Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-07-11

Il hope 1t viii a forever" inter
rupted Miss Prudent
THE element that ring Is made OF
will drive it from land and from sea,
but carries 1t into the air"
"But II no one knows the secret7"
There are no secrets, Miss Pru.
dent; there are many things we don't
know yet, but there are no secrets;
Nature is an open book to those who
"a read and understand"
again you are right, Mr. Edison
"Then. with your permission, l will
go. ! hope that the service I am of.
fering to our continent will be accept
ed as freely as l am offering it."
IT can assure you OF that, as the
nominee for the presidential chair"
She offered her hand again and Napo.
leon Edison kissed 1t reverently. He
bowed once more and started toward
the door. Miss Prudent hesitated a
moment-a question was on her lips
but al she hesitated 1t was too late;
the visitor was gone.
"Cirynith-Cirynithi" she sighed
more than uttered, and looked at the
chair that had a short moment age
held that splendid man.
1t seemed to her as though the
stranger had carried away something
-something?-what? She did moi
know. She sat down before the desk
and taking the ring in her hand looked
at it, and finally she slipped It on her
finger. 1t fitted perfectly.
Then she looked at 1t more closely
and saw some small tracings on 1t
She could not distinguish the lines
with her unaided eyes, SO took a mag
nifying glass and examined 1t curious.
ly. A cry of Joy left her lips as she
deciphered the strange word "Ciry.
NTH"
By some coincidence Napoleon Ed
son, emerging from the portal, again
encountered the man he had met three
days before; the only difference was
that this time he was leaving and Am.
brosio Hale was coming.
The tall man with those ferret-like
eyes, fox nose and brittle mustache
was evidently surprised. AS he passed
the porter's gate he asked who the
stranger vas The porter could moi
remember, but 1t was a name thai
made him think of Napoleon; whether
1t was Bonaparte or Caesar he could
not recall.
Mr.. Hale was received In the greer
room.
Astra had a peculiar dislike for thai
color, not In nature, but in furnish
ings and clothing, and generally re
cefved people she did not like in the
green room. That room had a de
pressing effect on her mentality, and
the people who visited her there soor
left.
II have come this time, my dear AS
ira, to congratulate you. / wanted tc
be the first. You are nominated BY
the continentalists, and there is nc
doubt but you will be elected: there
Is hardly any opposition ON the sec
tionists' part. Whom could they pu,
up against you. mydear Astra ~"
He pressed the hand OF the cir
warmly. He knew that he had to wir
her love or he would never reach the
goal he was longing for.
Il wish you would consider me your
very best friend, my dear. Consult me
any time you please. Your wisdom
and judgment is great. The whole
continent is looking at you as the
%deliverer; still, once In a while the
word of an experienced statesman will
help"
Indeed, Mr.. Hale, I assure you that
If / cver need your kindly offered help
| will call on you"
The intimate conversation did NOT
last long, as other visitors arrived and
spoiled Ambrosio Hale's ardently
longed for opportunity.
Before Astra fell asleep, she kissed
the %glittering ring on which the word
Cirynith vas family engraved.
That evening Napoleon Edison, &C
companied by his short friend, sat In
a compartment OF the fourteen-hour
Frisco limited, flying toward the West;
the train that was shot through the
tube by compressed air was so perfect