The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-22
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It's Wal, .-~c,l..I he burned in the grate against the dampness.
 He began to walk restlessly up and down the floor. Today his govern ment contract expired and Japan had not asked its renewal. He thought of this with a sudden recrudescence of the hatred be had nurtured for the empire. This had been based on fam cied sights. on his failure to receive a decoration. on the surveillance he had lately imagined had been kept on his movements, Well. tomorrow would repay all with interest. There was no hitch in the plan which chance had aided so well. The Roost was the one house on the Yokohama hluff that could have served his purpose. plant ed on the cliff edge and in line with the anchorage. And 1t had happened to be in the hands of this weak fool for his cats paw.
 His great, cunning brain turned to the future-to that vast career which his stupendous egotism had painted for himself His discovery was so epoch making. so terrifying in its pos abilities to civilization. that 1t had nonplused him. It was too big to ham, ile He had made the greatest dy- mamie engine the world had seen-pos- sibly the greatest 1t would ever sec and yet he knew that the ambassador had laid his finger on the truth when he had said: Humanity would re- volt. The man who knew the secret would be too dangerous to be at large" !"
 But with wealth-wealth enough to buy men and priyilege-what might he not do? It would take time and schem- ing and secrecy. but he had them all and hiS alone. 1t would make him more powerful than emperOrs. for he who possessed it with the means to use it. could laugh at fleets and forti- fications. Before the machines that he should build the greatest steel clad that was ever fioated would vanish like smoke. He clinched his great hands. and his massive frame Quivered.
 -'The future. the future!' he said in a low, tense voice. "l shall be greater than Caesar greater than Napoleon. for l shall hold the force that can make and unmake kings. So surely as force rules the world. so surely shall 1. Bersonin. rule the worldr'
 A knock came at the door. and Phil entered He was as pale as the doctor, and his clothing was soaked with the rain Without a word Bersonin locked the door, wheeled an armchair before tho taze pushed him into it and mix. |. ed him glass of spirits. Then he stood looking at him.
 "It's all right" said Phil "The tri. pod fitted to a hair. It can't be seen from either side. and I've sent the boy away and locked the house."
 Good" said Rersonin. "All is ready. then. The mechanism is set for the moment of daybreak. Our gains will be enormous. for in spite of the sell lag the market is up There has been a little disrust Of the situation here and there. though the opdmists have had their way. And this latent dis trust will add to the debacie when 1t comes. We are just in time, for the squadron has it's sailing orders for to- morrow. Strange how near we were to failure! Who could have foreseen the death of the king? And the rains too. They say it is doubtful if the trains will run tomorrow"
 Phirs hand, holding the drink, shook and wavered
 (To Be Continued.)