The tunnel thru the air : $b or, Looking back from 1940Gann, William D. (William Delbert)
Religion
The tunnel thru the air : $b or, Looking back from 1940
Gann, William D. (William Delbert)
Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction; Science fiction
The world was astounded and amazed but of course did not believe that
there was any such invention or any such power in the hands of any
one man, or any one nation. At 7 A.M. on July 21st, Supreme Commander
Gordon sailed away in the Marie the Angel of Mercy and in a little
over three hours he was over London. He notified them to clear all the
big buildings on Lombard and Downing Streets. They were unable to see
his plane or hear it but they knew that he was somewhere over London in
the air. The people were frightened and cleared out of the buildings.
Women and children were taken away to safety and slowly the death ray
started to do its work. The big buildings crumbled away, slowly melting
down as tho they were butter. The people fell upon their knees in the
streets and prayed to God to save them from this great invisible force.
Many people believed that it was an unseen power from heaven that had
come to destroy the world and that this was the end of the world. When
he had completed the destruction of enough buildings to show them his
power, he circled over London time and time again, sending forth the
sleeping gas and the people all succumbed and went to sleep. With the
power from his machine he extinguished all the electric lights in the
city and left it in darkness. The news of this terrible disaster was
sent from London to the Allied Enemy headquarters in the United States.
Supreme Commander Gordon then proceeded on the following day to Berlin.
He intended to teach the Germans a lesson that they never would forget.
He would show mercy that they had never shown because not one woman
or child would be harmed, but protected. Not one human life would be
taken, but he would make the destruction of buildings in Berlin so
complete that they would never forget his visit. He would remind them
that the Kaiser and all of the great German armies were powerless when
Marie the Angel of Mercy sent forth its destructive rays and sleeping
gas. He sailed over Berlin and notified everyone to clear out of the
buildings. He destroyed all of the important buildings on the business
streets, turned loose his sleeping gas and left Berlin in darkness, to
sleep for 7 days.
When he had completed the bombardment of the buildings in Berlin, he
sent a message to the President of France that he would be in Paris
within the next hour to thank him personally for the great aid that
France had given us in the war. The President notified him that France
would declare a holiday and give him a reception greater than that
tendered Captain Lindbergh when he landed there on May 21st, 1927. He
informed the President that his time was limited, but in appreciation
of the friendship of France he would anchor Marie the Angel of Mercy
over Paris and arrange lights to play upon her to make her visible so
the people could see this wonderful ship.
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