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Show Thursday, July 25, 1935 THE plete mockery ef marriage and marriage was apparently unknown to the Other People. "Itansdelt, I think, knew always that Eve was not for hliu. lie U a silent person, usually; but I believe that occasionally bis love for Eve must have been very nearly Indomitable that he was more than once on tbe verge of asserting It wildly and insisting on it lie bas that kind of passion but 1 believe It will never be seen uncontrolled. Now be is resigned or at least calm. And be has been not only one of Tony's ablest men, but one of bis closest friends if not bis clos 9-by Edwin Balmzr SI Copyright. 19J4. est. Philip Wylie by Edwin Ealmar and Philip Wylle CHAPTER X Continued 16 Eliot James spoke last "Tie dlj sot make mere history. lie made a mark across cosmos and Infinity. Only In memory can adequate honor be paid to him. , . . Good by, Cole Ilendron 1" Then, from the city, came suddenly the sound of earth's Tolces raised in Kudyard Kipling's "Recessional": God of our fathers, known of old.... The tumult and the ahonting diet, Tha captains and th kings da-pa- Earth's Tolces singing to the skies, where never earth people had been before, Tony sprinkled earth upon Ilendron earth not of the earth, but of the planet that had come from the edges of Infinity to replace It. The grave was filled. At the last Eve and Tony" stood side by side, while the others rolled a great boulder over the spot as a temporary marker. Tony benrd Eve whispering to herself, "What Is it?" he said. "Tell me!" "Only the Tenth Psalm, Tony," she whlRpered: "V'hy standest thon afar off, ) Lord? Why hldest thou thyself In times of trouble?" And In the far sky a speck passed and vanished beyond the hill, an abrupt and vivid reminder of the exigencies of the present. WNU Service continued In his diary. "In our first camp there Is still much more cloth Ing from earth, but we have not reclaimed 1L The Bronson Retans wore very light and Tery thin clothing. With domed cities, si ways warm, they needed clothes only for ornament as do we In reality. But they left behind not only vast stores of garments and goods, but the mills in which the materials were fabricated. We are using the materials now. No one has yet appeared, except for amusement. In a Bronson Betan costume. Their shoes, of soft mate rials, are all too wide for us. Tbelr garments were like sweaters and shorts both for men and women although the women also wore flow ing robes not unlike negligees. However, we do wear portions of their garments, and we use their materials all Intermingled with the remains of the clothes we brought from earth, so that we are a motley mob. "All Bronson Betan clothes were of the most brilliant colors they must have loved color to live In a paradise of It I saw Tony yesterday, for example. In a pair of old brogans, old corduroy trousers and a shirt (made by Shirley Cotton, who Is now In charge of Textiles) crimson In color, ornamented with green birds about a foot high by all odds a more strident and stuna ning garment than I've ever seen Eliot James Sat In the apartment on one of New York's Four Hunwhich he had chosen for his resi- dred. dence, and looked from Its unorna-mente- d "We have baths of every tempergray walls out over the ature private and public. The city of Ilendron. Presently he be- Bronson Betans were great swimgan to write. In a cabinet at his mers. Jack Taylor made a study side were drawers filled with note- of their athletic records and found books npon which was scribbled the history of the migration from earth. "In summary," he began, "since there has been no time for detail, I will set down an outline of our "He Made a Mark conditions since our perilous re- Across Cosmos moval to this city of the Ancient and Infinity. People. Only In Memory "We have shelter, the gorgeous Adequate shelter of these buildings rising In a Can hundred hues under their transpar- Honor Be Paid to Good-by- , ent dome, We have warmth, for H I m. although we are moving Into the Cole Hendron." cold at a prodigious speed, the air sucked Into the city is heated. Around the rim of the dome are situated eight tremendous ventilatkind plants. We them superior in almost every ing and lave light In abundance our city of event to ourselves. in the long dark of night is like day, "We and when I say we, I mean Underground Is food enough for us a score of our number have masfor unmeasured generations. Some tered the language and much of the of that food disagrees with ns. science of the Other People, Of Some Is indigestible. In some there course, we have not delved into is no nourishment which our gas- their history deeply as yet; or Into tric Juices can extract But the vast their fiction, or their philosophy or bulk of the stored produce is edible, their arts into their biography or delicious and healthful. their music. And their poetry Is "We have a plethora of tools and still quite Incomprehensible to us. machines. In the development of "We fly their planes now. We electricity the Other People have run their machines." far outstripped us. Also In the ex Here Eliot James paused before tension of what we called "robot- continuing: control.' They manufactured almost "Our personal relations are interno machinery which needed human at this point I have given esting A of attention, photo them little time in my diary hithertechnique electric cell Inspection and auxiliary to, because of the pressure of my engines make every continuous me activities. The chanical process "Our most notable romance the vast generators which rtin underlove of Tony and Dave Ransdell for to the power ground supply light, ful motors of the ventilators, and Eve Hendron has reached a culthe pumps which supply processed mination. "Tony Is going to marry Eve, water from the river for our con"There was a period shortly besumption, not only run by themfore our desertion of our original selves, but repair themselves. "The northwest ventilator cracked camp when It appeared for a little a bearing last week and In the while that Eve would marry Uans-elelThat was Immediately after presence of Tony and Ransdell It return to our midst dramatic his reItself took apart, stopped itself, moved the cracked metal, put on Eve indubitably still holds Kansdell a new bearing, reassembled Itself in high esteem, and even has a and went into operation again. They place of sorts for him in her heart said that the thing reminded them But Tony Is her kind of man. Tony of the operation of one of those Is nearer her age, Tony ia our leadwas of earthly phonographs which stops er and she leadertheof daughter all times. automatically and has a moving the greatest They anarm to take off played records anJ Tony worships her. put on new ones. Only the ven nounced that they onwould celebrate Bronson Beta tilator motor was thirty feet In the first wedding will be height and proportionately broad In the near future. And it accordtbe first The Asiatics have, and long. "We have clothing," Eliot James ing to Lady Cynthia, made a com "Shirley Cotton, the siren of the city, is still to love with Tony. She talks about It In public, and tells Eve that when the biologists eventually decide that because of the larger number of women than men, two women will have to marry one man, she Is going to be Tony's second wife. An odd situation because some day that may be a necessity or a common practice. There are now nearly ninety more women than men in our city. Eve is so brave and so broad minded and so fond of Shirley, that if the situation ever became actual, I almost think that she would not mind. We have passed through too much to stoop now to Jealousy. And all of us feel, I think, that we belong not to ourselves but to tbe future of man. "Dan and Dorothy, nnder Westerly, are going to Bronson Beta school learning the language by the talking-picturmachines. Just as the Other People's children did. And they are the only ones who are beginning to be able to speak It naturally. In two or three years they would be able to pass as Bronson Betans except for their minor physiological differences, "podson Is having trouble with the language. He goes about the city talking to friends, eating In the central dining room and mumbling that 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks. He never was a good linguist as Duquesne has proved by talking In French with him for the amused benefit of all who spoke the language. But Dod- son Is most eager to learn, because from illustrations in the metal books and In the screened lectures on tbe subject he bas found that surgery on this planet was a science far beyond terrestrial dreams. Working with him are five women and eleven men doctors. "Jack Taylor is the sheik and Romeo of Hendron. About twenty e TIMES-NEW- S. still live here watching us. wall Do tin Ing to strike sgulnst us? MiitiunlU'S have spies here? "We are virtually agreed upon Vet we cannot flni that theory. where they bide. But we do know to our sorrow that they buve spies in other cities. "After learulng to fly the planes, a armed them. Then Tony dispatched a fleet of six to make a thorough inspection of the surrounding country and the neighborHe wanted full Ining cities. formation of the &lldlan!tes and of the territory around us. There are two cities south of where Itansdell landed his ship. There are several Inland. All were entered and explored. In the southernmost city the crew of a plane commanded by Jack Taylor was sniped anon, and two of his men were killed. "A third plane did not return. It was subsequently sighted near the northern city occupied by the main Mldlantte colony shot down and wrecked completely. "We bave been spied npon several times by planes flying over the city. A request for surrender to the "Dominion of Asian Reullxts' was dropped twice, and our failure to reply brought one tremendous bomb which, however, did not penetrate our tough, tranpsarent envelope, although It was unquestionably intended for that purpose, "It Is not safe to leave the city," Eliot James diary continued. "Twice parties on foot exploring the geology and flora outside the gates bare been fired at by enemy planes which appeared from the north and dived at them, "It is evident that the Mldlanltes are engaged in a war of attrition. They mean to conquer ns. They mean to bave Bronson Beta for themselves or at least to Insure that all human beings upon the plnnet will be governed by them and will live by their precepts. And Lady Cynthia has left no doubt In our minds about their desire for our women. They need what they call 'breeding femnles.' I think that 'need' In itself would be sufficient to cause every man and woman here to fight to the death. "Yes, we could and should be happy here now. But "More than three hundred Englishmen and Englishwomen are living In subjugation, and we are unable to set them free. They are our own blood and kin. They are living under conditions at best odious, at worst horrible to them. We cannot be happy while they are virtually slaves. THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING Under tha leadership of Cola Hendron, American scientist, soma that wipes persona escape in a Space Ship Just before a cosmic collision out the earth, and land on Bronson Beta. The appearance of an airplane, which dlsappeara without making an attempt to communicate with tha a feeling; of alarm. The newcomers realize they are not refugees, leavea alone on the new planet, and that their visitors may be enemies. Tony Drake and Eliot James, on an airplane night, come upon a city, enclosed under what seema like half an Iridescent glasa bubble. OnAmong their finds, their way back In the city. Is an edible grain millions of bushels. the camp of more than ZOO persons who left the earth they stumble upon Dava Ransdell. Tony In second a by did. when they Space Ship piloted learns that Russian. Japaneiut and German Communista have reached Bronson Beta and probably sent the mysterious plana to apy on their camp. Hendron'a outfit la gassed by unseen enemies, but all recover. The Asiatics make an aerial raid. Tony and his men annihilate their armada with terrific blasts from tha Space Ship's propulsion tubes. Hendron'i health failing, he ordera Tony to remove everybody to one of the Sealed Cities, which la done. Hendron dies on the way. The Americana find they derive their power of light and heat from a plant In another city, and fear i Astatica control It and plan to freese them Into aubmisslon during the Intensely cold winter. Von Belts, a leader, disappears. Cole H.ndr- - la burled with appropriate honora. 200 A recent dispatch from India re-- 1 porting that natives have found tones of a giant's skeleton no less than SI feet high has torn up all ecords f this particular myth. Not ven the Imaginative Doctor who fabricated In 1613 the rlrcuuistantlal tale of a brick tomb r, A hale and hearty heron fifteen years old and still going strong has been reported to the bureau of biological survey. On Augugt 13, 1OJ0, a bureau of Avery island, La attached bird band No. 87507 to one. Another suggestion Is the a young Louisiana heron. Itecently be recollection by primitive people of recaptured the bird at bis banding other human beings able to walk on station. stilts, as fen dwellers still do in eastern England or dune dwellers In southwestern France, Thus probably originated the tale of the fast- boots. Still anmoving seven-leaguother possible origin of giant myths Jo you spray?, is garbled tales of men standing on y roa wrsutTS towers or platforms, like the mov IV T 1f Will a cheap quality spray able siege towers used In ancient lh iob7.fi H2I warfare. And perhaps some giant myth date from days when relative Whal's lh answer? REFUSE SUBSTITUTES, ly short races, such as the Celts, Demand were in conflict with ."Platlvely tall t av," "V jtt1 ones, like the Danes or Saxons. But not even folklore has recorded giants 31 feet high, New York Herald Tribune. A Tor The Choice of Millions BAKING POWDER KC OF CONVINCED under supervision of expert chemists. 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But now the chill Is returning. Our seasons are due not to an Inclination of our axis, as on earth, but to our eccentric orbit The earth in winter was actually nearer to the sun than In the summer, but In winter the earth's axis caused the sun's Here on rays to fall obliquely. Bronson Beta we move from a point close to the orbit of Venus to a point near that of Mars and the change In distance from the sun will bring extremes of temperature. "That Is not all. That is not the only problem anxious problem which faces us In these autumn days. Shall we turn back toward the sun? Our scientists say so; but shall we? This planet bns not done it yet Its specialty seems to be a drift out Into space, "Our astrophysicists and mathematicians burn their lights far Into the night of this new planet in order to anticipate the possibilities In our state. They are not romantic Always Dependable Highest Quality --- If IO ounce can tor 10 If ounca can for 1 Ja AC AW-TE- USE VOU IN THE Doable Action Doable Tested Manufactured by baking powder Specialists who make nothing but baking powder 26-fo- VDUR DiSPLAV HERON e lot only containing his giant, but with provided gigantic equally words and other weapons, and even uliolvd with the name and titles which the giant had borne, dared to uake his Imagined relic more than 20 feet tall. The famous Giant of Lucerne, who Involved scores of Swiss and German scientists In acrimonious controversies from 1577 anal after 1000, was credited with enly 19 feet. England's Giant of Thorne-ivain Cumberland, said to have )een found In armor which has conveniently disappeared, measured but 14 feet, by contemporary accounts. No doubt the new 31 font marvel )f Calcutta belongs with these others among the long list of confusions between human bones and those of fossil animals, mostly elephants. A few thousand years ago several types of elephants, such as the mammoths and mastodons, were much n ore numerous and widespread than ny kind ef elephant Is today. Be ing comparatively recent in geologle history, their bones He close to th ground and frequently are found by diggers or plowed up by farmers, something which Is not true of bones of still larger animals of earlier nges, such as the gigantic dlnosnurs. Some elephants leg bones look superficially not unlike human bones. It Is small wonder that they and hu man giants have been confused, al though even in 1020 the famous William Harvey remarked of the supposed Giant of Gloucester that his bones evidently belonged In real ity to "some exceedingly great beast. such as an elephant." There Is less excuse for Doctor Mazurler's mam facture out of whole cloth of the brick tomb, weapons and inscriptions which he said he found with the previous holder of the giant record. To students of folklore these mis conceptions about elephant bones supply one possible explanation .of the virtually worldwide belief that giants once existed, but not the only TEMPER of our handsome girls and women (they are handsome again, the long strain of our first rugged months having ended) are wildly vying for his attention. The tall, college oarsman takes his popularity with delight and he Is seldom seen without a beautiful lady companion. When be was absent on a mission for Tony, the number of blue damsels was appalling. They could not even write to him, which seemed to distress them enormously. "Duquesne has moved next door to the German actress who joined us in Michigan. He is working on the mystery of our power source and 'cementing the bonds of international amity,' he says. "Higgins has found some carefully preserved seeds in the radium-warme- d cellars of the city, and he bas planted them. He keeps digging them up to see if they have sprouted which, so far, they have not; and he goes in a perpetual daze." Again Eliot James paused. Again he wrote: "All those factors are on the ' pleasant side of our ledger. We are a civilization again. Love and clothes and cosmetics and fancy desserts and gossip and apartment decoration bave returned to us. Our animals have been collected from the encampments, and the;- are installed in a 'barn' made from a very elaborate theater. We have harvested and dried a quantity of the spore vegetation as hay for them. They thrive. We are wakened by a cock's crow in the morning, and we serve fresh eggs as a badge of honor with great ceremony at the rate of four or five a day. Dan and Dorothy have milk. We've made butter to go with the eggs. We should be perfectly happy, perfectly content But "Where Is Von Belts? "He vanished the day Cole Hendron died the day we arrived here. That was sixty Bronson Beta days ago. And nothing bas been seen of him or learned about him since then. "And "Who dwells secretly In our city? Who stole one of our three roosters? Who stole Hihbs translation of a book on electricity? Who screamed on the street In the dead of night three days age turning out the people In Dormitory A to find no one? Do the Other People VENERABLE Simple Explanation of Origin of Giant Myths fCARL , l. I'AGE SEVEN NEPHI, UTAH CARL! HEAR V0U'R G0IN6TO PLAV 1H& iVWl.l'M NOTlVTiRDlO SAlD IMTER-STW- (lNNl$ UKTHlS THE COACH IN i KICKED ME I CW r DOCTOR! ftM adiiceTTx CUT ALL if 0OCTO(?i (NTrlE 1 W0RLO AMD OROWfJ nfA Of T COFFEE 1 DIFFERENCE fl ' ZljLS ffiJfc- f X WELL-al- M w-- w-. J .TROUBLE FOP aJSMHAT l) RIGHT, DOCTO- RAND6WrTCHlD POSTlM. VOUILJ IF V0J SAW SO SEE THE ('QtAl TOO 5MART HE'LL. MAKE LOSE W T&URlEMTTTEMPEl? TOO, f" """"EASILY f7Mlmm, WE , HE'S f ill rk A Vi BlASTEP MEWC0 KNOWS THAT POSIUM. ALWAVS DRIVES ME 0uT-- i r?- J J - (W QfMS- V men. "Meanwhile as we move o'jt into space toward Mars, that red world Increases In size and brilliance. Already It ia a more vivid body than was Venus from the earth, and its color Is malevolent and ominous. "So the days and nights pass. "Yes, our colony Is returning to the happy human pursuits of love and knowledge and social relationships. But we are surrounded by mysteries, terrors, spies within our city, enemies who would conquer us; and always the red planets draw nearer as not long ago the two bodies from cosmos drew toward the condemned and terrified Earth." As Eliot James finished that entry in his diary, he was Interrupted by a knock on bis door. "Come in," be called. She said Shirley Cotton entered. something that sounded like ' "LIo-paylat- "Hopayiato yourself," Eliot James answered. "That's a Bronson Beta word," she said. "It means, 'How the devil are you? or something like that" "Sit" said the writer. Tm fine. What's news?" (TO SB CONTINUED.! VWhy was. coffee harm- ing me. 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