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A New Star
Atsomefuturetime,ourobservationswillbeabletodeterminethispoint,buttillthentheexperimentoftheGunClubcanhavenootherresultthantohaveprovidedoursolarsystemwithanewstar.
J.BELFAST.
Tohowmanyquestionsdidthisunexpecteddenouementgiverise?Whatmysteriousresultswasthefuturereservingfortheinvestigationofscience?Atallevents,thenamesofNicholl,Barbicane,andMichelArdanwerecertaintobeimmortalizedintheannalsofastronomy!
WhenthedispatchfromLong’sPeakhadoncebecomeknown,therewasbutoneuniversalfeelingofsurpriseandalarm.Wasitpossibletogototheaidoftheseboldtravelers?No!fortheyhadplacedthemselvesbeyondthepaleofhumanity,bycrossingthelimitsimposedbytheCreatoronhisearthlycreatures.Theyhadairenoughfortwomonths;theyhadvictualsenoughfortwelve;—butafterthat?Therewasonlyonemanwhowouldnotadmitthatthesituationwasdesperate—healonehadconfidence;andthatwastheirdevotedfriendJ.T.Maston.
Besides,heneverletthemgetoutofsight.HishomewashenceforththepostatLong’sPeak;hishorizon,themirrorofthatimmensereflector.Assoonasthemoonroseabovethehorizon,heimmediatelycaughtherinthefieldofthetelescope;heneverlethergoforaninstantoutofhissight,andfollowedherassiduouslyinhercoursethroughthestellarspaces
