The Washington times., 1912-12-08
CHAPTER lI.-(cont ntilusd.)


quired innocently.
Tsarka's eyes were pinchsd TO narrow
sits Of light - he responded:
''Ksssio 10 the white rat from Nasa-
saki. Il was given 70 mo BY . worker
In magic named gere Sani."
RenWick peered forward In astonish.
msn. "You, Tsarkss. .I r. the scientist TAX
Of workers n magic. .,... ..,,., .
nssss ias ss Ss; an%sysS nss%s' r,ss Il.
gilt paper Wands and the medicatsd
hover bulbs which grew while you
walt. %e took tn. rs.. Ae.ShiS. ch.. eecasuse a q,
y hal the brains OF man-child and the
TT learned more tricks from us. after
We had studied the water pipes leading
from Moritss laboratory. Horubu dis.
covered that they Joined ours where the
pipes reach my my ns,shoor's on the lsi;.
"IAll his residue and chemical washes
ran through our garden drain. An idea
came to mo one day when opened the
f1" : Ins .n.as Eas s VA: sxn.SS: EsH' e
know what my brother scientist was
throwing away. I picked Up several
ARE pieces OF nickel salts. and from
thsse I gsthered that his sink pipe had
is Kss.ie into ii. laboratory Sy way
o. the sink pipe, came to me.'
Renwick half rose from his seat. and
Suon sat down abruptly.
muttered under his breath.
,:Horit! has regular, working hours"
Dr. Tsarke went on with . placid smile
~ Renwick's direction. From sxpsri-
snce sathered in many English iabora-
tube containing his radium supply was
constantly at his elbow.
We had . large working model Of
ms .h.%n,s, .hC%Srstory; and and we know from
hs conducted most Of his experiments
On marble-faced bench that stood
aSainst the wall Besides it was a
Snat wndtc stone sink fitted with hot and
Well. We began by sending Kes,,o
up the model pipe to the marble aced
Dench that represented the exact spot
wSere Mortts placed his radium tube
. Wnenever ne creased the laboratory 10
AT hrst Kessio did H; not like the we,
ana ooexing made him alter his mind.
- .e. ,sss ,1 than z week he began to under
TssE!" RenSs1ek * ali siiowsd We'd I tn. bo, e,.
you DO not mean"- He n'e paused Srey ~
though blade OF light had entered his
~ haoSSDlns S,s eyss. both hands pressed over
T:s1H. ;Ts:sSy voice. II beg your pardon. i Dr. .
Tne little specialist nodded amiabiy,
,,M,to !sognt the rat to pick up q glass
phorus and return with Il down a cury.
foolish and incredible, having = thou.
sanc cnances VI failure against II. hut
there e ne rss sss ss.n sGd
framed rat p not capable Of attempting.
such animals have carried OF dinn,oni
ffinHs and bracelets from, the dressing
saD.es OF the rich. History Is strewn
y mischieyous house rats. whose love
most women ~
Dr: T.arka paused to hug his knees
- ne hIs tSSSshs h;%n1 OF hts experiment thrill
"Few men ever played With the brain
q rat = We played. How many have
,sH1icd , tho ordinary rats capacity for
ns ss'cs h~ei1s,: work a. We J:pene:e? The blaia
es wax Or gold: Tho rat 10 quicker thar
dog to understand. and above All
: oSnsr living animals It Possesses q love
%..aio after %sta. .nS i.x ss:srns oejset:
would pick up a glass tune Of phospho..
rus and carry II down a wet pipe at a
s.Sns' from me or my companion, Ho-
.'only by Morits's shadow crossing the
WINDOW gould We see when he was at
work: We were just a bit afraid Of his
chemical washes coming down the pine.
!or We dtd not care to send little Kezzio
when Moritz was throwing out cyanide
water or q solution Of sulphuric acid
would have heen a very unpleasant ex-
perience for the rat.
7, MoFises ssn,, ,teIlsphons Isp ne; cleared the way:
with his face from the marble topped
bench, Kexzio would have a chance Of
proving his worth.
moenns AsYss MsrSs Gs. 2ssl II &c Ssosk y The
Morit. from the British Med,eal NJ l0tsssGr instir
tute and held him in conversation FOR
several minutes. Horubu had been
rssdinE up Pultowa's book on. radio:
the professor on the light energy r letIs. of ais.
integrated molecules.
became aware Of Moritz's presence
at the telephone through the medium of
an electric appliance which notified me
II was sitting In the garden, near the
severed drain pipe. with Kezxio held in
my risht hand. There had been q slight
nush Of water few moments before,
down while Moritz was at the receiver.
"The rat seemed to understand my in.
tense snxiety as I knelt bv the open
pipe. It's ears went back and its eyes
Up. little man. l said and thrust him
into the pipe.
"You may think It was q silly expert
ment. the result of an opium dream OF
childish fancy: but we Japanese are
only children, and we sometimes &C.
complish the incredible BY our passion.
ate interest In everything we undertake
"Kezzio was gone not more than thir.
ty:hve seconds when his wet nose came
pointing from the pipe end. Something
was wrong. and the priceless moment,
were fying. Horubu could not keel
Morttx at the telephone minute longer
looked quickly at Kezzio and saw thai
Its paws were burned with acid resi-
dues. Dipping them In oil Ut was ready
at nv elbow. ] wiped the tiny claws
swiftly and with q tweak Of the earl
sent II into the pipe.
~ was hopeful that Moritz would no
return from the telephone. for 7 knew
that his approach would scare Kessit
from the laboratory. received tn,
signal from one Of my assistants, postet
at the upstairs window, telling me tha
the professor had hung up the receiver
and was about to return to his work.
"Kexzio's burned feet had spoiled ou
calculations, I felt certain. Kneeling Of
the ground, ! peered into the severet
pipe and waited. The pipe was quit
black inside. and smelled strongly .
nitrate solutions and bitter chemica
resIdues.
"As I looked within I saw q strang
thing. From the darkness there cam
a burning star OF light that glowed Il
the damp drain with the power Of a liv
sunbeam. Never before had I seen s.