At last Tom stepped to the giant telescope and adjusted it upon the planet Mars. He electrified the immense disk, which glowed, then could not be seen at all.
Looking through the eyepiece, the young inventor stood as though transfixed. One minute! Two!
Tom Stepped to the Telescope
"Tom! How does it work?" asked Ned finally, unable to restrain himself any longer.
"Look for yourself!" cried Tom, turning from the instrument. His face wore an expression of awe.
Ned quickly took his place.
"Marvelous!" he exclaimed.
Before his eyes were revealed a great city, nearly seventy-five million miles distant!
Peculiar people surged along the avenues, weird aircraft thronged the upper atmosphere, and gigantic buildings and palaces dotted the place. All on far-distant Mars!