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a - - -._ eoward, Irvine, who had been hiding behind her ample proportions, As he fell, he received a jelly in the face and the inventor, who was trying to get ~ away he knew not where, slipped on a steak and put one foot down firmly on his stomach. The maniac roar of Irvine could be heard even above the din of the fray, the groans of the unfortunate guests, the shrieks of the women, the “swish! slap! flop!” -- eaused by the impact of the steaks, eggs, tarts and and splashing of the hot liquids. _- QOne more rush, a final, grand, and wild rush, the table made, and as it did, it carried with it the ring t of liquid tubes. Instantly a solid sheet of red-brown- ___ yellow-black liquid covered the room, watering the _ guests there assembled on the floor plentifully, gen- ___ erously, and thoroughly. The remaining objects on the table were shot into the midst of our unfortu- of our minds that Davidson has really seen the _ place. In some unaccountable way, while he moved hither and thither in London, his sight moved hither and thither in a manner that corresponded, about this distant island. How is absolutely a mystery. _ That completes the remarkable story of David- --_-son’s eyes. It’s perhaps the best authenticated case in existence of real vision at a distance. ' Explana- tion there is none forthcoming, except what Profes- gor Wade had thrown out. But this explanation _ invokes the Fourth Dimension, and a dissertation on theoretical kinds of space. To talk of there being ‘ta kink in space” seems mere nonsense to me; it may be because I am no mathematician. When _ | said that nothing would alter the fact that the place is eight thousand miles away, he answered that two points might be a yard away on a sheet Of paper, and yet be brought together by bending k pare rig: Medley at dh ¢ — agi ’ ad . . a | yo Haute _ , a other solid articles of nutrition, and the hissing ~ Hicks’ Inventions With a Kick By HENRY HUGH SIMMONS nate selves, instantly felling those that tried to rise from under that fierce red-hot liquid sheet. Then the hissing in the adjoining room grew louder, there was a tremendous report, and the boiler blew up. Instantly the liquids ceased to flow. The table gradually slowed up, until it was only . spinning lazily, and eight dazed mortals picked themselves out from under miscellaneous articles of crockery and food and limped or crawled out. I am sorry to say that my aunt Zelinda proved quite unreasonable. She disinherited me on the spot. As for Hicks, that mighty genius went on a pro-, longed journey and I have not heard from him since. I met Uncle Jeremiah recently and he told me he had disinherited “that confounded, low-down scoundrel” entirely. That, I willingly tell, but spare me further details, please! THE END. _ _-The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes is? By H. G. WELLS the paper round. The reader may grasp his argu- ment, but I certainly do not. His idea seems to be that Davidson, stooping between the poles of the big electro-magnet, had some extraordinary twist given to his retinal elements through the sudden change in the field of force due to the lightning. He thinks, as a consequence of this, that it may be possible to live visually in one part of the world, while one lives bodily in another. He has even made some experiments in support of his views* but, so far, he had simply succeeded in blinding a few dogs. I believe that is the net result of his work, though I have not seen him for some weeks. But the whole of this theory seems fantastic to me. The facts concerning Davidson stand on an alto- gether different footing and I can testify personally to the accuracy of every detail I have given. aS THE END. : MMMM MMMM TT a Discussions 5 ay. _ In this department we shall discuss, every month, topics of interest to readers. The editors invite correspondence on all | subjects directly or indirectly related to the stories appearing in this magazine. In case a special personal answer is required, a A mst nominal fee of 25c to cover time and postage is required, fe ape : WHERE CRITICS DISAGREE oy Editor, AMAZING STORIES: ilar hokum, ‘missing from AMAZING STORIES. _ [This critic wants scientific fiction admin- ~ _ On the whole, I like your magazine. The There is a difference between fairy tales and istered so that he can swallow it. One of | idea back of it is extremely good, yet many of the features of the magazine I dislike. Many. of your stories are poor. I refer — especially to the “Dr. Hackensaw” and “Mr. -.~ ~Fosdick” series. I do not recall ever having _. fread any stories that were more poorly Written than these, except, perhaps, “The _ Time Eliminator,” by Kaw, in your Decem- ber issue. Please do not spoil your maga- zine by allowing. such mediocre stuff to reach your pages. _ - a s aeegencing the gublget matter: I like scien- fiction, but I like it administered so that can at least swallow it. It would atify immensely to see “intelligent lobsters’ 7 A o- <4 os - Wo en ~ Se 7 =r ?,, et, v one > Se oe ives f - ; >” : ’ Ae. ee a... " Pore teal scientific fiction. Now, I have made some rather harsh criticisms. The fact remains that your ae: azine is, on the whole, good. I like H. G. Wells. Garrett. P. Serviss, (except in “‘A Columbus of Space”’), and Murray Leinster. is really good. One other thing occurs to me. I do not find your covers attractive. Somehow, they seem to suggest the cheap magazine class. And now, having unburdened myself of all this, I will close, hoping that you will give my criticisms a little thought, and wishing good luck to you and your publications. “Je P.: MeCacus, Chicago, Ill 4 + 4% Py P . *; es ay > E j . <4 M4 (eA Ss * . < - es - br hh 1" < r+ ar ii i Cie 2 a ew pe St aS ae re “> > . q te 2 Ana SE ee tte A oe int 2 Pate. | id » the greatest fiction stories of the world is *Gulliver’s Travels.”” We wonder if our’ correspondent would consider that the ad-. ventures of Dean Swift’s hero were admin- istered so that he could swallow them. The authors he dislikes and criticizes so unfav- orably are great favorites with many readers. Our cover page illustrations are drawn by the highest grade illustrators and have ex- cited much favorable comment. In many other letters which we received, we find the artist, Paul, highly commended. Yet it is with some of his best work - are not pleased.—Ebpitor. TS ~~, miEépo * that you