Show sy MAW MARY GRAHAM am ii 11 oriah kivus SKY SKY MOUNTAINS it was really the planet venus yo you u saw aw when you ou made your wish and now youre going fo t 0 pee venus when you in meet beet these planets planet sand and stars you will meet the cliplef resident each time just as you would meet mother earth if you wanted to discuss earth ways waya and habits chania coamo explained they got back into the plane now and were off once more harry wondered where cosmo went between the calls they were making but he imagined cosmi Cos roti had important business how beautifully the plane always took off or landed and tiow how wonderfully the pilot steered it through the leavens beavens when they again landed harry saw a beautiful lady coming coining toward him she waved at connio as he was on his hl way oft off once more and then she smiled at harry she certainly must be beautiful harry thought tor for usually lie he notice beauty in people she was dressed in white a lovely shimmering white and she wore a soft mitty veil over her lend in one hand slie curried carried a shep shepherds berds staff blaff so you saxy saw me first tills this evening lithe he began well see nie me first in the too it if you ever get up early enough 11 in spite of the misty veil she wore she he looked so bright site she fairly seemed to gleam you look so BO bri bright glit he told her after a moment lie he knew he could not goon go on fi at her as he had been doing wont you tell me about your and it if you have any sheep slie ep he added ile he felt this question might so you saw M me first he more tactful he mind it if any one told him that lie he looked bright but it wits wag hard bard to know just what to say to a planet and just what might insult one lie ile had good idea what would in suit bult most people or what would make them touchy or angry but he be was at a loss losa to understand a planets likes and find dl dislikes however he felt that if she had any sleep was a very harmless question she invited him to sit down and then she told him 1 I carry my shepherds staff in honor of the shepherds you see I 1 have been called the white star of the shepherds that a lovely nante name harry nodded and waited for her to continue ile he liked the way thee tb ese planet people lind find of telling bilm about themselves without telling him too much it always tired him when people went on with every little detail about thenis themselves elTes years ago V venus tins continued people called me lucifer in the morning and vesper in the they thought I 1 was not one object but two I 1 they understand about the planet stroll I 1 was talons she drew her veil around her ft a little more closely As she did so she said in ft a lower voice 1 IT I do this because of the earth peo pic ale it heeps beeps me more interesting a bit more of a mystery those earth people are so anxious to find out such a lot pardon me if I 1 seem rude no rudeness intended im sure quite all right said harry with a wave of at the hand it was rather pleasant having some one apologize to him it was something that often happen ive been photographed a great deal venus told him but I 1 any of my own pictures so F I 1 cannot ask you to look them over 1 I hate bate being phot photographed ogra plied harry commented comment eI do you mind it no I 1 dont mind I 1 dont hae bave to pose or look any any at all but you see the harth earth people have discovered from my photographs that my outer atmosphere has thin clouds and that my inner atmosphere Is thick and heavy but they have never hren been able to see my out surface outface face because of my thick layer of clouds harry say anything he believe he be had ever seen a photograph of venus and he want to tell her so she did not appear to expect any answer from him for there was scarcely so much as a pause when she was say saying lug 1 I always like to be around at sunset I 1 like the sun find I 1 only stay up a few hours after the sun has gone down |