The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-22
THE ADVERTISERS
 DAILY SHORT STORY

ward. and. unaided, replaced the safe In the corner, and took off the attachments.
 It is not quite straight" he said. The servants. little recovered. went to ad- just 1t. It did not move under their united efforts, thrice repeated.
 T expect" said the inventor, 'to per- feet my invention until the use of wires will not be necessary for the transmits sion of power. Its application is simply illimitahle. It will revolutionize, not the world. the universe-provided only great enough power can be generated and the s%s . for @ its control wdrkea h. out rsd,ction Ma of weight will greatly simplify transpor- tation: the airship will be rendered su- uerfiuous. The magic carpet of the Ara Dian Nights tales will be realized in sober fact.
 He clasped the little plate upon his own wrist T have reduced my weight to something less than pound, he said: and taking step forward. he crossed the room at sort of deliberate bound. soaring and indescribably graceful, land- ing in front of us as lightly as cat. Lift me-" he said to me.
 seized his arm and 1erked it, nine too gently. The man weighed practically nothing.
 My professional instinct was aroused. How would this marvellous discovery af- feet organic life?' I reached down and lifted the mans bare hand.
 A thrill shot through me at the contact. At the same instant experienced won derful sense or eXnudTdtlOn, or HSntneSS, elasticity. relief from tension. It was as if heavy. clinging garment had slipped from my shoulders and left me free.
 Try it! he cried out to my uncle. holding out my hand. He hesitated, then took 1t. The three of us were like chill dren exploiting new experience. We bounded, pirouetted, ioated about the room and performed most strange evolu- tions.
 There was click. and we came to earth with a nerve racking jar. Golgotz had turned the key.
 Edward, you have an engagement, haven't you,' said my uncle. I'd like to have you explain the thing to me thor oughly, Golgotz."
 ''IIi have to have your word first that you'll back me half a million in a scheme for it's application. sir said the man.
 My mind was of course on fire with speculation as to the discovery, and sought my uncle out the next day. To my astonishment and chagrin l found myself shut out from his confidence on the subject. There was nothing for me to do but accept the situation, and re- frain from prying into what was indubit- ably his own affair.
 On the evening of September 10. 1905, was called in consultation on critical surgical operation. It was o'clock in the morning before I got home, and I went to bed worn out. had set my alarm clock for $40. as l was to visit a patient at g. It seemed less than two minutes before the alarm went OH. ItalI- dazed with sleep. I sat up in bed-in dark ness. I got up and stumbled across the room to raise the blind The lights of | the city. little below our house, twin | kled out of blank blackness.
 | "Confound the clock" I muttered, | seeking the warmth of the covers again. | I turned on the light, and looked at m~ watch. Eight-thirty-with the clock ex- l actN! Had we all gone crazy together? | Somehody knocked gently at the door i and my wife's voice called to me softly. | Rv inc time I had a light she cafne in
 She looked white and strange. l "Oh. Edward, what has happened! Why | doesn't daylight come? It's nearly
 o'clock-it really is! And it isn't light
 yet! Listen.' l., .,,,
 Clear and solemn. somewhere Tn III. | city. a bell began to toll. Alter rev strokes another chimed in; then another The unusual sounds in the streets sooi
 swelled to an uproar-cries and waiiing; | and exhortations. I dressed hastily snc
 we rushed out of the house. The arc lights still hlazed all over town; undel | them on the wide pavements crowd' drifted by. each face living lnterroea tion.
 gested.
 Exicted crowds were surgins round tn,
 bulletins General darkness over m
 whole of the United States" Londoi