The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-05-29

1ie gttlfeU Gt ftti HtftUJit rus itt5SSGS
next morning, but she left the decision
entirely with him. Here was the news,
and if he thought it worth the risk he
might hold it over; if not, he was to
print it regardless of consequences.
As a matter of fact, the editor, with
fear and trembling. held the news for
day, so that he might not embarrass hia
fair representative, but so anxious was
he that he sat no all night until the 9TH
CT papers were out, and he heaved
sigh of relief when on glancing over
them, he found that not one C them
contained an inllling of the Information
locked up in has desk. Ard so he drop
ped off 10 sleep when He day was break
ing. Next night he had nearly as much
anxiety, for, although The Bugle would
contain the news, other papers might
have it as WELL and so for the second
time he waited in his Office until the
other sheets, wet from the press, were
brought TO him. Again fortune favored
him, and the triumph belonged to The
Bugle alone.
The morning after her interview with
the director of police Jennie, taking
small hand satchel, in which she placed
the various bottles containing the diff
ferent dusts which the chemist had sep
arated, Went abroad alone and mailing
tiacre gave the driver the address of
Professor Carl Seigfried. The carriage
of the princess was always at the dis
posal of the girl, but on this occasion
CHI
so pretentious an equipage.
The cab took her into street lined
with tall edi1ices and left her at the
number she had given the driver. The
building seemed to be ono let out in
flats and tenements She mounted stair
after stair, and only at the very top did
she see the professors name painted on
door Here she raped several times
without any attention being paid to her
summons, but at last the door was
opened partially by a man whom she
took, quite accurately, to be the pro-
fessor himself. His head was white and
his face deeply wrinkled. He glared at
her through his glasses and said to her:
"Young lady, you have made mis-
take. These are the rooms of Professor
Carl Seigfried. -
cit is Professor Carl Seigfried that l
wish to see, said the girl hurriedly as
the old man was preparing to shut the
door.
"What do you want from him?"
~ want some information from him
about explosives. l have been told that
he knows more about explosives than
any other man living.
"Quite right-he does. What, then Z"
can explosion has taken place, pro-
ducing the most remarkable results
They say that neither dynamite nor any
other known force could have had such
an effect on metals and minerals as this
power has had.
'.Ah, dynamite is toy for chill
drenl' cried the old man, opening tie
door little farther, exhibiting an inter
est which had up to that moment been
absent from his manner. "'IVell, where
did this explosion take place? Do you
wish me to go and see tt"
perhaps, later on. At present wish
to show you some of its effects. but
don't propose to do so here in the pas
sageway.
"Quite right, quite right, hastily
calculated the old scientist, throwing
the door wide open. COZ course 1 am
not accustomed to visits from fashion
able young ladies, and l thought at first
there had been mistake, but if you
have any real scientific problem 1 shall
be delighted to give my attention to it,
What nnay appear very extraordinary to
the lay mind will doubtless prove fully
explainable by scientists Come in,
come inl''
The old man shut the door behind
her and led her along dark passage
into large apartment, whose ceiling
was the roof Of the building. AT first
sight it seemed in amazing disorder
Huge as it was, it was cluttered with
curious shaped machines and instru-
ments. A twisted conglomeration of
glass tubing, bent into fantastic tangles,
stood on central table and had evil
IDENTIFY been occupying the professor s
49,. a I