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Chapter 8 — THE METEOR
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Released on: 06/12/2017
wn old Thring Street, and spent a penny for a note
or under the projecting first-floor of the paper-s
RTH IN
PERISH
ng in the street over a pa
net or aerolite of abnormal size. It was sighted at a point two degrees W. of a Librae at an angle of 43 1/2° with the horizon, and had been photographed, its ele
led planet was merely a meteor-not more than 400 yards in diameter, with a low velocity of two miles a second; and its distance was less than a tenth of that estimated
thy, saw six signatures; and a young man who came about six P.M. to sign, cried out: "Hullo! the book is filled up!" on which Hogarth ran
t Lagden, when we were leaving?" she asked; on which he th
cottage, from out of which were coming screams-a woman's; and he ran in, f
gured about the face, whereupon Bates was arrested, and Hogarth,
s at the old farm-ho
he saw Mr. Bond, his two daughters, his servants, grouped round an optic tube mounted on a tripod. He asked permission to get the account-booherea
the naked eye yet: b
he sight, turning the adjuster; the
an eager eye
, sir, that a splinter of her may fall into your back yard-not too big a one! but a nice little comfortable piece"-he rubbed his palms-"for you know, no doubt, of what her substance is compose
whispere
ger than was modest he stopped there, gazing, then ran, wondering at her d
display soon after eleven t
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1 Chapter 1 — THE EXODUS2 Chapter 2 — THE FEZ3 Chapter 3 — THE HUNTING-CROP4 Chapter 4 — THE SWOON5 Chapter 5 — REID’S6 Chapter 6 — “PEARSON’S WEEKLY”7 Chapter 7 — THE ELM8 Chapter 8 — THE METEOR9 Chapter 9 — HOGARTH’S GUNS10 Chapter 10 — ISAAC11 Chapter 11 — WROXHAM BROAD12 Chapter 12 — THE ROSE13 Chapter 13 — OUT OF THE WORLD14 Chapter 14 — THE PRIEST15 Chapter 15 — MONSIGNOR16 Chapter 16 — THE ROPE17 Chapter 17 — OLD TOM’S LETTER18 Chapter 18 — CHLOROFORM19 Chapter 19 — THE GREAT BELL20 Chapter 20 — THE INFIRMARY21 Chapter 21 — IN THE DEEP22 Chapter 22 — OLD TOM23 Chapter 23 — UNDER THE ELM24 Chapter 24 — FRANKL SEES THE METEORITE25 Chapter 25 — CHURCH ARCHITECTURE26 Chapter 26 — FRANKL AND O’HARA27 Chapter 27 — THE BAG OF LIGHT28 Chapter 28 — THE LETTER29 Chapter 29 — PRIORITY OF CLAIM30 Chapter 30 — MR. BEECH31 Chapter 31 — THE HAMMERS32 Chapter 32 — WONDER33 Chapter 33 — REEFS OF STEEL34 Chapter 34 — THE “KAISER”35 Chapter 35 — THE CUP OF TREMBLING36 Chapter 36 — THE “BOODAH” AND THE BATTLESHIPS37 Chapter 37 — THE STRAITS38 Chapter 38 — THE MANIFESTO39 Chapter 39 — THE “BOODAH’S” LOCK-UP40 Chapter 40 — THE VISIT41 Chapter 41 — REBEKAH TELLS42 Chapter 42 — THE LAND BILL43 Chapter 43 — THE REGENCY44 Chapter 44 — ESTRELLA, THE PROPHETESS45 Chapter 45 — THE ORDER IN COUNCIL46 Chapter 46 — THE EMIGRANTS47 Chapter 47 — THE SEA-FORTS48 Chapter 48 — THE DéBCLE49 Chapter 49 — THE MODEL