The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01

neNt morning, Dut BIO lelt Iuo ueCisiou
entirely with him. Here was the news.
and if he thought 1t worth the risk he
might hold it over; IL not, he was to
print it regardless Of consequences.
AS u matter of fact. the editor. with
fear and trembling, held the news for
day, 30 that he might not embarrass his
fair representative, but 30 anxious was
he that he sat up all night until the 9th
er papers were out. and he heaved
sigh of relief when. on glancing over
them. he found that not one Of them
contained an inkling Of the information
locked up in his desk. And so he drop
ped off to sleep when the 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 az 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, hailing
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
she did not wish to be embarrassed with
30 pretentious an equipage.
l. IL. ,,,A
with tall edifices and left her at the
number che had given the driver. The
building seemed to be one let out in
flats and tenements She mounted stair
after stair. and only at the very top did
she see the professor 3 name painted on
a door. Here she raped several times
without any attention being paid to her
summons. but at last the door was
opened partially by 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.
at Is Professor Carl Seigfried that
wish to seq. I" said the girl hurriedly az
the old man was preparing to shut the
door.
"What do You want from hims"
~ want some information from him
he knows more about explosives thar
any other man living"
"Quite right-he does. What, then p
"An 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 thi,
| power has had,
, "Ah. dynamite is toy for chill
3 dreni" cried the old man. opening tn,
Z door little farther. exhibiting an inter
, absent from his manner. "Well, wher,
] did this explosion take placer Do yol
3 wish me- to go and see ="
= "Perhaps, later on. AT present wisl
: to show you some of it's effects. but
8 don't t propose to do SO here in the pas
r sageway.
I "Quite right quite right" hastil
r CALCULATED the old scientist, throwing
= the door wide open "Of course al
e not accustomed to visits from fashion
a able young ladies, and thought at frs
Q there had been mistake, but if yo
have any real scientific problem shal
be delighted to give my attention to il
v What may appear very extraordinary I
= the lay mind will doubtless prove full
8 explainable by scientists, Come in
4 come in!"
n The old man shut the door benin
a her and led her along dark passag
: into large apartment, whose ceilin
( was the roof of the building. AT frs
/. sight it seemed in amazing disorder
y Huge as il was it was cluttered wit
f curious shaped machines and instru
: ments. A twisted conglomeration c
q glass tubing, bent into fantastic tangles
I stood on a central table and had evi
: IDENTIFY been occupying the professor
D attention at the time he was interrupt
ed. The place was lined with shelvin