The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-02
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lie hal hardly spoken wNcn therc WAS zap
at the door, an i tho maa Of VII ,m tney were
49, GyoI morGing. Mr. McIn'yro.' said he,
hall with me- wan I" have Il Little tn ines
chat" lie looked ser,us, iike a man who -
carving Out sometnin. which ha Las We'll
They walked IN tose.nor with hard'v word
his own own ti"ushs; lib &c fit osrss!sn, 4ni
nervous, f,r hs knew 'ha, some hing 81 III ;
pal. soS %a MN i'm I' vons sno nSa
w,ts bsHi.,nng 70 psen ont tm,ay m th M,r ae
The SHOWS were gone, bu. the country siie
looked bleaker aud drenrirr, all shr"uleI in
the haze from the dana .oiden meadows.
denly as the; wax III the arrnie Has
your sreat loman pie rr ,2ye to London"
You mus, ES !! cary At the end o'ii.. -,
light mas ros hern vary ,oh.'' .,
ia HIKE. M 1";a tr ~ hut w Hnsa ,s hoy
reached the house he led tne way 'hro 81 tao
mnssuni Two great metal cases were iyiu;
u have asmnlla ID ton,thcre t? 'hsgem col.
lection he remarsedn a, no rnssed Thgy my
yc'. but am ,,Nen to unaer- tand ,ro!n tho lot
ters and invoices that tlrre are 3 ne l,ne sloc-
imens. We might arrange them this ait.rn.nn
II you care to assist mo. Let us 10 into the
lie threw h mseli down into q settco and mo:
toned Robert into tho armchair in front OF
Light n gar" he said Press tho spring
tn, tn y r't place. that 'ou have often thought mo
Tho charge was so diroc, aud so true that
tho the yount artist heS!taied. hardly knowing
Ny lear 10y, do not bame YOU IT v%s the
had take 70 me as have t.lked TO You. hut
ior all that Eonert, You were WRONG anu |
any scheme which il. was not We'll within my
power to cary out tel YOU III all Der ear;
only by my desire. and thai ali ihe ganko ana
sum, , tnst l can put forward without an
III. =" have hGd annie proof OF yous immense
how that wealth wa, obtained. Vel, ! can
hing The i
gaming Of ii. i can. real II yoar fathers o Q,
iu-,cs in this mat,er ' o e, haps lie IS not
70 be blame 4; Perhaps also miSht think un IN,
0 "SS give an %sts s @
honer,; and not 10 him Yo. At least have
g. ad you S hive sh Ii 9
cun tell you. Laura a. so has listed me, but
knowy well that she is content still to trust
Haw SAID III io Io" but Tr" Of course cannot
II you cared 10 c9nAde Them to me-
leave directions behind ne ne SO that il die you
may oe abe to carry on my unfinished work, l
nd Ill Tie s mean ' tms YOU be content
to learn the effects which l produce without
qsa to ns s and
IONS words. while liaw bent forward his eager.
OF the words which he ID saying.
sn,l Of time 10 t1s study Of chemistry"
English chemist. I continued them under the
best man In France, and completed them in
WA was moi not sicH. but my father had lei, me
enough to Ssep me comfortably. and by living
land I built myself a laboratory IN a Quiet
traction or interruption. There / began a
sero, OF INVESTIGATIONS which soon took me
three famous men who taught mo had ever
know e d Chemistry. and You viii ind Il
custer to follow what say, them'stry Is. to
cha &c a sreer
than could with our present data be derived
tT"m the study or me
the ti,st manufacture OF glass to the whtten-
Ing and refining OF sugar. have al been dus to
mere dabbIer rs easily as a deep student.
well 1t was to such chance that my own
world has seep-was due. though may claim
the credit Of having originated The line Of
as which 1s
rents o electricity exercise upon anysubstance
able tims. IL do DI not here moan such feeble
currents as are passed along telegraph wire.
| m n sar
upon this 20. Mt l found that in li1uiit nad
N componnds The fore mad dlsin.eGratps
but / :ound that in the ease OF elemental solids
slowly so V decreased in Wight. Without percept.
bly, altering III composition. hope make
II follow You entirely" said Robert deeply
Interested in his com panion's narrative.
with the ' same y, ssult In every case an hour
current would produce q perceptlhle loss OF
s Ny ssry h hS s5Hss was
by the electric iiuii. and that certain num-
hor Of thSse m1sHues we're ire hed OF IKE an
OF metal. wheel rom aimed OF course the lighter
by their loss. had entirely ACCENTED this the
Org when very remarkhble chaAce led me to
completely aiter my on mons.
~ had one Saturday night fastened bar Of
hismutb in Clamp. and hni attached it on
either side to an electric wire in order to OBJ
serve what effect thu current would have upon
It. ! had been testing each metal In turn OK.
two hours hal Just got e'eryt hing In posl.
ton ami had completed my conne ton when
fleet. AN old chemist in London, with whom
had been on terms OF intimacy was danger,
U,Isy III. and had expr 's,ei II wish 10 me.
The last trn II was due to ! ave in TWEEN
minutes and livea a good mile from the sta
ti"n. ] thrust u few things INFO a bI-, lpcket
my Iako at0ry and ran as hard rs l could t;
catch II.
danii Occurre TO mo that had NEGLECTED 10
shut OF the current and ,hn' 1t would continu.
to pass throu Ill tho hGr OF bsmuh until tht
battsris were exhausted, Tho fact. however
serrns 70 10 OF sna!! imnor ance, anl dIs
lnnl"n unit tho TUESDAY nisnt a.d It wat
work. As nnio,ksi Tho abos az or 10 door T N
mind rover 10 IN. nncomp,etrd expermeut
and 1t struck mo that in all prohab ~ M
piecs OF bismul h would have been entirely dis
in,ecraIed and reduced 10 is rrimii,o mos
cules. | was utterly unpreparod Tor the truth
wi ,n npptoashst ire table found sur
enough that The bar Of metal han vanished an,
thai tho clamn WAS cmpty. Having noted tn,
, tact was about turn t. sometime