There the motor would only work at
a certain speed. Here, in the atmosphere of Mars, it goes more
than twice as fast, because there is less resistance."
"Is that good or bad?" asked Jack.
"Good. We shall reach the planet all the sooner now. Boys, get
ready to land on Mars in a few hours!"
The news was startling in itself, but so many strange things had
happened on the trip that this only produced a momentary
impression.
"Yo' say dat we am shortly goin' t' promulgate eurseves inter
conjunctionary juxtaposition wid de exterior circumference an'
surface ob de planetary sphere commonly called Mars?" asked
Washington White.
"If you mean whether or not we are near Mars, why, we are,"
answered Jack with a laugh. "But, Wash, if you use such language
as that I don't know what the Martians will think of you."
"I knows," answered the colored man with great dignity. "Dey'll
take me fo' jest what I am--a mostest profundity educationalized
specimen ob de human fambly. But I'se glad we's so neah Mars."
"Why? Are you tired of being cooped up here?" asked Mark.
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