Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-03-01

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scientific mind.
His second thought was to produce
n race Of men, somewhere In the Ice
bound wastes OF Greenland, that
should grow 10 maturity In q few
yenrs q race organized for war, a prl-
mai blend Of man and tiger. II had
been done with the plants.
But he was too old. He would be
seventy before this plan could be- car
ried to perfection. And then It was
Improbable that the details would
work out as he anticipated. His final
idea came through Masterman.
Masterman was one OF the many
men whom he Ind broken In his days
OF power. But Mastermnn was OF a
different callber from the rest. Mas
terman had tried to come back. and
had almost succeeded.
MacBeard, at first contcmptuous Of
the old dreamer, came at last to watch
MastermaD uneaslly. He knew that
the old captain was crnzed upon the
subject Of deep-sea life; but he knew,
too, the facts that underlay his letters
to the newspapers.
He had sent u paper ~embodylng this
subject to the magazine OF the Inven-
tors club. Unfortunately, Hatfield
had won the ballot for the edltorshlp
that month. Mastermnn's scholarly
contribution had been consigned 70 the
waste basket, and the articles In the
magazine had been as follows: "A
King In Masquerade" "King james I
as Universal Man." Shakespeare and
the JIM cipher" "Bacon and the NH
Cipher" "What Civilization Owes to
james l."
When Mnsterman's proxy ballot won
the edltorshlp during his absence, the
printers, lnstend Of inserting his latest
paper, us he had requested, used n
quantity OF his old, unpublished ma
terlal.
Secretly MncBeard had known that
the cnrapace which Mnsterman had
brought back from the North was not
that OF u stegosaurus. His attack upon
hlasterman had been Inspired by envy
and hatred. lie Ind examined the
relic, and admitted to himself that II
was that OF an unknown deep-water
animal.
His respect for M%asterman's abili-
ties Increased tenfold.
He had begun spying upon the cap
tain. He broke into his house while
he was away and read his papers. with
out, however, learning anything Of use
TO him. Incidentally, he stole a gold
presentation watch. n Chinese vase OF
the Ming dynasty, and a pair OF lapls-
lnzull earrings which had belonged to
Mnsterman's wife.
When MacBeard heard the arst ru-
mors to the effect that Masterman's
ship had been wrecked, and that all
on board had persisted, he planned TO
III out a secret expedition to 20 to the
scene Of the disaster and see what was
to be discovered. Then he had seen
the captain In the dining room Of the
club.
He had been thrown of his guard
by Masterman's unexpected return,
had followed him and Donald 70 the
door Of the card room, and had heard
the greater pert OF the story. He had
been unable to restrain his eagerness,
and had been detected spying.
Baked In his scheme TO get posses
sion OF Masterman's letter, he had fol-
lowed Donald TO the house In Bulti-
more. There he had assaulted him
and taken the papers from him. He
had had no intention OF killing Dom
aid, whom he despised heartily. Once
the secret, In which he now firmly be-
lleved, was In his possession. there
would come no reckoning for the as
sault. He saw his way 10 immediate
rulership over the world.
TO do MacBeard justice, he had been
scared away, not by fear OF the mon
ster. but by the realization that Mas.
terman's terrific story was true. After
Donald had left the house MacBeard
crept back. lie discovered the mon.
ster upon the floor, where II had pre-
clpltated itself In Its death agony. II
had been disrupted by the internal
pressure. under a normal atmosphere.
He made a quick examination OF II,
sat down In the kitchen. and spent the
remainder Of the night porting over
Masterman's papers. In these he
learned much that was essential to- his
success.
He read that the creature in the
tank vas a young one, which had moi
yet acquired the power OF resistance
to an ordinary atmosphere. Nature
was still In process OF modifying her
creation, and, as is always the case
the young retained the atavistic dis.
abilities, just 10 the young Of iatish