The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-16
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wholesale Agents.

THAT is what l wanted co speaK
about. It must be absolutely secret. If
we had private grounds of orr own, it
would be an easy matter, but there is
no privacy in London.
1--WE must take it into the country. "
Il have a suggestion to offer" said
Brown. MY brother has place in
Sussex ON the highland near Beachy
head. There is, | remember a large
and lofty barn near the house. Will is
in Scotland but the key is always Mt
my disposal. Why not take the machine
down tomorrow and test it in the barn?"
Nothing could be better. "
There is a train to Eastbourne at 1. "
81 shall be at the station.
Bring the gear with You, and 1 shall
bring the phlanges, said the mechani-
ciany rising. Tomorrow will prove
whether we have been following a
shadow or whether fortune is at our
feet. Ono O'Clock, at the Victoria. " He
walksd swiftly down the stair and was
quickly reabsorbed into the flood of
comfortless, clammy humanity which
ebbed and flowed along the Strand.
The morning was bright and spring.
like. A pale blue sky arched over Lon
don with n few gauzy white clouds
drifting lazily across it. At II O'Clock
Brown might have been seen entering
the patent Office with a great roll of
parchment diagrams and plans under
his arm. At II he emerged again, smil-
ing, and opening his pocketbook he
packed away very carefully a small slip
of official blue paper. AT five minutes
to his cab rolled into Victoria station.
Two giant canvas covered parcels like
enormous kites were handed down by
the cabman from the top and consigned
TO the care Of a guard. On the platform
Pericord was pacing up and down, with
long eager step and swinging arms, a
tinge.of pink upon his suuken and sal
low checks.
''All right" he asked.
Brown pointed in answer to his bag
gage
II have the motor and tho girdle al
ready packed away in the guards van.
Be careful, guard, for it is delicate ma
chinery of great value. So Now we
can start with an easy conscience. "
At Eastbourne the precious motor
was carried to four wheeler and the
great phlanges hoistod on the top. A
long drive took them to the house where
the keys We're kept, whence they set off
across the barren downs. The building
which was their destination was a COM
monplace whitewashed structure with
struggling stables and outhouses, stand
ing in a grassy hollow which sloped
down from the edge of the chalk cliffs.
1t was cherries house even when in
use, but now, with its smokeless chin
neys and shattered windows, it looked
doubly dreary. The owner had planted
grove of young larches and frs around
it, but the sweeping spray had blighted
them, and they hung their withered
heads in melancholy groups. 1t was a
gloomy and forbidding spot.
But the inventors were in no mood
to be moved by such trifles. The lone
lier the place, the more fitted for their
purpose. With the help of the cabman
they carried their packages down the
footpath and laid them in the darkened
dining room. The sun was setting as
the distant clatter of wheels told them
that they We're finally alone
Pericord had thrown open the shut
ters and the mellow evening light
streamed in through the discolored
windows. Brown drew knife from his
pocket and cut the pack thread with
which the canvas was secured As the
brown covering fell away it disclosed
two great yellow metal fans. These he
leaned carefully against the wall. The
girdle. the connecting bands and tho
motof were then in turn unpacked. 1t
was dark before all was set out in IN.