I will summon one. Look no more at
Mrs. Discouraged with wings, but fix your eyes toward the east, and
you will soon witness the floating car whereon thousands go out daily
from this tower into pleasant places."
As he said this he gave a signal, and soon the strangely shaped airship
came in sight, to the delight of all who saw it.
"It must be far better," said one of the spectators, "to travel in a
car like that, than to be working your wings in the air."
"A thing of beauty." "The greatest invention of the century." "It moves
as easily as a bird," were some of the various sentences that were
spoken enthusiastically as the object drew nearer.
"Shall we ride in it?" quickly asked Mr. World as he turned to the
little group at his side.
The new companions who so recently came from the King's Highway
timorously fell back at his abrupt suggestion, but Miss Church-Member
offered to accompany him.
As the aerial machine was stopping at the tower Mr. World and Miss
Church-Member speedily exchanged words of farewell and prepared for
the new ride.
They were soon numbered with a host of expectant passengers on board.
The lines were loosened and the weird airship cut the wind like a large
bird on wing, and sped away to the pleasure grounds along the Broad
Highway where most of the passengers, being blinded by sin, found such
delightsome fellowship that they refused thereafter to travel on any
other than the Wider Way.
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