The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-22

on the green, messy grass. He filled
his cup from the crystal lake and
drank deep of the cool, refreshing
water.
/ Beautiful spot!" he murmured,
tstretching out his arms slowly. as If
extending his blessing. 81 name you
The Garden of Eden!' Then ne en-
tered his machine, flew over the CRY
NTH deposit, filled some sacks with
the irregular, hard crystals and start
/ ed homeward His mind was filed
| with schemes to Illustrate the Euro
pean plans
The next day he took six aerodro.
mones from Ciryene to the Garden Of
Eden, and they made trips back and
forth until the whole deposit of cry
NTH was landed on the Island CT CT
ryne. The spectroscope showed that
there must be more under the surface,
but Napoleon knew he had sufficient
for the time being, and was satisfied
to leave the rest until such time as
he needed it.
New hangers were built on the
island. The work progressed rapidly.
Aerodromene after aerodromone of
the new type was stored away by the
expert workmen.
Napoleon's visits to Astra were his
happiest hours. He confided his hopes
and expectations to her. She gave him
all the sympathy and encouragement
at her command. Their lives were at
tuned to perfect harmony.
The work on Ciryne had progressed
so well that Whistler was able to over
see 1t all without Napoleon's assist
ance and one day he took leave from
Astra with the following words:
i am going to pay visit to our
excellent friend, the Count Won Wer-
denstein, and then, when have ascer-
tanned his attitude toward the peace
committee, / will go on still hunt for
the final preventive of war"
The Count Won Werdenstein's palace
was equipped With a roof hangar as
were all the large private dwellings.
and the Eagle found it an easy matter
to alight there without molestation
Napoleon had sent a graph message
to the count to expect him, but did
not mention the time of his arrival.
The quick descent made it ilnpos-
sible for the observers to discern the
type of machine that alighted, and the
Workmen in the hangar did not pay
any attention to Sullivan when Ma
poleon left the craft. Sullivan simply
locked the door and sat reading until.
his return.
The count was very much surprised
to receive his card, as the attendants
had not announced him. Nevertheless,
he received him in his usual suave
manner.
Napoleon saw and felt that the count
was in an extremely happy state of
mind, that he was no more in espair,
but hopeful.
Il am very glad to see youl excel
lency drop into our circle once more
He grasped both hands of the presi-.
dent of the peace committee.
The pleasure is mine, your honor"
was Napoleon's reply. MY call is not
an official one. it Is private mattesa
That is why I dropped into your home
so unceremoniously." &
you are welcome" Il
Il thought you would be kind enough
to listen to me. You rememl er my
last visit here, when ! wanted you to
sell me, or to help me purchase the
Peak Suemeg in Hungary? AT that
time thought the place contained the
crystals of cirynith, the substance
from which my aerodromones are
made" Napoleon paused, and the
count looked at him cautiously.
Il took some samples of the crystals
when l discovered 1t, and analysed
them. To my surprise l found that 1t
has not the same electro magnetic
qualities that the cirynith of Ciryne
has" He paused again; still the count
said nothing. Now, l am sorry that
| have troubled you in this matter,
as | do not want the property, for my
experiments have proved to me that
the crystals are worthless for my pur-
poses"
But you are mistaken" blurted out
the count. He realized in the same
second that he had made mistake,
but, after all, what difference could it
make? Napoleon smiled serenely, and
gave no sign of satisfaction at having
brought this information from the
count.
"All can tell you is" continued he,
that the chemical quality is not the
same, and cannot make use of the
deposit, and for this reason / do not
wish to interest myself further in the
property"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
GERMAN ''KURS" NOT "CURES"
Error of Translator Causes a Medl-