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L. Wallace - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: End as a World - -Author: F. L. Wallace - -Release Date: January 18, 2016 [EBook #50959] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK END AS A WORLD *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="391" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<h1>End as a World</h1> - -<p>By F. L. WALLACE</p> - -<p>Illustrated by DIEHL</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Galaxy Science Fiction September 1955.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p class="ph3"><i>Prophets aplenty foretold the end—but not one<br /> -ever guessed just how it would come about!</i></p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess. I kept -reading them, but didn't know what to believe. I know what I wanted to -think, but that's different from actually knowing.</p> - -<p>There was the usual news just after Labor Day. The Dodgers were winning -or losing, I forget which, and UCLA was strong and was going to beat -everybody they met that fall. An H-bomb had been tested in the -Pacific, blowing another island off the map, just as if we had islands -to spare. Ordinarily this was important, but now it wasn't. They put -stuff like this in the back pages and hardly anybody reads it. There -was only one thing on the front pages and it was all people talked -about. All I talked about, anyway.</p> - -<p>It began long before. I don't know how long because they didn't print -that. But it began and there it was, right upon us that day. It -was Saturday. Big things always seem to happen on Saturdays. I ate -breakfast and got out early. I had the usual things to do, mowing the -lawn, for instance. I didn't do it nor anything else and nobody said -anything. There wasn't any use in mowing the lawn on a day like that.</p> - -<p>I went out, remembering not to slam the door. It wasn't much, but it -showed thoughtfulness. I went past the church and looked at the sign -that was set diagonally at the corner so that it could be read from -both streets. There it was in big letters, quoting from the papers: -THIS IS THE DAY THE WORLD ENDS! Some smart reporter had thought it up -and it seemed so true that that was the only way it was ever said. Me? -I didn't know.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>It was a bright day. People were out walking or just standing and -looking at the sky. It was too early to look up. I went on. Paul -Eberhard was sitting on the lawn when I came along. He tossed me the -football and I caught it and tried to spin it on my finger. It didn't -spin. It fell and flopped out with crazy bounces into the street. -The milk truck stopped, while I got it out of the way. I tossed the -football back to Paul. He put his hand on it and sat there.</p> - -<p>"What'll we do?" he said.</p> - -<p>I made a motion with my hands. "We can throw the ball around," I said.</p> - -<p>"Naw," he said. "Maybe you've got some comic books."</p> - -<p>"You've seen them all," I said. "You got some?"</p> - -<p>"I gave them to Howie," he said, thoughtfully screwing the point of the -ball into the center of a dandelion. "He said he was going to get some -new ones though. Let's go see." He got up and tossed the ball toward -the porch. It hit the railing and bounced back into the bushes. That's -where he usually kept it.</p> - -<p>"Paul," called his mother as we started out.</p> - -<p>"Yeah?"</p> - -<p>"Don't go far. I've got some things I want you to do."</p> - -<p>"What?" he said patiently.</p> - -<p>"Hauling trash out of the basement. Helping me move some of the potted -plants around in front."</p> - -<p>"Sure," he said. "I'll be back."</p> - -<p>We went past another church on the way to Howie's. The sign was the -same there. THIS IS THE DAY THE WORLD ENDS! They never said more than -that. They wanted it to hang in our minds, something we couldn't quite -touch, but we knew was there.</p> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" width="359" height="500" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Paul jerked his head at the sign. "What do you think of it?"</p> - -<p>"I don't know." I broke off a twig as we passed a tree. "What about -you?"</p> - -<p>"We got it coming." He looked at the sky.</p> - -<p>"Yeah, but will we get it?"</p> - -<p>He didn't answer that. "I wonder if it will be bright?"</p> - -<p>"It is now."</p> - -<p>"It might cloud over."</p> - -<p>"It won't matter. It'll split the sky." That was one thing sure. Clouds -or anything weren't going to stand in the way.</p> - -<p>We went on and found Howie. Howie is a Negro, smaller than we are and -twice as fast. He can throw a football farther and straighter than -anyone else on the team. We pal around quite a bit, especially in the -football season.</p> - -<p>He came out of the house like he was walking on whipped cream. I didn't -let that fool me. More than once I've tried to tackle him during a -practice game. Howie was carrying a model of a rocket ship, CO<sub>2</sub> -powered. It didn't work. We said hi all around and then he suggested a -game of keep-away. We'd left the football at Paul's and we couldn't so -we walked over to the park.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>We sat down and began talking about it. "I'm wondering if it will -really come," said Paul. We all squinted up.</p> - -<p>"Where'll the President watch it from?" I said. "He should have a good -view from the White House."</p> - -<p>"No better than us right here," said Howie.</p> - -<p>"What about Australia? Will they see it there?" I said.</p> - -<p>"They'll see it all over."</p> - -<p>"Africa, too? And what about the Eskimos?"</p> - -<p>"It doesn't matter whether they actually see it or not. It will come to -everyone at the same time."</p> - -<p>I didn't see how it could, but I didn't feel like an argument. That's -what they were saying on TV and you can't talk back to that.</p> - -<p>"Everybody," said Howie. "Not just in this town, but all over. Wherever -there are people. Even where they're not."</p> - -<p>"You read that," said Paul.</p> - -<p>"Sure," said Howie. "You lent me the comic books. It's even in them."</p> - -<p>We didn't say much after that. I kept thinking of the man who made -the H-bomb. I bet he felt silly and spiteful, blowing up an island. -Somebody might have wanted to live on it, if he'd just left it there. -He must have felt mean and low when something really big like this came -along.</p> - -<p>We talked on for a while, but we'd talked it out long ago. There was -really nothing new we could say. Every so often we'd look up at the -sky, but it wasn't going to come until it got here.</p> - -<p>Finally we drifted apart. There wasn't anything left to do. We walked -home with Howie and then I went with Paul, leaving him to come back to -my house. I looked at the lawn and without thinking about it got busy -and mowed it. I surprised myself.</p> - -<p>It was hot, or it seemed to me it was. I went in to eat. Ma came by and -shut off the sound of TV. I could still see the picture in the other -room. The announcer was making faces, but, of course, I didn't hear -what he said. He looked pretty funny, I thought. I thought we were all -probably pretty funny, moving our mouths and blinking our eyes and -waving our hands. Only nothing real was coming out. Not yet, anyway.</p> - -<p>"Sit still," said Ma. "It will happen without your help. It's going to -be all right."</p> - -<p>"Think so?" I said. She would have told me anything to keep me quiet. -She gets nervous when I fidget.</p> - -<p>"I think so," she said, giving me my allowance. It was early for that. -Usually I didn't get it until after supper. "Why don't you run uptown -and watch it from there?"</p> - -<p>"Maybe I will," I said, dabbling my hands in the water at the sink. -"Are you going to go?"</p> - -<p>"Of course I'm not. Why should I get into that mob? I can watch it just -as well from here."</p> - -<p>Sure she could. But it was not the same. Everybody I knew was going -to be there. I changed shirts before I left. I took a rag and wiped -the dust from my shoes. I wasn't trying to be fussy or dressed up or -anything. I just thought I should do it.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>There was shade and sun on the streets and a few big clouds in the sky.</p> - -<p>A car slowed up and stopped beside me. The window rolled down and Jack -Goodwin leaned toward me. "Going uptown?"</p> - -<p>"Yeah."</p> - -<p>"Want a lift?"</p> - -<p>"Sure." Actually I didn't. I'd rather have walked, looking around as I -went.</p> - -<p>Jack Goodwin grinned as I got in. He's got gray hair, where he has -hair. The rest is bald. He looked me over. "I don't see any comets on -your shoulders," he said gravely.</p> - -<p>"I never had any," I said. Some people seem to think everyone under -seventeen is a kid.</p> - -<p>"You'll be needing them," he said.</p> - -<p>"Maybe," I said. I ought to have walked.</p> - -<p>I never knew how slow a day could pass. I suppose I should have slept -late and kept busy doing something. This was worse than putting on a -uniform and waiting until gametime. At least there was a coach on the -field to tell you what to do as you ran through the drill.</p> - -<p>Jack Goodwin stopped at a light. I had a notion to get out. But I -didn't. Goodwin grinned again as the light changed and we started up. -"I don't blame you for being edgy," he said. "It's the suspense. If we -only had some way of knowing for sure, radio maybe."</p> - -<p>"There's no radio," I said. "The calculations have been checked."</p> - -<p>"Sure, but maybe there's something we forgot. Or don't know. All sorts -of things can go wrong."</p> - -<p>He must have talked on and on, but I didn't listen. Howie and me and -Paul had gone over everything he was saying.</p> - -<p>"Thanks," I said as he stopped and I got out.</p> - -<p>"Don't mention it," he said. He nearly scraped the rear fender of the -car as he drove off. It was a new car, too. He wasn't so bad. Maybe he -was just worried.</p> - -<p>I wandered to the newsstand and looked at magazines and pocketbooks. -Old lady Simpson didn't ask me if I was going to buy and didn't chase -me away. She was busy arguing with some customers. Even so it was the -first time she didn't pay attention to me when I came in. I had a -good chance to look at things I never buy. There was nothing in them -I wanted to see. I was thirsty. I had a coke and was still thirsty. I -asked for a glass of water, drank half of it and went out.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Down the street there was a TV set in a store window. I watched it. -They were showing a street in India, people looking up. They flashed -all around, to Italy, China, Brazil. Except for their clothes, it -wasn't much different from here. They were all looking up.</p> - -<p>I did the same. For the first time I noticed there was a slight -overcast. Big billowing clouds had passed, but this was worse. I hoped -it would clear away in time. Not that it really mattered.</p> - -<p>It was more crowded than usual for Saturday, but at the same time it -was quiet. People were shopping, but they weren't really buying much or -else they bought it faster. Nobody wanted to miss it. They all seemed -to have one eye on their lists and another on the clock.</p> - -<p>Howie and Paul came up the street and we nodded and said something. A -few other boys from the school passed by and we stopped. We gathered -together. It was getting closer—and the space between the minutes was -growing longer and longer.</p> - -<p>I looked at Paul's watch. He said it was on the minute. I decided there -was time to go in and get a candy bar. All of a sudden I was hungry. I -didn't know where it came from. I'd had to stuff down lunch not long -ago. And now I was hungry.</p> - -<p>I went to a store and had to fight my way in. People were coming out. -Not just customers, but the clerks and owner, too. There was a big -television screen inside, but nobody wanted to see it on that. They -wanted to be outside where it would happen to them. Not just see it, -have it happen. The store was empty. Not closed—empty.</p> - -<p>I turned and rushed out to join the others. I couldn't miss it. -There were still minutes to go, but suppose there <i>had</i> been a -miscalculation. I knew what that would mean, but even so I had to be -there. I would almost die, too.</p> - -<p>Now we were all looking up—all over the world people were, I suppose. -It was quiet. You could hear them breathing.</p> - -<p>And then it came, a flash across the sky, a silver streak, the biggest -vapor trail there ever was. It went from this side to that side in no -time. It split the sky and was gone before the shock blast hit us. -Nobody said anything. We stood there and shivered and straightened up -after the rumbling sound passed.</p> - -<p>But there was the vapor trail that stretched farther than anyone could -see. It would go around the world at least once before it came to an -end somewhere in the desert. I saw my science teacher—he was trying to -smile, but couldn't. And then there was the pharmacist who had wanted -to be a research chemist, but wasn't good enough.</p> - -<p>In front of me, old Fred Butler who drives the bus to Orange Point and -King City cracked his knuckles. "He did it," he whispered. "All the way -to Mars and back. Safe and right on schedule." He jumped up in the air -and kept jumping up. He hadn't been that high off the ground in several -years. He never would be again unless he took an elevator. And I knew -he hated elevators.</p> - -<p>Factory whistles started blowing. They sounded louder than Gabriel. -I wonder if he heard them. I grabbed hold of the nearest person and -started hugging. I didn't know it was the snooty girl from the next -block until she hugged back and began kissing me. We yelled louder than -the factory whistles. We had a right.</p> - -<p>It was just like the papers said: This was the day the world ended—</p> - -<p>And the Universe began.</p> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of End as a World, by F. L. 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L. Wallace - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: End as a World - -Author: F. L. Wallace - -Release Date: January 18, 2016 [EBook #50959] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK END AS A WORLD *** - - - - -Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - - - - - - - - - - End as a World - - By F. L. WALLACE - - Illustrated by DIEHL - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Galaxy Science Fiction September 1955. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - - - - Prophets aplenty foretold the end--but not one - ever guessed just how it would come about! - - -Every paper said so in all the languages there were, I guess. I kept -reading them, but didn't know what to believe. I know what I wanted to -think, but that's different from actually knowing. - -There was the usual news just after Labor Day. The Dodgers were winning -or losing, I forget which, and UCLA was strong and was going to beat -everybody they met that fall. An H-bomb had been tested in the -Pacific, blowing another island off the map, just as if we had islands -to spare. Ordinarily this was important, but now it wasn't. They put -stuff like this in the back pages and hardly anybody reads it. There -was only one thing on the front pages and it was all people talked -about. All I talked about, anyway. - -It began long before. I don't know how long because they didn't print -that. But it began and there it was, right upon us that day. It -was Saturday. Big things always seem to happen on Saturdays. I ate -breakfast and got out early. I had the usual things to do, mowing the -lawn, for instance. I didn't do it nor anything else and nobody said -anything. There wasn't any use in mowing the lawn on a day like that. - -I went out, remembering not to slam the door. It wasn't much, but it -showed thoughtfulness. I went past the church and looked at the sign -that was set diagonally at the corner so that it could be read from -both streets. There it was in big letters, quoting from the papers: -THIS IS THE DAY THE WORLD ENDS! Some smart reporter had thought it up -and it seemed so true that that was the only way it was ever said. Me? -I didn't know. - - * * * * * - -It was a bright day. People were out walking or just standing and -looking at the sky. It was too early to look up. I went on. Paul -Eberhard was sitting on the lawn when I came along. He tossed me the -football and I caught it and tried to spin it on my finger. It didn't -spin. It fell and flopped out with crazy bounces into the street. -The milk truck stopped, while I got it out of the way. I tossed the -football back to Paul. He put his hand on it and sat there. - -"What'll we do?" he said. - -I made a motion with my hands. "We can throw the ball around," I said. - -"Naw," he said. "Maybe you've got some comic books." - -"You've seen them all," I said. "You got some?" - -"I gave them to Howie," he said, thoughtfully screwing the point of the -ball into the center of a dandelion. "He said he was going to get some -new ones though. Let's go see." He got up and tossed the ball toward -the porch. It hit the railing and bounced back into the bushes. That's -where he usually kept it. - -"Paul," called his mother as we started out. - -"Yeah?" - -"Don't go far. I've got some things I want you to do." - -"What?" he said patiently. - -"Hauling trash out of the basement. Helping me move some of the potted -plants around in front." - -"Sure," he said. "I'll be back." - -We went past another church on the way to Howie's. The sign was the -same there. THIS IS THE DAY THE WORLD ENDS! They never said more than -that. They wanted it to hang in our minds, something we couldn't quite -touch, but we knew was there. - -Paul jerked his head at the sign. "What do you think of it?" - -"I don't know." I broke off a twig as we passed a tree. "What about -you?" - -"We got it coming." He looked at the sky. - -"Yeah, but will we get it?" - -He didn't answer that. "I wonder if it will be bright?" - -"It is now." - -"It might cloud over." - -"It won't matter. It'll split the sky." That was one thing sure. Clouds -or anything weren't going to stand in the way. - -We went on and found Howie. Howie is a Negro, smaller than we are and -twice as fast. He can throw a football farther and straighter than -anyone else on the team. We pal around quite a bit, especially in the -football season. - -He came out of the house like he was walking on whipped cream. I didn't -let that fool me. More than once I've tried to tackle him during a -practice game. Howie was carrying a model of a rocket ship, CO_{2} -powered. It didn't work. We said hi all around and then he suggested a -game of keep-away. We'd left the football at Paul's and we couldn't so -we walked over to the park. - - * * * * * - -We sat down and began talking about it. "I'm wondering if it will -really come," said Paul. We all squinted up. - -"Where'll the President watch it from?" I said. "He should have a good -view from the White House." - -"No better than us right here," said Howie. - -"What about Australia? Will they see it there?" I said. - -"They'll see it all over." - -"Africa, too? And what about the Eskimos?" - -"It doesn't matter whether they actually see it or not. It will come to -everyone at the same time." - -I didn't see how it could, but I didn't feel like an argument. That's -what they were saying on TV and you can't talk back to that. - -"Everybody," said Howie. "Not just in this town, but all over. Wherever -there are people. Even where they're not." - -"You read that," said Paul. - -"Sure," said Howie. "You lent me the comic books. It's even in them." - -We didn't say much after that. I kept thinking of the man who made -the H-bomb. I bet he felt silly and spiteful, blowing up an island. -Somebody might have wanted to live on it, if he'd just left it there. -He must have felt mean and low when something really big like this came -along. - -We talked on for a while, but we'd talked it out long ago. There was -really nothing new we could say. Every so often we'd look up at the -sky, but it wasn't going to come until it got here. - -Finally we drifted apart. There wasn't anything left to do. We walked -home with Howie and then I went with Paul, leaving him to come back to -my house. I looked at the lawn and without thinking about it got busy -and mowed it. I surprised myself. - -It was hot, or it seemed to me it was. I went in to eat. Ma came by and -shut off the sound of TV. I could still see the picture in the other -room. The announcer was making faces, but, of course, I didn't hear -what he said. He looked pretty funny, I thought. I thought we were all -probably pretty funny, moving our mouths and blinking our eyes and -waving our hands. Only nothing real was coming out. Not yet, anyway. - -"Sit still," said Ma. "It will happen without your help. It's going to -be all right." - -"Think so?" I said. She would have told me anything to keep me quiet. -She gets nervous when I fidget. - -"I think so," she said, giving me my allowance. It was early for that. -Usually I didn't get it until after supper. "Why don't you run uptown -and watch it from there?" - -"Maybe I will," I said, dabbling my hands in the water at the sink. -"Are you going to go?" - -"Of course I'm not. Why should I get into that mob? I can watch it just -as well from here." - -Sure she could. But it was not the same. Everybody I knew was going -to be there. I changed shirts before I left. I took a rag and wiped -the dust from my shoes. I wasn't trying to be fussy or dressed up or -anything. I just thought I should do it. - - * * * * * - -There was shade and sun on the streets and a few big clouds in the sky. - -A car slowed up and stopped beside me. The window rolled down and Jack -Goodwin leaned toward me. "Going uptown?" - -"Yeah." - -"Want a lift?" - -"Sure." Actually I didn't. I'd rather have walked, looking around as I -went. - -Jack Goodwin grinned as I got in. He's got gray hair, where he has -hair. The rest is bald. He looked me over. "I don't see any comets on -your shoulders," he said gravely. - -"I never had any," I said. Some people seem to think everyone under -seventeen is a kid. - -"You'll be needing them," he said. - -"Maybe," I said. I ought to have walked. - -I never knew how slow a day could pass. I suppose I should have slept -late and kept busy doing something. This was worse than putting on a -uniform and waiting until gametime. At least there was a coach on the -field to tell you what to do as you ran through the drill. - -Jack Goodwin stopped at a light. I had a notion to get out. But I -didn't. Goodwin grinned again as the light changed and we started up. -"I don't blame you for being edgy," he said. "It's the suspense. If we -only had some way of knowing for sure, radio maybe." - -"There's no radio," I said. "The calculations have been checked." - -"Sure, but maybe there's something we forgot. Or don't know. All sorts -of things can go wrong." - -He must have talked on and on, but I didn't listen. Howie and me and -Paul had gone over everything he was saying. - -"Thanks," I said as he stopped and I got out. - -"Don't mention it," he said. He nearly scraped the rear fender of the -car as he drove off. It was a new car, too. He wasn't so bad. Maybe he -was just worried. - -I wandered to the newsstand and looked at magazines and pocketbooks. -Old lady Simpson didn't ask me if I was going to buy and didn't chase -me away. She was busy arguing with some customers. Even so it was the -first time she didn't pay attention to me when I came in. I had a -good chance to look at things I never buy. There was nothing in them -I wanted to see. I was thirsty. I had a coke and was still thirsty. I -asked for a glass of water, drank half of it and went out. - - * * * * * - -Down the street there was a TV set in a store window. I watched it. -They were showing a street in India, people looking up. They flashed -all around, to Italy, China, Brazil. Except for their clothes, it -wasn't much different from here. They were all looking up. - -I did the same. For the first time I noticed there was a slight -overcast. Big billowing clouds had passed, but this was worse. I hoped -it would clear away in time. Not that it really mattered. - -It was more crowded than usual for Saturday, but at the same time it -was quiet. People were shopping, but they weren't really buying much or -else they bought it faster. Nobody wanted to miss it. They all seemed -to have one eye on their lists and another on the clock. - -Howie and Paul came up the street and we nodded and said something. A -few other boys from the school passed by and we stopped. We gathered -together. It was getting closer--and the space between the minutes was -growing longer and longer. - -I looked at Paul's watch. He said it was on the minute. I decided there -was time to go in and get a candy bar. All of a sudden I was hungry. I -didn't know where it came from. I'd had to stuff down lunch not long -ago. And now I was hungry. - -I went to a store and had to fight my way in. People were coming out. -Not just customers, but the clerks and owner, too. There was a big -television screen inside, but nobody wanted to see it on that. They -wanted to be outside where it would happen to them. Not just see it, -have it happen. The store was empty. Not closed--empty. - -I turned and rushed out to join the others. I couldn't miss it. -There were still minutes to go, but suppose there _had_ been a -miscalculation. I knew what that would mean, but even so I had to be -there. I would almost die, too. - -Now we were all looking up--all over the world people were, I suppose. -It was quiet. You could hear them breathing. - -And then it came, a flash across the sky, a silver streak, the biggest -vapor trail there ever was. It went from this side to that side in no -time. It split the sky and was gone before the shock blast hit us. -Nobody said anything. We stood there and shivered and straightened up -after the rumbling sound passed. - -But there was the vapor trail that stretched farther than anyone could -see. It would go around the world at least once before it came to an -end somewhere in the desert. I saw my science teacher--he was trying to -smile, but couldn't. And then there was the pharmacist who had wanted -to be a research chemist, but wasn't good enough. - -In front of me, old Fred Butler who drives the bus to Orange Point and -King City cracked his knuckles. "He did it," he whispered. "All the way -to Mars and back. Safe and right on schedule." He jumped up in the air -and kept jumping up. He hadn't been that high off the ground in several -years. He never would be again unless he took an elevator. And I knew -he hated elevators. - -Factory whistles started blowing. They sounded louder than Gabriel. -I wonder if he heard them. I grabbed hold of the nearest person and -started hugging. I didn't know it was the snooty girl from the next -block until she hugged back and began kissing me. We yelled louder than -the factory whistles. We had a right. - -It was just like the papers said: This was the day the world ended-- - -And the Universe began. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of End as a World, by F. L. 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