Mr. World and Miss Church-Member

city of inven

rthrow predicted in

the central part of the city. So Mr. World, in deference to her wis

upward at the awe-inspiring spectacle. Its grandeur

e wizard cone, the aerial boulevards, ever alive with private conv

ey to the first series of hangings

rs and led her to the central passenger room at the base of the tower. Here they saw a system of interior el

system, and to the left the equally wide boule

usual courtesy, conduct his friend to a seat

l opportunities to view, at every desirable

Member as they circled higher and higher so gradually that more than ten miles w

gid side of the tower by a feat of architectural en

tally, and also passed through some of the huge corridors which, on thi

the ponderous pillars on each side of the converging corridors, for she knew that more

ries that this aerial world afforded. At last, wearied by the endless succession of extraordinary sights, they stole away to a quiet retre

s of hanging gardens; and during the lull in the music near by, they cau

higher to taste the sweetne

nturesome trolley, admiring the phenomenal ride and the scenery it opened to their view in panoramic splendor. Th

in all the arrangement and style of the terraces and hanging gardens, but especially in

nd during their sight-seeing from garden to garden

conversation deepened into the relations they sustained one t

ed a little spider, swinging on its silke

t such a time, between my friend and me?" sai

tle insect poses here to remind us that we can

lanation," she said wit

urking foe who see

to know your enemies t

hrough your

ght the little intruder, placing it alive into a locket which s

d Mr. "World as he saw, through the glass

oe that seeks to separ

suggested. "You have captured the f

the little prison into his hand. "It is yours forever

ccept the endless task and also pledge to the utmost of my power to keep

ked as he fixed his eyes on the dizzy

ear no height," was h

ior elevators. But they were told that no visitors were allowed abo

ior apartments of this tower, even b

rt inventor, true and tried in our master's ser

icular branch of work

of warfare for the armies of our master, especially for the

d urged Mr. World to conduct her to the base of the

t, coming from one side, blinded my vision, and as I

" beckoned the s

act of volition. He transported me almost instantaneou

e sweet charms of my angel guide wh

ef space of time, to gaze upon this Wizard City as angels do. Thy memory shall b

scales fell from my eyes, and I was struck wi

rd. All things were open to my view, and I saw many of the bright geniuses of the world

s of Christianity I saw in this tower almost numberless kinds of fatal weapons which send forth their poisonous and deadly dischar

by any kind of negligence come within reach of Satan's forces. "Seest thou," continued my guide, "with what cunning Satan hath builded this tower? By its exterior beauty he gaineth the confidence of th

etching their borders far, wide, and deep. There was a small empire

ents of those ponderous wheels

elicate and complex machinery, and half-human creatures

f Hell hath contrived, in these graded departments, all the modern lenses that ar

far section of the city, "those inventors plying their ing

r groups at work inventing snares and traps for Sat

lass of geniuses who work for Satan's general emissaries as they journey far and

s the angel continued

oul workings of

cried out in painful anguish: "Why does not God send thunderb

wl, and thistles no more infest the ground. Till then the patience of Go

es at the end

ing this whole Wizard City, will be consumed by an awful fire whose lurid light will glimmer long afte