The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1914-06-05
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Aawn asked nothing bsttef than this
i1ea- II was beautiful. and be valued
n over all his many and various other
ventures. He could let his silent
partnsr put ether men out Of work,
and % these could b. rshired at such
psics - he himself cared TO st He
NV ths tins approach when b would
- able 70 retail q . price, remote
fsum his silent, tirslsss partners -
bors, nsrchantabls packages Of power.
- fssd . cart. . pillow. . wheel Of any
ssrt;. power 70 I'M and labor. TO toal
ceasslsesly without rsmoastranoe. u
was and p . splsndid dream. IT, bsars
tng b . yon b Rawn o. Halssy. That
pevse shall labor for or against man
h1nl - esrsslvss shall ~.
Shall Ne blanc ourselves o. John
nawn. n this republic. that hs saw
= aAsaA only iimitless personal pow
.. Emttlsss solA. Jewels. vine. women.
Dessoaal ipdulgsocs Of any sort that
aopsaleA 70 hint Shall We blame Hal
~ Dor arsaAing the Issue q thsss
paaas. delayins them al hs could;
e1lnging 70 the belief that The earth
vas he Lords and the failnsss thsrs
q; end that he Lord gAvs Il 70 al
naAhiadf And shall We blame The
seesk.holdsrs Tor being impatient at
Saoswod dslaysf The wire transmis-
$50 was Installed. making every maa
= u lntsrnatioual rich. Yet every
man n the secret Of The real ambi-
tSoa Of this company burned inwardly
q this enforced sscrecy md this m
sssmly Aelay. The mystsrioss history
q he edge q the great inlaad city
Elm vas silsst The directors raesd.
7hey wanted 70 drain 10 the last drop
Ne strsngsA even Of this tirsless
giant. They wanted 70 bsgin 70 bot
1le. measure and ell. cell for ever.
he vsry force Which holds The spheres
y thels places In time We sha1l PEI.
AAps 80 completed what thsss men
manned. There b no logical reason
WY. u one planet can b owned b. .
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~ . leag tine jim Sullivan. fore
unan q the factory Of the Information
q voaAsrsd and pondsred % TO the
ri intent Of tAsss strange machines
vhjoA b sav little By little growing
N uuasr the uucomnunicative direc.
TIA q The sspsrintsndent. Halsey. He
I'D never seem anything like them.
With their vast coils q Insulation.
sAsir intricate coss and wheels. their
esatraily-hidden huge glass jars. and
- long. toothed ridge. like delicate
METAL comb. which surmounted the
tor Of each. There was somsthing
nysserious about Il all. He was sure
shaa Haissy aid something With these
naeAines vheu the men we're not
ahout. The very air seemed throb.
osng with some tense quality Of mys.
essy. The men themselves we're sus.
plcious, irritable. Never was the air
b any factory more surcharsed ALIKE
With ignorance and With anxiety. Man
after man. good mechanic though he
vas. quit the place simply because be-
AZ not know what be vas doing. The
feeling Of mystery vas tense. opprss-
sive
On one certain Sunday nornins jim
Sullivan strolied over 70 the vacant
factory. Ne knew that the supsrin.
tsodent had spent almost the entire
night there working alone on one Of
thsss mysterious machines u stood
there now. And-yes! n was diasrsns
esom What n had bssn when Sullivan
lase saw n! II vas now apparsntly
esaplets. % far % he could tell.
Thsrs VS. no oss near Il. Halssy bad
Osas bone, 20 bed. OF late b. had
6esn vsry tired. pale. hazard: and -
always was q work In the factory.
visa sood men slspt. and knew Esht-
winged dreams.
Nm sullivan stood now locking q
~ estn. pncanny machine. haads 10
Aie poeksts. vondesins. He looked
o1out him. superstitiously. Thsrs
oes0ed v ~ something IN the cir. be
ouuld pot explain what. lie turned.
Ssohias behind him. and tiptosd 10 the
1spot leos. whsss Tin Carney. The
honoeoatsd guardAA. Stood leaning
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