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a — — -*— ^ — - _ » j ' • ' IV- ■ ■' ■'-'V. : , * •• • . • 1 Tke Banw«ll People-S«ntin€l, BiurmwclU B. Thiu-gday, June 20, 1935 AFTER WORLDS COLLIDE / * h- . SYNOPSIS ’ L Under the leadership of Cole Hendron, >ted American acientlat, over 300 per sona escape In two Space Shipa Just her fore a coamlc collision wipes out the earth, and land on Bronson Beta. A river bottom green with vegetation La found, and great forests of dead trees, preserved for a million years by the absolute cold of space. An airplane, which disappears almost immediately, flies over the camp, making no attempt to’ communicate with Its people, who realize that they are not alone on the new planet, and that their visitors may be enemies'. Exploring, Tony Drake and Eliot James come upon a wondrous city, enclosed under what seefns like half an iridescent glass bubble. Among their, finds, In the city, Is an edible grain—millions of bushels. On - their by EDWIN BALMER and PHILIP WYLIE Copyright, 1M4, by Edwin Balmer .and Philip JWylle. WNU Service. flight back they stumble on the camp of more Thah 200 per8ona who left the earth when they did, In a second Space Ship piloted by Dav learns that Russian, Japanese and Ger man scientist Communists have reached Bronson Beta, and probably sent .the mysterious plane to spy on Hendron’s camp. Seeking domination, the Asiatics gas the Hendron camp, but when they return In an armada of the Bronson Betans’ planes Tony and his men anni hilate them with atomic blasts from the Space Ship's propulsion tubes. Hen dron’s health falling, he orders Tony to remove everybody to one of the Sealed Cities. CHAPTER VII—Continued —12— Dnqeusne shrugged, and murmured to Tony: “It comes this way on the road. We must meet it Perhaps it is gn Infernal machine. An enemy scout” Tony reached Into the front com partment of the truck and brought out two rifles. 'Then he stuffed three gren ades Into his pocket He turned to the trailer. “Vanderbilt!” he whispered. “Some thing’s coming toward us on the road. We’re going up to meet It You’re In charge here. If I fire—one, two, one— that means try to rush through on full power—without stopping for us.” “Right Bing—bingbing—blng—and we lunge.” Tony, Duquesne and Von Beltz hur ried to a point about three hundred yards from the trailers. There they waited. The ullulatlon was 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 run ning. • . . “Machinery!" Tony said softly. “Ready! I’ll challenge it when it gets near. If It goes on, we'll bomb it” CHAPTER VIII They waited. Slowly, along the road toward them, the thing came. They knew presently that it was a vehicle— g vehicle slowly and crazily driven. It loomed out of the night, and Tony stood up at the roadside. “Stop or we’ll blow you up P* he yelled. At the same time he took the pin of a bomb between his teeth. The bulk slowed, swerved, slowed, stopped. “I’ll give up!” It was a woman’s voice. Tony shot a flashlight-beam at the object. - It was one of the large vans the Bronson Betans had used in their cities. From It stepped a girl. Duquesne switched on another light. There was no one else in the van. ♦ “Sacre nom!” he said. and The girl was in breeches and & leather coat. She began to speak. “You can’t blame me for trying—any way." * “Trying what?” Tony asked, in an odd and mystitied tone. “A|e you Rodonover?” she' asrod. Tdhy’s skin prickled. He stepped up to the girl. “Who are you, and where did you come from?” “You’re not Rodonover! You’re— * you’re the Other People I” she, said. Tony noticed now that her accent was British. Her use of, the phrase Other People startled hiiii. “We come from earth,” he said. “We’re Americans.” ‘ She swayed dazedly, and William son took her arm. "Better duck the lights,” Tony said. They were in the dark again. The girl sniffled and shook herself In a little shuddering way, and suddenly poured out a babble of words to which they listened with astonishment. “I’ve been a prisoner—or something —Hke it—stnce^—the destr uclibn of earth. Today L escaped In this van. I’d been running it. That was,my Jotr. I knew you were somewhere out here, and I wanted to tell you about us.” “Weil w T alk back,” Tony said, am took the girl’s arm, “We’re Americans. You seem -to know about us. Please try to explain yourself.” “I will.” . She paused and thought They walked toward the silent, wait Ing train. “You know that other Space Ships left earth besides yours?” ^ony said grimly: “YVe do “You’ve been attacked. Of course One ship left from eastern Asia. Its crew were mixed nationalities.” v “We know that" “They’re living In a city—a city thpt belonged to the original Inhab itants of this place, north of here.” “And we know that too." “Good. A ship also left the Alps. An English ship. I was on that ship. The e:istern Asiatic expedition came through safely.. YVe came down in fog. We fell Into a lake. Half of us, near ly, were drowned. The Russians and Japs—and the others—found us the next day. They fought us. Since then —they’ve made ns work for theik Whoever wouldn’t they killed.* “How many—" “There were three hundred and six- -fy-seven of os left” she said. “Now— i there are about thijee hundred and tea." — The truck loomed up ahVad. Tony spoke rapidly. “We are moving from our camp at night We Intend to oc cupy 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 Cruikshank.” ‘Peter!” Vanderbilt sprang frojn the trailer and' ran up the roa<L|| “You safe, Tony?” ‘Safe. This is Lady fCynthia Cruik shank. She’ll tell you her story. I think we’d better move." Von Beits was already In hla seat Tony vaulted aboard. The train stpfted. 7 Lady Cynthia began a detailed ac count of the landing of the English ship. Tony moved over beside Eve Hendron. i “Oh—Tony—I was terrified!” He took her hand, and they listened to Lady Cynthia. When she had fin ished, long and dark miles had been put behind. The uncomfortable pas sengers had stood spellbound, chilly, swaying, listening to her narrative. Now they questioned her. “Why did the Midlanites seize you?” one asked/ “Midlanites?" “That’s what we call the 'Asiatic Expedition.’.” The Englishwoman laughed softly. "Oh. Oh, i see. Joshua! Not Inapt. Why—because they want to run every thing and rule everything on this planet And because their men great ly outnumbered their women." She spoke bitterly. “We’d chosen the pride of England. And, pretty faces—” “Why,” some one else asked* “did you wabble so horribly In the van you drove? “Because I had to turn my lights out when I saw you coming, and I could only stay on the road by driving very slowly and letting the front wheels run “off the edge. When they did, I yanked the car back onto the pave ment” Several people laughed. The van rumbled on toward the promised land. Some one else asked: “What did you call this planet?” Lady Cynthia replied: “We In our ship—thought—just Brltanniar' But the people who captured us called it Asiatlca. You must realize that when I say captured, I don’t mean that In the sense that we were jailed. We ived among them—were part of (hem. Only—we weren’t allowed arms, and we were forced to live by their laws.” “What laws?" “German was to be their universal language. We had to woman wag to be married. We' had been given three months to choose mates. YVe were to bear children. There was no property. No God. No amusement or sports. No art—except for education—propaganda, you might call It. No love, no sentiment. We were being told to consider ourselves as ants—part of a colony. The col- ony was all important, the individual James. He’d stayed once at dur castle. Is he—” - — “Very much go,” said Tony happily. “That will be marvelous! And how many of you—” Tony explained. “We have two camps.” “So I heard." “A van has gone ahead of us. It will deposit its stores and passengers at the new city, and then start at once to the other camp. We did not dare radio.” “They listen for you all day,” said Lady Cynthia. “And at night. But my other friends: Nesblt Darrington? Is he here?” There was silence.- “I see,” she said slowly. “And Haw- ley Tubbs?" ——-— maglned Ransdell as a reader of the Scriptures. “We must go oa He’d want It,” said Williamson. Tony nqdded. “The first van has left for your camp?” “Yes.” “And the second?" “Fifteen minutes ago." “It is about four miles from the road to your cai&p. Bnt I think those tractors can pull all the way la They will bring nothing butv people—and they’ll be able to accommodate every one.” He looked at his watch and pon dered. “They should be here before daybreak. Now—1> don’t know about the power and light in these dtles. Von Belts, suppose you take another man and start an Investigation of Its source. We’ll want to know that The other city I investigated had enormous subterranean granaries and store houses. Williamson—you search for them. Jack—you take care of hous- ing.’* : - . - " Again there was ^lienee. The Englishwoman sighed “So many people! Ah, God, so many! Why was I gpared? Why do I stand here this night with you on this for eign world? . . I’m sorry!” Tony Jumped. Von Belts was rap ping on the window of his driver’s compartment Tony peered through the window. Von Belts was pointing ahead. Tony’s eyes followed the German’s arm. Far away on the horizon the night sky was pinkly radiant At first he thought that It was the aurora. Then he knew. He turned to the oth ers. “There are the lights of our new home!” A murmur roSe, a prayer, a hushed thanksgiving. . . . Tony bent over Eve. “We’ll be safe soon, dear.” “Yes, Tony.” They came out on a valley floor. In the valley’s center was the bub ble of the new city. It was not as large as tSe^first one they But Its transparent cover was l cal; and, like the first, it was radiant with light Did the lights go on al over Bronson Beta every night? Had Ransdell turned them on? They did not know. They only saw out on the valley floor the resplendent glory of a Bronson Betan city at night, and be cause none there save Tony and Lady Cynthia had seen the sight before their emotions were Ineffable. “Surpassing a dream of heaven!" Duque_$ne_ murmured. “Magnificent!” Williams whispered. There were tears on almost every en raptured countenance. — Then a strange thing happened. Cole Hendron stirred. Eve dropped a tear on his face as she bent over him. Hendron put her hand aside and slowly, majestically, sat up in his Improvised cot “Father!” she said. He was staring at the city. “Cole!” Tony whispered. Cole Hendron stood now. “Tony, my son !” His words rang like iroa “Yes—" The greatest scientist Earth had ever produced stretched out his two hands toward the city. “The Promised fow his voice was thunder. “We’ve beep working on that," said Ransdell. "Tbere'g amrde room alreadT_ [_ Church - available—for your people and mine. ater “We’ve located the main conduits. They’re full. The water’s apparently IMPROVED UNIFORM^ INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY! chool Lesson By REV. P. B. KITZWATER, D. IX, Member of Faculty, Moody Blblo Institute of Chicaco. ©, Western Newspaper Union. Lesion for June 23 CHRISTIAN MISSIONS LESSON TEXT—Acts !:•-•; llrt-t*. CfOLDEN TEXT—Go ye Into all tho world, and preach tha gospel to every creature.—Mark H:16. PRIMARY TOPIC—Sharing the Good News .of Jesus. JUNIOR TOPIC—Paul Goes Preach ing. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP- IC—What Can I Do for Missions? YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—The Missionary Purpose of the U. S. COMBATING COUNTERFEITERS Rapid Increase of Bogus Bills Causes Much Concern. God-la clful In hla essential being, ftier- and compassionate. All his White tha secret service, chargee with protection of the currency of the United States, is always alert la the war against counterfeiters, pres ent conditions have necessitated even greeter vigilance. Two factors have led to a substan tial increase if counterfeiting. First, there waa the repeal of prohibition, with a resultant seeking of other fields by bootleggers. Second, the de pression has caused the reduction of r - , the “market” for “suckers" In con- fldenee-game manipulations, and therefore the necessity for the s<f called “slickers” to turn to other . -Income.—Acting Chief ■— Joseph E. Murphy, of the United ants, nothing.” “How did you escape?” “I’d elected to marry a leader. I was considering—seriously — jumping from a building In - one of the citlea. But I had a little more freedom than most . I was assigned to truck driv- “Fatherl” Said Hendron In a Mighty Voice. “We Thank Theei" Then He Pitched Forward. Ing. I went out every day to the gar dens for vegetables. I befriended one of the guards there, I made rather deceitful promises to him; and he let me enjoy what I had told him . was a craving of mine, going for a spin alone. I went, and I didn’t come back.” Duquesne asked: “Yon knew where to find us?” “Vaguely. In our city—the city waa called Bergrad, by them—there had been discussions of you. Our cap- tors called yon American rabble. They are determined to/subdue you." “Sweet!” said Williamson. “Of course—In the last days on earth—I’d read about you. I knew two or three of your party.. I knew Eliot was Eve sobbed. Tony felt a lump swell ing in bis throat Hendron looked up to the cold stars —to Arcturus and Sirius and Y’ega. “Father!” he said in a mighty voice. “YVe thank thee!” Then he pitched forward. Tony caught him, or he would have fallen to the earth. He lifted him back on his .pallet and opened- his coat. Dodson pushed through the herded people. The head 'of the physician bent over the old man’s chest He looked up. “His brain imagined this,” said Dod son. “He brought us h6re in his two hands, and with bis courage as our spiritual flame we shall remain!” It was an epitaph. Eve wept silently. Tony stood "behind her with his hands on her shoulders— mute consolation and strength. “Hendron’s dead,” was whispered through the throng. The city was now looming in front of them, the buildings Inside visible in detail and ^rising high over the heads of the travelers. They could see presently that the great gate , was opea Figures stood beside it, motionlessly watching their approach. Light poured over them. They were Inside the city. They slowed to a stop as the mighty portals boomed shut be- hlnd them. Ransdell had been one of those wait ing. Tony, leaped out, and Ransdell smiled. “YVelcome!’’ “Headren’s deadT* “Oh!” The people began to alight—but they were quiet and made no attempt to celebrate their security. Others came up. “YY’e’ll take his body Into one of these buildings,” said Tony. “In the morning we’ll bury hlfn—out there, under the sun and the stars—In the bare earth of Bronson Beta. Dodson, Duquesne and Eve sat in a room with Hendron’s body—a room of weird and gorgeous decoration, a room of august dimensions, a room indirect ly Illuminated. If-they had but known they woyld have been glad that Cole Hendron lay In the hall of the edifice that had been the home of the great est scientists of Bronson Beta some Incalculable age before them. Topy left the watchers reluctantly and sought Ransdell. "He died,” said Tony to Ransdell and the other peo ple, with hlin, “standing In thr trailer, thanking God, and staring at tye city; “Like Moses,” said Ransdell “A ■ingle glimpse of the Promised Land.” ' “Like Moses.” Tony looked with astonishment at the man He had net “I’ve Been Conducting a Search. So Have Five Other Poeeec. Nothing Hae Been Discovered, However." fresh. We’ve turned it on in this bnlld ing. We’re running a set of fountains in the reffr court and filling a swim ming pool to be sure it Is fresh.” “Right Shirley, find Kyto and ar range for a meal at daybreak. Pre pare for five hundred:—we’re almost that many." Shirley left >■ \ Hastily Tony dispatched others from his improvised headquarters Soon he was alone with Ransdell \ “I got your signal,” he said. "You wanted every one cleared out but me. YY’hy?” Ransdell glanced at the door. “For a good reason, Tony. I’ve got something Important to tell you?’ “YVhat?" e promises to and actions toward man have been with redemptive ends. I. Israel a Missionary Nation. Following the apostasy of the whole race, God called Abraham to become the head of a race through whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed (Gen. 12:1-3). The first gos pel promise, that of Genesis 3:15, was to become an actuality through the missionary activities of the Jewish people. 1. The nations of the earth Invited to look to God (Isa. 55:22). Israel was called to be the peculiar witness to the nations of Jehovah, the one God Deut. 6:4). 2. Christ given as a light to the nations (Is. 49:6). Christ Is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). Christ la the light of the world (John 8:12). 3. Jonah, a Jew, gpes as a mis sionary to a Gentile city (Jonah 3:1-10). Jonah Is prophetic of the na tion and God’s purpose for the Jews. YVhile the chosen nation has been dis obedient to God as Jonah was, yet after severe chastisement they shall fulfill the divine purpose. II. The Church a Mieeionary Or ganization. The very genius of the Church Is propagation through devout mission ary effort ^ ’ 1. The apostolic commlsklon (Matt. 28:18, 20). J a. The authority of Jesus (v. 18). God gave him all authority in^ayeq v and earth, b. The commission of the apostles (vv. 19, 20). •—>~ (1) It was to teach, that Is, make disciples of all nations (v. 19).—They- ROYS! GIRLS 1 were to make known to the world that • States secret service, says that, be cause of the peculiar economic con* | ditlons, counterfeiting is today onth« high tide. Great success, however, has at- ^ tended the efforts of the secret serv ice against the bogus-money entre- „ preneurs. The recent arrest In New York of Victor Lnstig, alias “tho Count,” Illustrates the thoroughness of the methods used. \ Secret service records show that In April, 1927, the Count, who has a long police record In thla and Euro pean countries, escaped from the Crown Point, Ind., Jail He turned to ' counterfeiting when he fonnd other operations lacking In profits. In December, 1933 Investigation re vealed that Lnatlg waa Interested In the (output of counterfeit notes, some of which were found in the home of a Chicago printer named Davis. The search for the coant extended Into several states, and ended In hla ad- rest In New York city, where he was picked up. The trail terminated In a Tlmea Square subway station locker. There police and federal agents discovered a collection of steel, copper and glaf plates representing many types ei government paper money. Sometimes unusual methods are used In passing counterfeits. Recent ly, when a woman In New York, who owed a $2 ( 5u0 mortgage, advertised In a newspaper to sell a bracelet and some diamonds, she was answered by facile-tongued crooks. They bought her Jewelry for 22 1100 bills, which were Bogus. “There’s somebody else in this city." Tony smiled. *T know that feeling. James and I had it You get used to it”, Ransdell shrugged. “I’m not queasy— you know’. I don’t get those feelings. Here’s my evidence: I drove the first caravan. • When I reached the gates, I saw something whisk around a distant building.. It might have been a man— it might have been the end of one of these little automobiles. . . . Then, after I’d started things going, I took s walk. I found this.” He handed.Tony a half of a sand-, wlch. A bite had been taken out of t—a big bite. The other half and the lining were missing. But the bread was fresh. Tony stared at it. "Good Lord!” “That bread would be stale in twelrs hours, lying as It was on the street” “Anything else?” "This building was open. The others were shut YVe used your instructions for getting into them. But In here, things were—disturbed. Chairs, tables There was a ball of paper on the floo* of this room. Nothing on It” Rans dell produced a crumbled sheet of pa per. • -< The Other People had paper,” Tonj said. Not paper watermarked In Eng lish.” Tony walked around the fbom, pon dering this. “Well?” There can’t be many people. Since we arrived, ever since I found the sandwich. I’ve been conducting a search. So have five other small pos ses. Nothing was discovered, however.” "I see." Tony sat down. “The Mid- ianites have foreseen our scheme, then, and put watchers here.” “Of course,” said Ransdell, “it might be so.me one else. The Midlanites might have explored here—and left The Other People had bread—like ours more or less; and this isn’t familiar— exactly. It*looks like whole wheat—” Tony grinned. “You aren’t seriously suggesting that the Other People may be alive here?” “YVhy nqt?” "YVell—why not? Anyway—some one Is. Spies—ghosts—some one.” > It was growing light when the tracks came back from the other camp. Tony was busy with hot soup when Peter Vanderbilt approached him. “Where’s Von Belt*?” “I don’t know." “Didn’t he see you?" f “No ” - TO BB CONTINUED. Octopuses Fed Snails 'Octopuses are served with snalU cooked in oil In Soothsra Italy. Christ died to save sinners. (2) Baptize those who believed. This baptism was to be in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, In dicating that tW 1 believer has been brought into definite relationship to each member of the Holy Trinity. (3) To teach the disciples obedi ence (v. 20). Profession la not enough. Oberlence must issue. ** c. The all-sufficient promise (▼. 20). . There would constantly be the blessing and fellowship of the all- powerful Savior and Lord. 2. The missionary program (Acts 1:6-8). The Church is under solemn obligation to witness to all the world of the gracious salvation which has been provided in Christ. 3. The first foreign missionaries (Acts 13:12). The occasion for this enterprise was a meeting" of certain pnophets and teachers at Antioch. While these ministers were engaged In praying, the Lord laid heavily upon their hearts the evangelization of the world. This marks the beginning of foreign missions as the deliberately planned enterprise of the Christian Church. 4. Preaching the gospel In Europe (Acts 16:6-10). Paul’s Inclination was to tarry in Asia Minor preaching the YVord, but he was carried along by the Spirit. The Holy Spirit Is just aa active in closing doors a^ In opening them. The time had come for the gospel to begin its conquest of an other continent Paul, being hemmed in on all sides, was given the vision of a man of Macedonia pleading for help. 5. Preaching Christ before Agrtppa (Acts 26:12-20). Paul, having been brought before the king, took ad vantage of the opportunity to witness to him of the Savior. Observe, a. His manner of life (v. 12). He showed tl.at he had been in strictest accord with the most rigid sect of the Jews. b. His supernatural conver sion (vv. 13-15). Christ had appeared to him on the way to Damascus and revealed b Imself t0 hlm - "■ Jesus Cnrist commissioned him for a work (vv. 16-18). He was sent to the Gen tiles to open their blind eyes, to tu|-n them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God. <L His consecration (vv.T9, 20). He rendered Immediate obedience to his commis sion. He showed that the opposition which be now experienced was due to his vigorous prosecution of hla work. _ Read the Grape-Nuts ad In another column of this paper and team hew to Join the Dizzy Dean Wlnnera and win valuable free prises.—Adv. Anger a Handicap Anger openly expressed can keep a man poor. 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