The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-02-26


Charles" said John Rawn one eve
ming. Il have been thinking over some
scientific problems"
In my belief" went on Rawn.
Il am upon the eve Of q 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
It short. ] have formed q 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 transmitte1 and receivers
for what ] call the lost current OF
electricity"
Halsey stood cold for . moment. and
looked at him In Amusement.
You don't mean to say-why. that's
precisely what I've been thinking of
for 20 long"
4 don't doubt many have been
thinking of It," rejoined Rawn. 1T
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
you" Halsey at last spoke.
"A great many haven't known about
. great many things" said Ravn,
walking up and down. his hands in
his pockets. his air gloomily digni.
ned.
rs 1t . big company" queried Hal
sey wearily.
twenty-five million dollars" an
svered Jonn Rawn calmly.
I'VE are going to dam the Missis.
sippi river, 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 10 nothing. it's only a drop
in the bucket. Our big killing 10 20
ing to be with the other scheme-the
second current-the same idea you've
been trifiing 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-
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 was the price of
Grace. Halsey had little hope of ulti-
mate success in his appliances. Not
so Rawn. He had something akin to
4 feeling Of certainty.
Differing thus-yet who shall say
they were not 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 Ke,.
ly Row a small machine, which pres.
emily was to do large things. This
novel and mysterious little machine.
with 4 glass jar underneath. many
coils and wheels within. and an odd,
toothed crest Of little upreach!ne
metal fingers. had been produced opiy
at great cost. great sacrifice. 1t had
seemed wholly right and reasonab bic
that all Of young Halsey's Ave hun.
dred dollars should disappear little by
little. and 1t had done SO, long aRo
1t seemed proper that the small saw.
ings which Grace had deposited In q
tin baking-powder cantor she was
like her mother. part ground-squirrel
and secretive-should also disappear
little BY little. and they also had gone
In some way. only the women knew
how. they all had had enough to eat
10 far as that meant actually neces
sary food; bat the entire Rawn family
were a gaunt and haggard. as we'll al
. 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 It!
. 4
In the most commonplace wsy IL
the world. and quite a. though he had
always done this very thing. Mr.. Hen
~ WAr6eld STANDBY, president of the
l. 4 d. 4. Railway Co.. warned in ad
vance BY Mr.. Rawn's telephone. came
TO the door himself Presently the
three. Rawn, Halsey and the president
Of the company for which both 20 long
had worked. sat at the Iong-glasscov
cred table. where lay many papers
The president pushed button and or
dered the attendance Of Mr. Theodo.
a,us Ackssmaa. the general trsmr