THE RED PLANET

BY WILLIAM J. LOCKE

AUTHOR OF "THE WONDERFUL YEAH," "JAFFERY,"
"THE BELOVED VAGABOND," ETC.

Not only over death strewn plains,
Fierce mid the cold white stars,
But over sheltered vales of home,
Hides the Red Planet Mars.





THE RED PLANET





CHAPTER I


"Lady Fenimore's compliments, sir, and will you be so kind as to
step round to Sir Anthony at once?"

Heaven knows that never another step shall I take in this world
again; but Sergeant Marigold has always ignored the fact. That is