The Prescott daily news., 1908-02-18

flight Is noiseless and very rapid. We kept one captive in the shed where we worked. intending to base our designs on it. Somehow, we changed them. Zofsni, my partner. had manufactured cardlaginous substances sort of membrane, and this was stretched over digits, and the planes ultimately took the shape of bats wing. The whole model was only a foot across and extremely light For the digits. stays and braces we used only al batross quills. and the motive DOW er-' He made an impressive pause was radium!"
 "Radium!" echoed Mac, increduous- ly. You're not serious?" Il never was more so in my life" Brtdger's tone was too impressive to leave any doubt on that score.
 "But-how did you apply it?" I asked.
 Tn the form of the Beta-ray. am not chemist and I fear I can't give you the explanation I should like of how this form of energy was adapted to our purpose. Tn fact. this portion of the work was undertaken by Zof- | fani.
 By this time our interest was thor oughly aroused. Bridger had begun by exciting our curiosity; now. both his manner and his words rivetted our attention When, at the first trial" he continued, we found that the lift ing power of the machine was nine | times that of its total weight you may imagine our exultation. Our fondest hopes had been exceeded. It's flight was so strong and sustained that con- trol was necessary from the first. Connected to the middle of the floor by strong fishing line, 1t could keep In mid-air for, apparently, indefinite periods. At first, it rose and remained in vertical position, but it was, think, at the third trial that We began to notice It's tendency to incline to- wards the cage in which the dove was kept"
 Up to this point Bridger had shown comparative calmness, but directly he referred to the dove a change came over him. His breath grew shorter; his words came in jerks
 The bird was a wild one-we got it from Romney marsha female. It had got used to captivity, but directly the machine approached it, it showed fear-battled against the bars of it's cage. At these times we could plainly see that the machine was exerting an increased pull as though striving to reach the bird.
 There was something horribly fascinating in the machines strange l attraction to the bird, and the birds obvious terror of the machine If you've ever seen an ophidian exer- cising its influence on it's prey you will know what 1 mean"
 He shivered slightly
 We moved the cage to the opposite end of the building. The machine followed It. That was not all It be- gan to emit strange sounds-not the hum of a moving body-not a mechan- teal sound, but animGl-full of mean Ing-beastly!
 Cdu uCSCIlDS tUOoc SOuhuS. | ant even describe my own sensations IS 1 listened to them beyond saying hat they were sickening ones. The love, after showing agonies of fear, ,egan to exhibit the symptoms of a subject under the spell of the hyp- iotist. It lost volition-just lived ust lived in an abject state under the spell of the-vampire that lowered jver it.
 Relieve me, I was not to blame for his horrible cruelty. I did my best o put stop to it. Zoffani was the obstacle From the first he had shown a demoniacal delight in the ma ,hines enthrallment of the bird. He reached for the brandy, and the remor of his hand made the glass 'atte against his teeth as he drank.
 Last night left zoffani in the building, faltered Bridger. My nerves had quite broken down under he strain of watching that gruesome hing in its endeavors to reach it's pal sled victim. l was in revolt too, against Zoffani's bestial enjoyment of he experiment. Fears of I know not what so beset me in the night that ,ould not sleep, and so, whent this morning. I returned to the place, l was no condition to stand any further mental strain.
 As paused outside the door to lis en. was relieved at the silence with n. That meant that Zoffani had not ,et arrived. that the machine was al .est and that 1 Wns to be spared its