The Washington times., 1917-08-30

7 the same moment Fulgence,
n seated before the intrument
| ~ table, rose. ran to the other
side Of the room, and pushed
down a lever there with terrific force.
what are you doinG?" yelled Sew
erac. aiming his electric mirror four
PAGES away.
shone with q majestic beauty. He
looked at severAc contemptuously
and said:
Traitor! Traitor. Seversc! You
may kill me now. You have not
Moisette. The master has been al
ready notified that you are pltted
against him with a terrible instru-
ment Of warfare OF incompatible and
mysterious power. The master Is
learned. The master IL strdng. He
will know how to fOrestal you. So
that you might not use this telephone
graph in case l were dead, and send
have cut the cable, and the master
has been warned OF II.
Go. traitor. Ally yourself with the
powers you once combAted. 1 can
foresee that you will not long be the
prisoner of that Admiral who. like
yourself, is searching for Moisette,
and who like you is plotting for the
annihilatIon OF the Unknown.
Il can see by your unshackled
hands and from the look In your eyes
that am not wrong. Now kill me.
Judas. You will not-you cannot
have Moisette!'
Very well. then, you may die"
roGrsd Sevsrac, whose rage during
this virulent apostrophe had mounted
to a pAroxysm.
"Die then-you will be the nrsL"
He pressed the button OF the electric
mirror. There was no report. no fash.
Nothing but little dry click, barely
perceptible.
FuIEence fell heavily on his face
The tragedy was 80 swiftly enacted
that the admiral was listening to the
priests words when he heard him
fall.
you have killed him." he cried;
"you have killed him."
"Yes, have killed him"
with that instrument? Without
noise, without q Hash, without"
Yes, with that. But, Admiral, do
not give yourself q moments concern
over this man. He was merely an en-
eumbrance."
The Admiral was bending over Full
gence's body, meanwhile. He turned
him over and looked for the spot
where death had entered. He saw
nothing, neither confusion. wound
Look at his forehead" said
SeVerac.
On the forehead. sQuarely in the
center, the admiral saw a sort OF
round spot OF the size Of a 10 centime
piece, somewhat like a slight burn.
For a long time the amazed ad-
miral looked at the round spot At
length he rose and looked A. Severae
with ill-conceaied admiration.
what is this extraordinary ma
chineT"' he stammered.
ut Is q little thing I invented"
said Severac simply. You see, ad-
mIral, this little square mirror open
ing on the upper surface OF the i'm
plement? The object chosen 10 re-
hected in Il IL my aim has been ac-
curGte. Then when / press this but
ton the object 10 shot.
''If 1t Is a living being It falls dead:
IL IL Is a metal. II is perforated and
melts, no matter what its thickness.
IF It is q rock It is shattered, and
IL It is wood It burns.
81 regulate the intensity of the
deadly current by the distance. and
/ turn II on for q longer or shorter
time, according to my intention II
1 wish to kill, q second Is enough.
"In order to destroy, the time de-
pends upon ones purpose and the ma
terial one IL attacking.
by q trick OF special mirrors, l
can In certain atmospheric condi-
tionS, send the deadly current over
mountains and other obstacles. pro-
vided l know the exact position,
geographically. OF the object or per
son wish to hit. That explains the
box. Admiral"
When the implement was enclosed
in the case, Severac looked at the
Admiral and said with a shade OF
authority in voice and gesture:
Admiral. does II suit you to re-
sumo the conversation interrupted by
the necessity OF making sure OF this
man? We need only 20 back up
stairs"
GlancIng once more at the body.
stifI and stark, the sailor followed
the anarchist.
Severac's Triumph.
Two days later, several old cronIes
found themselves to their amaIement.
seated at luncheon with Charles
Seyerac. theorist and assassin in the
dining room OF the MarseiIles pre-
lecture.
The past had been buried and the
highest interests of the allied pow
ers made Severac the unexpected
champion OF the Unknown, now un-
masked.
Surrounding N. white. Admiral
Germinet and Severac were all the