Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-09-03
"NfterMou,Sir
By r. TOWNSEND SMITH
Copyright, isio.u,y American Press
Assoc iation.

thoroughfare, smoking. largely for the
purpose Of Killing tim e. was accos,ed
by a gentlemanly. well dressed man
who dofred his hat before speaking 10,
me.
could you spare me little Of your
timer
"For what purpose. ST?
.sThat is not easy TO captain on the
street. II you Will step INSIDE 1 viii
show you rather than tel1you."
Inside whereof"
Right here"
lie pointed TO an open door. and
could see staircase. The building
seemed to be unused.
There are people WHO seem TO have
a power to make other people obey
them, not by force. not always by In
sistence. In this case the man was so
gentlemaniy In his request that l did
not like TO refuse him. At any rate.
before l realized what I was doing u
had gone to the upper floor OF an unoc-
cupied building with a. person who had
accosted nee on the street and asked
me to go with him. nor what purpose
he had not explained. This seems to-
me. now absurd on the face OF 1t. and
at the time / knew that 1 should do
no such thing. but couldn't help It
He took me into a room on the sec
ond floor. In its center was what
looked TO me TO be "A hot air furnace.
only 1t was neither round nor square,
but oblong. He closed the door be
hind us, and 1 heard n click. l didn't
like 1t. for It sounded as though 1t
came from n lock that closed auto
matically. l was about TO turn and
get out Of the place. but my pride held
me. and ] waited TO be informed fur-
Their as 10 this strange proceeding.
The gentleman led me TO corner OF
, the room rallied off apparently for an
office. where there were chairs, and in
vited me 10 be seated
"Do you see that oven? he said
''Well. that has cost me a great deal
of labor Perhaps you think II Is o.
crematory. but 1t Is not 1t Is an oven
for baking bread. a hundred loaves
can be baked at once and in three min
utes. That's 1000 loaves an hour. and
by working day and night three reiiefs
we have $4,000 loaves n day Six work
ing DAYS give us 16S,0OO loaves a week.
Fifty-two weeks produce $4,000
loaves a year.
$50 much for what my oven VIII do.
Now for my object. 1t is to feed the
world. You see. my single oven Is NOT
large. Suppose there are ten of then
in this building alone. That gives
s1.360.OO0 loaves a year. only about
100000 miles less than the distance
OF the earth from the sun"
Since / could see no relationship be
tween loaves Of bread and the earth's
distance from the sun 1 began to feel
a bit uncertain about the genueman's
upper story So l said to him. rising:
You'll have to excuse me, sir. 1t is
not possible for me 10 remain any
longer"
But you have not examined my In
vention- Besides. l told you l wanted
you for a purpose"
what purposes"
Come: will show you"
He led me to the oven. He seemed
so harmless that followed him. He
threw open the door. displaying mum
Der of iron shelves: / was somewhat
relieved that there was no heat In the
Apven-
MY arrangement for heat Is by
chemical process. There are many sub
stances that produce heat in combining
chemically. Why should we burn coal:
turn this cock and my substances run
together. In a short time shall have
my oven quite bot enough to do my
baking"
"T wouldn't turn It on IL I were
you" I remarked. ''since you have no
bread ready for baking"
IT have something else Ny desire
Is to bake a human being"
! This was getting warm. as the chill
dren say when hunting for things In
games. And. as the strange gentleman
looked at me, indicating that l was
the human being be proposed to bake.
] felt not only warm. but cold per-
spiration stood out on me. especially
when he drew long sharp knife with
which 10 enforce his demands knew
7 had TO deal with a lunatic and kept
my head
Il shall be happy 7 said. TO have
you bake nc. On which shelf am 10
take positionY'
-Step In and will show you
After you" 1 said deferentially,
bowling and raising ny hat
He stepped into the furnace closed
the door with bang. and the big iron
latch fell into position Then the
room swan. and I Eel On the oOOr- But