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Cotlide
By EdMAHBalmer
and Philip WyUe
Copyright,' 19l4^bjr
Bdwln BalmerA Philip Wylie
WNTJ Benriee.
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ntea of* normal darkness, Interropted
«pnrta of the soft multi-col
ored anrora which frequently flick'
on Bronson Beta, a few groups of fire
began to return to the Ark, they were
halted by Oole Hendron’s voice—a
voice broadcast from the Afk by a
mighty loud speaker.
‘Tou will stay where you are," Hen
dron’s voice commanded, “In groups of
\flve for the remainder of the night. I
will summon you when the time
coth^s.'
Toby hatLjeJolned Eve In a gr
SYNOPSIS
•
Under the leadership of Cole Hendron,
acted American scientist, over S00 per-
, sons escape in two Space Ships just be
fore a„ cosmic collision wiped out the
earth, and land on Bronson Beta. A
^smooth, straight metal roadway Is dis
covered, indicating that whoever once
lived on Bronson Beta nad‘ swift mov
ing vehiclea
CHAPTER I—Continued
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On the evening of that day Bronson
Beta had exhibited another phenome
non. Soon after dark, when more than
half the members of the colony had
gone to sleep from fattguor a cotossal
meteor blazed across the sky an
appeared over the edge oftbe'sea; it
was followed by another smaller me
teor and then halfa dozen.
Durinethe'ensulng two hours count
less ^thousands of meteors ^ hurtled
iross the atmosphere of Bronson
Beta in tbe^ vicinity of the Ark mnd
many of them fell to earth wlthln|the
visual range of that spot.
Tony and Eve were outside when
Ihe aerolites commenced to fall. At
first they were spellbound by the maj
esty of the spectacle, but when a great
hurtling mass of molten material
splashed into the sea less than a mile
offshore and set the ocean boiling all
ground, so that clouds of hot steam
/rifted over It, they became alarmed.
Hendron and Duquesne were asleep,
but there were twenty-five or thirty
people outdoors.
When several of the great masses of
material had hit the earth so hard that
ft trembled beneath their feet Tony
quickly commanded the little knot of
people who were standing together,
-■watching the spurts of fire across the
sky, to^ go to holes In the rOck wall.
They started, with Eve leading the
way. Tony then entered the Ark and
woke Hendron, whom he found lying
on the padded floor In sound, ex
hausted slumber. : ..
Hendron sat up. “What is It?”
“Meteors.” Tony answered. “Three
of them have landed within a mile of
here In 'the last few mjnutes. Big
ones. Any one of them would anni
hilate this ship If It hit It. There were
abont thirty people outdoors. I sent
them up the coast to some shallow
caves at the foot ^of a basalt cliff. I
thought ifVas safer there. Safer ffian
the Ark, anyway.”
“Right” Hendron rushed up the
stairs, followed by Tony,
Hendron and Tony awakened all the
pilgrims who had been asleep. They
were commencing to leave the Ark in
an orderly but fast-moving line. Hen
dron was at the door of the Ark and
as the people emerged he divided them
Eliot Jamqs was In that gfoup, and
two womenApne of them Shirley Cot
ton. who was Already a prominent per
son among the hundred and one odd
people who had bqen prominent on
earth. The two men. and the three
women slept fitfully on the hard earth
that night; and In the morning with
*We won't be able to do tbat In any
case wo would move her over the
itiffaw of tbe planet ontr to find
good farm land, because we’ve got to
take her to pieces.”
“To pieces I”
Hendron assented. “We designed her
for that very purpose. Those layer sec
tions on the Inside wall will be taken
down, one by one, and set up again on
the ground. The top section wiil be
made into a radio station, ao that we
can make accurate measurements of
leteorolog
the base of 4he precipice^ leal conditions. The. Qggt. .lection he:. ed; ftnd bejB&i& with his beat possible
low that will be a chemistry labors
tory. The one below that will be a
hospital, if we need It The next three
will be storerooms and we will, turn
cfast.
Unexpected
a first--rays of dawn, Hendron’s
voice summoned every one together
again.
No more meteors had fallen a
the shower had ended. The human
Ings who trekked back over the bare
landscape to the Ark were a little
more grave than they had been on the
previous day. Once again the frail
ness of theii*’ hold on their new home
had been made plain.
They answered a roll call. No one
had been harmed. The Ark was
scathed. They sat down to
Hendron explained t
dilemma of the nreVTous night “Un
less I am greatly mistaken, our new
planet^passed .through a cluster or
of fragments of the moon, de
stroyed, as you know, months ago.
They would find orbits of their own
about the sun; and we have ap
proached again an area where we
might encounter fragments of any
size. 1 believe that the meteors which
fell last night were debris from the
moon—debris scattered and hurled
Into space by that cosmic collision.
“In the future we will probably be
able to' chart the position of^such
fragments, so that we will know when
we are coming within range o$ them.
I would like to extend our period of
rest to Include Ibis, our second day,
on Bronson Beta. But so divergent
and so pressing are the necessities of
our work here that I cannot do so.
We will start Immediately after break
fast to construct a cantonment which
will be adequate, at least temporarily."
• the last section Into a machine shop.
The steel on the outside bull will be
our mineral source for the time being
and out of It we will make the things
we need nntil it is exhausted.”
Eliot James sald
of the Ark being torn down. I had
imagined we would go hunting for the
others In It.” v
Tony spoke. “I’d been thlnkingtthotit
that. It seems to me that If-khybody
had jreached here, we woutu have heard
eye he waa> continually Retelling
glimpses of the depth of the abyss be-
tow; Hla couipoguTo was by no means
Increased when the professor below
him called: “Maybe I should have gone
last, because if you fall where you are
now, you'll probably knock me off."
Tony said nothing Twenty minutes
latqy, however, he felt horizontal
ground under his feet He was stand
ing on the beach. He was covered with
perspiration; his clothes were soaked.
His face was whLta.,. .He looked up at
the prsiiplre which they.had daarenrt
assumption of carelessness, “I thought
that was going to be difficult There
was nothing to It”
The profeSsof gave him a rescinding
clap on the back. “My boy,* he ex-
clalmed, “you’re all right I That was
one of the nastiest little jobs I've ever
undertaken.’’
" Before them wasjKfast valley, it
“I hate to thtntri disappeared Inland, toward, the high
mountalng-atid down Its center mean-
derefkn wide, glow river. The whole
CHAPTER II
Cole Hendron walked over to Tony
and Elior James and his daughter, Eve.
who were breakfasting together.
“Right after breakfast,” he said, “1
want you, together with Higgins, to
start prospecting for farm lands.
'-Bring back soil samples. It may be
that you will find nothing in the vi
cinity that wlll be adequate; and If
that is true we will consider moving
the Ark. It is still good for a few
hundred miles, I guess. I’d risk taking
It up If we had to move In order to
find a suitable place to raise fdOtL”*
Tony^ understood that the leader Of
the expedition was entirely serious and
said with sudden intensity: “What’s
the matter with Ahe Ark?"
* “In the laboratory tests," the gray-
" haired man answered, “and In the
smaller furnaces and engines we de
signed, Dave Ransdell’s metal did not
fuse or melt. But under the atomic
blast, as we came through space, it
commenced to erode. About eighteen
hours after we had started, we went
off our course because, as I dlscov-.
ered, rhe lining of one of the outside
stern Jets was wearing out more rap-
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The Air Was Filled With Parched, Hot Odors and Clouds of Staam. For
a Distance, Around the Craters Made Where the Meteors Had Struck
Earth, Thare Was a Red Glow. A A
Into groups of five and sent each
group running in a different direction,
thns dispersing over a wide area those
of the colonists who were not hiding
under the rim of the cliff.
When they had all emerged Hendron
said to Tony ahortiy: “You go to the
•cliff and disperse the people there. Til
stay here with the last five.”
The sir was filled with parched, hot
odors and clouds of-steam. In the
distance, around the craters made
where the meteors bad struck earth,
thejre was s red glow. Half an hour
passed. The pyrotechnics stopped. Dur
ing that *balf hour Cole Hendron had
been bnsy In the tipper control room
of the Aril with two electrical engi-
’weevs: and when-after five or ten min-
Idly than the others. I used one of
the right-angle tubes to re-establish
our direction and I made some effort
to measure the rate of dissipation of
Ransdell’s metal. 1 couldn't be very
accurate, since I could not turn off
the jets, but I was not at all certain
that' the material would stand the
strain untlhwe bad reached the point
where we started falling on Bronson
Beta.”
Eliot James looked depressed, “i had
Imagined,” he said, “that we would be
able to, cruisf at will on tbe surface
of the planet from now on.”
Hendron turned his face toward the
ship, which represented the master
ptAce of his Ufe of engineering achieve
ments. He regarded it almost ssdly.
Iley was covered with new, bright
green, where fresh vegetation had car-
peted^the soli!
Tony and Higgins ran. side by side,
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IMPROVED
ImtfORM IHTERHATIONAC
chool Lesson
(By R*V. P. B. PITZWATER, D. Du
Member of Vacuity, Moody Blblo
Institute-of Chicago.)
Q. Western Nowpopor Union.
Lesson for April 14
CHRIST THE fiAVIOUft
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in-him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.. John 3:16..
PRIMARY TOPIC—Why Jesus Came.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Jesus ths Saviour.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—What It Means to Be Saved
' TOUNO PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—How Christ Saves XJt.
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Ob the farm we once had a bona
tbat developed the habit of getting
out of the stable unassisted. After
having been tied securely to tba
manger with a halter strap and with
the stable door latched, be would
free himself, and later we would find.
him prowling shout the yard with the
halter strap dangling loose from tbe
One day I decided to fiad out boar
he accomplished thle feat Conceal-
~t!lff myself In the. stable 1 watched
Iona and patiently, but to no avail
LESSON TEXT—^John I:1«-2T|
mans 5:6-10; Phlllpplans 3:5-11.
OOLDEN TEXT—For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only be—l
gotten Son. , that whosoever~t»giierrHt- - Be was a aly. old, rogue and .never
It Was Ticklist, Dangerous Work.
His Composure Was by No Means^
Increased When the Professor Be
low Him Called, “Maybe I Should
Have Gone Last, Because If You
Fall Where You Are Now, You’ll
Probably Knock Me Off.”
some kind of signal from them by
now.” •
“I agree with you,” Hendron said.
“And when I thought about looking
for them it seemed darned difficult.
After all, Bronson Beta has an area
of more than five hundred million
square kilometers and any one of
those five hundred million would be
big enough to hide a ship like the
Ark. Besides, we don't even know
where the land Is. except In a gen
eral way. Still, I am of the opinion
that we arrived here alone out of all
‘the expeditions. If our crops fail us
entirely because of .too much heat, or
because it gets cold too soon, or for
reasons we cannot, anticipate now”—
Cole Hendron paused.
“Twenty-five or thirty of us might
get through tbe winter on the provi
sions I’ve brought But all of us
couldn’t.”
With the Injection of thaEpt gnim
thought into their breakfast conversa
tion the meal was brought to an end.
“It therefore behooves me,” Tony
said, “to look foi^farm lands and get
some sort of crops . In.” _
Half an hour later Tony started out
with Higgins. As the two men left, the
sound of hammering was already audi
ble Inside the Ark and most of the
members of the company were en
gaged In useful work.
For an hour they walked along t{ie
bluff that faced the sea—a continua
tion of the landscape upon which the
Ark had landed. It was rocky and
barren, except for such ferns and
mosses as they had already observed.
Of dead vegetation there seemed to
"be nothing which had grown as large
as a tree or indeed even a bush. The
whole area appeared to have been
called- a mooi^-though Higgins could
recall no earthly^ moor of this char
acter or evident extent. They climbed
to the highest nearby elevation and
surveyed the arid, rock-Hrewh plateau.
*T don’t believe,” saitl 'Tony, “that
there Is any farm land in this area.”
Higgins shook his head. “I think if
we can find a place to get down over
the cliff to the edge, we can go around
that point at water level.”
ThejT ’continued along a little way
and presently Higgins pointed to a
“chimney” In the precipice. “How
about it?” / '
Tony stared into the narrow slit in
the rock. It was almost perpendicular,
and only the smallest cracks and out
croppings afforded-footholds and hand
holds. He was on the point df sug
gesting that they tind a more suitable
place to descend, when he realized
that the older , man was laughing at
him.
Tony set his Jaw. “Fine!”
Higgins started down the chimney.
He had not let himself over the edge
before It was apparent that he waa
not only a skillful climber, but a man
of considerable wiry strength.
Tony had always felt ao Instinctive
alarm in high places and he bad no
desire for tbe task ahead of him. Per
spiration oozed from him;-and his mus
cles quivered, as he lowered himself
Into position for the descent. It was
ticklish, dangerous work. x Two hundred
feet below theip lay a heap of Jagged
4 rocks and arouqd that the beach. Tony
did not dare look down and yet tt
was necessary to look for placet to pot
his feet; and from the corner of hit
out upon the expanse of knee-deep ver
dure Until they arrived, panting, at the
river’s edge. The' water .was cold and
clouded. Higgins stopped back from
the bank and pulled up a number of
mosses and ferns, until he had cleared
a little area of ground In which he
began to dig with his hands. The soil
was black and loamy, alluvial and rich.
He beckoned Tony to look at It They
knew then that their mission had been
fulfilled; for here, hot more than-,half
a dozen miles from the Ark, along the
valley j)f this river; was as fine farm
land as could be found anywhere on
the old Earth. Here, too, water would
be available for Irrigation, If no rains
fell
Some one in camp had announced,
that the sea was salt, saltier even than
the ocean on earth. Now Tony went to
tbe river’s edge, scooped up a handful
of water and tasted 1L He was mind
ful as he did so that he might be ex
posing himself to an unknown spore or
an unheard-of bacterium# but reckless
ness had so long been a part of nec
essary risk that he,did not hesitate. *■
Higgins raised Ills eyebrows.
“Fresh,” Tony said. “Fresh and
cold.” *
They collected samples of soil, then
started back, side by side. They walked
eagerly for a while, as they wisbe<Mo
hurry, the news of "their discovery to
the camp. As they rested for a moment
Tony’s eyes lighted on a feature of the
landscape which was not natural and
he suddenly exclaimed: “By George,'
Higgins, we should have followed that
road! It went south a little Inland
Trom the coast, and there It Is.”
They walked together .to the road
and stepped upon its smooth hard sur
face.
“It will give us a perfect highway
from thatS valley -to the Ark,” Tony
said Jubilantly.
For several miles they came upon no
other sign of the creatures that had
lived upon the planet ln^h» ; past"ages.
The road curved only when the nat
ural topography made the problem of
grading it very difficult
TO BB CONTINUED.
It is not feasible to consider all the
texts proposed by the lesson commit
tee, but It Is desirable to select the
three suggested to be printed and to
Introduce several others.
I. The Saviour Predicted (Gen. 3:15;
Isa. 9:6, 7).
In connection with the fall of man
and consequent pronouncement of Judg
ment upon the woman, fh« man and
the serpent, and the announcement of
the undying enmity which waa to ex
ist between the seed of the woman and
the seed of the serpent, ultimate vic
tory was pi%dieted of the woman's
Seed. On the cross Of'Calvary the
stroke was made which Imposed the
death sentence (John 12:31; Heb.
2:14). In due time the unlawful ruler
of the world will be displayed by the
coming of the king and the establish
ment of a universal and everlasting
kingdom.
II. Thtj Saviour Born (Luke 2:11, 30,
32).
’ * J
That which,had been predicted was
historically fulfilled In the birth of
Jestos Christ In Bethlehem. When
Jesus .^ras brought to tt^e temple as
a child the Holy Ghost revealed to
Simeon that Jesus was the Messiah.
III. The Saviqur Described.
1. A seeker of the lost (Luke 15:3-
7). This seeking of the lost.’Is Illus
trated by the man leaving the ninety
and nine sheep and going after the one
which was lost, and his rejoicing over
his success In finding it. Great, Indeed,
Is the Joy In heaven over the salvation
of a lost sold,
2. He died fdr the lpst'(.John 3:14-
17). God gave Jesus Christ to die to
make an atonement for the sins of the
world. As the brazen serpent was Uft-
Pillar Box Sign Gained
Fame for the Inventor
There are man)? ways of becoming
famous, writes the Paris ^correspond
ent of the London Sunday Observer.
That earl of Sandwich who first ate
meat between two pieces of bread put
[ils name Into every mouth, and the
Parisian printer, of English extraction,
who set up upon the pavements those
round constructions, • three times as
wide as,a London pillar box and twice
as high, and nsed them for the display
of theatrical advertisements which
were Illuminated at night from the
under-edge of a projecting circular
roof, not only established what has be
come one #f tbe most characteristic
features of the Paris landscape, but
made fils name live.
For these pillars were for many
years, and sometimes still are, called
“colleBnes Morris.” It Is more than
fifty years since Hie first of them made
Its appearance.
attempted to free himself while I
was there, probably haring sensed
my presence in tbe stabler
I tried again. This time I stealth
ily approached the stable from the
outside and peered through a crack.
We usually tied the baiter strap ia
a half bow-knot, leaving the end of
the atrnp hanging loose. *
Before long I saw the horse seize
the end of the strap with his teeth
and pull out the loop. Thns free, he
walked around to tbe stable door
where he fumbled with the latch ua-
til he slid It back, then walked out
Unknown to us he had probably
watched us tie and untie the strap
many times as' well as latch ahd ufi-
latch the door. And while such
things as knots and latches present
no problem to the human mind, they
are so decidedly outside the prorincs
of a horse’s mind, that U seemed a
bit of clever equestrian thinking oo
his part to be able to extricate him
self unassisted.—R. G. Sebrlng In,
“Our Dumb Animals.”
ed up In the wilderness bv Moses, so- -Mayas had as great a knowledge of
Americana to Restore
Mayan City of Copan
The ancient Mayan city of Co pan.
In western Honduras near the Gaute-
mala border, will be restored to its
former splendor, as far as architec
ture goes, In the near future. Work
win begin at once, It was announced
by Julius G. Lay, retiring United
States minister to. Honduras. The
restoration will be made by the Car
negie Institution of Washington, co
operating with the government of
Honduras.
Copan was one of the largest and
most ancient cities of the Mayas,
whose civilization was among the
finest developed on the American
continent before the coming of Oo- -
lumbus. It was a great center of
American culture in the early years
of the Christian era lb the Old world.
In It was found the famous astro^
nomlcal stone which revealed that the
Jesus Christ was lifted up on the cross
As the Israelites only needed to look
at the uplifted serpent, so the lost soul
needs only to look to the crucified
Christ for salvation. AH who believe
on him an their Saviour receive eter
nal life and, therefore, escape condem
nation. * . . '
3. He knows his own (John 10:14).
The good Shepherd has a definite
knowledge of the lost ones. He there
fore seeks them out and gives his life
for them.
4. He keeps his own ( John 10 :27-
29). Believers are Christ’s sheep, and
because* they are his sheep, they hear
his voice and follow him. M He not only
knows them personally, but . they, In
turn, know him. He not only gives
unto them eternal life, but holds them
In his omnipotent hands.
IV. Some Blessings Recelvtd
Through the Saviour.
1. Justification (Rom. 5:1-11). The
one who receives Jesus Christ la by
the living God declared righteous. His
guilt Is removed and he la given ihe
same standing as Jesus Christ himself.
Because of this, the very peace of God
settles down upon his soul He has
the assurance of God’s love and is able,
therefore, to have Joy In God himself.
^ Freedom from the power of sin
(Rom. "6:1-7), It Is not enough to be
freed from the guilt of sin, there must
be a dynamic which will enable the be
liever to live a life of victory over sin.
Being vitally united to Jesus Christ
In the power of his resurrection life,
the dynamic is provided which enables
the believer to triumph over sin.
- 3. He is free from tlie law as a
means of sanctification (Rom. 7:1-6).
Christ’s death nailed the law to ths
tree. The one who has been vitally
united to Jesus Christ by faith died
with Christ. The law, therefor'e, has
no more dominion over him.
4. Victory over the flesh through the
Indwelling Holy Spirit (Rom. 8:2-6)V{
The Introduction of the law of the
spirit of the life in Christ Jesus enables
the believer to free himself from the
dominion of the flesh.
% 5. Christ Is the .supreme example to
the believer (Phil. 2:5-11). Because
the Saviour became Incorporated with
the race through the Incarnation he Is
able to Im/tart life to those with whom f
he Is Identified. Furthermore, because
be thus Imparts life, the believer la
able to make the Saviour his grand ex
emplar.
astronomy as any people Id existence
at that time.
The city waa abandoned to the
Jungle about 1,000 years ago, and Use
well off the beaten track. Until about
a year ago to reach it required a
Journey of two weeks by mule over
the mountains. Now it la two hours
by piano from Tegucigalpa.—liter
ary Digest
•Han cosanutta.
GARFIELD TEA
Ulf KIIHEYS
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and you hero a Buna, aching
back, , with attacks of (Hwlnspa,
burning, scanty or too freqosnt
urination, getting up at night
swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic
pains ... use Doan’t PUlt.'
Doan’* are especially for poorly
functioning kidneys. Millions at
boxes are used every year. They
ate recommended the country over.
Atk your neighbor/ ——-
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HAfflt BALSAM
Mincing Lana, London
Tbe name of Mincing Lttne, London,
la derived from the “mynches,” as the
nuns of St Helens. Bishopsgate, wbr
owned property here, ween **Ued
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The World's Three Evil.
The three great evils of the world
are impurity. Inequality, and hopeless
ness. The world doesn’t know the
character of God, therefore It Is un
clean. The world does not know the
love of God and therefore men are mot
brothers. The -world does not know
the life of jtfod,'therefore men despair
alike of the present and the future.
Goes Deeper
Religion doth not prescribe nor la
satisfied with such courtesy as goes no
deeper than, words, and gestures. ._
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14-38
ADVICE TO WOMEN
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