The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-16

reason There is another who, believe has dis
covered how to make this force loosen its grip on
the partcle-that is Keely, of Philadelphia in the
United States'-
What You don't mean the Keely motor man ?"
cried Jennie laughing THAT arIant humpug!
Why. all the papers in the world have exposed his
ridiculous pretentions. He has done nothing but
spend other peoples money"
Yes the newspapers have ridcued him. Human
beings have, since the beginning of the world stoned
their prophets. Nevertheless, he has liberated n
force that no gauge made by measure. BE
has been boasfu if you like and has said that with
a teacupful of water he would drive a steamship
over the ocean. have been silent, working away
with my eye on him. and he has been working away
with his eye for each knows what the other is
doing If either of discovered how to control this
force then that mans will go down to poserity
forever He has not yet been able do it; neither
have l. There is still another difference betweeN
ushe appears to be able to loosen that in his
own presence l only do it at a distance. All
my experiments lately have been III the direction Of
making notifications with this machine, to
iberate the force within the compass say, of this
room; bat the problem has baff1ed The invisible
rays which this machine sends out and which VIII
penetrate stone, iron, wood any ether substance
must unite at a focus, and have not been able to
bring that focus than something half
u mile.
Last summer 1 went to uninhabited part of
Switzerland and there continued my experiments. 1
& blew up ut will rocks and powders the mountain
sides, the distances varying from a mile to half Il
mile. 1 examined the results of the disintegration
and when y0u in and showed me the gold
recognized at that had discovered
the secret have been trying to fahom for the last
ten years. l thought that perhaps you had
from Keely. 1 am now convinced that the explosion
you speak of in the treasury caused by myself.
This machine, which you recklessly threatened
throw out of the window, accidentally slipped from
its support when working here some time after
midnight on the 18th. 1 placed it Immediately ny
you see it now, where it throws its rays into mtalr
and is consequently harmless, but knew ex
plOsiOn must have taken place in Vienna somewhere
within the radius of half mile. 1 drew the pencil
semicircle that you saw the map of Vienna for
in my excitement in placing the machine upright
had not noticed exactly where it had pointed but
knew along the line had drawn explosion must
have occurred and could only hope that it had not
been a serious one, which it seems it I waited
and waited, hardly daring to leave my attic bur
hearing Of any disaster l torn between
the anxiety that would naturally to any humane
in my position-who did not wish to destroy
Iife-and the fear that if nothing had occurred,
had not actually made the discovery l thought
had made. You spoke of my actions being childish,
but when realized that had myself been the
of the explosion fear of criminal prosecution came
over me- Not that 1 should object to Imprisonment
If they would allow to continue my experiments.
but that doubtless they would not do, for the author
tiles know nothing of science and care less"
In spite of her initial skeptcism, Jennie found her
self gradually coming to believe in the efficiency OF
the harmless looking mechanism of glass and iron
that she saw on table before her, and sensation
of horror held her spebound she gazed at it., Its
awful possibilities began slowly to develop in her
mind, and she asked breathlessly:
'What would happen if you to turn that
machine and point it toward the center of the earth?"
81 told you what would happen. Vienna would lie
In ruins, and possibly the whole Austrian empire and
perhaps adjoining countries would become
mass of impalpable dust. 1t may be that the world
itself would dissolve 1 cannot tell what the mag
nitude the result might be- for have not dared to
risk the experiment"
"Oh, this is too frightful to think about" she
cried You must destroy the machine, professor,
I and you must never make another"
'What! And give up the hope that my name will
descend to pOsterityY
Prof. Seigfried, when once this machine becomes
e1nOwn to the world, there will be no posterity for
ayOur name to descend to. With the present hatred
of nation against nation with different countries full
of those unimprisOned maniacs whom we call jngOe5
preaching the hatred Of one people against
cther-how long do you think the world will last
when once such knowledge is abroad in it?"
The professor looked longingy at the machine he
had slowly and painfully constructed.
ut would be of much to humanity if it were
but benevoently employed With the coalfelds
Everywhere diminishing. it would supply motive
force for the universe that would last through the
ages"
''Prof Seigfried" exclaimed Jennie earnestly,
''when the Lord permits knowledge of that machine
to become common property it is His will that the
end Of the world shall come"
The professor said nothing, but stood with deeply
wrinked brow, gazing earnestly at the mechanism.
In his hand the hammer head which he had
went up and
Weight Then
g. ae Y1ised it
Machine, whose
tinke the
Jennie gave a startled cry, and with a low moan
the professor struggled to his chair and fell rather
than sat down in it. CHASTITY pallor overspread his
face, and the girl in alarm again the cupboard
poured out some brandy and offered it to him. then
tried DOlr down his throat but his al