CHAPTER I

THE FLIGHT OF “THE BARSOOM” “I had intended telling you my story of the days of the twenty-second century, but it seems best, if you are to understand it, to tell first the story of my great-great-grandfather who was born in the year 2000.” I must have looked up at him quizzically, for he smiled and shook his head as one who is puzzled to find an explanation suited to the mental capacity of his auditor. “My great-great-grandfather was, in reality, the great-great-grandson of my previous incarnation which commenced …