Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-04-08

| put IN the uniting substance he had
seen Severance use but notwithstand-
ing that he had tried every known per
cuSsion substance he had never been
able to get an explosion Recognizing
that he had been foiled and that for
tame had slipped through his fingers.
he was about to accept the situation
when it occurred to him that Sever
ance might have left his secret with
his daughter. After making formal in
quiriss he told her that her father he'd
given him all the elements of his COM
pound but one If he had left her the
name Of this uniting chemical she
might yet be rich. for he (Gowcr). hav-
Ing all the rest. with this could manu-.
facture the powder.
When her husband came home that
evening Fanny told him of Covers
call and what he had said Later on,
going to her trinket box. she noticed
the paper her father had given her
Taking it to her husband. she told him
of the circumstance attending her re-
ceiving it and asked him if he knew
what it meant. The young man look
1t was a curious mixture Of letters,
spelling an almost Improvement BILE
word. Then suddenly an idea occur
red to him. He told his wife that it
might be the browning chemical used
by her father for his compound
"Then." said Fanny excitedly, "all
we have to do is to give it to Mr..
vii l. ri.I 1,
But William Clarke believed in the
ndage Make haste slowly" He slept
but little that night, thinking why, if
this. was the required substance, Sew
erance had left it without the other
ingredients of the compound. He
must have had a reason for doing so.
Clarke thought for hours upon this
reason. Was it that Cover knew the
other ingredients and in the event of
the inventors death could 90 on with
the manufacture of the powder in case
Fanny would give it to him. If so it
meant that Fanny was the real pos
SCISSOR of the secret. But why had
not Severance told her that what he
had given her was the key and what
death?
Fanny" said the young husband
the next morning, giving her the daily
parting kiss, Ego into the laboratory
today and see what you can find
there"
Fanny took the key to the building
and, with a shudder going into the
laboratory, began to hunt-what for
she did not know. There was a tiny
safe in the wall that interested her.
Remembering that she had fathers
keys in the house, she went for them
and, picking out an odd looking one,
slipped it into the lock. 1t fitted eX-
actly, and. turning it, she opened the
small door and took out several pa
pers. Selecting one, she read it and
staggered as If stricken. 1t read:
Suspecting that my assistant, Peter
Cover, will murder me Che thinks he pos
scsses my secret l leave this paper in
case anything happens to me. l dare not
give the secret to any one. even to my
daughter. now, but trust this action will
insure it to her without the risk that
would occur if it left my keeping.
On another paper was a list of the
! ingredients except one, which the writ
er said he had given to his daughter.
\ horrible thought entered the young
wife's mind. Her father had prob
ably been murdered.
BLESS him. she exclaimed, kissing
the record he had made. Had it not
been for his care a murderer would
have robbed me of my rights"
The hours dragged slowly till her
husband came home, and she told him
of her discovery He read the paper
and, taking his wife in his arms, said
Sweetheart, it is our duty to avenge
your father"
How"
There are ways in which Cover
could have contrived an explosion. He
might have mixed substances that
would require a few minutes or a few
hours to unite chemically He might
have run a wire underground to the
outside of the laboratory and ignited
some substance within by an electric
spark. He might have tossed bomb
at his victims feet Whatever his
means, he doubtless removed all evil
dences of its character for you left
him to lock up the laboratory"
$50 l did," she said wonderingly.
But could I have done otherwise? l
wouldn't have gone there myself on
any account"
The next day Clarke took steps to
renew the negotiations with the gov
ornmaDt brOlan off nv hio fothar-fn-
laws death. The matter dragged, as
all matters connected with govern
ments are bound to drag. But Clarke,
who had more business ability than
the inventor, started negotiations with
another country and before long had
two nations bidding against each 9th
er. The result was that he finally re-
ceived five times as much as was Of
fered Severance.
! When DaVment was handed to Clarke