The Washington times., 1910-07-23

troll I've arrived where a certain Prof
Duncan dreamed Of being when he
erv breath II air he draws has con
tanned within itself enough energy ID
drive the workshops Of the world ne
VIII find out some day somehow some
way of tapping that energy I've
tanued it
-.indeedr' said Jack well. as I
asked you once before. what are you
going 80 10 with it2"
] have Just been telling you that We
never thought OF making fun OF any OF
SrOneWalTs ideas. but there was some
manner that we all fell into JACK s
haIf-banteTing mood, and united IN de-
handing
Yes, Edmund. tel Us what you are
Internationally We nettled him and
] without knowing II, We probably ldl1
i the foundation for the astounding thing
that happened TO US He cid not reply
( for q moment. while his eyes flashed and
! his face darkened- Then he said slow
: IF you viii come over TO the Isbora-
5 tory I'll show YOU what I am going TO
Nothing could have suited Us better
Ever since Edmund had shut himself
I what he was up to- We all got or hats
and walked over 20 the laboratory- He
Z led Us directly into the back yard which
we were surprised 20 ind walled and
II
: Edmund opened the door and uShered
us inside
I tell you. we were startled by what
we saw In the center OF the place was
the qUeerest-ICo6inE thing you can i'm
aEine- Il was not anything that can
I well describe I viii call II n car. for
/ that is what il most resembled- Il was
a bout eighteen feet long and ten feet
high and broad, round like a boiler,
with bUlEinC ends It seemed To be
! made Of polished steel
Edmund opened a door in the end
step In he said, and unhesitatinzIy
we Obeyed him. all except Church. who
was always SkeptiCal fellow and who.
for some reason. remained outside
Edmund turTed on an electric light.
and we found ourselves in an oblonE
chamber. beautifully fitted up with
fancy wood. and with Ieather-cUshioned
seats all around the sides The walls
shone with polished knobs and handles
sit down. said Edmund. 'and I'll
I tel you what I've got here
Then missing Church, he called out
I 70 him 70 come in but there was no
answer. We concluded that Church,
thinking the thing would be too deep TO
be interesting had gone back TO the
club Edmund presently resumed
LAS / told you a little while ago. I've
/ solved the mystery Of the atoms I've
power iuimitabIe at my command II
I chose TO build the right sort Of ap-
paTaCus, I could drive this old planet
| Of ours against the moon and wreck IT.
1 But I'm not going TO damage anybody
I or anything I'm simply going TO try a
little experiment Excuse me a mo-
menu
TEereat he stepped outside, and We
/ looked at one another. wondering, but
stiU having too much confidence in
Edmund to really set him down in our
minds as unbalanced We rather
[ thought that he was going to show us
! some wonderful thing, as he used to do
I in the laboratory; something we
/ couldn't understand, but that would be
| interesting to look at We were not pre-
/ pared for what followed.
! We heard Edmund outside in the
, shanJy, making a noise that sounded
4 like the opening Of 2 barn door Then
| he reaPpeared, entered the car, and
| closed its door
We watched him with growing. Curl
/ osity- There was an odd smile on his
| face as he reached at and touched q
/ polished knob
Instantly we felt that the car was ris-
/ ing It rocked q little, like a boat in
I Wavy water We were startled but not
I frightened
! Wei, Edmund. what kind Of a bal
loon Is this2' Jack asked in his care
I less way
ITS considerable more than 3 bal
loOn," was the short reply.
" e saw him touch another Izuoh and
/ Ielt that the car had come 10 rest
| though It stu rocked gently. The1. Ed
/ mUnd unlocked the shutter at one side
/ and disclosed many-paned window CT
/ thick glass. We all spTang to our fee
| and looked out Below US were roof.
! and tops Of trees
| Were about 200 feet up,'' said Ed
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