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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE, CLAYTON, GEORGIA.
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ROMANCE OF TMTfiTlJRE
SYNOPSIS.
ORVATH
and DEAN HOARD
COPYRIGHT.1913 "BY W.3.GHAPMAN IN THE- UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN *>
election will bring the long expected
event—that Is, the nomination of the
For fifty years the continent of North i first woman President. And the eye
America had been Isolated from the rest 0 j t j, e Continental Club rests on you!”
of the world by the use of Z-rays, a won
derful Invention of Hannibal Prudent.
The Invention had saved the country
from foreign Invasion, and the continent
had been united under one government
with Prudent as president. For half a
century peace and prosperity reigned in
this part of the world. The story opens
with President Prudent critically 111. ill s
death Is hastened by the receipt of a
message from Count von Werdcnsteln ot
Germany that he has at last succeeded In
penetrating the rays. Dying, ho warns
nls dnughter Astra that this means a for
eign Invasion. He tells her to hurry to
the Island of Clrynlth, but dies before he
can tell the location of the place.
CHAPTER II.—Continued.
One of them, noticeable for his tall,
upright figure, clear eyes and bronzed
face, hastened to the helioboard; he
was followed by a short man, whoee
rotundity more than made up for his
lack of height. The tall man with the
bronzed face eagerly watched the
sparkling news, as he had been cut
off from any form of communication
on the Tube Line for fourteen hours.
The sparks at that moment were print
ing some uninteresting commercial
news, but soon the following notice ap
peared:
“The cremation of the ex-Presldent,
Hannibal Prudent, will be held at 4:00
p. m. Thursday."
“Too late!” whispered the stranger
sadly, removing hie hat. “Friend San
tos, we are too late. How happy, how
contented he would have been had he
received the news I wanted to give
him personally before he left.” He
took the arm of his friend. “Come,
Santos, we have some hard work In
store."
They took the elevator to the aero
station of the depot, where they board
ed the south-bound aero bus. A few
minutes later they landed at the ter
race of the American Hotel.
The same morning Astra received
several committees offering their sym
pathies and condolences. When the
last one had gone she sank exhausted
on a couch. She had rested but a
moment when a servant brought In a
card. She Blghed wearily and made
a motion ot dissatisfaction when she
read the name “Ambroslo Hale.”
The man was admitted. As he en
tered he bowed deeply before the
weary girl who stood there In her
black gown, looking like an angel of
sorrow. The exquisite face had taken
on a new beauty through her affliction,
which the newcomer quickly noticed
"I have come, my poor, suffering
girl, as a friend of your father. Dur
ing these days of sorrow your worn
Astra Had Long Ago Discovered
Some Bestial Trait In Him.
an’s heart needs the aid of a strong
man. Your father honored me with
his Intimate friendship, and I want to
offer you my services."
“Thank you very much, Mr. Hale.
Your kindness touches me. It Is good
to know that there are friends upon
whom I can count during these sad
days. My beloved father, however,
made such far-reaching arrangements
that I hardly think there Is any need
of your assistance. But I thank you
with all my heart.”
With these words she offered her
hand to Hale, who retained It In his
grasp greedily.
“I also want to tell you something
confidential, my dear Astra: The Con
tinental Club feels that ihie coming
Astra smiled serenely.
"Should the country select me for
Its executive, I shall be glad to serve’,
and I will do my best to carry out the
plans formed by my father for the fur
therance of tho United Republics.
She looked at the man whose ferret
like eyes could not leave her face,
whose thick lips were parted, showing
row of gleaming teeth. In spite of
his handsome appearance Astra had
long ago discovered some bestial trait
In him, and had often wondered how
her father could extend his friendship
to such a man. These thoughts flitted
through the brain of the girl, then an
afterthought came and Bhe asked:
Mr. Hale, can you give me any In
formation In regard to a place I can
not find?"
I will do my best, my dear Astra,'
said Hale, bb Astra hesitated.
“Do you know a town, a district,
village or any other place by the
name of ‘Cirynith?’ ”
Mr. Hale thought for a moment, then
admitted that he had never heard of
the place.
Astra felt some satisfaction.
As Hale left the crystal palace, he
met the tall, bronzed man who had
arrived on the fourteen-hour limited
from San Francisco that morning, on
the broad stairway that led up to the
main entrance. He eyed the sunburnt
athletic man curiously; the man, not
withstanding his modish style of dress,
looked a stranger.
In the hall, he handed his card to
the waiting servant without a «word.
The servant looked at it and saw but
one name:
"Napoleon Edison."
As the stranger had no appointment,
Astrp told the servant to advise him
that she could not receive anyone un
til Thursday evening, after the crema
tion of her father’s earthly remains.
Edison shook his head somewhat Im
patiently.
"If you say It is her wish not to see
me until Thursday evening, I must
wait notwithstanding the Importance
of my mission.”
He turned, left as hurriedly as he
came. His whole being seemed sur
charged with energy.
Napoleon Edison met hts short
friend Cantos on the roof garden be
fore the hourly stylograph. The round,
ruddy cheeked man was watching the
helloboard with Interest He enjoyed
the great city immensely, and at that
moment he was laughing heartily at
the comic section shown on the board.
The newspaper was reproducing some
funny pictures made by a Chicago art
ist In the early days of the twentieth
century. “I have never seen such
amusing brain products In my life," he
said.
Edison smiled at the amusement of
the man he called Santos. Taking his
arm, he led him to the elevator. This
tlme v *>ey went to the subway tube
and,'after making some Inquiries o'
the guard, Edison bought two tickets
for New York. It took two hours for
them to make the journey between
Washington and New York.
After they left the train, the two
elbowed their way through excited and
mourning crowds. Santos could hardly
keep pace with the long strides of
Edison. They turfied Into Forty-sec
ond street from the avenue and hur
ried into the Hippodrome, an immense,
but very old structure, a relic of the
nineteenth century.
The continental party had gathered
In this building and a somewhat Btout
woman was Bpeaklng when the two
strangers entered. The audience list
ened to the woman with intense atten
tion; her pleasant, strong contralto
voice filled the great hall and she
brought out Important points In her
address with decisive strokes.
Edison and Santos stopped and list
ened.
“To whom do we owe all these bless
ings? To whom must we give thanks
for the thousands of other things that
add comfort to home life, travel and
national existence? To whom but the
man whose soul has left the clay and
entered the land of peace: Hannibal
Prudent, ex-PreBldent of the United
Republics of America.
"I know that many of the section-
lets and Internationalists say we are
Isolated from the countries that gave
us our an^stors; I know that tho sec-
tlonlats think the Isolation was an out
rage against our further development
in art, literature and sclenco. They
think those things, but we continental-
lsts know differently.
"It is true no Italian Bingers can be
Imported to please the ears of the
wealthy; It Is true that we cannot add
ancient pictures to our collections of
masterpieces; It Is true that the
yachts of our rich cannot make a tour
of the Mediterranean; but compare
our losses with our gains!
"Since the Isolation we have creat
ed our American art! Does not that
alone pay for our Isolation?
"Our singers sing the airs of our
country; our artists paint pure, be
loved objects and scenes known to all
of us.
"Look at our magnificent, lofty ar
chitecture, our terraces and roof gar
dens at our reversible street covers,
at the swinging gardens, tube and
aerial roads. These are our own—
theso are not Influenced by foreign
education. We created them our
selves."
She stopped for a moment, stretched
out her shapely arm and continued:
“Before the Isolation of our conti
nent, we were a mixture of all the na
tions of the world; today we are a na
tion complete In ourselves. There are
no English, Irish, Dutch, German, Ital
ians or Spaniards left. These nation
alities have merged a d produced the
citizen of America.”
Her voice sank lower and vibrated
with emotion.
"A now item has sparkled through
the country, a bit of news even more
heart-breaking than the news of the
departure of the greatest man our
country has produced. I mean the
news that our stronghold 1b near Its
breakdown, that European scientists
have discovered the way to Invade our
Isolation. I pray that the news Is un
true, but Bhould It be true, then we
will have to prepare for defense.
“Compatriots, true citizens! Who
can fill the executive chair more satis
factorily than the one who, throughout
her whole life, has been prepared for
It? I call to you and ask you to give
your best judgment for the cause and
with one heart and one thought nomi
nate for the contlnentallst candidate
the daughter of Prudait, Astra Pru
dent—”
Here she was interrupted by a heavy
voice thundering:
“No female rule fonK).'
That was all he say, ns his
voice flattened out behind a healthy
slap delivered resoundingly on the dis
turber’s mouth. The hand and arm
that administered this rebuke belonged
to Napoleon Edison. With a strong
Jerk he turned the surprised man
toward the door and hb waa carried
on and on as If he were a wreck be
ing tossed by stormy waves. When
order was restored, the speaker con
tinued:
“With all my heart I trust Miss Pru
dent will be the nominee of the con-
tlnentallsts. Those who agree with
me, kindly stand up!"
As one body the audience rose and
50,000 voices thundered “Hurrah! for
the continental nominee!"
Then the oratrlx sat down.
Astra, In her own room In the crys
tal palace, saw and heard through the
electro-stylograph the whole proceed
ings of tho New York continental
party in the Hippodrome. She had
raised her hand to disconnect her ma
chine when a man from the audience
asked for the right to speak.
According to the rules of the party,
all who desired had the right to make
an address, so this request was readily
granted. Since no one asked for this
man’s name, it was not disclosed. He
walked calmly forward, closely fol
lowed by a short, fat man who
stopped only when his tall friend
mounted the platform. This tall man
was dressed in a gray traveling suit
Instead of mourning, but on his arm
was a broad black band.
All the attention of the great audi
ence was centered on the athletic fig
ure and the sunburnt, frank face of
the young man. Astra’s Instrument
showed these details to her as plainly
as If she were sitting In one of the
boxes, and she was thrilled as his
eyes seemed to look straight Into hers.
"Ladles and Gentlemen," he began
"I have a message to deliver to the
political party In which I believe; do
not ask me how I happen to be the
Instrument that was selected to con
vey this message to you, but I beg'
of you to seriously consider my words.
"You have all heard or read about
the warning that came to our dear
dead, the ex-Presldent, Hannibal Pru
dent." ,
There was silent emotion In his
voice when he mentioned that name.
"That warning is only too true. Our
enemies, defeated fifty years ago, have
found a way to break through our iso
lation; they have spent these fifty
years planning revenge! We can,
through Hannibal Prudont’s efforts,
put off their Invasion for one year
which will give us a little time to pre
pare for defense. Contlnentallsta. my
brothers In conviction, spread strength
and faith through the mighty land, as
God has given us, just as ho did fifty
years ago, a man to liberate this coun
try from the oppressor’s hand. God,
In his Infinite goodness, has given us
another Instrument to repel the Btorm-
lng enemies.”
His voice filled the great hall; hlB
words were convincing through the
sincerity of the orator.
As ho opened his mouth to speak
again, the large helloboard began to
show many colored zig-zag sparks and
the audience watched It In apprehen
sion; the whole atmosphere was
charged with an Inexplicable feeling ot
expectation. Not a person moved un
til the man on the platform stepped
quickly down to the operating table of
the electro-stylograph and adjusted
the Instrument Into the right receiving
socket. The sparking ceased and
blurred, but dlecernlble, a picture ap
peared.
As the audience stared the pictures
became somewhat clearer and they
saw what appeared to be tremendous
sea monsters lying Immovable on the
bosom of the ocean. The huge bulks
of metal, showing unknown forms of
warfare, were pointed menacingly at
the silent audience, which was repre
sentatlve of the fifty years Just past;
the comparison showed clearly that
the science and genius of the Euro
peans had only produced a perfection
of death-dealing Instruments, while
the Americans had advanced In sci
ence, art, literature and a general de
velopment of the human race.
The great audience, which had been
so enthusiastic, now sat as motionless
as a bird that has been charmed by
a snake, intently watching the wonder
ful picture that moved and changed
Incessantly; huge airships of an Im
proved type, resembling the old style
Zeppelin, glittered brightly, as they
moved with ponderous grace.
Every conceivable form of mono and
bi-plane came gliding by; and each
and every form of locomotion carried
unmistakable signs of their destiny—
a machine of destruction.
As the pictures vanished a sigh
Issued from every heart and a rustle
of relaxation stirred the multitude
Many turned toward the platform, hop
ing to see the man who had last spok
en, but he was K°ne.
By the time the people who had
been favoied by a night of the enemies’
destructive forces, began to leave the
hippodrome, that young man was on
his way to the capital. He was none
other than Napoleon Edison.
(TO I1F. CONTINUED.)
On the Jokeemith.
Senator Lodge, at a banquet In New
York, once found himself beside a
well-known newspaper paragrapher.
Senator Lodge complimented the
paragrapher on his work.
"But how on earth,” he cried, "do
you write twenty jokes a day?"
"With a typewriter," tho other an
swered, and he smiled.
But Senator Lodge's retort was
ready.
“Oh, Is that so?" said he. “I thought
you used some copying process."
be-
The Difference.
Marks—What Is the difference
tween lunch and luncheon?
Parks—Well, :ny idea Is that "lunch"
Is masculine and “luncheon" is femi
nine."
Sometimes Works.
MrB. Exe—I can’t get my daughter
to take any interest In kitchen work at
all.
Mrs. Wye—Have you ever tried call
ing It domestic science?
Usual Climax.
“Children, children, what In the
world Is tho matter?”
‘‘We is playin' comlo supplement,
and Joey won’t stand up so 'at I kin
hit him on the head with the cuspi
dor.”—Judge.
Good Reason.
“Why have you never sued any of
your divorced husbands for alimony?”
“By the time I’m ready to leave a
man he’s always bankrupt."—Judge.
Information.
"Is that flying machine a dirigible
one?”
"No; It’s a balloon.” — Baltimore
American.
Quite So.
"Well, he’s on Easy street now.”
“Through questionable transac
tions."
"On tho shady side, eh?"
Why, of Course.
Ethel—What do they do with an
automobile when it turns turtle?
Maude—It goes Into the soup, silly I
The average length of life, It Is
stated, rose from twenty one and one-
quarter years In tho sixteenth century
to forty and one-half years in the nine
teenth century.
NEWEST IDEA IN EDUCATION
Cinematograph Films Are to Be Put
to Uae In thd Higher German
Schoola.
According to offi&.l Information re
cently received by-Yje United States
bureau of educatlo. Itbe use of mov
ing pictures in ediTsilon has had a
significant Impetus German govern
ment circle*. 1 hfFv’rusalan ministry
|w considering tho
fploftufc clnemato-
L of the higher edu-
>a, as applicable to
instruction, and a
oauufucturers have
jiipujtunlty to show
' at films they have
educational pur-
A man will give up a dollar for a 50-
cent article that he wants, and a wom
an will give up 49 cents for an article
that she doesn't want—and there you
are.
The municipal authorities of Berlin
have forbidden men to smoke while
driving automobiles, ruling that many
accidents have been due to tho prac
tice.
I suppose that almost any sort of
success looks like failure from the In
side. It must be a poor creature that
comes up to his own mark.—W. D.
Howells.
"Why do you keep such a careless
servant?" "She Is the only one that
my clothes wouldn’t fit.”—Judge.
How foolish to carry a heavy load
of trouble In one’s hip pocket!
of education is
feasibility of
graph films Sr.
catkmal Inst!'
certain coun
number ofj
been given an
the authorities
that are adatei
poses.
A well knowT<|;
cently donated ^
ing picture
Berlin, one t
tioa Instltut
the other In
iW
iianthroplst has ro
ll full equipped mov
es to the schools of
sed In the Contluua-
Igher Teachers and
gh schools of Great-
g picture films are
now available In Germany for anato
mical, biological and bacteriological
courses, and it Is believed there that
an enormous field for them will be
opened up when educators fully realize
their value.
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