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CHAPTER u.-contlnued.

CHAPTER Ii.-Continued.
Charles" said John Rawn one eve
ming, Il have been thinking over some
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.
hawn 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 a few months
wen proceed in the manufacture of
electrical transmitters and receivers
for what call the lost current of
electricity"
Halsey stood cold for a moment, and
looked at him In amazement.
You don't mean to say-why, that's
precisely what I've been thinking of
for SO long"
Il don't doubt many have been
thinking of it," rejoined Rawn. ut
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? I didn't know that
you" 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 digni-
fed.
rs 1t a big company" queried Hal
sey YEARLY.
twenty-five million dollars" an
swered Jonn Rawn calmly.
I'VE 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 owe
plant. We will contract for a million
and a half dollars worth of
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 to be with the other scheme-the
second current-the same idea you've
been tri1ing with. Well 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-
ated.
So now these two brought very
considerable bundles OF copper wire
and other things, and made several
machines OF this and the other shape,
and tried divers experiments. In all
this work young Halsey's manual skill
and technical training continually was
In quest, John Rawn for the most part
standing by and frowning heavily.
watching Jacob labor for the earning
of Rachel: for Halsey knew this sur
render Of his idea a the price OF
Grace. Halsey had little hope of ulti-
mate success In his appliances. Not
so Rawn. He had something akin to
a feeling of certainty.
Differing thus-yet who shall say
N~t
they were no partners. after all, since
all these things were true regarding
them?-they at 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 a small machine, which pres
emily was 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 u~preaching
metal fingers. had been produced only
at great cost, great sacrifice. II had
seemed wholly right and reasonable
that all of young Halsey's five hun.
dred dollars should disappear little by
little. and 1t had done SO. long ago.
1t seemed proper that the small saw.
ings which Grace had deposited in a
tin baking-powder cantor she was
Ike her mother. part ground-squirrel,
and secretive-should also disappear
little by litsle, and they also had gone.
In some way. only the women knew
how, they all had had enough to eat,
SO far as that mean 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 1T
In the most commonplace way in
the world. and quite as though he had
always done this very thing. Mr.. Hen.
~ Warfeld STANDBY. president of the
]. & d. A. Railway Co., warned In ad.
vance by MI. Rawn's telephone, came
to the door himself. Presently the
three. Rawn. Halsey and the president
Of the company for which both 90 long
had worked. sat at the long-glasscov-
cred table, where lay many papers,
The president pushed a button and or.
dered the attendance of Mr.. Theodo-
stus Alderman. the general traflc