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 CHAPTER II

th of June in the year was a day that will long be remembered in the annals of the Anglo-Saxon race, for on that day began a series of disasters that brought the proud inhabitants of the earth to the brink of ruin. Far off in the abysses of space the offspring of the two great races of humanity met, and flung defiance in one another's faces. But we are anticipating events, and must leave the description of what happened in those distanedistant [sic] regions for another chapter.

The sun ascended higher and higher into the sky, diffusing his radiance around. The sky was covered with air-ships of all