The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-18

switched on the current the light II gave pc
cuIior SORT of violet In l thought 1t would do.
took eight pictures in all.
"Thc girl seemed To be in hurry and wouldn't
walt tn | had developed the plates but nskcd me to
street | told her | would cnIl there In person for.
as say | was lnfa tuated with hcr After she had
left turned of the light and took the plate holders
into dark room
when poured the developer however. found
that not n single plate showed any Image The plates
showed no appearance OF being light slruck-t
just II the film had been senSltzcd, | tried
after the other Nothing out.
We'll YOU mny imagine how disappointed was,
and how surprised. There way Of accounting
for the failures for the plates of standard make
and had from two different packages |
couldn't have made any mistake ] washed my hands
and went out into the studio and lighted the gas
IL almost dazcd lost in reverlc trying 10
account for 1t nll, and for some minutes Gidnt
notice that anything till I went 10 tie
table and started to put in my cu6 links Then got
shock. Looking down at my shirt sleeves I tuunn
couldn't see nv hands, ;ook of my glasses and
wiped them. That wasn't It. 1t made feel sick At
my stomach
Il recall going to the window and throwing II up
for air looking for my hands. feeling them, one
with the other wondering II | were going crazy.
Then, with fearful thought striking me, | ran to
the mirror. There L saw-nothlng but pair OF
glasses where my head ought TO have sbown-Ond u
suit OF clothes standing up. moving with my move
mcuts No bead. no hands!
The sight was grotesque-horrlble Ny clothes
moved werdy, like those OF scarecrow in the wind
had actually TO feel Of my head TO be sure II was
there upon my shoudcrs 1t unbearabe. that
apparition and l staggered back to the open window
] couldn't think 1t was anything but haluciuaton
however and had TO prove my mistake in some Way
il possible So | of my coat, my vest. shirt and
undcrshlrt and braced myself To go back take
other look into the mirror. l was confronted only
by pair Of trousers-and the glasscs, / took of my
shoes and stockingS-aDd my feet weren't there
either,
"Stll l couldn't believe it. 1t must be purely sub
jectlve, l thought, and the only thing next to
test IT, There was boy walking along Main street.
and, leaning well over the window sill. called down
to him. Ii light enough for him TO me
il were all right but he only stopped. then looked
up stared blunkly in my direction and walked on. 1t
evident that he had heard me- but saw nothing
We'll, what could I do What would you have
done? | that l couldn't go home that way-tbe
appearance Of suit Of clothes walking along the
street with nobody inside would have caused no end
of trouble. simply didn't dare risk 1t My only
escape from that lay In my very invlSiblly. Ii |
wore no clothes would he naked-but wouldn't be
seen. There other way out of it But could
summon enough 10 step out the street
naked? That the question. But would | be
really naked, after alit Wouldn't my mantle OF IN
visibility practically cothc me: would certainly
have nn embarrassed feeling but couldn't see how
when one considered It, should be ashamed. No
onc would know There was nothing for il but to trv
II and see how II worked What worried me most
were nv glasses. | wrctchedly ncarSlehtcd. and
yet ] didn't dare wear glasses that would he notieeu
marching along the sidewalk at level ol uNe tce5
six | couldn't carry them, anyway | could see.
would have to do best could without them I
couldn't even carry the key to my boarding house
nor a pocket handkerchief, nor watch Luckily t
was evening,
.I crept down stairs. opened thc front door and
stepped out the doorstep a woman was approach
iDg-ths was too much and J. retrente1 NeN', NJ
man came along, and | clenched my teeth ana stoou
nv ground He looked my way looked through me
and passed ! was safe. for his expression nau
not changed Another passed and another Iherc
was no longer any doubt about 1T was mVlSlole:
$50 / boldly walked down Main strcet-as boldly,
that IS rs could without glasses and, us my cour
ave Increased by my apparent immunity the spirit
of adventure seized me. perceived the romantic
side of the nfrnir was, while IL lasted, for all prac
tical purposes, sort Of fairy. spoke to man wait
ing for a cur the corner. He Jumped as III ne were
ehot At nv next remark be turned and ran with
all his might The next man met touched sharply
on the shoulder. He stopped looked around, rubbed
his shoulder repeated the experiment. and he
turned pale and walked rapidly on muttcrinG TO him
self The next / pntted on the check lie
struck ont, hit me on the face and made grab nj
me Tint frightened sufficiently TO be careful
thereafter / spoke only IN women, especially pretty
ones telling them what thought Of their looks. All
sorts Of adventures came into my mind determined
to make "A night of IL. My imagination bubbled with
possibilities But first / wanted to get To my room.
and get something TO cat
Having Key nad, OF COURSE 10 wait tllI some
one opened door that could slip inside. 1t
some time before any one appeared but finally the
servant girl out with milk bottle. This
iorkcd from her hand and darted into the doorway.
while she picked up the broken fragments of the
bottle
But the story OF Pnsscvants remarkable five DAYS is
too long to be told. Had | received 1t directly from
Passeyant himself II would be different but. coming
through Deghton has To allow altogether too
much for his Imagination. Indeed, according TO Desh-
ion the best and most exciting Of Passcvants Adven
lures would hardly bear telling PaSScvant hitherto
n modest quiet, aDaemic person, so far anybody
knew evidently decided to have his fun while il
lasted The extraordinary liberty he had attained
went to his hend He did all sorts of things. Given
the situation, any may Imagine for himself what
might have occurred. Almost anything possible
Granted that P0ssevant was invisible. could spec
uac for hours But II hasn't yet been prov that he
was
His explanation OF the phenomenon, however. Is
of more interest 1t that the piece of carbon
Tassey ant found In the tin box wasn't carbon all
II was some material perhaps a new ele-
mcnt probably highly radio active In hitherto
unknown way When incnndcScent 1t gave or rays
that altered the Index of rcfractlOn OF Passevunts
body making him transparent, We know little
OF light that such hypothesis is necessarily nbsn.d
OF all the rays sent of by the sun only about
humid Grcdtb visible, though muuy more known