The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-02
hE STOLEN,
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A story Of an Invsnsor and
u Thief.

.i-i0@i~l-8Ge e's~t0@ea-SbO
Il from the agony Column" OF
ly Telephone. Dec. l. 1888:
Am searching for you and intend to
When we come face 10 face. east, west.
buth, ! will take my lawful vengeance.
yaOrM.
ectrical engineering works Of
Bradley, Headstone & Co.,
were situated In Little John
Westminster. All day long,
i. M. to 6 p. M. you might hear
ktant whir. whir Of machinery,
! III cry Of the circular saw. the
and groaning of the betting as
Round overhead. below and all
All day long you might see
en and boys bending over their
r vlses. their faces az gray as
skies Of Westminster, worn,
md hopeless.
berhaps time that some act Of
ent should get more reasonable
conditions for busy toilers,
matter how zealously inclined,
cannot thrive properly on the
tmount of sleep necessarily in
Iby the present hours OF labor.
worn, haggard faces Of the
bow plainly how small 10 the
! of rest they enjoy as compared
be work p formed during the
10 any morning a journey east
b one OF the workmen's trains
what the men are doing as
Ayel toward their toll. Reading?
hooking? No. Talking, joking.
hng? No. Not at all. Merely
e, endea voring to catch a few
ns more Of oblivion before the
Eens for them and the old task
them once more. Surely such
j drudgcry indeed, and the Won
hhat the constitution is able TO
for so long time.
b 80 n. III. train from Hammer
|to Westminster bore its usual
|ment of doziBg men one show
lrnlng In April. but there was d
4 man seated In n corner OF q
8ass carriage whose wakefut
ached the abnormal. His eyes
with the lurid light OF excite
Ehls cheeks burned with sup
fever: for John Steele was de-
Din his brain the details OF an In
which IL successful would rev.
Dze the world OF electrical gener'
man was n genius. and he was
&plating the formation Of "A new
machine the simplicity ana
q OF which would only be equal
It's enormous power OF produc-
kearly all the expensive ele-
|bf dynamo construction would
&Inated from his new process.
Seemed TO him as he sat on the
Inch and dreamed dreams that
bd fortune were close at hand
x years he had toiled In the ar
winding room at Messrs. Brad
ndstone & Co.'S huge factory,
small rest and no diversion.
is shopmates spent their even
music halls. theaters or drink
oEs he sat rigldly at work In
bt lodging. concentrating him
} well nigh superhuman energy
etails Of his invention.
pw oil was completed. The last
the specification had been
the last line OF the working
y penclled out. The toll OF six
bars of long, arduous days and
crish nights had touched Its
day he was to interview Mr.,
gladstone. the Junior director
Pm. and to lay before him the
|of the apparatus. A small
pper parcel lay beside the IN
The parcel contained al the
drawings In connection with
mo. He strohed The package
ng hands.
parcel, be murmurei. "you
x to brirg me all that makes
Fh living. Money fame aud
lie within you. foe my dyna-
revolu''nt fNe world. !
know II - anow it,"
tcd the parcel again and then
pto thoughts which brought
tinge Of Joy 10 his pallld
noon the inventor took his
be boardroom and tapped at
Come tn," said IA quiet. well
d voice. and a moment later
Pele stood in the presence OF
or director, who eyed him
h, Of course" he remarked
You've come TO speak to
that fancy of yours In con-
with the dynamo. eh. my
and believe that 1t IL some
hrn thoI % Fap1rt It,. ..,,t;.y