Had both of these machines disappeared forever?
They had passed like a meteor, like a star shooting through space; and in a hundred years the adventure would become a legend, much to the taste of the gossips of the next century.
For several days the newspapers of America and even those of Europe continued to discuss these events.

Editorials crowded upon editorials.

Rumors were added to rumors.

Story tellers of every kind crowded to the front.

The public of two continents was interested.