They found traveling exceedingly easy, as their
bodies were so light.
They had again taken up their residence in the house in the city,
paying occasional visits to the projectile, which remained on the
soft sand where it had landed, but tilted upward, ready for a
flight.
One afternoon Jack and Mark, who had been out taking a walk, came
back rather hurriedly. They found Professor Henderson and Mr.
Roumann doing some scientific work, while Washington and Andy
were discussing the many strange things on Mars.
"Professor," said Jack, "I think something is up."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, there's something unusual going on. The Martians are
acting very queerly. There's a big meeting in the glass palace,
and when we tried to go in we were stopped. Crowds in the street
kept following us, and they haven't done that since we first
landed."
"Yes," added Mark, "and I think I saw that same man who watched
us taking the Cardite with a lot of other officers, following us,
too. And, besides, no persons here seem as friendly as they used
to. Did they, Jack?"
"No, indeed.
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