us nicely fooled. There--there, it has
switched off the 'glim' now--the little,
telltale battery. Now--where are we?"

No one could tell, as they floundered
about, three men, and two girls, in the
mysterious night-woods--without a clew
-Pemrose clinging desolately to her
father now, Una to hers--while Andrew,
the Church Elder, muttered weird Highland
curses.

Nobody could tell where they were,
indeed, figuratively, of course, except--except
that the experiment was a failure,
so far as any proof to the World was concerned
!

Except that Toandoah's hopes were
dashed,--if not broken!

The first record from Space was stolen,
-or lost.

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