The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-01-18

All my experiments lately have been in
tne dlIection OF making notifications
with TINS machine, so as 70 ilberate the.
force Wlfnin the the compass say, OF
tnls room put lne problem has baftied
me. Inc lnVisl Die rays which this ma
cnine senos ont ana wnich Will pene-
trase stone, iron, wood or any other
substance must unite at g focus, and
have not been able TO bring that focus
nearer me tnan something over half
mile.
Last summer I went to an uninhab-
tied part OF Switzerland and there con.
tinued my experiments I blew up at
will rocks and bowlders on the nouns
tain sides, the distances varying from
9 mile TO half a mile | examined the
results OF the disintegration, and when
you came IN and showed me the gold ]
recognized at once that some one had
discovered the secret have been trying
70 fathom for the last ten years. /
thought that perhaps you had come
from Keely. ] am now convinced that
the explosion you speak Of in the treas
ury was caused By myself. This ma
chine. which you SO recklessly threaten.
ed to throw out of the window, acci-
dentally slipped from its support when
1 was working here some time after
midnight on the 18th. placed it im-.
mediately as you see it now, where it
throws Its rays into midair and is cons
sequently harmless. but knew an ex-
plosion must have taken place in Vien-
ma somewhele within the radius OF half
mile. drew the pencil semicircle.
that You saw on the map OF Vienna,
for IN my excitement in placing the
machine upright had not noticed ex-
actly where it had pointed. but ! knew
along the line had drawn an explosion
must have occurred and could only
hope that It had not been a serious one
which It seems 1t was. ] waited and
waited, hardly daring to leave my attic,
but hearing no news OF any disaster !
was torn between the anxiety that
would naturally come to any humane
man in my position-who did not wish
to destroy ife--and the fear that, if
nothing had occurred, had not ac-3
tually made the discovery ! thought ]
had made. You spoke of my actions be-.
ing childish. but when I realized that !
had myself been the cause Of the explo-
sion fear OF criminal prosecution
came over me. Not that should OBJ
ject to imprisonment if they would al
low me to continue my experiments.
but that doubtless they would not do,
for the authorities know nothing Of sci
enca and care less.
IN spite Of her initial skeptieism,
Jennie found herself gradually coming
to believe in the efficiency of the harm
less looking mechanism of glass and
iron that she saw on the table before
her, and sensation OF horror held her
speilbound as she gazed at II. Hsawful
possibilities began slowly to develop in
her mind, and she asked breathlessly:
what would happen If You were to
turn that machine and point it toward
the center Of the earth s
a told You what would happen. vi
emma would lie In ruins, and possibly
the whole Austrian empire and perhaps
come adjoining countries would become
a mass Of impalpable dust. It may be-
that the world itself would dissolve.
cannot tell what the magnitude Of the
result might be, for ! have not dared to
risk the experiment. =
sOh, this is too frightful to think
about r. she cried. 50 You must destroy
the machine, professor, and You must
never make another.
ssWhatl And give un the hone that