The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
Sunday, June 8, 1906.

have never been implicated in any plot.
Someone in authority has made stu
pid mistake, and SO I am here. This
msths Lar am autsa certain viii o Rs d1 ne
malice, and win say nothing of the
place, once am free. It is no bust
ness of mine But 7. do not wish to
have the Intervening time wasted.
should like to buy. some electrical ma
ehinery and materials, for which 1 am 7,
willing to pay any price that is asked:
'Do you understand eleetricitys'
questioned the governor, and for the
first time his impassive face showed a
ghmmer of interest.
HDo I understand electricity Why,
for over a year I have been chief cleo
tTician on warshlp.
relapsing into. Russian again, "you can
tell me What is wrong 9th . our dynamo mo
QUESTION they sent machinery for Light
ing our offices and passages. with cleo
trieity They apparently did. not care
to send an electrician to the Trogzmon-
doff, but forwarded instead some books
Of instruction. I have been working
am still using oil lamps and candles, We
wired the place without difficulty ne
held ND the candle, and showed, depend.
inc from the ceiling, a chandelier OF
electric lamps which Lermontott had
not hitherto noticed, various nrack aa
ner, with green silk-covered wire at
tached. 49,,
MAY I see your dynamos' asked
The governor, with one final warming
If his hands. took up a candle, told the
taller to remove the shade from the
Iamp and bring it, led the way along
q passage, and then into room W1erS
the prisoner, on first entering had
heard the roar of water.
''What' IS this you have tufplnes
Does it give you any poWers .,
ooh, it gives power enough" SAID
"fet s see how you turn on the
stream.' .
The governor set the turbine at work
and the dynamo began to hum, SOUND
which, to the educated ear OF hernoh'-
off told him al 5eT Tght po4ernor turn it
off This is a somewhat old-fashioned
DYNAMO, but it ought to give you all
the ight YOU can use. You must be
natural born electrician, or you never
could have got this machinery working
as well as it does: -
The dull eyes of the governor glowe9
for one brief moment, then resumed
+bair customary expression of saddened
HNow," said Jack, throwing off his
coat, II want wrench, screWdr1Vef,
hammer and pair of pincers II you We
.Here is the tool chest,' said the
governor, and Jack found all ne needed.
Bidding the governor hold the candle
here. there and elsewhere, and order
mo the taller about as if he were an
an6rentice, Jack set energeticaliy to
YORK and for half an hour no one
NTurn on that water again. he
commanded.
whirred with quite different note'
Half a dozen electric lamps in the room
flooded the place with dazzling white
.tThere you are,' cried Jack, rub:
bling the oil off his hands on piece OF
coarse saeking. "Now, Tommy, Put
these things back in the tool chest ne
said to the jailer. Then TO the gov
1Let' IS see how things look in the
The passage was lit, and the gove,T,
nor's room showed every mark on wall
ceiling and floor. .,
"I told you, governor, salo yaes
with laugh, that l. dldn u r haow W.
Providence took pity on you, and or
dered me to strike Light.
At that moment the jailer entered
With his iingfing keys, and the enthu
siastic expression faded from the gov
ernor's face, leaving it once nor FOR
coIdly impassiye, but he spoke in Ger
Ut am very much Indebted to you
b;obness and it grieves me that our re
iationship remains unchanged
1Oh, that's all right, y cried Lennon
| +off b1eezily. ttIf it is within you
noWer to allow me to come aad g1y ~
you some lessons in electricity ana In In
care of dynamos, l shall be very gia
| W To this offer the governor made n
reply, but he went on still in { German sT
II shall transfer you to cell No;
which is not only more comfortable, bu
! the water there is pure. Did you sa
| ~" Y Yes quite as well as do Ru'