The Springdale news., 1909-05-21
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CHAPTER XXXIII.


 Percy Darrows sequel Shade himself sat directly across from the doctor $ assistant Before him lay Ii paper GOV cred with jotted notes. Trendon slouched low In the chair on Shades right Captain Parkinson had the oth. CT side Convenient to Darrow s hand lay the material for cigarettes As he talked he rolled cylinder after cylinder and between sentences consumed them in long. satisfying putfs.
 First you will want 10 learn of the fate of your friends and shipmates, he began "They are dead One of them. Mir. Edwards, fell 10 my hands 10 bury, IS you know. He Hes beside Handy Solomon Tie others We shall probably not see Any one of score of ocean currents may have swept them far away The last great glow that you saw was the signal of their destruction So the work of a great scientist potent benefaetor of the race, gentle and kindly old heart has brought about the death of your friends and of my enemies. The innocent duu lht SiHlAs tiit 8iih at7 plunder. the officer following his duty, one and the same end-a paltry thing our vaunted science is ill the face of such tangled fates.e He spoke low and bitterly Then he squared his shoulders. and his manner became businesslike.
 Interrupt me when any point needs clearing up," he said Its Il blind trail at best You've the right to see it as plain as I can make it-with Shades help. Cut right In with your questions Tbere'll be plenty 10 answer, and some never will be answered Now. let me get this thing laid out clearly In my own mind You first SAW the glow let me sec
 Night of June 2,'' said Barnett.
 June 2.n agreed Darrow That Was the end of Solomon. Thraekles X Co A very surprising end to them If they had time to think he added grimly.
 Surprising enough from the survty ors' viewpoint said Slade
 Doubtless. They've had that story from you needn't go over il. This ship picked up the Laughing Lass, de serted, and put your first crew aboard That night. was t not you saw the second pillar of fire =
 Barnett nodded
 So your men met their death Then came the second finding af the empty schooner, Captain Parkinson. they must have been brave men who faced the unknown terrors of that prodigy"
 They volunteered, sir" said the cap. tain. with simple pride
 Darrow bowed with suggestion of reverence in the slow movement of his head And that night er was it two nights later you saw the last appear anee of the portent? Well, I shall come to that Slade has told you how they lived on the beach. With Us in the valley il was different Almost from the first l was alone The doctor ceased to be companion. He ceased to be human almost. \ machine that's what he was. His one human instinct was well, distrust His whole force of being was eentered oil his discovery. IL was to make him the foremost scientist of the world; the foremost individual entity of his time-of all time possibly Even to outline it te you would take too much time. Light. heat, motive power in incredible degrees and under such control as has never been known These were to be the agencies at his call. The push of a button. the turn of serew-oh, he was to be master of such power as no monarch ever wielded. Riches-pshawl Riches were the least of it. He could create them practically, But they would be super tiuoas. Power, Unlimited. absolute power was his goal With his end achieved. he could establish an autoe- raey, a dynasty of science whatever he chose Oh 1t was rich hued golden. glowing dream. dream such as mems souls don't formulate in these stale days-not our Kind Of men The Teutonie mysticism you understand. And 1t was all true. Oh. quitei'
 Do you mean us to understand that he had this power you deseribe?a ask ed Captain Parkinson
 ''In his grasp Then comes prac- tical gentleman with steel hook. A follower of dreams. too in his way Conflicting interests you know how it Is. One well aimed blow from the more practical dreamer and the great CT vision passes. I'm getting ahead of myself Just moment"
 His cigarette glowed fiercely in the IfmnaSl hnfara h.a ht faI again.
 You all know who Dr. Schermer- horn was. None of you know-I don't know myself, though I've been his fac totum for ten years along how many varied lines of activity that mind play cd. One of them was the secret of en- ergy- concentrated. resistless energy Mans contriyances were too puny for him. The most powerful engines he regarded as tops. For Il time high ex- plosiyes claimed his attention. He wanted to harness them. Once he got to the point of practical experiment. You can see the ruins get hole in southern New Jersey. Nobody ever understood how he escaped But there he was on his feet across q ten foot fence in plowed feld yes, he flew the fence and running,. running, furi ously in the opposite direction when the dust cleared away. Some one stop ped him finally. Told him the danger was over. Yet will not return he Baid firmly and fainted away. That disensfed him witti hish explosives. Whnt secrets he dlseovered lie gave to the 40yernment. s.jXkey were not with oct value, I belje A
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