The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14

NO. l want 10 avoid doing so IL pos
| sible,". l said, Il do not want the Facts
| OF my mission to. become known"
Unless we meet the man tacc to face
l hardly think we are likely TO lind him. .
Crewe replied. There are seven million
people in the metropolitan district OF Lon
don, LanSton,'
1t did, indeed, seem to be a case in
| which Crewc's optical powers would provo
| unavailable. We walked slowly back past
| the entrance 10 EarlS Court exhibition,
| discussing the matter. All at once Il
placard caught my eye. II stated that
on the following night the great Industrial
| exhibition would bv opened, in which en-
gneS and engine tools would have u
| the arm.
I'VE have him." exclaimed. exultant-
| ly Ijc wlll be there FOR certain
| Crcwc agreed with me and, higniy clat-
ed. VIC retraccd our steps home ward.
ON the next evening we Joined the
| crowds at the exhibition entrance and
were shortly admitted, We passed throusm
the spacious grounds. where scenic rail-
| ways. loop -thc-luop" and shoot the
chutcs" arrangements We'd wlth the
booths OF fortune tcllers ana those side
Shows dear TO the exhibition crowds, and
entered the machinery hall The lirst
person who cuught my eye was Shay.
! Nc was standing, TazinS intenLly AT the
numerous mecha meal inventions. but lie
| seemed 10 sense my presence ard, turn
ing round, came toward me with out
stretched hand.
Glad to sec you III London, Lang
| ton" he said. cordially. i introduced
him to Crewe. and We passed the usual
| patitudes concerning the weather and
I England's value as u holiday resort Ills
! conversation certainly seemed rational
enough. II was not until we spoke OF ma
chinery that Shay's .aberr-tton became
manifest.
What brings you 10 London. Lang
"A little matter OF business an
swered evasively. And your
Shay's manner changed. His face be-
came contoried, his excitement was in
TO gain the recognition that am de-
MED by Jealous competitors IN America,
he cried "Laneton; | have made the
| greatest discovery Of the century-pcr-
pctual motion. ] have invented machine
! That Will harness the suns heat and pro-
/ vide the earth with substitute for coal,
that will supply unlimited power and
abolish half the electrical mechanism OF
the day. And why VIII no one listen To
me. either here or In my own country
Because the interests are allied In q das-
tardly plot TO crush me-" he shouted,
/ Because they prefer their present wealth
To benefiting the human race. Half the
water companies would go bankrupt,
/ Langton. Tor l can draw rain from the
Z clouds, | can bring fire out Of The earth
! can work miracles with my machine. "
How IS 1t made?" asked Crewe
! Shay's face became instantly composed.
He looked at him in a cunning manner.
I'm not so easy as that he said with
4 iccr. But | will tell you the principle
! cf the secret 1t is q combination OF
centrifugal and centripetal power. l am
ucrfccting j few Investigations he went
on, smiling inscrutably. (which will bring
the mechanism to its highest point OF util-
jty And then, II the world scolns me,
! viii give some practical demonstrations
that will never be forgotten
Shay" ! nterpOsed, Il have mes
sage for you from your brother which
he asked me 10 deliver If | should come
across you. You sent him no address.
He wants YOU 10 try and get back next
month TO take n contract for equippinS
his factory. He says that your presence
would be necessary
SHAY squared his shoulders. threw back
his head and burst into roar OF maIlg-
nant laughter. ;.
$50 they sent you after me, Langton:
he eufTawed You must think me easy.
| You want IL get me back he continued.
catching me by the coat lapel. ITO put
me in a lunatjc asylum. That Is the lasL
move of tho interests, and nv brother
nv poor brother. whom they have cor
rupted with their hithy gold. lanGlon.
YOU cannot eXtradite Il man FOR lunacy.
if ] were as raving as you YOU couldn
touch me when the British flag protects
me. Get OUT" he concluded, with sin
gular violence, ''Tll have no more TO say
20 you
my dear Mr.. Shay l protested
feeling uncommonly foolish.