The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-16

He gldrcd at her through hts glasses
next morning, but she left the decision
entirely with him. Here was the news
and if he thought it worth the risk he
might hold 1t over; If not, he was to
print 1t regardless of consequences.
As a matter of fact, the editor, with
fear and trembling, held the news for a
day, so that he might not embarrass his
fair representative, but SO anxious was
he that he sat up all night until the 9th
er papers were out, and he heaved a
sigh Of relief when, on glancing over
them, he found that not one Of them
contained an inkling Of the information
locked up in his desk And so he drop
ped off to sleep when the day was break
ing. Next night he had nearly as much
anxiety, for, although The Bugle would
contain the news, other papers might
have 1t as well, and so for the second
time he waited in his Office until the
other sheets, wet from the press, were
brought to him. Again fortune favored
him, and the triumph belonged to The
Bugle alone.
The morning after her interview with
the director Of police Jennie, taking n
small hand satchel, in which she placed
the various bottles containing the diff
ferent dusts which the chemist had sep
arated, went abroad alone and, hailinB
tiacre gave the driver the address Of
Professor Carl Seigfried. The carriage
Of the princess was always at the dis
posal of the girl, but on this occasion
she did not wish to he embarrassed with
so pretentious an equipage.
The cab took her into street lined
with tall edifces and left her at the
number che had given the driver. The
building seemed to be one let out in
fats and tenements, She mounted stair
after stair, and only at the very top did
che see the professor s name painted on
door Here she raped several times
without any attention being paid to her
summons, but at last the door was
opened partially by man whom she
took, quite accurately, to be the pro
fessor himself His head was white and
his face deeply wrinkled. He glared at
her through his glasses and said to her
"Young lady, you have made a mis-
take These are the rooms OF Professor
Carl Seigfried.
at IL Professor Carl Seigfried that /
wish to see," said the girl hurriedly as
the old man was preparing to shut the
door
"What do you want from himf"
xuo,t opp,a ipfp frpyp b{ m
about explosives | have been told that
he knows more about explosives than
any other man living"
"Quite right-he does What, then ?"
"An explosion has taken place, pro-
ducing the most remarkable results.
They say that neither dynamite nor any
other known force could have had such
an effect on metals and minerals as this
power has had.
"Ah, dynamite Is toy for chill
drenl" cried the old man, opening the
door little farther exhibiting an inter
est which had up to that moment been
absent from his manner. "Well, where
did this explosion take placer Do you
wish rue to go and see TT
perhaps, later on. AT present wish
to show you some Of its effects. but
don't propose to do 80 here in the pas
sageway.
"Quite right, quito right" hastily
calculated the old scientist, throwing
the door wide open. "Of course am
not accustomed to visits from fashion.
able young ladies. and thought at first
there had been mistake, but IL you
have any real scientific problem / shall
BIO delighted to give my attention to It,
What may appear very extraordinary to
the lay mind will doubtless prove fully