The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-08
BY ARTHUR B. REEVE

take another step said Craig ''Of cou,ssa
be no doubt that by the proper the clees's1 '1
will make small. almost microscopic diamcs %
not unreasonable TO suppose that some dsma
will be able to make large diamonds syut3oaNssU
the same process, !
UMavbc this man has done it, aorosa III
who knows! | u wager that if he bad a,1 ai
Morowtch had bought an interest in his n,o..l saa
knew Of it, He's a sharp one And Mn W,.
seeing the main chance TO money. Nor'
posing Mr.. Morowitch had bought an ys ins.!Mss Ms
secret like that and supposing Kahan was in ~
Mrs Morowitch and that they "uu
'.Let us suppose nothing, Mr.. Andrews. ;o,. III
Kennedy ''At least not yet. Let me ses. men ~
ten minutes h, sd after '0G Poi Ppisssns passs
minutes early, Let IS start. s"
As we left the office Andrews sienalled >, III
men outside, and they quietly followed a few
the rear, but without seeming to be with us.
building dozen stories or go high Tt was
building. with several entrances besides ~
vator at the and FIRE escapes that led to sN
We stopped around the corner in the xh,A
Kennedy and Andrews talked earnestly A. I sm
could make ont Kennedy was insisting that Il - -
best for Andrews and his men not to eutey II. " "
at all, but wait down stairs while he and -
At last the arrangement agreed on
Here said Kennedy undoiug package h.
carried SIS little electric bell with connSs y
dry batteries attached to it, and wires that SSaps IN
at least 400 feet. You and the mcn wait
shadow here by this side entrance for 6ys
after Jameson and l go up Then You must onpasI
night watchman in some way. While he il az
will find two wires dangling down the ele2an,Sx
Attach them TO these wires from the bell and H.
teries-these two--you know how to do thai n
wires Will be hanging IN the third shaft-onlv -
vator is running at night the first. The mons
hear the bell begin to ring. jump into the elevate,
come up TO the twelfth aoor-we' II need you . f.
The elevator IN the first shaft shot down a.
the ground floor, and as If disappeared KeunsIt
two spools of wire from his pocket and hnstly \
them through the lattice work of the third b.
shaft They quickly unrolled and 7 could hes,
strike the top of the empty car below in the bss'X
That meant that Andrews on the ground floor F
reach the wires and attach them to the bell +
Quickly in the dark Kennedy attached the 81
the wires to the curious little coil had seen hin
ing on in the laboratory. and we proceeded dos /
hall to the rooms occupied by Poissap Keurs5s
allowed for the wire 10 reach from the eleyst@,
up this hall, also and as, as he walsed he paid
where In the darkness it would never be uoiN
stumbled over,
Around an 81 in the hall I could see e7our3
window with light shining through il. Kc
stopped at the window and quickly placed the lAh
on the ledge. close up against the glass with In
running from it down the hall, Then we en.es |
59 to his hs wadS s
banker who is interested in my great discovery d
ing artificial diamonds Of any size or color9" bss
indicating me.
yes, - answered Craig, : as told YOU, a 500 e.
r. Pierpont Spencer - E. u,t 3 .1ol u
shook hands with as much dignity as col
sumo for the role Of lmpers0natlon was neS q
me.
Kennedy carelessy laid his coat and hat on Oh
side ledge of the ground glass window, just oppai|
spot where he had placed the little coil on The
side of the glass. noted that the window wa
large pane of wire glass set in the wall for tl
pose of admitting light in the daytime from "
outside,
The whole thing seemed cerie TO me-espHll
Poissan S assistant was huge fellow and had
look such had seen in pictures of the iuhah
Of quarters Of Paris which one does not frequest
in the company of safe guide. ] was glad h;l
had brought his revolver, and rather vexed thit
not told ME TO do likewise. However, truaA
Craig knew what he was about.
We seated ourselves some distance from nn
which was huge, plain, oblong contrivance w
minded me OF the diagram of a paralleopipa
had caused so much trouble IN my sold geone'
college.
t'That's S the electric furnace, sir, said CIae
with an assumed Difference, becoming coleg
fessor explaining things to the son Of great nn
''Iou see the electrodes at either endf when "
rent is turned on and led through them into the
You can get the most amazing tenperat,aIe. s
cTucible. The most refractory Of chemical eone
can be broken up by that heat What is the
temperature you have attained. professor,
Something over three thousand degrees,
grade, replied Poissau, as he aud his asssanI
themselves about the furnace.
We sat watching them in silence.
IN, gentlemen, now am ready, ne eArMss I. ~
length, when everything was arranged 70 ms ~
ton. ''You sec, here is a lump Of sugar carbon
amorphous carbon. Diamonds as you know, sm
posed Of pure carbon crstalized under enolmyG awS
sure. Now my theory is that if we can comui.
enormous pressure aud an enormous heat we caa
diamonds art6ciav, The problem of pressure
thing, for here in the furnace we have toe ue.
heat. IT occurred 10 me that when molten ~
cools il e7erts a tremendous pressure Ihat p'es
what | use "a
''You know, Spencer solid iron floats or moan1 moai1
like solid water-ice-Aoats on liquid Wa'sh
planned Craig to me. sx
Possan nodded. II take this sugar carbon am .es
~ In this soft iron cup. Then I screw on tns ~
the cup, so. Now place this mass Of iron scfsP'
crucible Of the furnace and start the furnace. 8.
He turned switch and long yellowlsh'p pne in, -. y
hame spurted out from the electrodes on el,pos
weird. gruesome One could feel the hes'
tremendous electric discharge, ,t,nh
As looked at the h.yellow flames tnoJ ~
changed to beautiful purple, and slcslsn S~t Ss
hllcd the room. The furnace roared al nisl ~ W. n
vapors increased it became a better condu0t''
electricity, and the roaring ceased.
In almost no time the mass OF IRON soiais; ;r7
motion. Suddenly Poissan plunged the cssss
into the seetblng mass The cup hoatea sna -
began TO melt. As it did so he waited attenns .sc
I'll the proper moment Then with delts mv .nrss
seized the whole thing with long pair oI srss w
plunged II into vat of running water = AA
of steam filed the room. n
felt a drowsy sensation stealing over md
sickish sweet smell from the furnace lncressps;s D.
ping the chair. reused myself and Tateneo ouoIts
tentively, He working rapidly. AS me mv,ta -
cooled and solidiied he took 1t out ot s"0 - i
laid it on an anvil. ar ~
Then his assistant began to hammer u WIZ
sharp blows. chipping off the outside. ar.
n NO h1N In, not =