The evening world., 1915-03-03

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Extremely probable incrsssins nav.
ity AFFAIRS BaGol demand Instant re-
turn, Keep department Informed tsls-
sr n's. w her. .sssh you any moment s.s
reply to thess; but, aftsr some hOita-
tion. vas able to I'M out osly one. ID.
dressed - Washington.
fAkinG limits1 from eaa Francisco to-
night TeleGrams subesQuently care
Duraat WORKS. Durant. Pennsyivania-
The other form he finally tore up -
he hurried over 10 Oakland TO take his
Al osdsn. however. whsa he got
the salt Lake City and the Beaver
papers. and glanced quickly 1t the
cables from Manila. he sent . tsls-
gram to Mr.. George Durant.
II not ordered back TO Phhippans. be-
should reach Durant 40 train Thursday
afternoon. Apparent progress Affairs
Bagoi Gtvss q best shortest possible
time. impesslbls see forging uniess
R HSeS c"''' " McHARB soMMERs.
Three hour, later. due TO the differ
encs In time, Mr.. Durant received this
message at his once. Before he an
swered II, no himself hurried In to sss
"Ethering ton. exactly what II the
Weak--that 10, the most debatablo
point In the making OF the Sommsrs
gunr'
why, a. I told you at Manila, cir,
and a. Marsh has agreed with M
since We started the work upon Il
here, str. the basic principle upon
which the gun " constructed In hope
lessly unsound. I have been glad 70
A. mi ia AL
snowy features this gun Of Sommers's
appears to b far In advance OF any
other gun--cven OF our Rheinstrum,
Mr.. Durant. But Marsh and I have
both agreed that u must fail fatally
In the forging. And II must--if either
Of US knows anything at all about the
practical side OF gunmakinE."
II haven't come 70 argue that.
Etheringtou." said the old man kind.
ly. II know that you already know
moro about guns than any man I
have ever met. The value Of AAreh'e
what YOU have both said, II were not
bound 70 make this yum from my per.
sonal obligation to Lieut.. Sommers.
should certainly stop The work whore
it 10. But, ~ ! have determined to
give his gun trial. and ~ he him.
self II TO Be hero soon, I wish 70 give
him tho privilege of personally super.
intending the most important part Of
ceived this telegram from him." He
handed over tho message You CON-
slider. don't you. that the forging In
the finishing furnace, and the condt-
lions under which Il enters the bath
afterward. are the vital pointsf"
Eyes, sir" answered Pipcknsy ab-
sently. a. he read the telegram. Il
do"
Then I want his gun ready for that
10 u forging and the bath on Thurs
Gay night, when he himself can be
here. I shall wire him that 1t will BE-
ready for him"
The old man hurried back to Ais
once. and left the young manager
alone.
Pinckney picked up the telegram
which Mr.. Durant had left behind and
read II again carefully. Reaching
over and touching one Of . row OF
buttons beside his desk. he rang the
bell In the chief dsstgner's room. He
and opened the door,.
You sent for me. Mr.. Pincknsyf"
"Ah. Marsh-oome inl No-waitl
IL there any one In that outsr ofhcsr
"Thsn fastsn the door ana come in"
Yes. sir: but what-what 10 the
matter7" asked the nervous little man
Approximately.
Nothing. Marsh. Nothing. that y,
which We can't control In time. Mr..
Durant has just been In here worry
ing me again about tho Sommsrs gun.
As we get near to finishing II, he's
worrying himself about II more and
more every day; and he's worrying
me moro. too"
-That's funny" said Marsh. FOR
i's making mo worry . good deal
ferent reason from any which ought
to cause Mr.. Durant to bother him.
self"
what do you mean by thatf"
II mean. sir. that the more rye had
to do with this Sommers gun. the
more II worries mo for fear It'll drive
mine-that ID, the Rhelnstrum-off TO
the scrap heap. And I'm not only q
theory man like Mr.. Sommers; but
as practical man a. you. Mr.. Pinck-
ney."
Look here, Marsh" exclaimed
Pfnekney impatisntly. do you know.
my man. that the reason we're not
working on the Rheinstrum guns now.
and paying you your royalties Of 500
calibre Inch on every gun. Is that
W8iuhB W soc Wnet0eT tni1
Sommers gun will stand the test 2
And II II does. do you know that II
will be substituted for yours In the
Government order?"
mo. sir! Then that's the end Of my
royalties-before they ever begin.
Just my lucki" ... 80,
"Oh. not yet! Wait q bit. Marsh.
! didn't sent for you just to tell you
that. mani ! sent for you because.
with nothing to gain from 1t myself.
I am going 70 take q rather heavy
responsibility upon myself; and I
want you to help me-you who will
have everything to gain from IT,"
"A heavy acknowledgement 10
that, Mr.. PinckneyT asked the little
man curiously.
"TAe responsibility OF protecting
the lives Of every gunner In our navy
and our forts from their own guns
No less than that, Marsh! Inciden-
tally. saving you the fortune which
properly should come to you from
your royalties!"
"Why, I don't understand"
You don't? You haven't nattered
yourself that I've been doing all the
fighting I've done against the SOM
mers gun merely to save you your
precious ROYALTIES have Won MarSh 7''