The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-30

a. easily have the actual nsr,e,,,ss
and the actual tuster 81 ths level
IN H. We were painfully hunssns
over the earth. aud In tts bowels. for
a few crystals and prutsiiy .colorea
stones which Ne boarded ard traas-
urcd. when IN manufactursns
laboratory Ne could easily produce
them. mora perfcct than nature. and
In unlimited quantity
Now. N yeu want Ia understand
what I arm printing here ahous ROD.
man. you must think about thf=
thinr "a scientific Possibility ana
not as a fantastic notion. Take. for
example. Rodman's address hefore
the Sorhonne. or hts rer-ort 20 the
international Congress ~ Science IN
Edinburgh. and you win begin 90 nes
what mean The Marche-~ Oio-
vanni. who was a delerase 70 that
congress. and Pss'reaux. .aid that
the only thing IN the way % an actual
practical realisation 81 wha, Roduan
outlined was the formulas. n Rod.
man could work out the formulas.
iewei.ssuff could be produced a.
cheaply as Eiass. and IN any auan-
tity-by the carload Imagine ~.
sheet ruby. SHEET emerald. all the
beauty and lus,er 81 Jewels IN the
windows 81 the corner drurstorel
And there 4 another thing that I
want you 20 think about Think
about the immense destruction Of
vnlue--nct 20 ms. 20 greatly. for our
stocks Of precious stones are not
iarge. but the thing meant. practi-
caliy. wiping cut all the assembled
wealth % Asia except the actual
earth and fts structures
Put tho thing some other way and
consider H. Suppose We should
suddenly discover that pure rold
could 10 produced oy treating COM
mon yellow clay with suiphurio
acid. or that some genius should at
up a machine on IN. border % tho
sahara that received sand AZ on.
end and turned out sacked wheat
At the o,heri What. then. would
our boarded sold be worth. or the
wheat-lands % Australia. Canada or
our Northwest
Tho Illustrations are fantastic.
hut tha thing Rodman Was after was
a practical fact. He bad II on the
way. Giovanni and Lord Bayi~ss
TruxIey we're convinced that tho man
would work out thu fornuiaa Thsy
tried. over their SIGNATURES 90 pre-
para the world for H.
The whole Of Asia was appalled,
The rajahs OF the native states In
india prepared a memorial and sent
Il TO the British government
rho thing came out after tho rny.-
teytou.. Incredible tragedy. should
not have written that ffnaf sentence.
I want you 20 think. tust now. shou,
the wrea, bulk If g man that sat In
bis big chair beyond me at the win
dow.
II was Hike Rcdman 20 turn up
With an cutiandish human creature
attending him hand and foot How
tho thing came about reads like .
lie: II roads iiks the widest iis that
anybody evsr put forward 20 explain
. big yellow Oriental following ono
about.
Hut n 49, no NJ. Ycu could think
up . lie 70 equal the actual things
that happened to Rodman. Take the
way he diedl
The thing began IN India Rod
man had gone ther. to consult with
tho Marches Giovanni concerning
some molecular theory that was In
voived IN his formulas. Giovanni
was dixwinx up . buried temple on
the northern border Of ths PuniAb.
One night. In the explorers tent.
near the excavations. this iuscrut-
able creature walked In on rodman.
No ono knew how he got into the
tent or where he came from.
Giovanni told about ~ The tent
flap simply parted. and the big
Oriental appeared. He had some
thing under his arm rolled up In
prayer-carpet He rnvs no atten-
ton 10 Giovanni. but he raiaafncd
Ike a coolie 20 the American.
Master he said. you were hard
TO ind. ! have booked over the world
for YOU"
And he squatted down on the dirty
floor by Rodman's camp stool
This two men spent tho remainder
OF the night looking NJ the present
that the creature brought Rodman
IN his prsyer-carpet- They wanted
70 know where the Oriental rot H.
and that's how the story came out
He was something searchsr seems
our nearest English word 10 it--in
the great shsn monastery on the
southeastern plateau OF the Cobb ".
was looking for Rodmsn because he
had the lighf--here was another
word that the two men could ind no
term In any modern language 20
translate: a little flame was tho
literal meaning.
The present was from the frrarure-
room Of the monastery: the very car
pet around ~ Giovanni said was