Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-10-10

sudden that was little startled; but
now that am used to 1t confess that
am ashamed OF myself; there is moth
| ing really startling about it. in fact it
seems rather-you'l pardon me
weller a-er-commonplace idea for so
fine brain as yours to have evolved"
"Eh, what-what do you mean?" said
he, looking puzzled, and l saw that as
the beginning of a new thought i'm
pulse struck him, he grew quieter, and
seeing this, an idea struck me, and
trusting to the warp in his brain to
help me, l proceeded to develop it.
We'll, you know, it doesn't seem to
me scientific test
mot scientific? Isn't it high
enough"
Eyes, that's the trouble; that's why
it isn't fair; don't you see that when we
step off this rock, it's quite easy to
float to yonder hills-even I under
stand that-because we cont have to
conquer the true force of gravitation
ct all; surely you, a man of science"
said |, repeating him, understand the
well-known fact that the further the
lesser body is from the greater, the
smaller will be the amount of attrac-
ton to overcome; now, if we start at
such tremendous height we start
with the force of gravitation almost
overcome; in fact, it hasn't got control
Of us at all, or so slightly that the tetst
would be quite worthless from a scien-
tilc standpoint.
Eth, don't quite follow you" said
my amiable friend, still holding on &c
my wrist, as he glared in perplexed as
tonishment at me. eff this isn't a fair
test, what would you propose, for I'm
bound to prove it to you
Yes. of course you are: I should
never forgive you if you don't, but I
don't want scientists to laugh at us
when we tell them of our experiment,
SO | propose we get the matter quite
straight and perform the hardest feat
we can while we are about it, If your
theory is practicable it is very easy to
step off here and avoid merely falling,
but how much more difficult, how
much more practical it would be for us
to start from the bottom and fly up to
the top?"
'Ah, them
eyes, you see we should be anchored
| there safe enough under law of grav-
itatiOn; then if you can jump up and fly
to the top, carrying me with you, we'll
| and good; but with all due respect to
your ability, I believe that feat is be-
yond you, sir
l watched him anxiously while I was
speaking and saw various expressions
fit over his face, establishment, resent
] ment, doubt, then, We gods! assent; he
bit, thank God, he bit, and as I finished
Ln oh; in, y oh, oil
see. Come on. And to my infinite re-
lief he turned from the shorter route
over the cliff and made for the path
through the woods, down which he
dashed, dragging me painting, but joy
full, after him.
When, after breathless scramble
we arrived at the bottom, we came on
two men. evidently keepers, at the
sight of whom my cratic friend sud-
denly let go my arm. and, looking for
! all the world like naughty little boy
who expects whipping, he tried to
stink out Of sight behind me; but it
was no go, and as the men advanced he
resigned himself to the inevitable, and
| with prOfuse apology for leaving me
during such a pleasant discussion, he
raised his hat and bid me good-day.
I stood with my back against tree
and watched him plodding meekly up
| the steep ascent between the two keep
ers from the 'Sanitarium.' and really
the path was so steep andsrugged that I
! wondered such transcendent genius
deigned to scramble so, when by an eff
fort Of will he might have foated up
and saved so much time and trouble,
but perhaps the bulk and weight of the
keepers was too great even for him.
AQUILA KEMPSTER.