occurrence might have been dismissed as a
queer case of mass delusion, for such cases are not unknown to
history, had it not been followed by a convincing aftermath.

The culmination of a series of startling coincidences, both ridiculous
and tragic, at last brought men face to face with an incontestable
fact: namely, that Bill Jones had emerged from his fiery baptism
endowed with the thought-expressing facilities of Professor Ralston,
while the professor was forced to struggle along with the meager
educational appliances of Bill Jones!

In this ironic manner the Space-Wanderer had left unquestionable proof
of his visit by rendering a tribute to "innate intelligence" and
playing a Jovian Jest upon an educated fool--a neat transposition.

A Columbus from a vaster, kindlier universe had paused for a moment to
learn the story of our pigmy system. He had brought us a message from
the outermost citadels of life and had flashed out again on his aeonic
voyage from everlasting unto everlasting.

FOR VACATION ADVENTURERS

Truth is stranger than fiction. Ask the Regular Army man who has
soldiered in the far-off corners of the earth, gone "over the top" in
action, and has experienced the thrill of service in the tropics or
the sub-arctic.

Better yet, get an earful of real Astounding Stories yourself, at
first hand this summer, as one of the thirty thousand young men
between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four enjoying those thirty
glorious days and nights as a student-camper at one of Uncle Sam's
Citizens' Military Training Camps.

All of these Camps are pitched at Regular Army posts, and it is the
custom for grizzled old-timers who have followed the Flag for many
long years to drift down to "the boys" around campfire time each night
and regale the student campers with thrilling, real life yarns of
action and adventure in many strange and unusual circumstances.

It is not necessary for one to be a rich man's son in order to enjoy
the manifold benefits of their Camps. Uncle Sam pays all the necessary
bills including transportation, the best of food, bedding, laundry
service and medical treatment if needed. And there is no obligation
for future military service entailed by attendance at any of these
Nation-wide CMT camps. Their primary mission is the upbuilding of
American youth in health and good citizenship.

Detailed information, together with illustrated literature about the
Citizens' Military Training Camp, may b