Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-02-23

later through the free air. Its sale IN
definite and merrhantable quantities
would come rs ueSr 20 the solution OF
the problem of perpetual motion and
perpetual profit as may be arrived at
in this world Of limitations.
RaWn asked nothing better than this
idea. Ii was beautiful. and ne valued
1t over all his many and various other
Eentures. He could let his silent
partner put other men out of work:
and so these could be rehircd at such
price as he himself cared to set. lie
cav the time approach when he would
be able to retail at a price, remote
from his silent. tireless partners la
bors. merchantable packages Of power
10 feed a cart, a pIOw, a wheel Of any
sort; power to lift and labor. 10 toll
ceaselessly without remonstrance. Il
was and is a splendid dream. Its bear.
ing is as you be Rawn or HaIsey. That
power shall labor for Or against man.
kind as ourselves shall say.
Shall we blame ourselves, or John
Rawn, in this republic, that he saw
n ahead only limitIess personal pov.
or. limitless gold, jewels, wine. women
personal indulgence of any sort the.
appealed to him? Shall we hlau- Eta'
sey for dreadinE tine Issue Of these
plans, delaying them all he could
clinging 10 the belief that the garta
was the Lords and the fulr1osa hero
of' and that the Lord gaze. 70 10 al
mankind And shall We 5faw1 .l-
stock holders for being irratta-. a-
rcneweL delays The wiz. t-arar .s-
sion was installed. making ever. mar
IN the International rich. Yet every
ER~ IN the secret Of che zeal --H.
zion d This COMPANY burned irwerSlv
a. this enforced secrec- and HIS -l.
sgruIg delay. The mysterfous Ea--or-
4. the edge Of the great inland gitv
Still vas silent. The directors -sgaC.
They wanted 70 drain To the les. 5roU
Tho strength even Of this tsraIess
giant They wanted 10 begin 70 lot.
tie. measure and sell. sell for ever.
.hs eT7 force which holds Che spheres
iu Laei- places Ia time we shall Per
hlps see completed what these men
planned. There is no logical reason
Why II one planet can be owned b7 a
John Rawn Or SO. yet others should
not
For a long time Jim Sullivan. fore.
iran at the factory Of the Information
a, wondered and pondered as 70 the
real intent Of these strange machines
watch he saw little BY little growing
Jp under the Uncommunjcativc direc.
lion Of the superintendent, Halsey He
hsd never seen anything ike them
" = their vast coils Of insulation.
their Intricate cogs and wheels, their
ccutrslly-hidden huge glass jars, and
the long. toothed ridge, like a delicate
metal comb, which surTaounted the
TOP Of each. There was something
mysterious about it all He was sure
that Halsey did something =sth thess
machines when the men we're not
about The very air seemed tilrob-
biBg with some tense quality Of mys-
terry The men themselves were sus-
piciOus, irritable Never was the air
IN any factory more surcharged alike
with ignorance and with anxiety. Man
after man, good mechanic though he
vas, quit the place simply because he
all not know what he was doing. The
feeling Of mystery was tense. oppres-
sive.
On one certain Sunday morning Jim
Sullivan strolled over TO the vacant
fartory. He knew that the superin-
terdent bad spent almost the entire
mint there working alone on one Of
these mysterious machines Il stood
there now And--yes! it was different
from what il had been when Sullivan
last saw It. Il was nov apparently
complete, so far as he could tell.
There was no one near Il. Halsey had
gore home. to bed. or late he had
been very tired. pale. haggare; and be
always was az work in the factory,
when good men slept, and knew light
winged dreams.
jim sullivan stood nov lookipg. at