The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-22

| reports daylight prolonged four hours and | ten minutes"
 A sudden ,slImmering of the horrible truth. flashed upon me; ,- Alice, come home! want 70 see uns
 Uncle Leverton was not at home. The | day dragged by. The sun was i've hours | truth staring men in the fact was that | the earth's daily rotary motion was stead- | fly growing slower! But greater surprises awaited earth denizens upon another dawn. Not only was the time lost the previous day made uD: the schedule time for daybreak was l anticipated by exactly forty.fve minutes The populace was panic-stricken. keiig- 1 ious reformers frothed. The yellow jour nals deepened to chrome Scientists were aghast Everybody counted watchttcks until the next day, and a sigh of relief | was breathed around the world when the I waited until evening. then called on my uncle He looked pale and fatgued: but his eyes were alight with fire IT be- could, you and Goigotz have set the What @ ag you mssns he so,, snslaipsa. S.a ned ter take the hint that Goigotz and are to be left alone.'
 There was no further irreguiarity in the earths movements for number Of
 
 alarming augmentation of periods. There were serious atmospheric disturbances Vegetation began to suffer, scorched by na tns ass af enS9 eaSs ssn & 9 enss sy travel and transportation almost ceased. Business everywhere was demoralizsd. Late one evening l sat in my ofnce when ring at the door-beli aroused me A second later I sprang to my feet. Jen- kins had tlshered in--GolgotZ.
 'Dr. Henderson" he said. T want you to arrest and secure your uncle. He is
 What deuitry have you been up to- you two?" broke out.
 You have probably already guessed. We have been experimenting with the force of gravity as 1t concerns the rota- ton of the earth. We have machinery constructed underground some distance from here. He Is at work now. and he is bent upon reversing the earth's mo-
 we'll exclaimed. harshly. ''is that any worse than what YOU have done?'
 'The consequence would be the destrue- tion of the world" averred GolgotZ. At the present stage of our Knowledge and control 1t would be suicide to attempt it.. The delicate balance between centrifugal and centripetal force. which keeps the | and the planet would either fall into the | sun or go hurting away into space. He will make the attempt before midnight If he Is not stopped. You won't believe
  | that internal idea entered my brain. Wait. Has he seemed like himself to you of later
 The agonizing sincerity of the man was not to be doubted, and the last appeal de- cided me I followed Golgotz. We were | driven a long distance. We alighted be- i fore a little square stone building stand | ing In a field, and Golgotz opened the 1 padiocked door. I went In after him Into | pitch darkness
 ."Careful!' he. warned me. in whisper l Down stairs" | At lastI Golgotz. ahead. softly opened
 a door, and let in a blind flood of light | I saw that we had entered large cham l Der, full ot purring machinery. Across | from us my uncle stood over a wheel that | looked like that of ship. He was study | ing sheet of blueprint on the wall In l front of him. and bronze chronometer l or some such instrument, lay on table at his right
 | He turned and saw us. A livid change | came over his face at sight of me; and | quick aS lisht ne seized the chrnnoneteI and leapt forward. Tn the same instant dodeed aside. and Golgotz sprang ir front of where I had stood. The chro- on his head, ana he dropped like a stone | My uncle backed away and stood lcek ing a, him He was laughing. He seem ed tn have forgotten my presence. | Poor fooll" he said. T am .glad vol are ut of tho way. Now I am sole Tas
 ter. l will begin tonight. I will turI
 ths world upside down" he '~oke int
 peal of laughter, unmistakahiy nis nj
 acal. Halfway it checked in his throat
 He gasped his face turned purple, hi
 eyes started. Before I reached hirn h