Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-09-29
A MYSTERIOUS INVENTION.

year 1910, the Weti-knoWh proprietor OF
the great machine works, the Privy
Councillor g., was seated in his private
office when the servant announced Wis
itor The door opened, and there enter
ed piaiuly-drcssed young man OF about
twenty four.
"Have the honor of addressing the
Pivy Councillor b. ?" inquired the
young man, with u marked South Ger
man accent.
My name is b."
:" have heard OF your extensive bust
ness dealings, know you spend yearly
thousands on experiments in machinery,
aud have been informed that you have
influence with the Minister OF War. l
have, therefore, come to you"
Then b. laid aside the Nord DutSche
Zedahq, fixed his gold eye glasses on
the ridge OF his nose, aud cast search
ing glance st his visitor.
al am" proceeded the latter, "sn in.
ventor-even discoverer, if you will. |
have wreSted from Nature one Of her
greatest secrets, and made discovery
which must completely revolutioni1c the
world, cause an entire change in our 50
cial lte. The consequences OF it will be
SO lar-resching that they can rs yet
hardly be 'ore,ecu. In brief, | am able
To overcome the law of gravitation."
This prepo,tetous assertion made Herr
b., suspect that he had here to deal with
mailman. He felt uneasy, and curty
said: That may be but, as do not
undertake I, utilize thi. class of inven-
tions, must beg you to apply else
whore
Very WELL" replied the young man.
With this lttlo finger can lit cut Of
the watcr thelarge>t iron-cad in VII
hem-haven. can raise one of Krupp's
monster guns into the mir ike n cork. "
" / know know !" exclaimed Herr
H., hastily, rising aad seizing hold OF the
bell
"Stay, just for another minute, Mr.
Privy Councior," cntreatcd the visitor
with impressive earuestuess aud in n tone
OF the proloundest conviction. IL am
not mad. can easily understand .hat
you don't believe me; it is perfectly
natural. But you shall be- convinced by
me without delay"
Having said these words, he drew from
his breast-pockcl shining metallic wire,
and approached an iron mass weighing
several tons, which had been brought to
the office to be tested. Slipping his wire
under one end OF the iron, he Aid another
wire, twisted into something like hoop,
on the first, and with this simple lever
lifted the punderous mass like feather
from the floor.
Were we to say that Herr b., was
struck speechless with amazcment, Wa
should still be very lar from tho actual
truth. He was paralyzed with terror
3 his eyes literslly piouudcd from their
socket he stared, now at the iron sus-
pended in mid-air, now at the unknown.
When he had somewhat composed him
self be exclaimed All, we'll, you may
s certainly cJmp.t, with Bnlachui but
r / am not in n mood for such juggling"
I Bulmchini, indeed f. repeated the
. unknown, and detachlng at the same in
stant the loop Of the wire, the iron mass
dropped with deoiening crash, break
, ing board in the office floor into spIn-
tcrs. Pardon me-. ne modcstly said,
b. merely wish to convince you that
there Is no juggling in this matter"
? Herr Is. wa. now convinced, aud II
long and earnest conversation ensued. ~
q The pulse OF the former bent feverishly ;
, be perceived that the unknown had not
asserted too much that his secret in
VOWED an invention Of the most momen-
touS Importance, discovery which
promised TO work even greater changes
than the introduction Of ,he railroad and
: the electric telegraph, or of any other ol
our boasted modem achievements. The
up-hot OF the conversation was that "A
conference for the next day was agreed
on, and that Herr b., would invite to it
select party OF distinguished and inilu
ental people, before whom the unknown
should repeat his experiments.
Accordingly, on the 23d OF November,
select party assembled ut Herr B., g
residence. Beside some high officers of
the army and navy, they we're in sttsnd-
snce MI eminent scientist and y promi
nent member OF the Imperial Diet. II
Iaf al a., an
ence that the rest had attended, for to
him alone the real object Of the confer
euce Ind been made known. His word
that it related to Il discovery whose ad-
vantage should by al means be secured
Tor the country, had suiiiced.
In the spaciou. and lofty apartment
selected for the conference stood a raised
platform, on which rested the barrel Of u
can on and two ponderous cast-iron
wheels, the purpose Of which puzzled all
the invited except Herr b., and the Dep
uty. At precisely half pa-t eight the
young man made his appearance, and,
us he had ptesistenty refused to reveal
BIZ name, Herr b.. introduced him to
those present simply asa South Ger
mnn." The unknown had evidently not
been accustomed to minele with such
afistocfalic company ~ now met him,
for hl. manner betrayed certain con-
straint. He hid fine blond" hair, "A pair
Of honest, truthful blue eyes, the rosy
complexion of "A girl, and hi- chin and
cheeks we're Just beginning to show signs
OF beard. Though apparently not at
ea.e at first, he soon regeined his selfpo-
session, and those who observed him
mora c1osalv were struck with the energy