Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1913-10-25
CHAPTER ll.-ContInued.


scientific problems"
I'm my belief" went on Rawn
Il am upon the eve of a great success
Charles
What sort of success, Mr.. Rawn?'
inquired Halsey.
Rawn smiled largely. You will
hardly credit me when | tell you, al
most all sorts of success! To make
Ii short, | have formed a power com
pany-a concern for the cheap gen
Grafton and general transmission OF
power. In the course of few months
we'll proceed in the manufacture OF
electrical t-ansmitters and receivers
for what call the lost current OF
electricity"
Haisey stood cold for a moment. and
looked at him in amazement.
Yoa don't mean to say-why, that's
precisely what I've been thinking OF
for 80 long"
! don't doubt many have been
thinking of It," rejoined Rawn. at
had to come. These things seem to
happen in cycles.
Moreover. I've got the company
formed"
You, Mr. Rawn? How did you
manage that? didn't know that
Pou-" Halsey at last spoke.
"A great many haven't known about
a great many things said Rawn.
walking up and down. his hands in
his pockets. his air gloomily dgni-
fed
rs it a big company" querled Hal.
eey YEARLY
II wenty five million dollars" an
swered Joan Rawn calmly.
we are going to dam the Missis
sippi river. a couple of hundred miles
above here at the lodges For the
time, that will be our central power
plant We will contract for a million
and half dollars worth of power
each year in St Louis alone. That
comes down by regular wire transmits
sion That is nothing, it's only a drop
In the bucket. Our big killing Is go
ing 10 be with the other scheme-the
second cuTrent-the same idea you've
been trihing with. Wen go east with
that "
Young Halsey's little capital OF FIVE
hundred dollars was as important as
young Halsey's original idea; which
latter Mr.. Rawn had also appropri-
ate0
So now these two brought very
considerable bundles CT copper wire
and other things, and made several
machines of this and the othef shape
and tried divers experiments. In all
this work young Halsey's manual skin
and technical training continually was
IN quest, John Rawn for the most part
standing by and frowning heavily
watching Jacob labor for the earning
aof Rachel. for Halsey knew this sur
render OF his idea was the price OF
Grace Halsey had little hope Of ulti
mate success In his appliances Not
80 Rawn. lie had something akin to
~ feeling of certainty.
HAFeFing thus-yet who shall say
they were not partners, after all. since
all these things we're true regarding
them they al last emerged from the
woodshed in Kelly Row, after many
long weeks They carried into the
front room of the Rawn house in KEEL.
Iy Row small machine. which pres.
emily aas to do large things. This
novel and mysterious little machine.
with a glass jar underneath. many
coils and wheels within. and an odd
toothed crest of little upreach,ng
rletal fingers. had been produced only
at great cost, great sacrifice. II had
seemed wholly right ana reasonable
that all of young Halsey's five hun.
dred dollars should disappear little bv
little and it had done so, long ago
IT seemed proper that the small saw.
fngs which Grace had deposited in q
tin baking.powder cantor she was
like her mother, part ground squirrel
and secretiye-should also disappear
little by little. and they also had gone
In some way. only the women knew
how. they all had had enough 10 eat
so far as that meant actually neces
sary food but the entire Rawn family
were a gaunt and haggard, as well as
q Wearied and anxious Quartette. when
finally they gathered about the little
machine out OF the woodshed. Their
play was on one card and the card
was turned What was ~
In the most commonplace way in
the world. and quite as though he had
aiways done this very thing. Mr.. Hen
Ey Wartield STANDBY. president Of the
4 & D. A. Railway Co. warned in ad
vance by Mr.. Rawn's telephone. came
Go che door himself Presently The
ahree, Rawn. Halsey and the presiden
Of the company for which beth so Ions
has worked. sat at the long GLASGOW
cred table, where lay many papers
The president pushed a button and or
dered the attendance OF Mr.. Theodo
esNs Alderman, the genera! ira fl,