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CLASSICS
&
THE WAR OF
THE WORLDS
By H. Q. WELLS
Condensation by Alfrtti S. Chirk
Herbert George
Wells, the most
discussed living
novelist, was born
at Bromley, Kent,
on Sept. 21. 1S6G,
the son of a fa
mous professional
cricket player. His
mother was an
innkeeper's
daughter who had
been a lady's maid
before her mar
riage. The boy
bad an irregular
education, but he
was quick to
learn, and at the
age of 16. after
working as an at
tendant in a store. |
he secured a posi
tion as assistant
in a grammar
school. He ob
tained a scholar
ship at London university. w»a btuuu- |
atv«l with high honors and taught j
science in a private school.
In 1893 he began to write, doing
articles for. and later becoming: «lra- j
ma tic critic of. the Pall Mall Gazette.
He was already interested in social ]
conditions and an untiring student of
science. These two interests he com
bined in the series of romances that
opened with "The Time Mac nine." In
novels and short stories he created
startling fantasies of the future, dis
playing h:s most a*»und int Invention
in "The War of the Worlds." He often
times discussed future wars in these
stories and his forecasts were amazing- •
!y like what was seen on the battle
fields of Europe.
In the meantime he had been writing
stories about contemporary life and
books »about social conditions. These
he turned to more and more with the
years. Of his later novels, bristling
with wit and ideas, those that have
been most widely read and discussed
include "Kipps." "Tono-Bungay." "Ann
Veronica." "The New Machlavelli."
"Marriage" and "Joan and Peter," his
latest novel Most popular of a4l was
"Mr. Britling Sees It Through." gen
erally regarded as the best war novel
written in English.
WHAT I marvel lit now. when
I recall the days when the
Martians were speeding
earthward. Is our unconcern. The
skies were peopled with Incredible
evil, with unimaginably repulsive
monsters arme*l with superhuman
weapons. The catastrophic Thing*
were hurtling on, covetous of our
gn-em-r :sntl warmer plarief. and lovers,
: iit-red through English lanes, with
n" thought of the swift and scorch
ing «|.»arli above their heads.
Thr. ii.-h a telesrnpe. I had watched
one of the colossal squirts of dame
• hi the rim «>f the tiny, red planet. It
did ie>t incur to me that these gase
ous Jets accompanfed the tiring of a ■,
mighty gun that had launched ten
huge cylinders !mn space. Learning
to ride a hi.-ycle Interested me more
than eruptions on Jlars. The planet
seemed so remote. Forty million
utiles away!
UL'Uvy. tlie astronomer. iouuu u»
tirst messenger. lie luid seen it fall
ing un<l supinised it a wandering mete
orite. Imt Its shape surprised him. It
was cylindrical. fully 30 yards across
the esposed fat*. It was so hot that
he could tint set near it. Then, to his
titter amazement, the t-to un
screw. There was something in it.
something alive! Not until then did
he link It with the flashes on Mars.
Late that afternoon I saw the Mar
tian. I was one of a curious crowd in*
front of the cylinder when the lid fell
"IT. I peered into the black Interior
and fancied I saw shadows stirring..
Then something like a snake wriggled
into si,'lit. I stood stricken with ter
ror. A round body, about four feet
:tcrn*s. palled itself painfully to the
opening
I lmd expected to see something
like a man. fantastic perhaps, but
two-leased. This thins was Just an
oily, leathery body, lesless and arm
less. with a clilnless and noseless face, j
Two great eyes, dark and luminous, i
were mirrors for an extraordinary |
brain. Th& creature panted and I
heaved, weighed down by the greater
pull <>f gravity on earth. An intense f
loathing came over me. Suddenly, the
monster toppled over, into the pit.
Then I ran. madly. f
Krotu ii distance I watched the Depu
tation that went out under a white
flas. I saw three flashes of greenish
light and durts of fire leaped from one
to another 'of the little ticures. Even
as I saw rhepi touched with death.
I did not realize what was happening.
Suddenly 1 knew and again I ran.
People nearby .slept unconcernedly
that night,, although thu Heat Rays
had set half a dozen villus aflame and
pine trees were re<! torches We were
sun* that these dangerous invaders
were fatally sluggish. A well-aimed
shell would finish them. And while
we slept, the Martians were method
ically rearing those mighty machines
that were so soon to shatter our neat
theories about their helplessness.
That night another cylinder fell and
eight more were driving on.
It was the next nicht that I saw the
striding Martians. "Itoilers on stilts"
I heard them called later. I saw them
by flashes of lightning and the glow
of countless fires, clanking machines
100 feet high, moving upon three gi
gantlc legs •like no exaggerated tri
pod driving on with an express-train's
speed, smashing everything in their
path. At the tops crouched In metal
hoods, lay the Martlana,
Looking out rrom my windows at
dawn, I beheld an abominable desola
tion, a blackened world that had been"
green and fair. I struck out for Lon
don and for miles saw not a living be
ing. I bad reached the Thames when
1 saw the Things coming, five of them.
I ran for the water. Straight toward
me sped one, but I might have been
an ant In a man's path. It strode
through the river and towered above
Shepperton. Then six hidden guns
belched together. One shell struck
the hood and there was a horrible
confusion of tlesh and blood and me
tal. Something drove the uncontrolled
machine on, crashing through the vil
lage, toppling over the church-tower,
collapsing in the river. The others
rushed to the spot and the air was
filled with hissing of Heat Rays and
crackling of fires. Shepperton leaped
into (lame. I staggered to the shore
and when I looked up, the Things
were bearing away the smashed ma
chine.
1 stumbled on, panic-stricken, dazed.
The world was doomed. These mon
sters could slay with Heat Itays be
yond the range, of our biggest guns.
Not again could we kill one of tliein
by surprise. Terror stalked through
I.ondon. To the horror of Heat Rays
had been added the Black Smoke, a
cloud of poison that blighted all liv
ing things. So London streamed in
flight. C.000.000 people roaring out
along the highways until they were
rivers In tlood.
T fell Into a doze tinder a hedge and
there the curate Joined me. He was
half-mad with fright and clung to me.
We plodded on lo a suburb where we
soyght refuge In a deserted^house. At
midnight came a blinding flash. When
day broke, we peered through a.peep
hole and in the garden was a Martian.
Embedded in the earth was another
glowing cylinder.
For fifteen days I was penned there,
so I saw more of the monsters than
ntiy other man now living. I watched
their Intricate machines—the auto
matic digger, the sensitive handling
machine like a metallic spider, so
flexible and so swiftly sure that they
seemed centuries in advance of our
rigid machinery. I could study too
the Martian habits. I learned that
evolution bad made them all brain,
cold, remorseless Intelligences un
swayed by emotion. They neither
slept nor ate; they were sexless and
their young were budded off. Ilk? the
young of corals. Most horrible to me
was the fact that they injected men's
blood Into their veins for nourishment.
It was this that drove me to act
as I did when the curate went raving
mad. I knew that his shouts would
warn the Martians of our presence
and I tried to silence him. HrUiroM
away and I caught him In Hie Kltcm'u'
where I felled him with a meat-chop
per. He dropped stunned and then
I saw two dark eyes at the window.
I fled to the coal-cellar and above me
I heard a tapping, tapping, and then
the noise of a heavy body being drug
ged across the floor.
I piled wood and coal over me whe#
! heard that tapping at the collar*
door. Through crevices I could see
the terrible arm of a handling-ma
chine. waving, feeling, examining.
Once It ran across the heel of my
boot and I nearly screamed. Thi'ii 't
went away.
A week passed before I dared look
out. About the peep-hole was massed
quantities of the'red weed that the
Martians had brought—evidently vege
tation on Mars is red. I pushed It
aside and gazed out. The garden was
deserted.
1 Crept 111 * • > I! ncsiillic worm. ninmi
me was :i smashed village. I struggled
In through the outskirts of London and
not until 1 reached Wimbledon Com
mon itfd 1 meet a man. He hail food
and drink and plans for the future,
visions of a people living in the great
drains until they had science enough
to conquer their conquerors. I stayed
with him until 1 had regained my
strength and then walked Into dead
I.ondon.
The metropolis was stilled of all its
humming life. Here and there were
heaps of dead, withered liv I'.luek
Smoke: here mid there were signs of
destruction bat It was little changed
except for the horrible quiet. I was
near South Kensington when I heard
the mournful howling. "nl!a, ulla!"
Not until the next day did I see the
hood of the giant that was making
this sobbing wail. He did not move
nor did three others that I saw, stand
ing strangely still. Driven liy fear, I
resolved to end it all. I walked toward
the Thing nearest me and saw birds
circling about «the hood, tearing at
something within.
I scrambled hastily up a great ram
part and below me was the Martian
cainp. They were nil dead, nearly ."0
of thv'm, some In their machines and
others prone upon the ground. They
could conquer man but tliey had fallen
before man's most relentless foe, the
disease bacteria of earth.
"Whatever destruction was done,
the hand of the destroyer was stayed.
All the gaunt wrecks, the blackened
skeletons of houses that stared so dis
mally at the sunlit grass of the hill,
would presently be echoing with the
hammers of the restorers and ringing
with the tapping of the trowels. At
the thought I extended my hands
toward the sky and began thanking
God. I:i a year, thought I—In a year
Copyright. 191?, by the Post Publishing Co.
(The Boston Post). Printed by permis
sion of, ami arrangement with. Harper
& liros., autlioriieii tufclishcrs.
TWO OF THEM
By MILDRED WHITE.
(Copyright, 1920, Western Newspaper union.)
The girl sat gazing across the hills
to where a blue lake rippled In the
sunlight, but the beauty of the scene
was not reflected In her brooding eyes.
It was to this solitude she bad come
to. heal her broken heart At least,
Diana was sure her heart must be
broken, after all It had endured dur
ing the past three months.
For three months ago Diana had
been a radiant creature, knowing the
joy of love new-found, and weaving
dreams of a hnppler future. Then,
like the blackest cloud, from out of
the bluest sky, had come the quar
rel. It was rather difficult now to
remember what that quarrel was
about; but tragedy had been Its
ending.
Diana recalled certain sharp and
cutting remarks of Dickie's concern
ing a matinee idol, a sort of man who
had during the last few weeks haunt
ed Diana's presence. Though she had
not In the least been Interested In
that handsome person, It was rather
gratifying to flaunt his devotion In the
eyes of other maids less favored, and
as her engagement to Dickie had not
yet been made known, where was the
harm, she reflected. In consoling her
self with the man's amusing compan
ionship during Dickie's absence?
Dickie had been away a great deal,
In a business capacity, and at these
times Diana's loneliness grew depress
ing. The real "harm" In her mind
was that Dickie, tlie heretofore Im
pregnable, should retaliate by devot
ing himself, after his return, to Dollle
Maddon. Dolly of all glrl^ with her
saucy assurance and captivating ways.
The quarrel had been'as brief as It
was painful.
And after weeks of silent waiting
for Dickie to come back, and more
weeks of disappointment when he did
not, Diana packed her suitcase and
went away from the madness of It all.
What enchanted wnJks they had
taken together through the hills.
Diana sighed, and flicked two bright
tears from still brighter eyes. Then,
all at cjnce, she saw a young man be
fore her. <
"Ueg pardon," said the young man.
"for Intruding, but I've been sitting
here In this deadly silence so long
that I've got to speak to some one,
He loft tils desperate threat unfin
ished and sat down on the grass nt
Diana's side. For n time she waited,
undecided whether to ignore his out
hurst or make reply. The man an
swered for her.
"I've heen up here since six o'clock
this morning." he said.
v "Why," I didn't see you when I
came." she replied.
"Von almost walked over me as I
lay nn the grass." he told her, "ab
sorbed In your own pleasant reveries.
Say, do you enjoy this 'ossified'
place?"
"If you do not enjoy It," Plana an
swered evenly; "why nre you here?"
The young man's reply came with
unexpected eagerness:
"I'll tell you," he said. "I rnme to
try to forget—n girl. Thought that
It might he done In the calmness and
quiet, and farnwayness—where a fel
low could get himself In hand. F.ut
it can't," In- added lugubriously. "This
Is my fourth day up, and I'm getting
worse."
Diana slared; It might he herself
speaking, for the exact stating of the
case. She leaned forward In her new
Interest.
"Were you," she asked faintly, "In
love?"
"Was, were—tun 1" the young man
emphatically and confusingly replied.
"She happened to take some one
else better. Thought I could get away,
after awhile, from the aching memory
of her. It can't be done. Her black
eyes haunt me everywhere. Oh!" he
finished wearily, "there never was an
other girl so sweet and perfect In all
the world!"
"Perhaps," Piann suggested, "yon
just sort of idealized this girl. Men
do, sometimes. Maybe she wns all
right to look nt, and all that; but no
doubt she had lots of faults. We all
do Now, think back. Wasn't this
girl stubborn, or unreasonable, or ex
acting, or jealous?"
The voting man flushed guiltily.
"Whatever she was," he retorted,
"I'd have her just that way—her way.
She was my girl; there will never be
another for me.V
Plana smiled, and a long-hidden
dimple popped merrily Into her cheek.
"I am going to return your confidence,"
she said. "That's what I came out
here for, too—to forget the man I love.
As you say, It can't be done. The 're
membering' grows worse, until the
vtry things you considered faults seem
virtues, because they were a part of
him."
The girl's eyes grew soft and misty.
"Look here," cried the man. He
caught at her hands. "Are you speak
ing of that fool matinee Idol now, or
Pi— Oh! PI—darling; could you
possibly mean—Just me?"
Plana rested her head against the
young man's shoulder.
"Just you, Plckie," she answered
happily. "I have so hoped that you'd
follow me here. And, oh. I was glad
when you said that It wns 'black eyes'
that haunted yon. Pollie's, you know,
are blue."
"Dolly!" jeered the man.
Presently he lifted his radiant face
to the hills. "Isn't this the heavenly
i spot?" he ecstatically escluiuied.
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