A Trip to Mars
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Aubrey Frank. A Trip to Mars
CHAPTER I. THE FALL OF THE GREAT METEORITE
CHAPTER II. WHAT GERALD SAW
CHAPTER III. STRANGE VISITORS
CHAPTER IV. GERALD CARRIED OFF
CHAPTER V. KING IVANTA
CHAPTER VI. THE KING'S OFFER
CHAPTER VII. OFF ON A TRIP TO MARS
CHAPTER VIII. A NARROW ESCAPE
CHAPTER IX. ARMEATH'S SECRET
CHAPTER X. CAPTURED BY A COMET
CHAPTER XI 'WELCOME TO MARS!'
CHAPTER XII. PRINCE ALONDRA
CHAPTER XIII. THE PALACE IN THE CLOUDS
CHAPTER XIV. TOM CLINCH'S STATEMENT
CHAPTER XV. HUNTING THE GREAT MARS EAGLE
CHAPTER XVI. IN DIRE PERIL
CHAPTER XVII. LESSONS IN FLYING
CHAPTER XVIII. A ROYAL PROGRESS
CHAPTER XIX. A DARING PLOT
CHAPTER XX. THE DEATH POOL
CHAPTER XXI. A SECRET TREASURE-HOUSE
CHAPTER XXII. MALTO
CHAPTER XXIII. A FOUL DEN
CHAPTER XXIV. AT THE PAVILION
CHAPTER XXV. AGRANDO THROWS OFF THE MASK
CHAPTER XXVI. THE WIRELESS MESSAGE
CHAPTER XXVII. A DESPERATE VENTURE
CHAPTER XXVIII. SAILING ON THE STORM-WIND
CHAPTER XXIX. ATTACKED IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXX. CAPTURED
CHAPTER XXXI. AT HOME IN A VOLCANO
CHAPTER XXXII. IVANTA A FUGITIVE
CHAPTER XXXIII. A QUEER HUNT
CHAPTER XXXIV. A NIGHT EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XXXV. HOW IVANTA GAINED A FLEET
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE OLD WELL
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE FIGHT FOR THE STRONGHOLD
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A GREAT AERIAL BATTLE
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE END OF THE STRUGGLE
CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION
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'What a magnificent night! What a scene! Jack, old man, I think you will have to go in to supper without me and leave me to myself. It seems a sort of sacrilege to go indoors – to exchange the moon's beautiful light for the miserable glimmer of a little oil-lamp, and this invigorating air off the sea for the smell of paraffin oil. Ugh!'
'Yes, I suppose I'm a bit of a dreamer, Jack. I 've been told it so many times that I fancy there must be something in it. Yet "While you sleep, then am I awake" – you know the quotation.'
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Careering towards them through the upper air, at what seemed lightning speed, was something which left a long, luminous trail behind it. Rays and flashes of light of different colours burst from it in its course, darting out in all directions. A low, rushing sound became audible, which quickly increased in volume until it became a terrific, deafening, overwhelming roar.
There was a sudden disturbance in the air, as of the approach of a whirlwind, and a crackling noise as of the discharge of fireworks.
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