The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-10-26

1870 S"iiiC AiitU Jue hOuuuS VI Une great
dynamo. my Lord bides his time, !"
said Azuma-zi to himself. 'sThe in
EQUITY Of the fool is not yet ripe" And
he waited and watched for the day of
reckoning. One day there was evil
dence of short circuiting, and Holroyd,
making an unwary examination-it
was in the afternoon-got rather
severe electric shock Azuma-zi from
behind the engine saw him jump off
and curse at the peccant coil.
He is warned" said Azuma-zi to
himself. Surely my Lord is very pa
tient"
Holroyd had at first initiated his
niger into such elementary CON
ceptions of the dynamo's working as
would enable him to take temporary
charge of the shed in his absence.
But when he noticed the manner in
which Azuma-zi hung about the
monster, he became suspicious. He
dimly perceived his assistant was ''up
to something" and connecting him
with the amounting Of the coils with
oil that had rotted the varnish in one
place, he issued an edict, shouted
above the confusion of the machinery:
Don't zee go nigh that big dynamo
any more, Pooh-bah, or all take thy
skin Off" Besides, if it pleased
Azuma-zi to be near the big machine,
it was plain sense and decency to
keep him away from it.
Azuma-zi obeyed at the time, but
later he was caught bowling before the
Lord of the Dynamos. At which Hol-
royd twisted his arm and kicked him
as he turned to go away. AS
Azuma-zi presently stood behind the
engine and glared at the hated Hol-
royd, the noises Of the machinery took
new rhythm and sounded like four
words in his native tongue.
1t is hard to say exactly what mad
ness is l fancy Azuma-zi was mad.
The incessant din and whirl of the
dynamo shed may have churned up his
little store of knowledge and big
store of superstitious fancy, at last.
into something akin to frenzy. At
any rate, when the idea of making
Holroyd a sacrifice to the dynamo
fetch was thus suggested to him, it
filed him with strange tumult of
exultant emotion.
That night the two men and their
black shadows were alone in the shed
together. The shed was lit with one
big arc light that winked and flick
cred purple. The shadows lay black
behind the dynamos, the ball valves
whirled from light to darkness, and
the engines beat loud and steady. The
world outside seen through the open
end of the shed seemed incredibly
dim and remote. 1t seemed absolute
ly silent, too, since the riot of the ma
chinery drowned every external sound.
Far away was the black fence of the
yard with gray shadowy houses be-
hind, and above was the deep blue
sky and the pale little stars. Azuma-
ri suddenly walked across the center
of the shed above which the leather
bands were running, and went into
the shadow by the big dynamo. Hol-
royd heard click, and the spin of the
changed.
switch?" he bawled in surprise.
Haven't told you"
Then he saw the set expression of
eyes as the Asiatic came
out of the shadow towards him.
In another moment the two men
were graphing fiercely in front of the
great dynamo.
''You coffee-headed fool" gasped
Holroyd, with brown hand at his
throat. "Keepoff those contact rings"
In another moment he was tripped and
reeling back upon the Lord of Dyna-
mos. He instinctively loosened his
grip upon his antagonist to save him
self from the machine.
The messenger sent in furious haste
from the station to find out what had
in the dynamo shed, met |
Azuma-zi at the porter's lodge by the |
gate. Azuma-zi tried to explain some |
hing, bat the messenger could make |
1othing of the blacks incoherent Eng |
fish, and hurried on to the shed. The
were all noisily at work, and
nothing seemed to be disarranged.
There was, however, a queer smell of
,inged hair. Then he saw an odd
cooking crumpled up mass clinging to
he front of the big dynamo, and, ap-
,roaching, recognized the distorted
emains of Holroyd.
The man stared and hesitated
Then he saw the face and
hut his eyes, convulsively squeezing
he lids together. He turned on his
leel before he opened them again, SO
hat he should not see Holroyd again,
md went out of the shed to get advice
nd help.
When Azuma-zi saw Holroyd die in
he grip of the great dynamo he had
,een little scared about the conse-
uences of his act. Yet he felt
trangely elated, and knew that the