The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-29

At one side Of the laboratory were
three long rows Of arm chairs, built
up in three tiers on platforms. much
in the same way as the seats are ar.
ranged for hospital students in an op-
Grating theater.
The guests were invited to take
their places, and in q minute or two
had settled themselves, the more friv.
olous and. non-scientific part Of them
whispering and laughing together, as
people do before the curtain rises at
a play.
This is what they saw:
About two yards away from the
lowest row OF seats, which was practi-
cally on the floor level, the actual ap-
paratus of the discovery began. Upon
specially constructed tables, on steel
supports which rose through the
boarding of the floor, were a series of
machines standing almost the whole
length of the room.
Upon the opposite wall to the spec
tators was a large white screen, upon
which the thought pictures were to be
thrown.
Save for the strange apparatus in
all its i%ntricacy of brass and vulcan
ite. coiled wires and glass, there was
more than a suggestion Of the school
room in which the pupils are enter
tanned by a magic lantern exhibition.
Marjorie Poole and her mother sat
next to Lord Malvin, on either side of
him, while Donald Mesbie, Sir Harold
Oliver inc the Bishop of East London
were Immediately to their right and
left.
Gouldesbrough had not formally
greeted Marjorie, but as he stood be-
hind his apparatus ready to begin the
demonstration he flashed one bright
look at her full Of triumph and exulta-
ton. Megbie, who was watching very
closely, saw that the girls face did not
change or soften, ever at this supreme
moment, when the unutterable tri-
umph of the man who loved her was
about to be demonstrated to the
world.
Amid a scene of considerable >.
element on the part of the non-scien-
tifc members of the audience and the
strained, tense attention of the famous
scientists, Sir William Gouldesbrough
began:
my lord, my illustrious confreres,
ladies and gentlemen, l have to thank
you all very much for coming here
this afternoon, to see the law which I
have discovered actually applied BY
means of mechanical processes which
have been adapted, invented, and
made by myself and my brilliant part
ner and helper, Mr.. Wilson Guest"
AS he said this Sir William turned
toward the end Of the room, where
his assistant was busy bending over
one of the machines.
The man with the large, hairless
face was pale, and his fingers were
shaking, az they moved about among
the screws and wires. He did not look
up as Gouldesbrough paid him this
just tribute, though every one Of the
spectators turned toward him at the
mention of his name.
Truth to tell, Mr. Wilson Guest was,
for the first time for many years, alb
solutely bereft of all alcoholic liquor
since the night before. For the first
time in his partnership Gouldesbrough
had insisted upon Guests entire alb
stention. He had never done such a
thing before, as he pointed out to his
friend, but on this day he said his de-
cision was final, and he meant to be
obeyed.
The frenzied e~ntreaties OF the poor
wretch about midday, his miserable
abasement and self-surrender az he
wept for his poison, were alike use.
less. He had been forced to yield,
and at this moment he was suffering
something like torture.
1t was, indeed, only by the greatest
effort of his weakened will that he
could attend to the mechanical duties
Of adjusting the sensitive machines
for the demonstration which wa to
follow.
Ito BE Contlnued.)