The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

lite. They knew what could do. and
80 they came to me-"
"And you are going to buy an inter
est in the mnchlne?'
"a one-thirl interest. my dear. They
will sell It TO me for $1,000, and as
soon as the government adopts 1t
shall be millionaire. You don't un-
derstand the possibilities of the birdo-
lite. In case OF war we can drop down
dynamite on the enemy's fleet.
"We can blow up their forts.
1Wc can annlhilate their battle lines.
1--WE can destroy their towns and
cities.
"with one pound Of dynamite we can
blow up a state capitol building.
give pounds will destroy every
building on a block.
"We sail over camp containing
10000 men. 1t is night The camp has
sentries out and believes itself safe.
There is no alarm. The wings Of the
bIrdolite give out nothing but a soft
rustling as It hovers over the fatal
spot. Suddenly
What II Could Do.
suddenly whutT asked Mrs. Bow
ser as he rubbed his hands and hung
on to the sentence.
Suddenly | drop something from
the birdolite into the camp. There is
an awful flash, crash like thunder,
and when daylight comes there is re-
vealed such scene Of destruction as
the world has never known.
"The three Of us hover over n city.
Wen say that we are at war with the
French and that It Is Paris 1t Is
evening, and the streets are gay. There
is happiness and jolllty, and no one
fears. Old age is there, and youth is
there, and they are glad to be alive.
The birdolte dallies with the city rs
cat does with n mouse, but after n
time the deadly explosive IS cut loose,
and I'm ono awful detonation Paree Is
no more. The very bricks and stones
Of her streets and buildings are ground
to powder
1--WE take contracts for blowing up
cities
1--WE blow up forts at so much apiece
eve kill of armies at so much reg.
iment
eve agree to lick any nation In thir-
ty days"
"And when are you going to buy the
stock?" asked Mrs. Bowser as he fin.
ished his murderous schedule.
"He is to let me know tonight or to-
morrow. shall not pay for It, how.
ever, until have taken n fight into
the air on the birdolite myself ! am
not d man to be taken in. you know"
"Wcll, ! hope things will come out
all right"
Inventor Was a Swindler.
"Of course they will. How can they
help 1t? There's some one at the bel
now. That may be the inventor. If Il
is I'll have him explain In detail tC
YOU"
1t wasn't the inventor. however. Il
was shrewd looking young man whC
asked Mr.. Bowscr II he had five min
utes TO spare ard then went on to say
eve nrrcsted him about an hour ago
| and we want you TO appear agnlns
him IN the morning. There will be a
| least ten others"
appear against who?' asked Mr.
Bowser.
"Why, the blrdolite man. He's swim
died a full score besides you. You paiC
him S25 down to secure the stool;
didn't your
"I-I-F'--
"And we want TO send him up 70
fifteen years. In other words, We wan
to drop some dynamite on him. Conn
to court In the morning If you can
Good night"
When the man had departed MI
Bowscr wheeled on Mrs. Bowser to b.
ready for anything she might say, bu
after looking Mt him for n moment sh
rather wearily observed:
Its 10 O'Clock, and think we'd bet
ter be Off TO bed" NJ. QUAD.
What Ho Forgot.