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CHAPTER IV—Continued
«I think the people looked first to
•he President, anyway; and the Presi¬
dent had the good sense take to full kick author¬ poli¬
tics in the face and
ity upon himself to do anything and
everything which he thought would
keep the country in operation. There
w as some trouble In the army and
nav y. still more in the National Guard,
especially with soldiers who were fa¬
thers arid wanted to remain with their
families. I suppose there are nearly
half a million men doing police duty
right now."
Hendron looked keenly at Tony.
"That's all according to the plan that
the League worked out before the
news broke. A man named Carey Is
largely responsible for It. He’s an
economist. F believe he’s a guest at
the White House right now, and has
been for ten days."
"I’ve seen his name,” Tony said, and
continued : ‘‘As I was saying, it hasn’t
made as much difference as you would
imagine. I saw one nasty riot in Bal¬
timore, between soldiers on one side
and cops on the other, but in half an
hour it was all over. I think that the
work of keeping the public informed
has been marvelous. The radio goes
(werty-four hours a day, and the news¬
papers appear as often as they have
anything fresh to print. People are
kept encouraged and reassured and
directed. Of course, part of the gen¬
eral calmness Is due simply to mass
Inertia. For every person that will get
hysterical or do something foolish,
there are about ten who will not only
fail to get hysterical, but who will not
even recognize that their lives are
presently going to be changed entirely.
The whole city of Philadelphia, with
the exception of the university, is
aim.<>t unaltered. Anyway, that’s the
Impression you get of it.
“And the unemployed have been
corraled en masse. There is a project
to turn the entire basin of the Missis¬
sippi north and west of Kansas City
Into an abode for the coast popula¬
tions, and the unemployed are building
there, I understand, quarters for ten
million people. Most of them are tem¬
porary. They are also planting vast
areas of lands in crops. I imagine that
they are going to compel the migra¬
tion when the interior of the country
is prepared as well as possible to re¬
ceive it. and when the danger of tidal
waves draws near. As a matter of
(act, every industrial center is work-
in.' at top speed, and Chicago Is head¬
quarters for their produce. I don’t
Just remember the figures, but an np-
pailing quantity of canned goods, cloth¬
ing, medical supplies, and things like
that are being prepared and distrib¬
uted to bases in the Mississippi valley.
Granted that the valley remains in¬
habitable, I really believe that a ma¬
jority of our population will be suc¬
cessfully moved there and installed for
an indefinite time.”
‘‘It's wonderful, isn’t it?” Eve said.
Tony nodded. “The machinery which
organized millions of men during the
war was still more or less available
for this much bigger undertaking, from
Brighter and Brighter, and Higher
* nd Higher, Each Night the
trange stars Stood in the South-
* n Ski *s. Indeed, One Ceased to
Resemble a Star at All.
t
stan dpoint of plans and human
' Ts. 1 he hardest tiling is to convince
e P eo Ple that it must be done; but
“* eaders have recognized the fact
n ' are going ahead. A sort of
j ha pros-
•■ ■ » returned. Of course, all
r ' ces and wages rigidly fixed
are
x there is more than enough
,r to go around, and keeping busy
secret of holding the masses in
*fflotlona] . balance.,
I can’t give you a really good pic-
0 /‘ " It all. I really in know very little
11 came dashes—things
r * n news
th. "•11°. Papers, things heard over
things told me; but this
ptp ry at * east has K ra sped the basic
* t, at there is going to be trouble,
, ^great trouble,
In a short time."
J-te so," Hendron said. “Now
ja ’out the rest of the world?”
* r **t of the world?” Tony re¬
peated Hendron’s Inquiry. “1 don’t
know much about the rest of the
world. What I do know i’ll tell you;
but tiie information is garbled, contra¬
dictory and unreliable. For one thing,
many of the European nations are still
foolishly trying to keep their plans
secret in order to protect their bor¬
ders, and so on. in fact, I wouldn’t be
at all surprised if they fell to fighting.
There seems to he small thought of
co-operation, and they stick fiercely to
national lines.
“England’s labor troubles festered
the minute she tried to Institute com¬
pulsory work for those who tended her
utilities. I believe London was with¬
out power or light for five or six days.
There was a vast amount of sabotage.
The police fought battles through Pic¬
cadilly and Trafalgar square with
armed mobs.
“Australia and Canada, on the other
hand, acted very much as the United
States has acted. They got down to
brass tacks and the doing what they
can for and with their people. So Is
South Africa.
“The French are very gay about it,
and very mad. The whole country is
filled with sputtering, ineffective peo¬
ple. They're playing politics for all it’s
worth, and new cabinets come and go,
sometimes at the rate of three a day,
without ever getting anything accom¬
plished at all. But at least they have
kept functioning us a nation. In Ger¬
many a few communists were killed;
and so were a few Jews.
“Mussolini is struggling to keep his
control—so far, with success. As for
Russia, little is known. Of course it is
a terrible blow to the Soviet I be¬
lieve the government is carrying on
rather bitterly, but ns best it can.
China is still just China. So you can
tel] very little about it. In South Amer¬
ica the news has served merely to
augment the regular crop of revolu¬
tions."
Tony put down his fork. “That’s all
I know.” He reached for a cigarette
and lighted it. “What to expect tomor¬
row or a week from tomorrow, no one
can say. Since it’s Impossible to tell
just how high tides will be, how far
Inland they will rush, and what areas
will be devastated, and since not even
the best guess will he any indication
whatsoever of where the land may
rise, where it may fait, and what por¬
tions of it will witness eruptions and
quakes, it may be that even the gigan¬
tic steps being taken by some govern¬
ments will be futile.”
After dinner Leighton ushered Rans-
deil into the apartment. Tony was
furious. He had hoped to have Eve to
himself.
How he had hoped to have her, and
with what further satisfaction, he did
not define; but at least he knew that
he wanted Ransdell away.
“He has flown five times to Wash¬
ington for Father,” Eve explained,
“And he’s wonderful in the labora¬
tory. He has a genius for mechanics.’’
The South African listened to this
account of himself with embarrass¬
ment ; and Tony realized that under
any other circumstances he would have
liked him. In fact, originally Tony
had liked David Ransdell immensely—
until he had realized that he also was
to go with him—and with Eve—on the
Space Ship!
CHAPTER V
Brighter and brighter, and higher
and higher, each night the strange
stars stood in the southern skies. In¬
deed, one ceased to resemble a star
at all and appeared, instead, as a
small full moon which grew balefully
each night; and now the other also
showed a disc even to the naked eye.
Each night, also, they altered posi¬
tion slightly, relatively to each other.
For the gravitational control of the
larger—Bronson Alpha —swung the
smaller, Bronson Beta, about it in an
orbit like that' of the moon about the
earth. paralyzed
Their plain approach en¬
terprise on the earth. Throughout the
civilized world two professions above
all others adhered most universally to
their calling: day and night, in the
face of famine, blood, fire, disaster and
every conceivable form of human an¬
guish, doctors and surgeons clung
steadfast to their high calling; and
day and night amid the weltering
change of conditions and in the glut
of fabulous alarms and reports, the
men who gathered news and printed
It, labored to fulfill their purposes.
from the opening chapters
Ransdell arrives »rrivp* a at New Ne^^ York from South Africa, commissioned to de-
David _ Drake calls at the
^ D( . Cole Hendron. Tony
two planets, which hava with the earth must be the end of our world,
result The approachmg of the inevltab bodies le B ° 11,8,0I on J ^ t0 aB Bronson earth Alpha and and demolish Bronson It. Beta. To
wBl pass but “u the th other will hit the
Bronson Beta transfeirrinir to Beta Is what Is occupying the minds
devise means of ^ Days Hendron plans to build a
of the members of the andinK Bronson Beta with refugees from
i^rt^ToS , on build the ship.
rounds suitable men and women to
up
DADE COUNTY TIMES: FEBRUARY
Tony saw more of the world's activi¬
ties than most of Its citizens at tills
time. He had scarcely returned from
his first tour of the eastern cities when
he was sent out again, this time to the
Middle and Far West. That journey
was arduous because of .the .Increasing
difficulties of travel. The railroads
were moving the Pacific' Ah'd the At¬
lantic civilizations Inland, ami pas¬
senger trains ran on uneasy schedules.
He saw the vast accumulation of
freight in the mid western depots. He
saw the horizon-filling settlements be¬
ing prepared. He saw the breath-tak¬
ing readies of prairie which had been
put under cultivation to feed the new
horde in the high flat country north
and west of Kansas.
Along the Pacific coast he observed
the preparations being made for the
withdrawal from the western ocean.
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, San Fran¬
cisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, were
digging up their roots. Millionaires
drove eastward in great limousines
with their most priceless treasures
heaped around them.
Tony’s work was varied. He con¬
tinued to send hack by ones and twos
those scientists whose counsel Hern¬
don desired, and the flow’er of the
be, Kve.” He could not any more.
When Tony went down, tiie street
was still filled with people. All the
people were talking. They walked,
but it did not seem to matter to them
what direction they took or what
chance company tli\v shared.
Tiie strange small moon, growing
larger each night, shone palely in tiie
sky.
Tuny iiailed n cab. His eyes settled
on ills slices when he sat down. Into
every thought darted tiie face of Eve
as he had last seen it—a face growing
hourly more haggard. He remembered
the downcasting of her eyes.
When Tony arrived at ids apartment
tie called a number in Greenwich,
Connecticut, waited an abnormally
long time, then asked a maid for Mrs.
Drake. His voice was warm and calm.
“Well, Mother. How are you?”
His mother’s reply was controlled,
but nerves stabbed through every word
she said. “Tony, darling! I’ve tried
and tried to reach you. Oh! I’m Just
an inch short of fainting, i thought
something had happened to you.”
“Sorry, Mother. I’ve been busy.”
“I know. Come right out and tell
me all about It.”
useful in the event of a great cata¬
clysm.
Hendron’s own ideas were still un-
crystalized: he felt with increasing in¬
tensity tiie need for gathering together
tiie best brains, tiie healthiest bodies
and the stanchest hearts that could be
found. He had a variety of plans. He
had founded two stations in the United
States, and was in tiie process of equip¬
ping them for all emergencies. Under
the best conditions, the personality of
his group might divide into two parts
and move to those stations, there to
remain until tiie first crisis passed so
that afterward they could emerge as
leaders in tiie final effort against doom.
Under the pressure of the impend¬
ing destruction, his scientists had
pushed their experiments in obtaining
power from atomic disintegration to a
point where the power of tiie atom
could be utilized, within limits, as a
propulsive force.
Hendron had thereupon succeeded
In bombarding tiie surface of the moon
with a projectile that was, in Its es¬
sentials, a small rocket. He had set¬
tled the problems of hull composition,
insulation and aeration, which would
arise in such a vessel, if made In a
size to he occupied by men.
The chief problem that remained un¬
solved was a metal sufficiently re¬
The Black Buildings Which Man Had Deserted.
sistant to the awful force Hendron em¬
ployed. Even the experimental flig’lit rockets
often failed in their because the
heat generated by the atomic combus¬
tion within them melted and blew
away tiie walls intended to retain it.
So, at the Hendron laboratories, the
world’s metallurgists concentrated
itieir forces upon finding an alloy cap¬
able of withstanding the temperatures
and pressures involved in employing
atomic energy as a driving force.
Tony visited both of Hendron’s sta¬
tions. One was in Michigan and one
in New Mexico, lie brought hack re¬
ports on the progress being made there
in the construction of laboratories, ma¬
chine shops and dormitories.
He found Hendron sleepless and
Icily calm in the midst of his multitu¬
dinous enterprises.
But Eve showed the strain more
than her father, and during the first
evening, which they spent together,
she expressed her fear: “Father's
greatest'hope was that Ins ship would
be successful. There is more informa¬
tion than has been given out about the
Bronson bodies. We admit that they
will come very close. Terribly close.
We do not admit yet precisely how
close.”
They were standing together on the
balcony overlooking the brightly lighted
and still noisy city. Their arms were
locked together In defiance of their
oath to the league.
“He’ll succeed," Tony said.
“He has succeeded, except that
every rocket he builds is limited In the
distance It can fly and the power it
can use by the fact that its propulsive
tubes melt. There Isn’t a metal nor
nn alloy in the world that will with¬
,
stand that heat."
Tony did not answer. After a long
silence she spoke again. “It’s an awful
thing, Tony. Look down there. Look
down on the city. Think of the peo¬
ple. Look at the lights, and then
imagine water, mountains of It. Water
that would reach to here!”
Tony held her arm more tightly.
“Don’t torture yourself, Eve.”
“I can’t help it Oh, Tony, just
think of it!"
“Well, that’s the way things have to
“1 can’t."
There was a pause. “You can t put
it in words?”
“No.”
There was another long pause. Mrs.
Drake’s voice was lower, more trem¬
ulous—and yet it was not tiie voice of
a hysterical or an unreasoning wom¬
an. “Tell me, Tony, how bad is it
going to be?”
IIow could he tell her that for tier,
there was annihilation, but for him¬
self some chance of escape? She
would wish it for him, whatever hap¬
pened to herself; hut he could not
accept it. A berth In the Space Ship,
leaving her here! Leaving here mil¬
lions of mothers—and children, too!
But probably no one at all would
be saved, Tony recollected almost with
relief. Work on the Space Ship, in
recent days, was not really advancing.
They were field up from lack of a ma¬
terial to withstand the power that
science now could loose from the
atom. The idea of escape was prob¬
ably only a fantasy, utterly vain. So
thinking, Tony ended his talk, and put
up the receiver.
Taxicabs had been sent for Tony
and his party. They made their way
immediately downtown to the big
building which housed the Hendron
laboratories. The cab had covered a-
few blocks when Tony realized that
throughout its length and breadth Man¬
hattan had been depopulated. Here
and there a lone figure was visible—
usually a figure in the uniform of a
policeman or a soldier. Once he
thought he caught sight of a man
skulking in the shadows of a doorway.
But he was not sure. And there were
no women, no children.
After the sun had set, it was easy to
appreciate why the last recalcitrant
thousands of New York’s populace had
departed. The Bronson Bodies, on
this night, rose in frightful majesty: a
sphere of lustrous white larger than
the moon, and a second sphere much
smaller, but equally brilliant. Their
awesome illumination flooded the city,
rendered superfluous the street lights
which, however, remained stubbornly
burning.
There were few lights In the sky¬
scrapers, As the taxies bowled through
the murk and dark, unchecked by
traffic signals, Tony and Jack Taylor
shuddered involuntarily to see the
black buildings which man had de¬
serted. -
At the elevator they were met by
Eve. She kissed Tony, In an ecstasy
of defiance, and then hurried to assist
his group in the removal of their bag’
gage, and in directing its disposal
Every one left the street reluctantly
The Benson Bodies were hypnotic
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Lesson for February 10
CHURCH IN BREWERY
Men working at a brewery at Dal.
Stead, Essex, England, regularly at¬
tend services at a church situated
In the middle of tiie brewery.
Services are held every Sunday
afternoon so that the employees,
who work throughout the week sur¬
rounded by barrels and beer, may
meet together for spiritual refresh¬
ment.
On special occasions, such as har¬
vest festivals and Christmas serv¬
ices, local clergymen assist ths
brewery men in conducting the serv¬
ices. In their spare time the men
keep their unique place of worship
spick-and-span and are extremely
proud of it.
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong. No alcohol. Sold
by druggists in tablets or liquid.—Adv.
Real Charity
Charity is not a plan of giving t
charity Is tiie luxury of doing good.
Appetite gone?
PETER PREACHES AT PENTECOST
LESSON TEXT—Acts 2:22-28, 36-42.
GOLDEN TEXT—Then Peter said un¬
to them, Repent, and be baptized every
one of you In the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:38.
PRIMARY TOPIC — When Peter
Preached a Great Sermon.
JUNIOR TOPIC—What Peter Preached
at Pentecost.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP¬
IC —The Story of a Wonderful Day.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP¬
IC—The Source of Spiritual Power.
In teaching this lesson it is essential
that the full meaning of Pentecost be
apprehended. It is desirable, therefore,
that the entire second chapter of Acts
be brought into view.
I. The Day of Pentecost Fully Come
(vv. 1-13).
1. The significance of the day (v.
1) . Pentecost is from a Greek word
meaning fifty. It was tiie feast held
fifty days after tiie wave sheaf offer¬
ing (Lev. 23:16). The wave sheaf typi¬
fies the resurrection of Christ (I Cor.
15:20-23).
2. Tiie gift of the Holy Spirit (vv.
2-4). On tliis day the Holy Spirit de¬
scended upon the disciples. This does
not mean that the Spirit was not in
tiie world before tills, for throughout
all tiie ages lie lias been in the world,
giving light and life to it.
3. Upon whom the Spirit came (v.
1; cf. 1:13-15). The twelve and others,
both men and women, to the number
of one hundred twenty, which shows
that tiie gift of tiie Holy Spirit was
for all believers, not merely the apos¬
tles.
4. The marks of the Spirit (vv. 2-4).
These marks were external and in¬
ternal.
a. External.
(1) The sound of a mighty wind (v.
2) . This is suggestive of the mysteri¬
ous, pervasive and powerful energy of
the Spirit.
(2) Tongues of flame (v. 3). Each
of tiie one hundred twenty was
crowned with such a tongue for wit¬
nessing.
(3) Speaking in foreign tongues (v.
4). This miraculous gift characterized
the apostolic age, but no authentic case
has been reported in modern times.
h. Internal. This is seen in the trans¬
formation wrought in the disciples.
Peter, who shortly before this cowered
before a Jewish maid, now with bold¬
ness stands before tiie chief rulers and
declares that they have murdered their
King, and are guilty before God.
5. Tiie effects (vv. 5-13).
a. Tiie multitudes were filled with
amazement and wonder.
b. Some mocked and accused tiie
disciples of being intoxicated.
II. Peter’s Sermon (vv. 14-47).
Peter’s sermon is as wonderful as
the gift of tongues. It demonstrates
the presence and power of tiie Spirit
because he was a Galilean fisherman,
without literary training. His hoinilet-
ical analysis is perfect.
1. The introduction (vv. 14-21).
a. Defense of the disciples against
tiie charge of being drunk (v. 15). He
cited Jewish custom, showing that they
would not he drunk at such an early
hour of the day.
b. A scriptural explanation (vv. 16-
21). He showed that this was a ,»,r-
tial fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy
(Joel 2:28-32).
2. Tiie proposition, or theme (v. 36).
This was the messiahship of Jesus.
The argument which followed proved
that Jesus was the Lord upon whom
they were to call in order to be saved.
3. The argument (vv. 22-36). It was
threefold.
a. From Christ’s works (v. 22). He
was approved of God among the Jews
by his miracles, wonders, and signs,
with which they were familiar.
b. From his resurrection (vv. 23-32).
Tiie Old Testament Scriptures had
foretold the death and resurrection of
Christ (I*s. 16:8-10). The disciples
themselves were living witnesses of
Christ’s resurrection (v. 32).
c. From his ascension to the right
hand of God (v. 33). The proof that
he had ascended on high was the won¬
derful miracle of the Spirit’s operation
in their midst (John 16:7).
4. The effect of tiie sermon (vv. 37-
42). Many people were convicted of
their sins; some three thousand re¬
pented and were baptized. The evi¬
dence that the coming of the Spirit
was real was:
a. That they continued steadfastly
in the apostolic teaching (v. 42).
b. They continued in fellowship with
the apostles (v. 42).
e They continued in prayer (v. 42).
d. They gave their possessions to
sustain those who had need (v. 45).
e. They lived gracious lives (vv. 46,
47).
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we would wish to retain forever, yei
which we cannot Buffer to remain in
our possession. This time, however, of
which we make bo little moment, is
the only means of our eternal salva
Uon.
Inspiration
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