The Springdale news., 1909-05-25

l tlickered sort of aura of radiance which was eXtinguished as lie flung 1 himself headforemost into tie cold spring 1 hauled him out. He seemed dazed To my questions he replied on 1 ly by mumblugs. the burden of which was.
 '''I dc not understand. It is q not to be comprehended accident It appears that he didn't quite know why lie had taken to the water. or if he did lie didn't want to tell
 Next day he WAS as good as new, 1 just IS silent as before. but it was 8 smiling. satisfied silence. So it went for weeks. for months with the aez cesses If depression and anger always rarer Then came an afternoon when ] returning from Il stalk after sheep l heard strange and shocking noises l from the laboratory. Strict as was the 1 embargo which kept me outside the door. burst in. only te be seized in suffocating grip. of sudden l real ized that l was being embraced. The doctor fienrished hand above my head and iigged with ponderous steps. Ihe dismal noises continued to emanate from his mouth He was singing. wish l could give you notion of the amazemeht, the paralyzing wonder with which No, you did not know Dr. Schermerhorn. You would not under stand
 We polkaed into the open. There he cast me loose. He stopped singing and burst into rhapsody of disjoint- ed words. Mostly German, 1t was wondroHs tumble of the scientific and poetic. Eureka occurred at intervals. Then lie would leap in the air II was weird; II WAS distressing. Crazy Oh quite For the time. you understand If any of us should suddenly become the most potent individual i'll the world wouldn't he be apt to lose bal ance temporarily2 One must make al lowanees There was excuse for the doctor. He had reached inc goal.
 ".perex. you shall be reWarded' he saiJ 'You haf like a trump card stuck hY me You shall haf riches. gold, what you will You are young; your blood runs red With such riches nothing k beyond Yon You could the ancient tambs of Egypt explore. It Is open te you such collections as have never been gathered to make. What shall fl he-Scarahs. missals pfe- historic implementst Amuse yourself msin kind We shall be able the bills with usurious interest ta pay. What will you haf?'
 'I said I'd like vacation if con venent
 Presently he replied There yet remains the guardianship to be per fected, Then to world astonished and respectful we return Tonight We celebrate. I play you rubber of pin ochle
 We played. With the greatest se- cret of science resting at our elbows We played. The doctor won. My mind was not strictly on the game. Ill the morning the doctor sang once more shall never hear its like again. Was it q week or month after thatf l cannot remember. l fancy was ex- cited. Then. too, there was something L. l don't know; imagination possibly. Once We had little manifestation the night that the nigger and Slade were terrified by the rock fires Days of excitement and pleasant work. with the little Yalcano grumbling more sak fly all the time. l have spent worse days
 such indifference as the doctor dIs played toward the volcano 1 have nev- CT known If l ventured to warn him he would assure me that there was no cause for alarm, think he regarded that little heil's kitchen as merely feed spout for his vast enterprise. He felt sort of affection toward II. He was tolerant of its petty fits of temper That he completed his work before the destruction came was sheer luck nothing else. Tue day before the out burst he came to me with a tiny vial of complicated design.
 Percy, 1 will It reasonable price sell this to you. he said
 How muchg' Inquired, respond ing to his playfuiness.
 A bdi ehih Ht Ciicu Sdils IlNt millions dollars! Nol Shall l upon needy friend hard press? Neverl One million. One little million dollars.'
 "1 haven't that amount with me- began.
 "of no aecount,' he declared airiiy. Soon We shall haf many more times as that eff me your C 0. D.
 My 1 0 Ur I inquired.
 "'It makes no matter. Seel will gif 1t to you gratis
 "He handed me the metal contri. vance It was closed.
 Inside iss little, such a very It, tie, Not yet iss 1t arranged the motive power to give forth. One more change to be made that shall require But the other phenomena are all in this little half grain comprised. Later I shall 1 steli you more Take 1t It iss without price He laid his hand on my shonl- der Like the love of friends, he said gently -
 Feeling in his upper waisteoat pock ct. Darrow brought out a vial So tiny that it rolled in the palm. of his hand. He contemplated il, lost In thought.
 ''Radium!' queried Barnett, with the keen interest of the scientist.
 God knows what 1t is!' said Dar- row, rousing himself. Mot the per feeted product. The doctor said that when he gave it to me. If could re member one-tenth of what he told me that night. It is like disordered dream, a phantasmagoria of monstrous pow CTS, lit up with an intolerable, almost