The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-04-18

keynote, your cOmmercIaT' mgnneHs, ]
saw him take a tablet from his vest
pocket and put 1t in his mouth"
"A tabletY'
"Yes, a tablet. At any rate it was
so small that he held it between his
thumb and finger and swallowed II
whole"
aha! Now we shall get at the
secret. Has he lost fieshr'
mot a pound"
"And he Is living on tabletsT
81 am sure he has nothing else"
"How many a day%
"One. l have had him under sur
veillance for several weeks, and he
takes but one tablet each twenty -four
hours"
take them away from him. But
hold! The secret would die with him
1t may be useful to me. Should
have It his death might not be neces
sary to me. 1t costs, say, dollar q
day to feed a man. If million mer
can be fed 800 days on a cent day
there is saving Of 299,OOO,OO0. If
can do that / can find way to under
mine him. Secure one of the tablets
and bring it to me at once"
Another week passed. The colonel
made another report. The prisoner
carried no supply Of tablets on his
person. Moreover, he was not seen tG
swallow any more tablets.
"Bunglerw cried Mr.. Van Rockagan
"You have made him suspicious. He
has found a means Of supply that YOU
are not aware of and takes his daily
meal when you are not observing him
Does he still retain his feshT
HE does. If he receives tablets
from without 1t must be during the
night, and he must eat them then"
go back and watch all night, with
out and within"
The next report was that during the
night huge bird lit on a chimney lead
ing down to the prisoners apartments
remained there a moment and few
away.
Bird be hangedY exclaimed Mr.
Van Rockagan eontemptuously. III
was one of these newfangled aero
planes with a man or perhaps a small
boy In 1t. Catch or shoot one of then
before he can drop a tablet down the
chimney and you'll get what you're
after"
A bird was captured just before II
reached the chimney. Its wing was
broken by a shot, and 1t was caught
in a net. 1t proved to be a ten-year
old boy. On his person was one OF
the mysterious tablets.
When Colonel Whistleton brought the
tablet to his chief the latter ordered Mr.
Harrihill to be supplied with food till
further orders Then he sent out at
once for DIR. Beckendorf, the scientist
In charge of his department of chemis-
try. When the gentleman arrived Mr..
Van Rockagan said to him:
"Analyze that" and he handed the
doctor the ablet.
DR.. Beckendorf withdrew and the
next morning reappeared with his re
port
"That tablet, your commercial high
ness" he said, was suggested thirty
years ago by French scientist named
Berthelow. 1t Is composed Of carbon
derived from earbonic acid, hydrogen
taken from water, with ozate and oxy
gen borrowed from the atmosphere
Dr. Berthelow declared that such q
tablet would supply man with all the
nourishment he needed. But / have
never heard of one being manufac
tured. Doubtless a process of doing sc
has been recently hit upon"
'Can you manufacture itT'
81 think l can"
do so. But never mind You may
CO."
A few days later Mr.. Rockagan's
financial chief appeared before Mr.
Harrihill ard said:
"Mr. Rockagan possesses your secret
and it will enable him to feed mar
on cent day or less. He will al
once begin competing road witt
every one you own. to cost small
percentage of what yours cost, or hi
will buy your roads at the market
price"
One morning 1t was announced that
all Mr. Harrihill's railroad securities
had been transferred to Mr.. Rockagan
SNOW" said that gentleman, "we
may assume the title of president, EN-.
perur or whatever we like"