The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-20

could burst that fan wide open with
II, by just wiring the two, after dis
connecting the original wiring of the
fan to the house dynamo"
Halsey spoke very calmly, yet the
hands Of the president of the road,
resting on the edge of the table, trem4
bled slightly. The fighting red had
disappeared from the face Of the G..
II. M. He was blush gray, as though
deathly i'll. He was, however, the
first to ecover. well, why don't you
h.rst II, then?" he exclaimed savage
ly, hopping at his forehead.
Every man present sprang back
from the little instrument on the
table. There came a slowly increas-
Ing purr of the motor, a series of In
tense blue sparks showing at the
toothed points OF reception. The
blades OF the fan began TO revolve
faster and faster; SO fast that at
length both eye and ear ceased to re-
cord their doings. Then, after sight
and sound had failed to serve, there
came a crash!
There was no fan on the shelf
where 1t had stood. Fragments of
metal were buried In the woodwork,
In the wall. John Rawn wiped the
, blood from a cut on his cheek. No one
said anything. 1t was quite
place, after all.
you wished to see what it would
do" said Halsey grimly. 1.-THE power
seems to be there. Any time you like,
any amount you like. And you saw
that 1t didn't come in here by wire
1t was only transmitted from the re-.
ceived, not to 1t. The fan is broken,
but the receiver is just the way we
left 1t. Well, 1t looks as though we
had settled a few questions, doesn't
it?"
STANDBY turned an agitated eye
upon John Rawn. "Mr. Rawn," said
he, referring to the tenor of our ear
Her conversation, | desire to say that
we are not in the habit of giving the
lions share to anybody"
"suit yourself" said John Rawn,
smiling.
But In this case, as | said to you
at first, there's so much In this II
there's anything at all, that there's
no use splitting hairs over It." He
receded rapidly from the position he
coveted but saw he could not hold.
"We ought to begin work at once.
Er-Mr. Rawn. do you happen to have
any present need for any money-per-
sonally?
NO. answered John Rawn calmly,
II am In no need OF funds. When the
organization is completed, and l be-
gin my work al president of the power
company, / shall be glad to go on the
payroll. of course. l should add now
that I expect Mr.. Halsey to be my
general manager In the mechanical
department"
in regard to Salaries said the
president. hesitating, I'VE might rough
ly sketch out something"
my own salary will he a hundred
thousand dollars a year." said Mr..
Rawn quietly. II don't think we
should ask Mr.. Halsey to work for
less than five thousand. Do you, gen.
tlemen?"
There shall be no haggling, gentle
men, no haggling," said the president
blandly. ut shall be as Mr.. Rawn
suggests"
That's the talk!" drawled Acker.
man. "Tll tell you. Rawn, come in
tomorrow. Wen get the patent law
yers and our corporation counsel, and
begin work on this thing"
That was all there was about It, the
proceedings being wholly prosaic and
commonplace. Mr.. Halsey found again
his newspaper, again wrapped up his
machine therein. took 1t under his
arm, and hesitatingly turned toward
the door, the palest now, and most un.
happy Of them all. He had denied his
own first-born.