Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-04
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Had IL nc. seec that INV family ~.r.
out a town mort time ago and ieft NJ
homeless and despondeut, / vuuld never
have been able 10 write this story. A. Il
wall was Won over BY the eutreatiesoe q
friead and went to live with him and his
LITTLE family-for swhile.
Il pleoees M 70 80 e,niu.e. I'M
to touch shoplaess Win M a 49,
and that b iuue vhn& thia friend a rnapc
might b labeae1--a man a iaeaa IA
not know Il bseoce / went TO ID houee.
but tAen I Discovered b h IN inventnr.
Wha& be invent, \ immater,al. ~.
6ce Il 70 nv II lnvent. IN IT, Ann -.
a the vur6. n - vorau out ~ ~.
snd vhen uodel n nerfeeAe5 n AcernT
| 4 do somethirr elsa.
lts q double back actioa stvle ~ IN.
venting that b destined TO mi ioar eeIt
wants OF leave an aching void. The In.
veo1ue = 1ot 20 blame for either Of these
happsuines. hie busineee bein~ exclu.
sivsay 70 inveus.
We were sitting in his dining room The
6rst evening I w,s at his housa. The
servant had just cleared tie dinner table,
and my friends wife was looking after
TIE youngstefs and keeping their nurse
out q mischief.
Geoege was looking intently 1t one Of
tie eas tips. and his bQ,in MACHINERY vas
gsin1ing exceeding One material, Icould
GO.
"Well, what 10 it:~ asked, looking up
end around for stray June bug o. some
other bird Of plumage.
TIN just thinking, Geoegesaid rather
dreemily. 81 can improve On that gas
tip. III do II. I've got Il sure" Then
b began drawing things On . piece Of
Lpapef that looked like defoemed church
ISteeples. He Sid they were gas tips.
For day q two George ate very lit
tie. I aftesward learned this b com.
mon with inventors, as they are able to
80 for weeks ct time without touching
. morsel. Their brains stop working
when their owner eats. There's NO mon
ley in eating except for the dealers in
Iedibles.
When George came back to earth and
food, be had . model in his pocket. II
Twas the tangible outcome Of his think
ing.
Isn't that splendidy' be said, with
Iecstssy, holding il nm before me. His
black eyes glistened.
"Yes, its very pretty, replied. will
III work."
lyon bet itn work. The user viii
IRt aAla1xe and steady fame. with no
waste Of eas and with ooe-third the usual
pressure. m show you"
GeorRe got I'M and abused Il to The
|chandelieS. he got out matches and
Ithen turned out the remaining gas let.
; Fully II matches were struck while Ne
at IN the dark. I held nv breath BE-
Icsuse my hold on solemnity betting the
occasion was fast loosing.
He said many things which I could
not be led to repeat. The sanctity Of q
private home should not be invaded. II
was his right to say things, as be Maid
the rent.
. The thing did not work. could zee
that. even though it was dark. He re.
lighted the gas and sat down. You can
never tell what an inventor is going "a
lido. 80 I said nothing. oh. I believe
, did ask him if there was an opening in
the end for the gas t. ooze through. I'm
not sure, though. but l know George
didn't answer.
He finally secured a couple of feet Of
small rubber hose that he had used in
another experiment and fastened the ga: