Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-01
CHAPTER VII.


Doctor BerRsnfB.
The arabREsHdor recstvsd his caller ia
Ms Study. Prom across the han. BARBARA.
through 1hs half-spen 6oor. goUid see the
szps-rs huge form filing AZ armchair,
where the ImIaa BEht OF The 6ssk-lEmp fsa /
on ms heavy. oolurless face
For sorne time the tax was On CASUAL
topics and she occupied herself Hstlessiy 4
Win q tray q photographs On the table 4
she read thsir rfrles. smiling Al the extra
ordinary tBrrinaciss q English r. she is
Iazued- by the complainant oriental Pho
tuErRBhsr- The Picking ssa-E8r Al Enc
sti1ns -EEs1-LoukinE Panorama q Pun /
Mount -'Gsizhs in me Famous Dance q 4
MBpis-L.sHf
The smile lsfz hsr face Sumsthtng had
been said IN the farther room winch cuuEn1
her attention and in q moment she found
herself listening lu1s11ly-
] understand The trials q the new pow
DER have been very successful 1hs an
bsssa60r WAS saying. II Is destined 70
rsvoluriu1ize warfare. do vuu think
ii is too soon 10 tell yet WAS the re
ply -JuBt what the result VIII be II VIII
enormously increase the range Of PRO
5ectiles Rs your sKcsllsDcy may guess, and
lis ares q Destruction VIII nearly double
that Of ly5dite"
You paint q Eorry picture szie the
ambassador. Can human ingenuity 80
much further them What IN your opin-
ion. VII be the fighting engine q the fu-
rursP-
The engine Of the f1turs--Bsrsorltn
4 spoke deEberHtelv--'W VIII be along other
lines. II WIN be an atomic one il VIII
employ no pr0Jecrile and no Rrmor plate
VIII resist H. The discUverer viii have
( hErDessed the law Of molecular vibration.
{ As there is q positive force that BINDS
atoms together. 50 there must be 3 mega
1 i've force that under certain conditions,
CAD drive them apart"
He spoke with what seemed an extra
z ordinary conviction. Bis manner had
subtly ehBnEed. Tor the first time ms
tone had gathered s8msthing like feeling,
and the dry, mslEIBc vince seemed 10
barbara 10 Nitrate with 3 curious. El0si-
inE triumph
4 GRAINED such q force" he went On
I and machine 10 generals and direct H.
and q what value is the most powerful
hatnsship. the most stupendous farzs Mere
! SHY shrsds Of steel and stone WY. such
Al engine might he carried IN q single
hand and yen the nEnun that possessed II
could be master q the world"
A Ozark flush had risen 10 ms pRIMd
cheek, and On the arm of ms chair Bar
hErs saw the massive fingers u one huge
hand 1lsnch and unclenrh vita a fur-iVe.
nervous gesture. The siEht gave her q
sharp sense q recall rs IL from the touch
q something sinister and evfly suggestive
No said the ambassador Tehsmeutly.
Humanity wound revolt such discovery
would be worth less than nothing Its use
~ EuT wHrTinE nation would call down the
sEscrsrun q civilization, ana the MAD
who knew the secret would be roo danger
Gus 10 be a. large
There Was dead silence for a murnant
Bers0rin sat m0tionlsas staring straight
before him Very slowly the color seemed
70 fade from his cheek When 1t spoke
again ms voice had reEEined rs dead Level
q tnnalessneas.
That occurred 10 me ne said I
think Your EEnelenry Is night. 1nvsurlun
may DO us work TOO well HUWsver-ns
doubt We speak q scientific tmposEihili-
ties; let us hope SC, a. any rats-"
Barbara pushed the photographs Endt
and slipped into The usrr room closing
the door and ara wing the heavy p0rrieres
thEt hung over Il. she had had for mo-
men1 & rEgue. almost childish, sense Of
shrinking a. II from something m0usrrUus
and uneEuny-suCh q sensation EE the
naked diver may have when. E,eer1ng
. through ms WHter-ElEsE ne sess a Gin
. ETisy shape Eiae ElsHluhy an cold
through the opaque dsIlths. She wEs ErUw-
/ ina Ebsurdiy fEnCfuL she thought. she
did not rEru On the electric hight. but threw
open aus q the Ions French windows
4 grand EhEn0 stood open by 1hs window
and n the aim hight she SAT down and lei
her fingers wander idly IN long ErDsEE1Bs
/ she could see one side q the japanese
, EHrden, with q glimpse u tiny dry lax,
and q psbbisd rfvuiet SPAWNED by ar arch
ing bridge q red lacquer IL seemed 70 be,
thai IN TINS living EsuIisu1 breath q ia
Z pan her father va nearer ~ her rhEn b,
, had ever been before.
D The lhuuEh1 brought 10 her TaEls mem
? uElHs 81 her mother ana o. hsr cnlldbu0d
r. Cld HirE began 70 uluEls W1uh The chords
and on the Htrll FAIRY BDuud-csTIsz1 WuVel
, b. ths myriad inssct-loumE Of The garden
the htE q melody went ureadiIlE safll
Du1 ACROSS lbe perfume q ths NiEtETdA-