The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-11-14
THIN STOLEN MODEL


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READ that, Nnlini." sald the dock
yard chief, handing me an official com
munication from the minister of ma
rinc. Ii ran:
Il hive received positive lnforma
ton that the Russian government has
In some way obtained possession of the
secret of the new torpedo destroyer
model No. 79i2 and IS building az
cordng to our model Please make
every inquiry Immediately tn find out
how the plan of the model has come In
of its possession You have fun nu
thority to ndopt all necessary means
Need Impress the importance of Ills
covering the leakage
at Is mexpllcablc," said No one
has seen the model except you and me
and the members of the council unless,
indeed, the inventor has driven dou
bile bargain or some one has obtained II
copy of the model from his Workshop
Il have thought OF that" said the
chief. but | think that solution very
unlikely He Will probably he here In
Il few minutes
what about the ministers? Could
there be any leakage from the coun-
eilf' qucried.
II would rather you would suggest
that than that | should" he replied
dryly. M, my dear Nalinl the re-
sponslblllty rests ON your shoulders
and mine. and we must clear ourselves
at all costs .
Al this moment Brnzicr the invent
or, entered The room.
you have sent for me" lie said
shortly.
"The matter Is very importanl said
the chief "as II foreign government
no matter which has managed to OH
tain copy of your model No. Ial2.@
"Whnt, the torpedo destroyer" eX=
claimed Brn2lcr.
I'VE want to know who has access To
your models beside yourself" said the
chief
NO one am not II fool trust no
one. speak To no one when there IL
n work on hand Till | hand II 10 the
| government for consideration 40 one
| touches the model but myself Every
model up Ia the present time that
have submitted has been made com
plctcly, from first to last by myself.
Gould any one enter your work
| shop" qucricd the chief. without Your
knowing itf'
"Ccrtninly notl' hc replied decided
~ at would be quite Impossible The
room In which | wor, Is on the ground
floor and built of solid stoHe. with II
concreted Foundations"
Glow Is the room entercd+" asked
the chief.
"1hcrc Is only one approach 10 It,
through an iron door which opens into
my sleeping room, aud If the door were
opened 1t would disturb electric bells
over my head. So YOU sec, my dcnr
friends, | do not sell secrets without
taking Cnro that they shAll not Income
public property first No. no. the Sc.
crct did not come from me, my friends.
1t must have been stolen from you"
The model might have been sold OH
| the double" remarked the chief
Brazlcr drew himself up aud said:
You are IN honorable mnn. aud your
! friend here Is an honorable man hui
you are. fortunately not the only hon
orable men that this country pos
sesses
The examination of liraHlrr's work
shop only confirmed his View IN every
! point, and there could he no question
Of the secret Of the model having been
discovered or got nj surrrptitiously
| without the connlynnce of Ernzlcr him.
self
We then called on the I1inlsteI Of ma
rine and having told ham tho details
Of our scnrch offered 10 hand In our
designations With our official reports on
| the search.
- should not accept them. he aald
| kindly. This particular matter Is art
| or nil, Of great Importance only that
we may detect the lcnl;ag" ana Irayc
! the maiter In your hands. gentlemen
! Keep your eyes and ears open and hc
added. With dry smile don't give 4P
| the search"
Three months had elapsed and had
| been frutlcss when one day Brnzlcr
was announced He came Into the
| chiefs room his face fuIroy.cd With
thought, bat with n triumphant elram
| Ia his eyes
"Gcntlcmcn" hc said Il haze padc
many experiments 10 try 10 fnd out
how my model wns stolen AZ List
am near success"
How We both qucrird almultanr.
ously
Gently. gently my dcal sirs II las
taken me three months hard work and
anxious Thought to get on the ttacl.
Now Is Ia. time 10 act No; no qacS
| lions now. but come with me IN the
train tomorrow, for every one In the
town knows that tomorrow bring my
great new invention to show TO the
ministry But come armed"
ON the next day, when the train en-
tered the station, the chief. Brazier
(who carried red leather case) and l
took seats IN the corner Of the smoking
compartment Of the car As soon ms
the train started II large, burly looking
man came IN and joined US.
lie had large black leather suit
case In one hand, which he carried by
q handle, from the center Of which rose
little brass knob like n mount In
the other hand he carried n heavy
stick Ac he sat down BraZier touched
his revolver pocket making sign to
US to be on the alert.