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Isolated
Continent
A Romance* of the
Future
By
Guido von Horvath
and Dean Hoard
5*Wrt»b». It«. by W. O. Oh*
10
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SYNOPSIS.
i tlnluxl
^l,r fifty vMr* th« pnnllnt*nf of North
o»<| been Isolated from the rest
of the world by the use of Z-rays, a won
derful Invention of Mannlhal Prudent.
Toe Invention had saved the country
from foreign Invasion, and the continent
united under one government
with Prudent as president. For half a
,rv P4’nc'' *bnd prosperity reigned In
i . *l8,r* *b® world. The storv opens
with President Prudent critically III His
death la hastened by the receipt of a
message from Count von Werdenateln of
t»ermany that he has at last succeeded In
penetrating the rays. Hying, ho warns
Jils daughter Astrn that this means a for
eign Invasion. lie tells her to hurry to
Island of Clryne, but dies before he
can tell the location of the place \strn
Is nominated for the presidency by the
continental party. Napoleon Edison calls
°o '?*rn' Informs her that he was a pu
p ! of her father's, and promises to help
™“r I*0 gives her a ring made of a new
i,i *®rovPr®d substance which, he says,
will solve the problem of living Cheval
l»r dl I^eon appears In Europe He calls
on von \\ onlepHteln and offers him the
secret of making gold In return for abso
lute disarmament and peace The cheval
V»r !s B,,8P®<‘ted of being an American
He Is seized at night and carried o(T In
an nreoplane. Astra Is Inaugurated as
president. She receives a message from
, usnn. "'hose long silence has worried
ter. that he has been a prisoner for two
months on the tslnnd of Helgoland and
has just escaped. He announces that the
confederated fleet of Europe has sailed
roc \merlca. He promises to fall on her
the following night. Countess Roslnv a
spv. becomes n prisoner In hope of .mr i
.0. ' w.P°,COn> 8°'Tet. She falls In love
with him. She agrees to Join him in an ,
to escape. By the use of fire,
works he summons a curious flying mu
chfn*» wnif'h a mori^N r en^le.
He escapes and sends his message to
Xstra Edison enlls on Astra as promised
I " t* lie her his plans for defense have
been completed, hut that he will give full
*T. detail* at his workshop on the Island
' Ifyne In the Pacific. They make the
trip in three hours. His plans are based
or* to® peculiarity of the new substance,
clrynlth. Which Is lighter than nnv known
mefnt and Is practically Indestructible
The Europeans succeed In passing the
• ne of Isolation, hut find that the \rneH
cars have established a second one Rill
son delivers a note to von Werdenst. In 1
In his flagship demanding that the fleet
b“ withdrawn.
CHAPTER X.—Continued.
Hip eagle lingered nbove the right
"fug of the first line of dreadnoughts.
Napoleon could inflict any damage he
chose. He could almost count the
number of men aboard each vessel
Werdenstein gave harried orders, and
watek-d eagerly for their execution.
mlnutee later two armored
lanes glided tip from the flag
^^P‘tid turned toward the eagle
||ij^Ki.poleon must have suspected their
^^entlon. for he circled higher and
p-lgher up. The bats followed the
oaglor each monoplane carried four
men. each of whom carried small cali
ber, mlfrellous bombs and othe; am
munition of war.
Still the eagle went higher and
higher, hovering above the north *vlng
of the long line of war boats. It was
no high now that it appeared only a
•peck to the naked eye. The planes
ascended In a spiral, and they were
far behind. Thp eagle turned and led
the two planes along the line, near the
flagehlp It descended quickly and
made a dip similar to the swoop of
the eagle on Its prey that caused the
thousands of spectators to believe It
was falling, but before it touched the
water It darted forward and skimmed
the waves, its great wings touching
the water occasionally.
Napoleon watched the enemies who
were now above him. One had dropped
several bombs, hut none had touched
the sw’lftly moving aerodromone A turn
of the wheel caueed the eagle to make
a circle before the nrigltta. then It ,
went higher and higher until It
reached the two monoplanes Mefore
Napoleon knew what they were about
the two planes bad opened fire; he
was so close to them that the bullets
fell on his aerodromone like hall The
result was surprising The deadly mis
silos rebounded from the sides without 1
leaving a mark on the glittering body
Napoleon had cleverly led them di
rectly In front of the flagship, so that !
the «cene was enacted before the eyes
of the count and his staff It was mar
velous. the greater play a man„
had evpr rested upon.
Napoleon turned to face the amend
ing bat. The count saw him reach up
to a lever that he had not used before.
He hesitated for a moment, but when
the flrat l»omb was thrown at him he
pulled the lever, a flash followed 7,ig
7Jt« lines of lightning hurst forth „nd
the once armored monoplane was • h;it
tered Into a thousand hits. It* fat*
aeemed to shatter the nerve of the en
gineer on the other plane, for he |
turned and raced for the flagship it
was too late. Napoleon pulled the
lover again and It followed Its com
rade into space.
The count was pale; he had been
jjlven a terrible example of his ene
my'* power, still he did not turn hack
Orders were flashed to the two boats
aoarest the eagle to open fire with
their heavy guns Napoleon read the
order on his plate and was. sad. but
he knew that the only way to aave
the manses from annihilation by
• painful operation.
His right hand was on the |«/er.
v
f ttio left on the vhee?: the guns bn
low thuudercd. the bird man wai; far
away, and their shells wore wasted
Hut the nest moment brought the
avenging Mjtnwn r lightning after i.'ght
ning darted toward the two boats. the
powder magazm*^ exploded and the
dreaded giants were wreck-, sinking
A few minutes later the boats were
i gone, leaving a mass of floating debris
, and dead men.
The Count von Werdensleln looked
at tho scene helplt ssly. For the first
I time In his life be realized how puny
he was.
He looked Tor the eagle, but It had
. disappeared
Moats were pvjf out a* once to res
j cue thoso who had not been killed by
! the explosious. but the experiences of
that day had spread terror over the
whole fleet and the effect was demor
alizing.
The (foam von Werdenstein ordered
all the commanders to gather at the
flagship, for he felt that he had to de
cldo on dome action. He paced the
bridge of the llrigitta. The navy and
army under h»B command, that he had
thought great enough to conquer the
whole world, had been defeated by a
single man
When the council of war began the
count sLot>d to talk, but before he said
a word a message from one of the
transport tio.ite was handed him It
read:
"We can see the other boats toward
the east, but wo cannot communicate
with them. They are trying to reach
us. but can make no progress Please
send orders ”
CHAPTER XI.
Astra and Rosittn.
The excitement canned by Napole
on’s oncountrr with the enemy was In
describable. Tin* automatic electro
stylograph on board the American
Raffle had recorded the action of the
fleet and had made a ropy of the,
count’s answer to America’s d* sires.
The attack on the aerodrornone was
shown and the subsequent destruction
of the monoplanes. Napoleon Kdlson’s
name was in large print on every
board. The Hourly Stylograph saitl
"(Jod bless oar deliverer!” The Amer
ican’s comment was "The hero of
America.” He was compared to Wash
ington, to Lincoln and many other
great American patriots. His name
was on the lips of every citizen.
No one watched the helioboard with
such interest and none prayed for Na
poleon's success more sincerely than
Astra as she sat in her library with the
Countess Rosiny.
Astra s kindness toward the countess
had not soothed the pain she suffered.
She would have preferred a dungeon
of ancient times, where she could rave
at her and curse her. but she was a
secret service agent, and had early !
learned the art of concealing her feel
ings.
With passion burning in her heart !
she was able to respond gracefully to
Astra. Kven while she watched the
conflict of the American l?agle and
the Kuropean fleet she was scheming
She lived for Intrigue. Her soul
craved the excitement of battling
minds. She considered herself still 1
.it the employ of the Count von Wer
denstein, so she planned as she
thought the count would have de
manded.
Santos Dupre! came to report the
events of the day at the Z ray station,
and to put before Astra suggestions
for further defense. Napoleon could
not come personally, so he sent his \
trusted assistant.
He was admitted to the library \
where the counties sat
Santos Duprel was a pleasant indi
vidual. having, as most fat men. a
keen sense of humor. He greeted the
two beautiful women with a broad
smile.
When Kositt.a retired to the rooms
that had been assigned her she sat
The Once Armored Monoplane Wai
Shattered Into a Thousand Olts.
for ;i long tifTi' motionless, maturing
;i plnti for the benefit of iho Count
von Werdenateln.
Astra wo#. still at work in the
library, completing preparations .nr
the following day's duties a* she
closed her desk n sigh, a prayer left
her lips: "Ood save our conn try. and
shield Napoleon.’*
Th< next morning the aimlral of
the united navl*-s of America received
orders to sail with the fleet toward the
enemy. Even the formation of the
great squadron was planner) In detail
The gray boats steamed fovard the
east jn a broad line; they arrived at
the Isolation and could *e<- hundreds
of men of war before them flying the
flags of almost every European nation
hut no sound penetrated the Invisible
ray that stretched before them
The Count, von Werdf.n*tein was In
despair He and all his boats had
been fmprlsoned between two Z ray*
for a week. He bad held councils of
.var and the quickest boats and air
' rafts were sent out to break through
ftie lines of resistance. He was ready
to retire to Kurope.
The word retreat did not seem so
shameful as it had.
The} had not seen the eugle during:
this time, but the arrival of the obso
Icte men-of-war told the count that,
some preparation had been made by
his enemy to end this terrible state
of affairs
I he eagle s appearance was report
ed early one morning. It came majes
tically sliding downward Trom a great
height, flying the beautiful tricolor
flag of liberty. This time Santos was
at the wheel. Napoleou and a woman
stood behind him.
I be bird flew directly to the flag
ship. Not even the flag of fruce wai
shown. When it reached the Hrlgltta
the eagle dropped down toward the
count, who stood on the bridge. His
face was pale and careworn, and hin
eyes spoke of many sleepless nights.
Hrights, ahoy! shouted Napoleots
through the speaking tube. "A mes
sage for the commander.” He drcppe-i
a large seab*d letter at the coast's feet,
rile eagle then turned and disappeared
In the clouds toward the west.
1 bought and care hud been pu* into
the message. It was a great docu
ment in itself, but Its greatest be.vuty
was in its expression of brcth<~r*y love.
1,1 magnanimity In extending mercy
to the enemy.
Rosltta was pre«eni when that doc
ument was read finally She was ons
of the last to touch It before It. was
carefully wrapped in the silk covers,
it was she who placed the grent seal
on the imposing envelope.
I!i«* count took the message and ro
f’red into his cabin, where nobody
dared disturb him. He cut the enve
lope, unfolded the silk wrapping and
began to read. It was a long, concise
resume of the present state of affairs;,
the chancellor was touched by the
kindness of his enemies. Notwith
standing the degrading defeat, he
knew now that the loss would not be
as great ns he feared.
The document decided upon the fol
lowing:
1. the whole navy of the confoder
ate European mights shall he ripllv
ered into the hands of Admiral John
Earle, the American commander, who
will se»* that all men and officers are
safely returned to European ports
2. I he war vessels shall be the prop
erty of th<* l nited Republics of Amer
ica, in consideration of which the said
1 nited Republics of America will pay
a sum of money to be dneided upon;
however, not Jess than one-rhlrd of the
actual value involved.
3. The European armies shall he tin
mediately disarmed and the men in
service shall be returned to their
homes.
4. No other force, save for policing
and a number of bodyguards for the
reigning rulers, shall be allowed to
exist in any of the countries. The
United Republics of America will see
that this item, in particular, ts en
forced.
The United Republics of America
will open its ports to all foreign com
merce, will give Tree entrance to all
European products, and also insures
free exportation into Europe for Amer
ican products.
6. 'I he oriental foes on the eastern
hemisphere will be treated with when
a final settlement is agreed upon, but
until that time the isolation in I’acllle
waters will he maintained.
7 Peace shall reign over the *»arth;
national differences shall be settled be
fore an international eommittee that
will make its headquarters in Wash
ington, the capital of the United Re
publics of America.
X. Any further points that may arise
in the course of events will be decided
upon after the Anal settlement with
the rulers of all the countries.
When the count turned over the last
page a tiny slip of paper fell to the
floor. He picked It up and glance*] at
the words that were written and not
typed, as was the rest of the message.
It was a writing that he knew well
‘Tton’t hesitate! Accept the treaty! ,
The future rests in the aerodromone. j
the secret of which will be delivered to '
you, sooner or later. I have kept my >
contract; will talk of my reward when
circumstances permit."
This was not signed, but it was not '
necessary.
"And I.” murmured the count, after
a moment, ‘‘F never thought of Rosltta
Whnt a wonderful, clever woman she
1; But what will be her price? What
is the difference," niched the man who
had suffered ho much the last few
days "The next time we meet It will
be In the air.”
He regained hie calmness, finished
the paper and refolded It. He placed
Kositta’s mr'MmRp In hl« pockethook.
Twenty-four houra were given for
consideration. He called hia admirals
together at four o'clock that aftnrnoon.
The council sat until late that night.
When the admiralfl and captains left
for their respective boats they wero
depressed The world seemed to have
reached the millennium.
One thing they were certain of. That
was that they did not know how they
would earn a living when released
from military duty.
When Napoleon came for the an
swer. he received the original docu
ment signed by the commander In
chief and all the commanders of the
respective nations of the Kuropean
confederacy.
When the American Kagle appeared
for the first time above the capital Ita
mission Was to announce that peace
on earth would be established.
fTO UK CONTINUED.)
Her Work Undone.
After a woman ha* Rpent twenty
>«*arR trying to make a man of her
son, along comm another woman who
proceed* to make a fool of him lo
twenty in Inti tea.
THE FULL DINNER PAIL.
Kverybody’s Magazine, in its new
department. “Keep Posted,” narrates
and comments in a recent number as
follows:
‘ 'A'ine-woman-and-song has gone up
against dollars-and-cents in Lansing.
Mich., and the result is one of the
most notable so far achieved in Amer
ica The most prominent leader of the
drys is not an evangelist, nor any
other sort or custodian of the soul. He
Is simply a commercial persou—R. H
Scott.
"In the year ’910, In the factory of
which Mr. Scott is manager, In a pe
riod of ten successive weeks, the em
ployees lost a total of 323 working
days—an.1 the wages of those days—
because of not being able to recover
promptly from pay nights spent In sa
loons
“In the dry-versus-wet campaign In
1910 in Icanning Mr. Scott fought for
morals and economics. Nevertheless
the campaign did not please all of
Ijanaing's business men. They thought
that a dry town would lose business
to wet towns near by. So, two years
later, Lansing went wet again.
This gave everybody a, wonderful
chance to compare a dry I^ansing with
a wet Lansing, commercially.
‘ First, as for the cost of running the
government, it was soon found that a
wet Lansing had to spend a good deal
of money supporting Its wet citizens.
One of many proofs was this: the cost
of feeding the prisoners In the county
jail during the two years while I^an
sing was dry had been $5,600, while
during the two ensuing years of wet
ness the cost of feeding thorn (at the
same rate per person) was $11,300.
Quite a difference for a town of 40,000.
“Second, as for business Itself,
r,cores of merchants were converted to
the proposition that the competition of
saloons in nearby wet towns would
not bo half so Injurious to them as
tne competition of saloons on Lan
sing’s own streets Their experiences
may bo summarized into the statement
of a batcher who remarked merely
that when the town was dry he could
collect his back bills, and when it was
wet. lie couldn't.
In the last dry-versus-wet campaign
in I>ansing the merchants did not rally
to the support, of the llowing bowl at
all. They turned to the overflowing
pay envelope nnd the paid-up ac
counts. The issue discussed was pros
perity. and the majority for going to
it sober was 1,200.
“The efficiency of the factory is at
least 10 per cent higher dry than wet.
according to Mr. Scott.
“And a similar result Is shown in the
cost figures furnished to Everybody’s
Magazine by Mr. C. E. Hement, gen
eral manager of another company. In
a dry I^ansing—and for no reason ex
cept dryness and greater sobriety and
energy—the cost of making engines
by this concern has gone down 70
cents per horse power.”
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
(Asked by the Temperance Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.)
Let us look these questions square
ly in the eye.
Does the liquor traffic pay the
Cnlted States?
Does It pay financially?
Does |t pay commercially?
Does It pay industrially?
Does It pay physically?
Does It pay mentally?
Does it pay morally?
What single good thing can be said
for the trade In liquors or the habit
of drinking alcohol?
Nothing?
Then why not kill the frame with
out further delay?
If we cannot kill it let us hang our
heads in bitter humiliation, for It is
greater than we
If we can kill It, then in God’s
name let us do It!
FOOD FOR TAXPAYER.
Census bureau statistics show that
for the year 1913 the liquor revenue
received by state, county and munici
pal governments amounted to only
$79,510,989.* or a per capita of 82 cents
This includes ail Incorporated places
of 2,500 people nnd over. This liquor i
revenue constituted only 4.3 per cent ,
of the total state, county nnd munici
pal revenues, $1,845,901,128, To put
it simply, the states, countlor and
cities got a total revenue of $19 per
capita and a liquor revenue of only
$0.82
Innsmuch as the per capita drink
hill of the American people Is In ex
cess of $*>3. It is apparent that we
spend about $1 for every three and
one half cents returned to the states,
counties and cities by the liquor traf.
fle
A JUST DECISION.
All social clubs of Atlanta, Oa„ have
been prohibited from dispensing liquor
Id any form Claims of exclusiveness
o* aristocracy will cause no distlnc.
Mon in Chief of Police Heaver’s ult'*
rnatum. Rigid democracy will govern
all enforcement measures; the rich
will not be permitted violations for
which I he poorer people are held no
countable.
This decision has been won by the
persistent work of Messrs. Eagan and
Jackson, the "Men and Religion” ad
veitising men of AtlanUk.
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Compiled by a Substitute While the
Regular Man Was Away From
Hla Desk.
A good way to save money on your
gas and electric Light bills is to spend
your evenings at theaters and restaur
ants where the management pays for
the lights.
If your husband’s hair shows signs
of fatllng out, try pulling his ears in
stead. They very seldom come loose.
Installment collectors and other un
desirable callers can be made to keep
their distance by means of ripe toma
toes served at long range.
A society matron whose position de
mands that she entertain a great deal
more than she can really afford has
discovered that by serving a few bird
shot with each portion of guinea hen
the guests can be made to think they
are fating game.
A young wifo of our acquaintance
tried for years to break her husband
of the habit of bringing home unex
pected guests to dinner. At last she
took the advice of a friend and flirted
desperately with the very next man
her husband Invited to the house. After
that there was no more trouble.—New
York World.
Resembled Dining Car.
Jim Sullivan. typical American
tramp, carri»Mi a kitchen cabinet under
his coat, and when arrested in Red
Wing, Minn., the following things were
found: Right large, raw potatoes,
weighing seven pounds; one quart bot
tle of sweet milk, one ten-cent loaf of
wheat bread, one-h&Jf dozen tea bis
cuits. ono-half dozen rolls, rreah; two
one-pound packages of ground coffee,
two aluminum salt and pepper shak
ers, glass cruet filled with vinegar, one
raw onion and two Japanese paper
napkins.
Interesting Comparison.
"It beats all how luck does play fa
vorites,” remarked Farmer Corntossel.
"I jea’ been to aoe Kzra Hankins.’*
“How’s ho gettln’ along since he hurt ■
his foot?"
“He's party glam. The doctor :
charged him a hundred dollars far cat- i
tin' his foot off. An’ when the rail- !
road cot Uncle Jake’s foot the com- '
pany paid him six hundred in cash. '
Maybe these great corporations ain’t ,
as graspin’ as somo people says.’’
Hut a poet doesn’t necessarily dwell
to an attic for the sake of the view. ,
Crisp little bits of Indian
Com, rolled d»in as paper, and
toasted to a golden brown.
Post
Toasties
Have a sweetness and tasty
goodness distinctively their own.
And all the way from raw
material to your table not a hu
man hand touches the food —
clean and pure as snowflakes
from the skies.
Ready to eat n^ht from the
package with cream and sugar
of crushed fruit. Post Toasties
are wonderfully deHojou*.
Sold by Grocer? Everywhere
Pdatura Cowl Company, I jrrab*^
Boltle Cmek. Mick
SHOULD COOL OFF GRADUALLY
Mistake to Turn the Hose on Per*
spiring Team, Is the Assertion
of Veterinarian.
"In this hot weather there are al
- ways a number of fools who thlnlr
they are kind to their horses when
they turn a hose on them and drench
with cold water to thoroughly
cool them off/' said a veterinarian as
he stopped a driver from throwing
water over his perspiring team. “If
the horse is overheated,’’ he contin
tied, "the shock of such a bath on
the region where the kidneys are sit
uated Is enough to kill it, aud even if
it does no apparent harm the horse
will succumb much more readily to
the heat afterward. After a horse has
been working In the broiling sun it
should be cooled off as gradually as
possible. The first thiug to do is to
take a sponge and wash out its mouth.
This removes the saliva, which is poi
sonous, and refreshes the animal
greatly, before it can be allowed to
have a drink. After this the horse
should have Its four legs bathed—the
hind ones as far as its haunches, the
front ones up to the chest. Then It
Is safe to wet its head, neck and the
part of Its back immediately behind
the neck. Care should be taken, how
ever, to keep the region of the kid
neys perfectly dry. This habit ol
driving a team up before a fire en
gine house and playing a hose Indis
criminately over their bodies i* ac
countable for the death of many rood
horses every summer.''
Of Courae.
■‘Hid you ever hoar such silly mi
ns that line of Tennyson’s: ‘Half a
league, half a league, half a league,
onward’?’’
"What is there silly about It?"
"Why, anybody knows that not more
than half a league ran be going ou*
ward at any given time. For every
game one team wins some other team
has got to lose one.”
A Real Dilemma.
“I'm In a tlx." declared the war cor
respondent. ‘I'm in love with a pretty
nurse.’’
‘Yea?”
"She wants me to shave, and my
passport describes ine with whisker'*.’*
In the Trenchea.
“No blankets, captain.”
"Well, boys, we ll just have to cover
ourselves with glory.”