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                            GULLIVER OF MARS 



GULLIVER OF MARS 



                      by Edwin L。 Arnold 



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                                 CHAPTER I 



     Dare   I   say   it�拭�Dare   I   say   that   I�察  �a   plain�察  �prosaic   lieutenant   in   the 

republican service have done the incredible things here set out for the love 

of   a   womanfor   a   chimera   in   female   shape�察  �for   a   pale�察  �vapid   ghost   of 

woman´loveliness�拭�At times I tell myself I dare not�此�that you will laugh�察�

and   cast   me   aside   as   a   fabricator�察  �and then   again   I   pick   up   my  pen   and 

collect   the scattered   pages�察 �for   I  MUST  write itthe   pallid splendour   of 

that   thing   I  loved�察 �and  won�察 �and   lost is   ever  before  me�察 �and   will   not   be 

forgotten。      The tumult of the struggle into which that vision led me still 

throbs in my mind�察�the soft�察�lisping voices of the planet I ransacked for its 

sake   and   the   roar   of   the   destruction   which   followed   me   back   from   the 

quest   drowns   all     other   sounds   in   my   ears�    �I   must   and   will   writeit 

relieves me�察�read and believe as you list。 

     At the moment this story commences I was thinking of grill´ ed steak 

and tomatoessteak crisp and brown on both sides�察�and tomatoes red as a 

setting sun� �

     Much else though I have forgotten�察�THAT fact remains as clear as the 

last   sight   of  a   well´remembered   shore   in   the   mind of   some   wave´tossed 

traveller。    And the occasion which produced that prosaic thought was   a 

night well calculated to make one think of supper and fireside�察�though the 

one might be frugal and the other lonely�察�and as I�察�Gulliver Jones�察�the poor 

foresaid Navy lieutenant�察�with the honoured stars of our Republic on my 

collar�察  �and   an   undeserved   snub   from   those   in   authority   rankling   in   my 

heart�察�picked my way homeward by a short cut through the dismalness of a 

New York slum I longed for steak and stout�察�slippers and a pipe�察�with all 

the pathetic keenness of a troubled soul。 

     It was a wild�察�black kind of night�察�and the weirdness of it showed up as 

I  passed   from  light   to   light   or   crossed the  mouths   of  dim  alleys   leading 

Heaven   knows   to   what   infernal   dens   of   mystery   and   crime   even   in   this 

latter´day   city   of   ours。   The   moon   was   up   as   far   as   the   church   steeples�察�

large vapoury clouds scudding across the sky between us and her�察�and a 

strong�察�gusty wind�察�laden with big raindrops snarled angrily round corners 

and sighed in the parapets like strange voices talking about things not of 



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human interest。 

     It   made   no   difference   to   me�察  �of   course。    New   York   in   this   year   of 

grace   is   not   the   place   for   the   supernatural   be   the   time   never   so   fit   for 

witch´riding   and   the   night   wind   in   the   chimney´stacks   sound   never   so 

much   like   the   last   gurgling   cries   of   throttled   men。    No�   �the   world   was 

very   matter´of´fact�察  �and   particularly   so   to   me�察  �a   poor   younger   son   with 

five dollars in my purse by way of fortune�察�a packet of unpaid bills in my 

breastpocket�察  �and   round   my  neck   a   locket   with   a   portrait   therein of   that 

dear   buxom�察  �freckled�察  �stub´nosed   girl   away   in   a   little   southern   seaport 

town whom I thought I loved with a magnificent affection。                       Gods� �I had 

not even touched the fringe of that affliction。 

     Thus   sauntering   along   moodily�察  �my   chin   on   my  chest   and   much   too 

absorbed       in  reflection    to  have    any    nice   apprecia´     tion  of   what    was 

happening   about   me�察  �I   was   crossing   in   front   of   a   dilapidated   block   of 

houses�察�dating back nearly to the time of the Pilgrim Fathers�察�when I had a 

vague   consciousness   of   something   dark   suddenly   sweeping   by   me   a 

thing like a huge bat�察�or a solid shadow�察�if such a thing could be�察�and the 

next instant there was a thud and a bump�察�a bump again�察�a half´stifled cry�察�

and then a hurried vision of some black carpeting that flapped and shook 

as   though   all   the   winds   of   Eblis   were   in   its   folds�察  �and   then   apparently 

disgorged from its inmost recesses a little man。 

     Before my first start of half´amused surprise was over I saw him by 

the   flickering   lamp´light   clutch   at   space   as   he   tried   to   steady   himself�察�

stumble on the slippery curb�察�and the next moment go down on the back of 

his head with a most ugly thud。 

     Now I was not destitute of feeling�察�though it had been my lot to see 

men die in many ways�察�and I ran over to that motionless form without an 

idea that anything but an ordinary accident had occurred。                      There he lay�察�

silent and�察�as it turned out afterwards�察�dead as a door´nail�察�the strangest old 

fellow ever eyes looked upon�察�dressed in shabby sorrel´ coloured clothes 

of antique cut�察�with a long grey beard upon his chin�察�pent´roof eyebrows�察�

and a wizened complexion so puckered and tanned by exposure to Heaven 

only knew what weathers that it was impossible to guess his nationality。 

     I lifted him up out of the puddle of black blood in which he was lying�察�



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and his head dropped back over my arm as though it had been fixed to his 

body with string alone。         There was neither heart´beat nor breath in him�察�

and the last flicker of life faded out of that gaunt face even as I watched。 

It was not altogether a pleasant situation�察�and the only thing to do appeared 

to be to get the dead man into proper care ��though little good it could do 

him now�。� as speedily as possible。             So�察�sending a chance passer´by into 

the main street for a cab�察�I placed him into it as soon as it came�察�and there 

being nobody else to go�察�got in with him myself�察�telling the driver at the 

same time to take us to the nearest hospital。 

     ;Is this your rug�察�captain�拭─�asked a bystander just as we were driving 

off。 

     ;Not mine�察─�I answered somewhat roughly。                 ;You don't suppose I go 

about at this time of night with Turkey carpets under my arm�察�do you�拭                    �It 

belongs to this old chap here who has just dropped out of the skies on to 

his   head�察  �chuck   it   on   top   and   shut   the   door� ─�And   that   rug�察  �the   very 

main´ spring of the startling things which followed�察�was thus care´ lessly 

thrown on to the carriage�察�and off we we
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