The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-22
Backed for a Half Million.
Ry JpLIAN SANFORD.

t BY LILLIAN SANtOftD .. ... z My Uncle Leverton was worth S40,OOo,VOO He had made it all himself and at the age He spent very little on me. Not that she was a miser. l had been Tn ms care from my sixth year. and was his sole relative He gave mo an education or my o.r, choosinG-I elected to become a physicisn-with sufficient. not liberal allowance. . | had begun practice in the city where was born My uncle lived in retire ment on an estate five miles from town. where he carried on experiments m pnys- lcs horticulture ana the preeoins oi Nie Like all persons of known wealth. my uncle was besieged with begging letters the interests of various schemes, prac- caI and Utopian. One day when l was
 h him he mentioned to me the per
 .ence of a visionary who wanted cap al. to back him in scheme me for con Hing the force of gravitation;
 See here" said my Uncle Leverton. nis is the latest effusion from the gray y man. He wants me to make an ap- yill demonstrate the workings of his echeme I've a mind to see the fellow, edward. Be third party at the inter- I agreed. Wednesday afternoon found me in my uncles study A strange man was there before me. roughly clad ana very bristly as to beard ana eyeprows5, s,5. face. which was also of certain palior Ny uncle waved his hand. My nephew. "Golgotz," supplemented the stranger.
 MT. Golgotz Well. MT. Golgotz, you may have the box brought in.
 Four of my uncles servants carried into the study heavy deal box. Golgotz lifted the hinged lid. An apparatus ilke a large storage battery was revealed
 If you have read my letters, the man began, you are aware that l have plan for controlling the force Of gravity 1 have a machine for generating attrdc- tion-positive and negative. By the ap- pication of the one or the other 10 an object ofgwhatever nature, l can double or entirely heutralize the force Of graVlty inherent in it. Thus l can, by simple attachment. reduce the weight ot that the lates. -rrglar proof model-"unth a child coul dsh it about the room as easily as toy cart; or even unul II would be unaffected by the earth. and would whirled off into space by the action centrifugal force. |, 'Suph .5e you give us demonstration suggested my uncle.
 The man attached a little plate by means of screws to projecting knob of the safe. the plate connecting by wires with the apparatus ...rS in the oGx s ne rea duced, I should say. to about fifteen pounds. he said. My uncle smiled in credulously.
 With a seemingly effortless push Col
 
 the floor towards the corner where I sat I sprang to get out of the way, but the thing caught my foot against the wall I gave desperate kick The safe ca reened over as if made of pine, righted itself, and started merrily for my uncle He beat an undignihed retreat. I watch ed the safe collide against the wall ex pecting to see it crash into the plaster but instead it rebounded without leavins a mark. and fell over on its side witt no more noise and jar than if it hat been a wooden soap box.
 Pick it up. sir said the inventor.
 "Confound your impudence!' roared my uncle. You tell me to pick it up. Henry Waters"
 The four men who had carried in Col gotz's box came in at the vociferous or fer and I. curious to get my hands oi the safe essayed to help. The five of u undertook to right it. We put all ou strength into the first lift. The grea box sprang into the air like cork, nearI, wrenching our arms from their socket with the shock of the. unexpended force The servants dropped the safe. thei faces pale with fright. Golsotz came for