Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-11-12
THE STOLEN !
DYNAMO =!
A Story of an Inventor snd
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Dynamo-Am searching for you and intend to
kill you When We come face TO face. east. west.
north south. viii take my lawful vengeance
VICTIM
The electrical engineering works o.
Messrs. Bradley, Headstone & Co.
limited, were situated in Little John
street, Westminster. All Cay long.
from 6 a.. M to ; p m, you might hear
the constant whir. whir of machinery,
the shriIl cry of the circular saw. the
rattling and groaning of the betting as
it few round overhead, below and all
around. All day long you might see
tired men and boys bending over their
lathes or yises. their faces as gray as
the gray skies of Westminster, worn.
weary and hopeless.
1t is perhaps time that some act of
parliament should get more reasonable
working conditions for busy toilers.
for, no matter how zealously inclined.
workers cannot thrive properly on the
small amount Of sleep necessarily in
volved by the present hours of labor.
and the worn, haggard faces OF the
men show plainly how small is the
amount of rest they enjoy as compared
with the work performed during the
day. Go any morning a journey east
ward in one of the workmen's trains
md see what the men are doing as
they travel toward their toll. Reading!
No. Smoking? No. Talking, joking,
Guarrelng? No. Not at all. Merely
sleeping, endeavoring to catch few
moments mere of oblivion before the
day opens for them and the old task
claims them once more. Surely such
life is drudgery indeed, and the Won
der is that the constitution is able to
bear it for so long a time.
The $50 a. m. train from Hammer
smith to Westminster bore its usual
complement of DOING men one show
cry morning in April. but there was
certain m:.n seated In corner or
third class carriage whose wakeful-
ness touched the abnormal. His eyes
glowed with the lurid light of excite
ment his cheeks burned with sup
pressed fever; for John Steele was de-
batting in his brain the details Of an in
vention which If successful would rev.
olutionize the world of electrical gener-
alton.
The man was a genius. and he was
contemplating the formation of new
dynamo machine the simplicity and
economy of which would only be equal
ed by it's enormous power of produc-
ton. Nearly all the expensive ele-
ments of dynamo construction would
be eliminated from his new process.
and it seemed to him as he sat on the
hard bench and dreamed dreams that
faYpa and fortune were close hand
now.
For six years he had toiled in the ar
mature winding room at Messrs Brad
ley. Headstone & Co.'S huge factory.
taking small rest and no diversion.
While his shopmates spent their even
ings It rs l@ils. theaters or drink
ing ; = . sat rigidly at work in
his ging. concentrating him
self w-,n web nigh superhuman energy
on the details Of his invention.
And now all was completed. The last
word of the specification had been
traced the last line of the working
drawings penciled out. The toll of six
weary years of long. arduous days and
hot, feverish nights had touched its
end. Today he was to interview Mr..
Philip Headstone. the Junior director
of the firm. and to lay before him the
details OF the apparatus. A small
brown paper parcel lay beside the in
ventor. The parcel contained all the
data and drawings in connection with
the dynamo. He stroked the package
with loving hands.
Little parcel he murmured, you
are going to bring me all that makes
life worth living. Money, fame and
glory all lie within you. for my dyna-
mo shall revolutionize the world. /
know it know i'll know it,
He patted the parcel again and then
lapsed into thoughts which brought
a scarlet tinge Of joy to his pallid
cheek.
Toward noon the inventor took his
way to the boardroom and tapped at
the door. Come in" said quiet. well
modulated voice. and a moment later
John Steele stood in the presence of
the Junior director, who eyed him
keenly.
"oh. all, of course" he remarked
carelessly. You've come 10 speak TO
me about that fancy of yours in con-
nection with the dynamo, eh. my
man."
Il hope and believe that it is some
thing more than a fancy. sir" replied
Steele, speaking in a low, firm tone;
'-but you shall see for yourself
Mr.. Philip Headstone whistled few
bars from an opera which he had
heard on the previous evening and then
drew forth his cigar case.
Fire away. my good chap" he said
as he Lit the weed. but don't be longer
than you can help for have to be in
the city in an hours time"
Ten minutes viii suffice. sir. to
show you all there is TO see"
Good. Brevity is the soul of specih-
cations. ell? But. first of all. before
glance at the papers, let me hear your
verbal description of your master