The evening world., 1890-02-07

ceptaDcc or re1ectlOn by tne inventor lie
pau eE in the NJ artnlent devoted to galvanic
experiment.. where. among jars OF malodor-
GUS fluids. the white-gaimented expert
menter ~ doing his utmost to reduplicate
phonoeralhic talk" in the most eyptdi-
lions and economical manner Edison
quickly glances at the. work produced dur
ing !he, last iorty,eight hours, shakes his
head silently and his assistant knows that
muster las not been passed and that he
must, however laboriously.. try again."
Then Edison dives into the large room dc;
itE busy SATELLITES aud listens silently but
aitentiNc ely to the report presented to him
by the 1rectacled head OF, the statf in this
passages ard. ,tepplng TO u table ~ front OF
q window OH WHICH are displayed little heaps
Of finely pulZeri2ed minerals. lie appar-
emily aimleEsly fiddles about among them.
testing them with q magnet, weighing por-
tons in n deIicately balanced scale and SO
The %trihins seems to interest him,
n lon u ne the tee minutes as haze aP i Haown ''v i@to
an hour and, he, is still there, when his
face suddenly lights up. he has hit
s on 2 , soi ~ a or what APPEAR 10 b s.s 4
met with. He calls the ~latter's attention to
II and rapidly. sketches out the mental pro-
cess By which, he has arrived. NJ IT., and IL
inst m step further advanced on the dark
and difficulty hcstrewn. road they are tread
ing. Up another Hight OF STAIRS Edison
quickly passes to the top floor. and here IN 2
the little instrument which just now is IN
the apple OF his eye-the Photograph. One
or two OF the, whi2zlng, whirring' instru-
meIts Of polished brass are STANDING in the
centre OF the room, and bending over one of
them In all elderly German, who, II he had
not been q ~niechaniclan, would probably
technical musician Id he. Around are scat
tered all sorts OF queeriy shaped speaking
trnnJetS. mu.ical, Instruments. Sc., 81
q. Wi,ieh are nsed In Experimenting with
fdison loseN no time III getting. TO work,
hat IL soon sitting before one of these latest
products OF his inventive skill anu IL atten-
lively examining, 1t, when Q lad enters the
fully five minutes Edison siares at the ma
chine, which IL steadily running its never
saT1. .! IsSs; Phn al i hs p,as s1insss and aa t te
hey goes cut Ne silently AZ he entered. An
hour later, he, reappesrS and iinds the in
VET tor still silently staring at the machine
a. though only q moment had elapsed. This
time the boy delivers y message from MIR.
Tate which cauNeS the chief to irown.
We'll, l SUPPOSE Unjust, inc -rys resign;
eddy, and with u last fond look at his beloved
instrument he makes his way down talrs to
the library. where he finds Aonie dozen
people or 30 awaiting him. II IL u delega-
ton from = Western syndicate who are in
tere;tcd III. let us say. the oIe separator,
and have travelled perhaps u thousand miles
or more TO see the inventor. Every man
present Is doubtless many, times a millions
wholly unaffected III lis greeting. lie talks
business 10 thelu. showing himself to be
thoroughly Rlert to n watehful OF his own
interests, and then takes them 10 one OF
Of the separstor by It's side.
The machine is lucidlE explained by
anded over TO "a subordinate who
ischSrEed With the duty OF showing
them eyer, The laboratory, aud Edison
phoPogrSpl, Just passing through the
now and then to Inspect the work OF
SnS OF Ss1sHer OF ms c sGaiasS meTEsp'fs
need be he. could himself take his llace
AZ the bench and hle and ehisel with the
best OF them. He dives down again into
IN. and sitting At n end of the long table
6foSsht in by one q The boy. aud prSSesds
with cold 9 Nee, which has been sent down
from the house by Mrs. Edison.
He chAts meanwhile on business topieI
over 90 Nh he T 2sS.ir: and 10 h tSs iE G1sarbI mssi
out the problem which occurred 70 him dur
ing bis silent meditation before the phone
delay. He calls his inventive right hand
into consultAtion. and the two have their
heads together oyer the ,drsEing,boaTd
when the big machines below have been
stilled and the Workmen are making their
way homeAaTd through the lengtheniug
shEdoWL Dark had followed the evening
shadows and night the dusk; the electric
lights over the drawing board were glowing
brightly, and still the two men fingered and
diAcusssd and sketched aud discussed again.
hidniRht sounded from the church tower
down the road and there WA no movement
save Of the pencil over paper, until when
the sun WAS beginning to make rosy
hsf few floating clouds on the eastern hOri-
zon, The man IN, gray turned to his conf
pAnion aud simply said. ~ guess we've got
An answering nod. and papers and
drawing INSTRUMENTS were laid aside and
the big laboratory was ~ length deserted
save foT the aleepy Waterman going his
IsAEy POUNDS As the man in gray walked
through the deNy morning air he seemed
sall HEnpt in thought. but as he
climbed the steps of his front porch the
fAmiliRT place seemed TO awaken recollec-
ton Of the morning. and as he let himself
In the front door. soaring an early house
maid - she eTept down stairs TO the neither
region. he said With = cOmicAl air OF peId-
tsles; b, GsorgsI I forROG ! promised to
Be home 70 dinner"
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