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turn but rt rs for the advancement of scrence and the country as a whole that thrs mrssron must be conducted Anyone vxrshrng to volunteer should report to lVIa1or Blake before tomor rovx at 1200 hours For a short trme after the an nouncement ex erythrng was quret but soon they began talkrng about xx hat the mrssron mrght be gomconc. strrted the rumor that the mr sron xx 1s to le an expedrtron rnto Russra to trv and lotate and rf possrble dcstrov the plant where the Comrnumsts xx e r e cxperrmentrng vxrth rtomre energy The talk soon came rrouncl to the serret pror ct that was berng, crrrred on rn hangar seven Wo one hrd been able to get near rt for the last year except the were sxvorn to secrecy Next mornrnff at 0900 hours ten men reported to Major Blake to vol unte r for the mrssron Thev vxere sxxorn to secrecy and then taken to hangar seven xvhere they vxere told what they xx ere to do Late one nrght about two months later few people pard much attentron to the roarrng blasts of rocket en grnes thrnkrng that rt was only another routrne patrol squadron go mg up After a few days lrttle more was thought of rt as the statron xxent on rn rts normal manner HF if :F if rr The space shrp was performrng even better than had been expected and noxx three days after leaxrng the Farth they were more than fixe hun dred thousand mrles from Earth At thrs rate and barrrng drfficultres they would reach their destrnatrorr rn a lrttle less than seven months Therr destrnatron vxas now made known to the men It was the planet Mars' As the space shrp roared upward the atomrc poxxered rockets roarrng smoothly the men were wonderrng what they would find vxhen and rf they reached the planet The shrp wa equrpped wrth auto matrc radar that would spot and steer the shrp around any obstacles that should be rn the path of the hurtlrng space shrp The men were relaxrng rn the control room when suddenly a lrght flashed and a buz 7er sounded The radar had gone dead' Immedrately they cut the rockets and began tryrng to find the trouble xxrth the radar apparatus Ex ervthrng checl ed rnsrde the shrp so they knexv th xt the troubl xv ts outsrde the shrp Donnrnfr space srl that rncluded mrgnetrc boots to hold th m to the hull of the shrp rnd rn orcygen sup ply Muor Plrk rnd the electrrcran Kellv stepped rnto the urlock and from there out onto the hull ot the hrp Moxrrrf sloxxlx and crrefully toxvarl the front they sxvx noxv what h rd h rppened X meteor that had been travelrng of the shrp had not been prcked up bx the radar and had struck the an tenna breakrng some of the spokes and puttrng rt out ot commrssron Takrnff a mall portable Welder from the reparr krt they soon had the an tenna reparr ed and then they return ed to the rnsrde of the shrp The rockets were fired and the shrp con trnued rts course through the vord Now after flyrng for nearly seven months they were crrclrng the planet Mars the first Earth people ever to be near rt After settrng the shrp down the men tested the atmosphere and were surprrsed to find the pres sure and oxygen content almost rdentrcal to that of Earth As thev stepped from the shrp they were astonlshed at what they saw for about a quarter of mrle off was a crty no drfferent rn looks from an Earth crty Takrng the tvxo Jeeps that they had brought xxrth them out of the shrp they armed themselves wrth hrgh poxx ered rrfies and started toward the crty As they neared the crty they could see automobrles com parable to the ones on Earth movrng about on the streets As they came even closer they were bewrldered to find that there was no one rn the movrng cars and nobody on the srde walks They were even more bewrld ered to hear strange xorces from r . K , . . r A - v' 1 ' I ' . . - ' K . 77 1 V ' K I c , I v 1 , - V V ' S 1 Y 1 'C 1 C ' - Y 5' -' c , i . ' ' ' - S . 2 e z. s ' . K ' X S 2 2, s S -f ,s - ' S ' 'Z .' I ' 2 ,' 9 ' s w'- . ' ' , , , ' ' ,, Y ' V . ' x C C 1 n ' r, t . , . y Z' J ZA 92 x , , ,. A 'Y ,J ' 2' Y' z ' , X p . s ' 1 , - - L ' P 1 4 kv s A je H ' ' v' cz. Y , ,Z 1 4 Aw ' T E -' ' 6 C 5 3 , sz v 1 , . . z Q Q , C L 1 X 1 I , ' men who xvere workrng on rt and they a course at a rrght angle to the course 1 is - 1 ' ' .. - ' D f 1, 3 s - . - p , ' v L ' . ' . ' ' - ' ,, s ' to . y y A - 1 V . ' 1 Q ' 4 A s A I I 1 4 W l. D J 4 ' g ' 9 , A - - - , . , , ' 9 ' if ' - . A . ' I r, 1 f , , C 3 . ' c ' 'Q . - v , - ' r v 1 1 , ' ' , ' 'I -, s n n u ' , ' S, , 1 n n n Y 'W - I vt N , 1 ' A L . r . C sr I v K W - ' r . , . ' I . Y - , K x - it , ' , v ' ' ' . . ,I . 9 . L S - T . Y '
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hxm very unhappy After that he trled to be more agleeable In order to have frlends one should always be fuendly and klnd Vlrgll Dol e 55 THE VISITOR The m1d afternoon sun smlled warmly down upon the rock strevsn twenty acres wh1ch constituted the Potts farm Its rays plcked out de talls IH the constructlon O1 to put It more aptly the mlsconstructxon of the Potts farmhouse a ram shackle edliice clmglng precarlously to a rug fred crag Behmd the house sprays led a shed of sorts each sxde leanlng agalnst the others for support and all four dangerously defylng glavlty And beh1nd the shed today as any other day It found Ezra Potts lymg up agamst one rlckety slde w1th hls Jug of corn squeezlngs comfortably close He half dozed hstenmg to varlous sounds the cry of a crow a cow lowlng hls wife drlvlng an old pig and five llttle ones off the plat form He reached a languxd hand up Howdy a volce drawled at hls elbow Ezra dld not need to look up he could not mlstake that nasal twang It was Pukey Ilukey a youth from the adjacent farm and too dumb to come 1n out of the ram There were some that saxd Lukey wasnt the dumbest person ln the world but Ezra was sure they were cheatlng the lad out of a yustly earn ed tltle And he always had a cold 1n the nose hence the Pukey that coupled vuth the fact that he usually 1nsp1red the nelghbors to do Just that Hou dy grunted Ezra Whut s th noos from th x1llge He knew Iukey wouldnt get half of the facts stlalght but he felt compelled to make com ersatlon Th Deacon got hlsself bunged up Lukey snuffed That soo Yep After a long pause How bad s he hurt' Leg busted two teeth knocked out eye blacked and head bashed some Do tell' How ed lt happen? He klCk9d ah mule He klcked ah mule? An got a leg busted an ah eye blacked an two teeth knocked out'l A1r yew shore yew gut the facts stra1ght'7 Ezra squmted up at h1s v1s1tor Wall the mule klcked back Oh Another pause Wall I gotta go Ezra breathed a s1gh of relxef as Lukey shuffled around the col ner But h1s gomg out was not as qulet as hls comxng 1n Dnectly around the corner Lukey tupped ox er one of the llttle p1gS and landed squarely on the old pork er The plg emltted a hlgh pltched ternfied squeal and rose a good two feet stralght lnto the a1r Then she Y0lC9d sex eral shrlll d1scordant shrleks to the accompanlment of a SGFIBS of phenomenal leaps after wh1ch she shot down across the pota- to patch llke a Jet propelled mlsslle w1th the half stunned Lukey clmg mg to her back She swept past the house leaped the ram barrel and cleared the fence wlth 1nches to spare She dashed through the melon patch scattermg the blg frult rlght rlght and left She crossed the south pasture wlthout hlttlng the hxgh spots and st1ll screammg her pro- testatxons Ezra screamed Matllda make Lukey bl mg back our p1g' Jest vsaxt up a mmute Evra re 1o1ned wear1ly Ah m tryln to fig ger out how to make th plg brmg back Iukey Luella Gardner 53 DESTINATION X A loudspeaker blared through the assembly hall of the desert experl mental statlon one bleak after noon Volunteers are requested for a secret xery dangerous m1ss1on What th1S m1ss1on IS Where and when It IS golnff to be and how long It w1ll take cannot at the present tlme be d1sclosed Many or all may not re ' 1 7 ' . H - . . ' w sz ' 9 ' 1 1 L Q s -' , ' sc ' u . . i , ma ' , L v Y 7 7 . t . . v ' H - S . C . . . I A . -K . V . ' . . as ' i u r v - ' I ' 4 66 7 , - v . .... 1 . n . if 71 . , . c I s , L v . . Y -L ., l . . . . . X . - Y K i ' ' 1 l . v C ' ' ' . ' - . . . , X 7 L , V . L ' ' ' U ' . . . . - . u ' ' U , . . . ' v A . . . . . . . . . r . r N ' f- K . ' . s 1 g I r L . , . I A , . . K , I Y - . n s U G - uk . . . - to adJust h1S ragged old straw hat. ' f . . sc n ' ' , , , ' 4 y ' . . . . , CC lf . ' Y n u n s Y T 1 . . . K . 1 W . , t. , , u rr ' u , v 9 ,- . - n f . ' U , ' ' 91 . lr s. y 1 - . - - ' u r - 1 - K4 rv . ' ' ' . s n 1 Y . an ' A . V . . . . , u Y rs sc r , 4 . A ! Y 7' Y 77 , 1 A I D D I -- K v . . D . 7 ' . . 4 . ' . n 1 ' U l . . H, . , , 7 Q ' I st . C6 ' y, u 1 a I e I at t, ss r , , ' ' f ' ' n 1 n c c ' 15 7 za , v - VY . Q . H 1 ' A - t , ' .
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along the sldewalks Suddenly one of the men 1n the lead Jeep was pulled out by some thulg and dragged to the ground where he was knocked out by an IH vlslble force The 'nen stopp d the Jeeps got out and started walklng up the sxdewalk Major Blake 1n th lead suddenly dropped unconsc1ous to the ground struck by an lllXlSlbl8 force As they knelt by the Major on ot them was QEIVQII 1 h ud klck that llnfled h1m on h1s face across the Mawr They sloshed water on the Ma1o1 s face to bring hlm to 1nd then hfted h1m to h1s feet Looklng, up the street they saw tracks for comlng toward them xx is not less than ten gluns seemlngly Iloatmg through the alr W1th thelr own submachlne guns the men sent a hall of bullets toward the oncom mg guns There wele screams of pam and the guns clattered to the ground Slowly one of the fallen guns ralsed and fired and one of the men fell dead Another man screamed 'mu fell a kmfe m h1s back The men looked at each other and then started runnmg for the yeep Thev couldrt fight the Mars men who were made up of matter that Was mv1s1ble to them Jumpmg mto the Jeeps they spun them around 1n the wlde street and roared off toward their space ship where they would be safe from the 1nv1s1ble 1nhab1 tants of the planet It was lndeed stlange for exe y thmg looked the same as lt dld on Earth the countryslde the cltv and even the cans and trucks The only difference was that the mhabltants were composed of a matter 1nx1s1ble to the eyes of the Earthmen As they neared the space sh1p they Wele elated to see that noth1ng had been dlsturbed Drlvxng the Jeeps mto the hold they secured them and prepared to take off TI'31H1I1g the radar televlewer on the ground around the Shlp the Marsmen could be seen They had the same S176 and features as the Earthmen as well as about the same mental cflpaclty As the atomlc rockets were filed the sh1p shot into the alr ind roared stralg ht lnto the xold Destlnatlon F trth As soon as the course w 'ls set thc men lclaxefl and beg ln tllk ng, zbout then nauow escape and about the ones th It dldnt escape Sudflcnlv euh man felt 1 p 111 ot lllXlSllJl6 hands enc1rcle h1s neck and st zrt to squeeze the llte flom hlm As the last man dlopped to the floor dead the sh1p sped on bflllfglllf, closer to the I 'lrth Have they ar rlved yet? If so where are they novs P W1ll they attempt to conquer the Fwrth' If vou see a car rolhng along wxth no one ln lt can you be sure that It IS reallv empty? Are you sure It IS not belng drlven by '7 Gerald Stadlg Q3 A SURPRISE On Tuesday nlght January 28 our basketball teams played North An son After the gxrls game and be- fore the bovs game the teams were to have thelr p1ctures taken The glrls were successfully snapped and then came the boys turn All were llned up and grlnnmg broadly when Mr Murray 6XCl3lm9d Walt -1 mmute' Cant I add some thmg to th1s Hold lt' W1th that he was off and came dashlng back wlth twelve satm shmy warmup Jackets blue and whlte yuth a whlte husky s head on the left slde and Harmony wrltten on the back Of course everythmg was 1n a commotlon as they were the lone' awalted Jackets that the ' f , ' In. I I . - X L 5. A . L A s 7 1 - 1 , , c c . o A A V ' Q ' 'J I 1 . I - s sf . 'v I . 1 in 1 . A. l C .' . Q ' ' 5 f'. : - 5 V 7 K 1 1 v w a 1 v 1 . If . I I 1. I :I I , ' . , 5 ' ' 1 c 2 2 ' 7' c v I' ' . I' , ' , , , , I 1 w C' L C f . Q . . ' v M ' s 2 ' ' V .K , 2 2 ' 2 . l 1 IN YW I - 4 1 1 ' I 1 .1 - c II . . l , 1 c c c 'g , I V 7 I I c I ' S ' ' A l 2 -w 2 kv 194 1 . A n x ' , , . v kc., Y ' t . K . r. r T . . . 3 Sl!-ht that from them 740 then' the 1nv1s1ble Mars men closer and sv , ,ZS SA qc Y , , - LEA , L ' L ' . . ,. . K Q v r r ' . V , . 4' K ' tl ' lc . ' I . S ' r ' nu N 5 ' , , ., ' Y k L U n ' .1 - u l jp 4 , . A I n y . , . I W ' , Y Y I . ' v , , F I y ' - r K L ' . . . . . I I I , ' ' v I I ' ' , I 1' - , 1. L K Q . , in n 44 ' ' ' Y v v I 1 C ' - . 1 . . . ,, . VH. I . . . w , , - I ' v . . Y. . , , , , v ' ' ll ,Y ' n y I Y ' 1 - ' ' v . B .
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