The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-04-29
EVENTS IN YEAR TWO
THOUSAND AND ONE
A Tale of What Happend
After a Tine-Banisher
Was Invented
A Humorous Story Dealing With PossihiI-
ities in the Scientific Progress Of
Methods in determination, Trans
portation and Customs.
By H. s. Med.

Twas a sad day for me when l,
John Foster, met Adonis Argyle,
that seeker after the mysteries of
each and everything that man should
leave in depths of unknown obscur-
ity. What right had he to search out
the secret for banishing time, and
when he had found it what right had
he to get me mixed up in his crazy
schemep Would that he, before that
fateful night he came to me. had suf-
fered the fate of Adonis of old. Since
that night 1 have been an outcast,
stunned and regarded as a mad man
by all to whom 1 tell the story of
that terrible night and the events
that followed. Woe unto Adonis Ar
gyle if ever again I meet him; be
shall set me right with the world or
I will tear him limb from limb and
strangle him with my naked hands.
Well do remember the night he
came to me begging me to assist
him. l was sitting in comfort enjoy
ing my bedtime cigar when James,
my man-of-all-work, entered the
room and said a man wished to see
me. Shortly afterwards medium
sized man with skinny face, long
hooked nose, eyes small, set close
together and seeming to bore one
through and through, lips thin and
tightly compressed. and chin that
seemed to have refused to develop,
was shown into the room. His hands
were continually plunging in and
out of his pockets, and all together
he was a man whom no one would
care to become intimate with. He it
was who owned the name, Adonis
Argyle.
Mr.. Foster" said he. as soon as
he was seated, Il have invented a
great machine. Undoubtedly you
have read in the papers of my dis
covery. Its function is to Danish time
in other words, with my invention
can cause a man to live in any
year, past or future, and l trust l
can interest you. and that you will
assist me to place my invention be-
fore the public"
l have no doubt that such an in
vention is remarkable" replied,
But 1 fail to see wherein the world
will be benefited by your discovery" 3"
My dear Mr.. Foster!' exclaim-
ed he, let me tell you few things
that it will make possible. Say that
a man wishes to start business,
and is undecided whether it will
pay in the years 10 come. He takes
my machine and transposes himself
five or ten years later; he hunts up
his business place and can then see
if it is on a paying and profit pro-
ducng basis, for you see he has a
view of what it will be in ten years
from the present date. Wonderful!
don't you think so? Then again, just
for curiosity's sake, many people
when reading ancient history have
their doubts about the occurrences
that are written down. Now, don't
you see that with my invention they
could 90 back to that year and wit.
ness those things for themselves. ;"
1T is my opinion that you have
escaped from an insane asylum"
answered. No one but a lunatit
would talk the way you do"
Think you So" he smilingly said
Just suppose you have your man
bring in that grip I brought with
me-"
I did as he asked, and depositine
the grip on the table he opened il
and took out a small complicated
looking machine to which he attach
ed dial covered with numbers. HI
next connected two wires with gripl
like those of an ordinary electric