Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-25
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I PSnaw! returned the 0tner. Wna1
 is 1t to us?'
 He threw the cover back. Neatly let tered on the inside, in the fine and slightly angular writing characteristic of the Teutonic scholar, was the leg end, Karl Augustus Schermerhorn 14091a Spruce street, Philadelphia, Pa ! The opposite page was blank. Cap, tain Parkinson turned half dozen leaves.
 German" he cried in a note of dis. appointment. Gan you read German script?"
 After fashion," replied the other Lets see. Els wonnte sechs-und- dreissig unterjacke," he said. 'Why blast it was the man running haber. dashery? What have three dozen un- dershirts to do with this?" "A memorandum for outf1tting prob ably," suggested the captain. "Try here." Chemical formulae,' said Trendon. Pages of lem. The devil! Can't make thing of it."
 Well, here's something in English" Good" said the other. By combin- ing the hypersulphate of iridium with the fumes arising from oxide of copper heated to 1000 c. and combining with picric acid in the proportions described in formula IS, reaction, the nature of which I have not fully determined follows. This must be performed with extreme care owing to the unstable na- ture of the benzene compounds"
 "Picric acid? Benzene compounds? Those are high explosives" said Cap tain Parkinson. We should have Bar nett go over this"
 Here's name under the formula Dr. A. Mardenter, Ann Arbor, Mich. That explains its being in English. Probably copied from letter."
 This must have been one of the ex- periments in the valley that Slade told us of," said the captain thoughtfully. "Why, see here," he cried, with some- thing like exu4tation, that's what Dr. Schermerhorn was doing here. He has the clew to some explosive so terrific that he goes far out of the world to experiment with it's manufacture. For companions he chooses gang of cut throats that the world would never miss in case anything went wrong. Possibly it was some trial of the fin ished product that started the erup- tion even. Do you seeY'
 Don't explain enough" grunted Trendon. Deserted ship, Billy Ed wards, mysterious lights, Slade' and his story-any explosives in those? Good enough far as it goes. Don't go far enough"
 Tt certainly leaves gaps," admitted the other.
 He turned over few more pages.
 'Formulae, formulae, formulae. Whats this? Here are some marginal  "Unbehasslich," read Trendon. Let's see, that means highly unsatisfactory or words to that effect. Hi! Here's where the old man loses his temper. Listen! May the devil take Carroll and Crum for careless'-h'm-well, pig dogs Now, where do Carroll and | Crum come in?
 They're firm of analytical chem sts in Washington" said the captain. When l was on the ordnance board ! used to get their circulars" @ "Fits in. What? More English? Worse than the German this is." The writing. beginning evenly enough 1t the top of page, ran along for q inc or two, then fell, sprawling in luge, ragged characters the full length. rrendon stumbled among them indig- lantly.
 June 1, 1904" he read. Tt is done. Triumph German word.) Eureka. Els st gefullt. From the (can't make out hat worD of the insplration-G od-llke 'ower-solution of the world problems.' Why. the old fool is crazy! And his writing Is crazier. Can't make head IT tail of it."
 The captain turned several more ages. They were blank. At any ate, it seems to be the end" he said. 'I should hope so," returned the oth- T disgustedly.
 He took the book on his knees, fiut- ering the leaves between thumb and