Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-01
by. MELVILLE DKVlSSON Posi-
oAloQa 4 NEA Service. Inc
THE THING on THE HEARTH

s.THE FIRST connrmatory evil
dcncc Of the thing. Excel
l,ncy. WINS the print Of
womans hare foot"
lie was an immense creature. Tie
aat IN an upright chair that seemed
90 have been provided especially Tor
him. The great bulk of him flowed
out and tilted tb, chair o. dId not
seem 90 boo IN that ,urtlou.i Iim.
n seemed rather fo be s.ua Futt.
tough fiber. nE. tta puIsl m1es
making up the body ot lUep H.a
thing ono got un impression OF
strength
The country was before the open
wind'w. the clusters ~ cultivated
shrub On tho sweep % velvet lawn
extending % tho great wall that tn
closed tle place then the bend OF
the river and beyond. the distant
mountains. blue and mysterious,
blending ludIsccrnlbIy into the sky.
a soft sun. ..1ud.l with the haze %
autumn. shnun over b.
"Yug know how the faint moisture
Boo tLe hlrc TOO, viii mako au im-
pr ION.
Il. paused 1s thourh there was
som. compelling fore, iu the r.'oc-
Uau. ~ v1a impossible to ay, with
1..uuCv. fl what race the m1u be-
lare.1 fIa came from some queer
blend W Eastern peoples His body
ana the cast ~ hIe features WEI,
Monaghan Hgt one got always. be-
fore him. 70 feeling ot the hot Eust
living low down against the s,ug.
rlrt Suoz Ono fait that De had
risen slowly into our world ot hard
cir and sun out OK tho vast sN,iter.
inr D1ge ~ g.
Ito spoke English with a certain
care iu thc selection OF The words.
but with ylss
Il BE- necessary 90 try 90 under
stand this. because @ explains che
conception everybody rot n the
creature. when they saw him in
chlI-o ~ R1dmlu. am using pre-
c.eeIy me descriptive words uc was
exclusively .u charge of BoluIn. ua
tun in no Arabian tale might have
been n G, sfEe 0f "a Kings son.
Tho creature vns ssryila-w.'h
almost q rr0ve.rr ssryiu'v. but Crc
f.If that This s.riIfy resulted from
something potent and rcgref ono
hooked 90 see RuIu1n take Sol
umlus ring on, of his waistcoat
pocket
suppose there is no longer any
doubt shout the fact that Eofman
HHs one of those gigantic human
intelligence who sometimes appear
ln Coo world and hv their Immense
concept lions dwarf an human knoVl
,lra-a sort % mental monster tha'
Wa f,yl nature has no risht 90 PRO
due Lord Hayless TuXley said
that U0dman WIS four gru,rltcr.
in advance % the time. url i.u
Havless TmVioy was. beyond lU
ton. the greatest authority ur
synthetic chemistry IN the world
Rodman WIS rich and. everybody
supposed. iudol,ut. no one ever
thought very much about him uni.
he published bis brochure on OBJ.
scientific manufacture % ureclou,
stones. Then Instantly every hoit
with any prctcns'on 90 a kuow'alr.
OF synthetic chemistry turned i5
ward him.
TIE brochure startled IN world
l. proposed - adapt the lusfsI
and beauty % Jewels to commercial
uses We were being content with
crude imitation coiors iu cur com
mercial glass. wu,u We could out.
a. easily have the Hctull sfrucfur.
and the actual lu-.-. af The teWs
in u We were uaiL.- huntirl
over the Earth. and iu ifs bowels. o.,
a Few crystals and preuly-colo-,
stones which We hoari,l ana trsHs
urad. when ln manufacturer
laboratory wo could easily rrollc.
them. more perfect than nature. nd
ir unlimited 1ulnf4ty.
Vow ~ y1I wsnt 70 understood
vh1f ] am printing here about Rod
man. r0I must think about ths
fHrr rs scientific possibility and