The Washington times., 1915-10-17

with a flourish. and then suddenly
stopped as he caught sight of Blackis
| and choked and turned red In the
face and lonred for a handkerchief
to stun in his mouth for BlHckio.
whom he had not seen in costume. had
! somewhere secured inch and al half
! liftcrs to put on his shoes making
| himself an inch and u half taller and
making his trousers al inch and j.
half toe short: he had dofted his Gus :
tomary Prince Albert coat. which had
made his slender figure rather u
a long. skintight gray sweater which
came down to his hips; over this he
had q short monkey Jacket. which hit
him at about the waist. and left not
| less than six inches of wrist re-
yealcd; upon his head he wore the
black silk skull car. upon hts eyes
| the big trimmed spectacles,
and slowly uncoiling his tremendous
laboratory bench. he removed his
four foot porcelain pipe from his
| mouth with wave. and. his feet
close together bowed eNtravagantly
| low.
"Cherdelmenss." he said. 81 am
pleased by meeting mid you"
One OF the younger reporters gig
gled: some others smiled. but all Of
them took the Herr Dol;tor most scri-
cusly. Jimson and Hazurd, suddenly
growing distrustful Of each other.
dropped apart. Somehow or other tho
very extravaganza Of Blnckie's make
UP was convincing,
"Chendelmenss, he pleased to be
s"aded ycd," he invited with another
wave of his pipe: and this was the
/ height OF his audacity: for. while
! there were nearly score OF visitors
in the room, there were only. two
| ford, earnestly desiring to shake
| Blacfie until his teeth chattercd. was
the Cnly one who, observed the dis
! crcpancy.
Had any of the others noticed the
circumstance 1t would have been for
gotten Immediately for In the next
instant there was terrific explosion
upon a chemical worl.tsbie in one
NTesth OF OF beantfui e Sresn m@ smoke
which puffed to the ceiling and gem
tly unrolled Blackie merely turned
quietly In that direction.
"Av-w-w-." he observed in a d.
minishinG tone of mild regret. I'D iss
Following this. Wallingford led them
up another flight of stairs. Hazard
and Jimson found themselves once
more thrown together as they fol-
| lowed to the attic.
| This, gentlemen" said Wallingford
I in a hushed tone at the door of the
attic. rs the laboratory of Professor
Julius Alexander Snailey. the discov-
| erer Of the wonderful cure for old
| age. For thirty years he has worked
| for the benefit OF humanity, with no
thought of reward.
| He threw open the door. then quick =
| ly closed II again. A less adroit stu
| dent OF human nature than Walling
ford might, at that juncture. have ex-
| planned that the professor was en-
gagged In an operation to important to
allow of interruption: instead ], Rufus
| turned to them with a grin positively
irradiating his big pink face: then he
| closed his eyes and chuckled. his big
| shoulders shaking and his broad chest
heaving. The entire thronG of pro-
| fessional cynics smiled with him out
| Of sheer sympathy; some OF them
chucklei with him; all of them liked
| him.
II told YOU" said he. that the pro-
| fessor was doubtless engaged in some
| delicate experiment. Look for your
selves, but be quiet about IT,"
once more he threw open the door.
| Those nearest II started in, stopped.
| and tiptoed back out, snickering. The
| professor, clad only in his undercloth-
| ing and shoes. and with a half-eatcn
| bread and cheese sandwich clutched
i'm his hand. was lying upon his cot
snoring most melodiousl.y 1t was a
| stroke of genius to show them that
| sight: they all had a good look, and
at the same time their practiCed eyes
| took in and catalogued, and inventors
! ed all the strange assortment of ar
ticIes in Snailey's laboratory.
| wallingford led them downstairs
into the dining room. where. once
more showing his knowledge of news
| paper men. he had ordered the table
to be crowded with all sorts OF handy