The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-21
heard of Puz-

YOU'VE heard of Puz-
zeopolis-an indus
+ trial wonder city
that sprang up almost IN
a night, only Puzzleopo-
lis is fictitious name, as -esM
sumed here for very good
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reasons which will later ~ ~ III
disclose themselves. The 4 asasgsss
world thinks that it's u ~ s sagl
marvellous growth was IL @aa
due to the development
OF the water IS##@na&
power in the Niagara
river below the falls but II MgMV9w.
the truth is SXWsKM6@s
But that is getting S~~sSs gaa@
ahead of my story and N4gsAaasaks ~
III begin at the very be- r~u sa4s
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ginning.
was eating the bitter T8XsSSSA NM
banquet OF misplaced in
dustry. After putting all saSy
my energy and inventive E8sgx
ness into aeronautical u - ~
ventures, and having eX- II
plotted foreign airship Il
that had promised more
than it performed, here
| was in America again,
and pennilesS. Hope Was
no longer my friend and
detection my boon
companion as l waited ~ was Glad
that evening loi lhe ere when the fam
waited train. An occult ilv retired and left
force seemed suddenly to me alone with Jud
lift me out of my mood-
ness and noticed that the
crowd, usually so ndifer
ent 10 individuals at the rush-hour of close a
hot day. was watching someone. He of Or
nary build, but his figure indicated great lntensl
of action and enduring alertness, while his ia
was at once fascinating, pleasant and commander
Just then the train appeared and we made ru
for it, | was cutching at SWaying strap, VIII
the man who had absorbed attention touched !
arm and exclaimed Hello, Homer Howard!'
Bradford whose farm adjoined my fathers q
we had been seatmates in the district school. 1T v
over forty years since he had gone away in fit
anger, and not a word had l heard of him III
this chance meeting But he was just the kind
man his boyhood had prophesied he would be.
When he found l without kith, kin or co
Judah took me to dinner with him. Yet in SIP
of my delight in finding friend at such an opp
tune time was nervous. Judah Bradford filled
with an awe which could not fathom. unless,
deed he were in league with those phantom pc
ers which common people have never met
"Well, | have told you all about my sorry s.
Where and what have you been up to since
"Since l patented my mule-power churn?"
interrupted, and his hearty laugh made me L
at once my unaccountable dread OF this old G.
rade. We were boys again; that laugh had III
the mantle of two years from us both.
Yes since you patented your mule-poN
churn. But, tell me, Judah, why you ran ay
then Your father only provoked, he was
relentless
Il don't know just why did leave. l felt a
to see the world and just went. Do you rem
Der that day in school when we were copying
writing lesson, Money is Power, and mentlo
in his speech that any one who could invent
petual motion would become a millionaire"
"Of course remember it, and the perpetual
ton machine you brought to school next day.
nut it on the desk, cigar box with few holes
the top and wheel from the toy cart fastened
a spindle projecting from the side When
asked the dominic if you could start it, he loo
queer and told you to do so if you could. So
lifted the cover, shut it down quickly, and
wheel began to spin with rapid jerks. is this
petua motion? asked the teacher. Perpetual
the frog dies your cry. Everybody was
prised and everybody laughed. You had place
frog in the box, fixed pin in the end OF a ST
and with string hung it over pulley and tie
to the frogs leg When the pin came down on