The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-10-11
MARK THE U.BOAT'S
GRAVE
The Mystery of Red BuOys OF
the Coast Of England
Is Explained.

ONE Thursday morning the num-
Der of British ships sunk during
the week by German submarines was
nil. Mariners reported many red
buoys scattered over the ocean. This
was the sole scrap of news that the
newspapers were allowed to print.
London was beflagged and in joy
Gus mood | moved with the crowd,
wondering, as all wondered, how the
menace had been countered. The
secret was well kept. A week before
the danger had been formidable; to-
day it was gone. The method? No
one knew. A question was asked in
the house. The reply was evasive.
Officials were considering the fittest
way of showing the nations graft
tude to the inventor He was said
to be an r. A. M. c. man with taste
for mechanics.
As | walked the streets Eliminating
on this amazing affair, | had an illu
mination. 1t came suddenly. How |
know not. 1t was while l was passing
that jolly shop window in Oxford
street--Parsons, | think it is called
where they show model of sub
marine submerging. AS | watched the
thing rise and dip remembered that
Jimmy's brother, who had failed to
take his medical degree through |
wasting his time over mechanical toys
had rugged up similar tank in the
tool shed at. the end of his Hamp-
stead garden. There, on Sunday
afternoon, ] watched his model sub
marine perform her antics Jimmy's
brother sat, sucking the back of his
hand, gazing at the model. "It's got
to come up amigo down." he said.
Then he added grimly, unless sea
hornet stings it,"
also remember Git came in a
FASH our walking tour in Cornwall, I
when he angered me by refusing to !
bulge after the first day. In the hills
we had CHANGED upon disused tin :
mine. The refuse was being sifted, or I
something, for pitchblende, and jim 5
my's brother had gone ecstatic over
the operation. He pounced on the a
Stag heaps as if they contained da-
monds. A whole fortnight he spent f
at that mine, and at night he talked l
by the hour about native oxide or \
uranium, and also of radium. f
Throughout our last evening he bah T.
bled about new law, as he called k
1.-THE Law of Affinity. Magnetic <
your weapon" he said, "and it's like =,
a dog on the scent. 1t doubts, it
bit at first, but, once start W
ed, it must get to its object, faster y
and faster as it draws nearer. Tune Il.
the weapon to the object, and it'll n,
find and kill" OF
was half asleep, but woke up when IN
he explosion took place. remem- n'
Der opening my eyes and seeing him w
AXE from cupboard a lump of clay, W
hat is, it looked like clay. He rolled co
pellet between his fingers, and pow IL
Tered and rubbed it with a yellow TT
10th until it sparkled. Then he threw A,
cube of peat upon the fire, and said, an
There is affinity, outrageous affin- an
ty, between this pellet and that peat. to-
rs got to rush to it. It's law. Seel" ur
He tossed the pellet into the air. th
nearly reached the ground, then sa
overed, wobbled, and shot straight fie
Z tho mat There ,yas a n,et,. o>,lo sti
ion, and no more peat. Re-
cts magic" | said. 40,
mo, law" said Jimmy's brother ms
That odd episode came back to me, ma
Why had not attached Importance to IT,
before? Because Jimmy's brother ont
as always playing fantastic tricks, no.
: dreaming strange dreams. the
| recalled the episode of Marjory's NO,
lllons; how frightened the child had as
zen, and how agonized Jimmy's wo
rother was at his little daughters ma
REF oe
1t was Marjory's birthday, and we vii
ere having tea with her in the nur- or
ny. ! had given the child three col orc
vi odiiViiSt WHICH she lctncfeu TO ner fire
ID rail and was watching them, en- her
anced, floating in the air, and bob vii
ny against the ceiling. Jimmy had ure
zen jawing about his law of af- hra
lity, about magnetized substances this
I'd radium, and we had all been you
ughing at him. But my weapon
It's there" he said. at musti At
'esent | can't extend the radius. It's 1
more than five yards When can ps
axe it five miles, the worlds mine. on
.ew ed
Having learned the significance of a'
e word "Seel" on the lips of Jimmy's
other, | frightened my limbs ready
bolt. I
See" he rasped, and tossed a pei h,,1
into the air. 1t gyrated for a sec yuk
d, then darted at the nearest bal
IN, which vanished in a puff of
loke. "See! Seel" and the two A