The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-14

swing another company organization" !"
They looked at him silently. here
and there gray head shaking in No
CATION. Rawn's eye lighted.
That's the ideal" said he: well
Sit tight"
He turned to catch the eye OF the
late objector I'm going" said the
latter Importantly.
And good riddance." said John
Rawn calmly.
IN take care of you for that. one
OF these Gays. Mr. Rawn.~
Why not now?''
the market"
The market be -" said John
Rawn evenly. There isn't any mar
ket There isn't anything to buy or
sell II there is any stock offered.
I'm the market, right here and now.
Go on and do what you can"
Halsey rose and placed on the table
the little model which he took from
the case at his side In principle. II
was the same which had been shown
in the original demonstration at ST
Louis long before. although in work
manship il was in this instance a triie
more finished. showing more OF shin
ing brass and steel Halsey looked
about hesitatingly.
Shall we use the fan again." he
inquired of Mr. Rawn.
Not on your lite," cut in Acker-
man. no more fan bursting goes.
Youll put on the-little railway. here
on the table as you were showing me
the other day"
You gentlemen all know the gen
eral theory OF the invention" Halsey
went on. again assuming the post OF
lecturer. which Rawn once more gra-
ciously surrendered TO him. waving a
hand largely in his direction as though
in explanation to the others. It's
simply the cttuning OF motor to the
free electrical current in the air-the
wireless idea. of course. You're post
ed on all this. Now, I've got some
little things here which will show
some OF the applications of our idea
Wel make a little. track. for rail
way train, and wen run its motor
here with current of our own. simply
oy our receiver for the free current
The thing was there to show for it
self As 10 the breadth of its applica-
Jion. these men needed no advice.
They were accustomed to the look
ahead. 10 the weighing of wide possi-
bilities.
That's the travel of the future, gen
tlemen." said John Rawn soberly. at
l.,
So can you"
Silence fell on that group OF gray.
grave men. The thing seemed to them
uncanny, although so simple. They
looked about, one at the other. A sort
Of sigh passed about the room. There
sat at the table men who represented
untold millions of capital. They were
looking upon a device which in the be-
lief OF all was about to multiply these
millions MANIFOLD.
Rawn was the first to break the
silence
Gentlemen" said he, "of course
this is the big part OF our company
patents. and it is over this that we've
met today. You've been doubling my
executive ability. | have shown you
what the prize is that we're working
for-there il is on the table. AS to
the difficulties of pulling on a thing
AS big as this. they are bigger IN this
case than could be expected or fig
ured out in advance. Our superin-
teudent. Mr. Halsey here. tells me that
he is having a great deal OF trouble
in labor matters. The men are dis
contented, and what is worse. they're
curious, all the time. We can't employ
just any sort OF irresponsible labor,
and we can't complete one machine
we've got to bring them all through at
once, together-and indeed. got pretty
near to finish them all ourselves. We
can't take any people-in on this Sc
cret. of course. II all takes time, and
it all takes money. What do you want,
gentlemen? can't do much more
than | have done"
And it's enough" cried the beard
ed man. his voice harsh. strident with
his emotion. We've got to have 1t!
Let's stick, let's stick, fellowsl They'll
never shake us off. There is abso-
lutely no limit to this thing"
is that still the way you feel. Jim ?"
asked Standley from his end OF the
table.
Yes, it is; how about it. gentle
mem" answered Ackermans deep
voice
His eyes turned from one to the
other. and found no dissent. although
the air OF each man was earnest, al
most somber.
Shake hands, them called out the
bearded man with enthusiasm, a man
who had swayed millions bv the force