The tunnel thru the air : $b or, Looking back from 1940Gann, William D. (William Delbert)
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The tunnel thru the air : $b or, Looking back from 1940
Gann, William D. (William Delbert)
Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction; Science fiction
On the afternoon of July 4th the President of the United States issued
a proclamation to the people, telling them of the wonderful victory in
Washington and assuring them that the country was safe, and set aside
the following three days as holidays to celebrate and commemorate
the victory of Independence Day. In his message he said that God had
blessed the Stars and Stripes and given to America a lone man who had
made inventions which had saved the country, and that a lone woman,
Edna Kennelworth, with these inventions had protected Washington from
destruction and captured over 50,000 of the enemy's airships without
causing the loss of a single soul.
The President's Proclamation was given to the newspapers and every
paper in the United States carried big headlines:
GREAT ATTACK ON NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON FAILS. MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND OF THE ENEMY'S AIRSHIPS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED. HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN TAKEN PRISONERS. EDNA KENNELWORTH, A LONE WOMAN,
SAVED WASHINGTON WITH SLEEPING GAS BAGGED OVER FIFTY THOUSAND
AIRPLANES WHICH ARE NOW SAFELY HELD IN THE TUNNEL THRU THE AIR MADE BY
SUPREME COMMANDER GORDON'S GREAT INVENTION. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE
ENEMY WILL MAKE A PLEA FOR PEACE ANY DAY.
When the President declared a holiday, Supreme Commander Gordon decided
that this was the time to let the enemy know what our strength was as
it was no longer necessary to keep the secret about our new wonderful
inventions. He ordered the invisible noiseless planes to load up with
hundreds of thousands of newspapers which told of the great victory,
sail at great altitudes over the enemy's lines in the United States and
bombard them with these newspapers. He ordered Colonel Morrison and
Colonel Manson to take charge of the planes which were to distribute
the papers over the enemy's lines. Ordered them to sail over the City
of Mexico and distribute papers over the enemy's headquarters there.
The Supreme Commander felt that this was the end, in fact he knew it,
because after reading over Ezekiel again he saw that the prophecies
were about all fulfilled and that in a short time the millennium would
dawn and the world would be at peace. He read Chapter 10:9 and 21:
And the cherubims lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth
in my sight; when they went out the wheels were also beside them and
everyone stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord's house; and
the glory of the God of Israel was over them. Everyone had four faces
apiece and everyone four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a
man was under their wings. And the glory of the Lord went up from the
midst of the city and stood upon the mountain, which is on the east
side of the city.
He knew that this was the glory referred to for the United States and
that Ezekiel's prophecy, Chapter 14, 21st verse, had been fulfilled. It
reads as follows:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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