Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-07-07
CHAPTER VII.
AT HAn1EY MAN0p


Hadley Common lies north of Lon
don by about ten miles. On the verge
OF this lonely Understanding common
stands a high, square mullioned-win-
dowed house. built in 1Ilizabeth's day.
With dark red wallis and n steep tiled
roof surmounted by clusters of great
~chimaeys.
In one of the upper rooms of this ST.
lent and solitary old manor house, n
vast. high-ceilinged apartment. a man
sat at an immense table Uttered with
papers, books. drawings and designs.
Bottles containing all kinds of chem
icalS. jars, the skins of serpents, fishes
and snakes. the fibers of exotic plans,
models of apparatus, moulds, and
strange shaped Instruments, either
stood on brackets. hung on the walls,
floor.
70 judge by the volumes that. row
upon ROW, lined the walls. the occu-
pant was n man whose mind found
room for the study of widely differing
branches of knowledge.
Al the far end Of the room stood a
furnace rows of electric motors. coils
OF wire. and machinery of different
kinds.
Whatever the experiment was that
~ the moment engaged the occupant
OF the room, he was so absorbed that
ne failed to hear the knock at the door,.
VI was only when ii was repeated thai
he started suddenly, his strong hands
ciasIing the arms of the chair, his fine
mead with its mass of iron gray hair
thrown back. his blue eyes flashing in
veXation. for ii was understood that
wilile in this room he was never TO be
Disturbed save in cases of Urgent Inn
portance.
Who goes thereo9 he asked in ltal-
Ian.
FEATHER, it is J." came the answer
in the sweetest and gentlest of voices,
sliofsen in The same language.
You, my Roma" he said, changing
mis- tone Of -hrusqueness To affection.
Nhat do YOU want, my daughter"
count Slsari has just arrived"
'~sasafi here2' exclaimed her father,
lorenzo Veneto. All, but it is good to
see some one from our land; say / shall
be With him immediately"
Ticking the liquids with which he had
been experimenting. he carefully locked
them In y sitte, unfastened the double
doors of his study. and In turn secured
them, and then hurried down stairs to
n sparsely furnished room where his
visitor awaited him.
count Sasari was a man lust over
Thirty. middle sized and stout. Not
Wlthstanding the squarcness of his fig
ul", 'i'i lhueiinanie arr OF breeding gave
his appearance n certain distinction.
My friend. my friend. 1t warns my
heart to see You. for you bring with
III sunshine of olr Italy" Neneto
said enthusiastically. as he burst into
The room.
You see | have disturbed you" said
the younger man when their affections
ate greetings had ended.
Would that such n happy disturb
81 MAJ. Af,,t /, nl1 80. - nd A-yI -.
how is my beloved country?"
Don't let us talk politics, but tell me
what you are working al 2" said Sasarf,
anxious to turn the conversation.
] am WORKING at MANY things" re-
piled Neneto. readily complying with
hts friends request. Il am always div
ing into natures secrets."
You are n strange combinations
Sasari replied. You who are n politi-
cal refugee. am electrical engineer. an
inventor. ar analytical chemist, and q
dreamer an in one"
"All that and something else" Neneto
replied laughlngls. for there is always
more in a man than his friends see or
them he acknowledges"
What may that be in your case, my
fricnd2''
Nc4eto laughed once more.
Seriously" he said, II Will tell you
what chiefly occupies me Just now.
am haunted by an idea which may lead
To mn Invention that will direct and
control the energy stored In coal, which
is HOW lost In the les that escapes
through the cbilnneys. A successful
result would have been incalculable in
nuence pon the world"
THAT is practical. But have YOU laid
aside the great clock scheme?"
NO, no. I9nt I relieve the effort of
labor IN n direction by following 1T
IN another.
ny belief Is that great ideas. won