br Bowla tions rumbled Into the blackness toward the Other People's rood. When they bad reached It, travel became smooth; a single ray of feeble glow sbowetl the I'lint. way to the driver. For more than an hour they trav eled on. Tbey croed through the valley where they bad cut luuiU-r- . and they went over the bridge of the Other People. Tbey reached fork In" the road among the foot-bill- s of the western range. It was a fork hidden by a deep cut so that Tony and Eliot James bad not seen It on their flight of exploration. Then, suddenly, the light of the truck-tracto- r went out and word came back In the form of a soft human shushing that made all of them TIMES-NEW- haps It Is an Infernal machine. A n. enemy scout." Tony reached Into the front com partment of the truck and brought out two rifles. Then he stuffed three grenades Into his pocket He turned to the trailer. "Vanderbllt I" he whispered. "Some thing's coming toward us on the road. WTe're going up to meet It You're In charge here. If I fl one, two, one, that means try to rush through on full power with out stopping for us." Right. Bing blng-blnblng and we lunge," Tony, Duquesne and Von Beltz hurried to a point about three hun dred yards from the trailers. There The ululation was they waited. louder now. Then It topped a nearer hill. It was a bulk In the dark. It wavered along the road at the pace of a man running. Machinery I" Tony said softly, "Ready I 111 challenge It when It If It goes on, well gets near. g bomb It" CHAPTER VIII THEY waited. toward came. Slowly, along the tbem, the thing They knew presently that - proof of A Sketch of One of the Hemispheres of Bronson Beta Made by Tony Drake From the Globe in the Gum-Dippe- Other Peoples' City. to occupy a city before morning. You'll come with us. My name, by the way. Is Tony Drake." He felt her hand grasp his own. "Mine Is or was Lady Cynthia Cruibshank." "Peter 1" Vanderbllt sprang from the trailer and ran up the road. "You safe, Tony?" This is Lady Cynthia "Safe. She'll tell you her Cruikshank. story. I thlDk we'd better move. Von Beltz was already In his sent The train Tony vaulted aboard. started. Lady Cynthia began a detailed account of the landing of the English ship. Tony moved over beside Eve Hendron. "Oh Tony I was terrified!" He took her hand, and they lis tened to Lady Cynthia. When she had finished, long and dark miles bad been put behind. The uncomfortable passengers had stood spellbound, chilly, swaying, listening to her narrative. Now they questioned Gum-Dippe- Ab Jenkins drove , QUESTION 3 "Without sacrificing these two important safety features will they give me longer mileage thus making them the most economical tires I can buy?" ANSWER Firestone High Speed Tires not only give you more than 50 longer wear, but also lowest cost per mile due to the tough, g tread built with higher shoulders and a wider, flatter contour. This d rugged tread is held securely to the cord body by Firestone's patented construction of two extra layers of cords under the tread, a special construction feature not used in any other tire. Unequaled , mileage records by thousands of car owners add undisputed evidence of longer wear and of Firestone High Speed freater economy show that Firestone High Speed Non-Sk- id Tires stop a car 1 5 quicker than any other of the leading makes. For eight consecutive years Firestone Tires have been on the winning car in the dangerous Pike's Peak Race where a skid means death. This is undisputed evidence that Firestone gives wear-resistin- Gum-Dippe- car owners greatest protection against skidding. QUESTION 2 "Are they blowout-proof- ?" Tires have ANSWER Firestone d the most amazing records for being blowout Gum-Dippe- You Always Get Better Quality at No Higher Price when You Buy a Firestone Tire with the Firestone Name and University tests 1 Fireitonetiiei 15 to stop cars quicker. NSrt w cords give greater blowout tm proteelion. are most amazing proofs of blowout protection ever known. skidding. questions answers that will solve the problem of what tires to buy: QUESTION 1 "Will the tread sivc me tha greatest traction and protection against skidding?" ANSWER Recent tests by a leading University Gum-Dipp- his 5,000 pound car on Firestone d Tires over the hot salt beds of Utah, 3,000 miles at 127.2 miles per hour, with temperatures as high as 1 20 , without tire trouble of any kind. These Gum-Dippe- d. f, A Race at Indianapolis, May 30th, every one of the 33 cars was equipped with Firestone Tires. Not one of the d 33 drivers had any tire trouble of any kind. but give greatest protection against There are three and 25 any tires ever built. In the gruelling 500-Mi- le Gum-Dippin- It was a vehicle a vehicle slowly and crazlly driven. It loomed out of the night and Tony stood up at the roadside. "Stop or well blow yon up!" he yelled. At the same time he took the pin of a bomb between bis her. teeth. Why did the Mldlanltes seize The bulk slowed, swerved, slowed, you?" one asked. ' stopped. "Mldlanltes?" 'I'll give upl" It was a woman's "That's what we call the 'Asiatic voice. " Expedition.' at the The Tony shot a flashlight-bealaughed soft Englishwoman object It was one of the large vans ly. "Oh. Oh, I see. Joshua! Not the Bronson Betans had used In Inapt Why because they want to their cities. run everything and rule everything From It stepped a glrL on this planet And because their Duquesne switched on another men greatly outnumbered their no one was There else in the light women." She spoke bitterly. "We'd van. chosen the pride of England. And, "Sacre noml" he said. " The girl was In breeches and pretty faces one else asked, "did some "Why," a leather coat She began to speak, you wabble so horribly In the van "You can't blame me for trying you drove?" anyway." "Because 1 had to turn my lights In "Trying whatr Tony asked, out when I saw you coming, and I an odd mystified tone. "Are you Rodonover?" she asked, could only stay on the road by driv front Tony's skin prickled. He stepped ing very slowly and letting the When off the edge. run wheels to "Who are and the up you, girt they did, I yanked the car back onto where did you come from?" the pavement" I "You're not Rodonover You' Several people laughed. The van you're the Other People!" she said. on toward the promised rumbled now accent her noticed that Tony was British. Her use of the phrase land. Some one else asked : "What did you call this planet?" Other People startled him. Lady Cynthia replied: "We In our ship thought Just Britannia. SYNOPSIS But the people who captured It Aslatlca. You must realize Under the leadership of Cole Hendron, American scientist, rom 290 that when I say captured, I don't pereone escape in a Space Ship lust before a cosmic collision that wipes mean that In the sense that we out the earth, and land on Bronson Beta, A river bottom green with vege were Jailed. We lived among them tation la discovered and great forests of dead trees, preserved by the ab were part of them. Only we of what looks liks an airplane, an solute cold of space. The which disappears without making- an attempt to communicate with the weren't allowed arms, and we were they are not alone on the refugees, leaves a feeling of alarm. They berealize enemies. Tony Drake and Eliot forced to live by their laws." new planet, and that their visitors may "What laws?" come upon a city, enciosea unaer wnai seem lames, on an airplane night, TO BB CONTINUED.) like half an Iridescent glass babble six miles wide and half a mile high at Its center. Among their finds. In the city, la an edible grain millions of Animals Correct Deformities bushels. Onthelr way back they stumble upon the camp of more than 200 persons who left the earth when they did, tn a second Space Ship assert that while odd Zoologists s Ton to with Hendron Ransdell Ransdell. camp Dave goes olloted by of structure happen frequentmil the latter tells tne people of the wondrous city. Tony learns that Rus Itles Ian. JaDanese and German Communists have reached Bronson Beta and ly In wild animals they soon disapprobably sent the mysterious plane to spy on their camp. In Tony's absence pear, because their offspring tend Hendron s outnt is gassed oy nnseen enemies, out tt'i recover, ins u unci, more and more to lose them and so aa Hendron calls them, make an aerial raid. Tony and his men annihilate gradually return to the normal their armada with terrific atomic blasts from the Space Ship's propulsion type tubes. app-arau- Heat on the inside created by friction is the main cause of blowouts. Firestone Tires are different on the inside they are built with the patented extra process of g that soaks every cord and insulates every strand with pure liquid rubber, preventing internal friction and beat. No other make of tire is Firestone performance records again emphasize the undisputed evidence that Firestone Tires are not only blowout-proo- V: g . is nor used in other hres, f 'r.V rnw.. jMsTS ar s;-- Guarantee . M :"r W2r 77' C I 111 1 irS A if t . - .',- s- surer 1 triiwo. i 'r I1 I Halter treadNftU' mora (hnn iOC. vl i Wider, 3 aivel longer non-sk- wear.WjE id TYPE OLOFIELD CEHTUST PROGRESS TTPf my superior First d Iff -- ll-- ll 1 Grade, HIGH SPEED TYPE 4.50-2- 0 (um-Dfaaec- C This tire Is accurately balancer and rigidly inspected and we know d it is aa perfeet as human .ingenuity can make it. PRICK SIZE 4.50-2- 1 4.73-1- 9 5.00-1- 9 5.25-1- 8 6.00-1- 6 4.75-1- 9 5.00-1- 9 hd hp $ 7.7S 3.20 8.80 9.75 11.95 10.05 11.05 Other Size Proportionately Super or DeLixe lines SIZE or sraarantee. SIZE PRICE $730 7.7S 4.75-1- 9 SJS5-I- 8 4.50-2- 1 s.oo-1- 9 PRICE S-- I0-4- Other Sites PropoiHomtaly equal or superior to any 5.S0-I- 7 S17.E 4.50-2- 1 5 4.75-1- 9 760 9-- 8.7S 5.50-1- 9 Proportional Low Olh.r SIzm Proportionately Lew FIRESTONE LEAKPROOF TUBES Cire Gieatcr Tin Mileaa 1 ) 4.40-2- $2.45 SO-- ) 4.7S-2- 1 BATTERIES r Mn Aa elsst 4JJ 55 For those car owners whlo need new tire safetv at Smtnhmt, or Margaret every Mamtlay ntghl tvrr N. B. C WEAP Network . , i A Fir Star Pngram JJ t V r 11 WGXiJ S lr tt very low price this tire has no equal. SIZE PR1CB 80x30. $4.05 4.40-2- 1 4J0-2- 1 4.75-1- 9 4.75 5.15 5 FIRESTONE SPARK PLUGS Each in Seta 58c Law tftstsfsssrssirsa SpeJu TTPE CODBIEB PRICE $6.05 6.40 5.25-1- 8 Oth.t SIim .ly Low class. 5 5.25-1- 8 n S.so-i- Firestone name and guarantee line tire made In first without the this prlee maker's name regardless of name, brand or manufacturer. 4150-2- 1 or q tt a 1 superior to ttny special brand tire made for mass distributors advertised C Eqnilto or SEITIHEL TTPE Carries the H H)J J ft h I |