Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-10-03
NUMBER 20.


ant congregation came together m 81.
Gcorgo's Hall. Strange t ing were snen.
| was there. Much moaY VA, To 20
gained, \ young mana yankee hal
a secret in his pocket, II va. wira
worth millions. He loN She hail. It
was dark night fog AMI smokes
/ thick and black. followed him. Down
Regent Street, under the gas lamps no
went on foot. | followed him. Across
the Haymarkot, across Leic1ster Square
it was IL o'clock-and through dark
and narrow alloy toward s.. Martins
,Lanc. could have done il there, but
others camc by, and shrank back into
the gloom. Through st. Martins Lano
to the Strand, down the Strand to tho
turning to Waterloo Bridge, ,till | ,ol-
lowed him. l saw he was going 10 cross
the bridge on foot. crossed the street
and got ahead of him, and in the middle
of the bridge, l hid myself hchid tho
slowly walking, his hand> behind him,
and his eyes bent upon the ground. When
near me he paused and loohcd toward 81.
Paul's, whose huge bulk lnpmcd up ,till
hugcr as the moonlight trol t, ,truggla
through the fog. was ncar enough To
hear him. lie said D.; %, mighty moa-
umont, the pride and glory ct an empire,
thy rcnown is gone forever. All 500
around me, though the work of centuries,
is but the amusement Of child, the labor
of u day. How poworltIi am :! hero
stole up behind him without noise in
future ages my namc shall be - my su-
lotto fell botwccn his Shoulders, aud he
dropped Ikea lamb. IIisppchct. yielded
up a coil of wire and bundle Of papers,
aud his body went over into the river.
Ahl | knew how to do it. | had dono
it often before, Mt ForrNro, on the 70.
Tho secret was mine. Wo4 frantic
with excitement. | hurried homo to my
apartments, double locked the door, turn
ed up the lamp, and examined my rrizo.
ltwas the wiro-thc Identical Virr which
had swung a cannon in the mir not two
hours before. | was inpatient to test it's
powers. l seized an iron poker from tho
hearth, wrapped the wire around it and
poised it alolt, let go, and it ljrlI clalcrug
to the floor Again | tried, and again il
| fell. | wound tho wire in every imagin
able shape, aud still with the amcrcsult.
Morning found me hnggard and exhaust
cd with my labor, and unsuccc- rM.-
Business at tho olico prevented iurthGr
attempts until evening. worked muit
L lessly until midight, Whcn tudAonly 4
thought of tho papers I had also seized
/ Fool that | was, not 10 have Thought ot
/ them before. They undoubtedly con
/ lNlncd an explanation OF tho srciot.
/ tone them open with eager fingers. All
were blank, except one, aud it contain
cd the following: Knowing the un-
certainty Of life, and the dangers OF tlav.
el, have on this day, (July 7lh, 1866
placed IN the vaults OF reliable banking
house in the city OF -, a soale!
packet containing the details and cNplau-
alton of the means by which the laws Of
grayitation aro rendered imperative. H.
case of my dcnth or failure lu rcturn, tn,
officers Of said banl, havecNpliclt in.lruc
tons to open sad packet on May l.t
1876, and spread tho lncts therein con
tanned to the world. My LnoN ledge i,
at present confined to nay self, m, will
not long continue so, a, shall soon pre-
caed to Europe to impart my info nation
to the most renowned scientific men Ia
tho world. My only object in muI,ng
the bank IA depositary, /. topro1ido apuinst
accident and secure TO the world, hcyoud
all poradvcnture, the benefit Of thi,
mighty secret.
There was no name nor signature
After this | loborcd for months in vain
to discover the secret workings Of the
wire until at last it occurred t. noe that
the stranger had said at st. Georges llnil
that the wire itself had no power, hul wGs
only the means OfcommunicntrR power.
In.uratcd to the last degree, ] throw tho
coil which had cost mo so much MISERY,
anxiety and suspense, into the Thames
one night, where it could to'! no tales.
When | am dead, the company Nho MS
sembled at ST. George Halo that event
ful night may be request d to cease their
painful wondcrings at the iu,IurC Of tho
mysterious stranger to return. llo wiE
never come back gentlemen. The Thamos
received hi- body nearly ghtyoars ngo."
1hs Finishes the case at mCstrt. But
IN what banking house is the invnlunbo
packet of papers deposited, whc Wus the
man, and in May, 1876, viii lto arcionl
but lost secret Of ,usponding TIC law Of
gnvllHtlon become agnin know to Tho
world