White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-06-24

tHrIlieu unaHy years ago Oy Mr
Barnes Workmanship"
Every handsome Of you to say &c."
said Neeland Barnes. ~ flatter my
self l could ride In those days."
what l am going to say may seem
nothing whatever to do with me at
first. 1t may even be that you will
consider me guilty of some breach of
good form when / mention certain
matters in the past life of all three of
you. If so, beg you to believe shall
say nothing idly. I have a definite
plan in asking you to meet, and ]
must tell nay story In my own way"
Peter Milman looked from one to
the other Of them a little anxiously.
He was meticulous in matters OF per-
sonal conduct, and he feared he might
be exceeding his rights.
$50 far as am concerned" said
Fleming Bradney, you have nothing
to fear. l have done nothing to be
ashamed of, although 1 cannot expect
the world to believe that
-"My reputation said Malet, "is a
trife besmirched, but l have long
since ceased applying whitewash.
Juvenal says that to be poor Is to be
ridiculous. Well, Mr.. Milman, can
plead guilty to that count"
Peter Milman turned courteously
to the third guest.
Don't mind me-" said Barnes
gehially. II am used to 1t. If you
had had all the d-n silly relations
I've had, you'd have no sensitive
spots left. have been worthless
since BIRTH" He chuckled. "But
I've had a d-n good run for my
money, even If this Juvenal person
has my number up and the race lost.
Rub it in, If 1t helps you. My wool is
black, and / know It,"
"I'm afraid you don't exactly un-
derstand." Peter Milman smiled. 81,
am neither schoolmaster nor reprov
ing relative. / merely wish to ask
your pardon If / talk of things in
your lives that may stir up unhappy
memories
Floyd thought Of his lonely room,
lllS uHSOASCliiuk WOlh, anu lOohOu
about him and sighed He liked this
unknown Peter Nilman, with his
charming manner and dignity that
had something forgotten and Victorian
about it. Life had not given Malet
what 1t had promised, and the disap-
pointment had embittered him; but
there was nothing disgraceful In what
had brought him low.
"Go ahead, Mr.. Milman," he said
"You can talk for days If you like"
"Let me begin with Mr.. Fleming
Bradney," said Milman. II have said
I once heard him lecture. 1t was be-
cause I read an article of his in the
North American Review on radio-ac-
tivity. What I read and afterward
heard him say stirred up my magma
ton powerfully, and l understood that
man may have passion for knowl-
edge which is burning hunger"
Fleming Bradney nodded his head.
Eyes" he commented, that's a good
description Of 1t. 1t is passion that
recognizes no limits of time or labor
expended. 1t is passion that has
knowledge as it's goal and not fame
or money Yes, had 1t once"
"The circumstances which led Mr..
Bradney to give up his life-work and
drop out of his world have never been
told In their entirety" Peter Milman
said, after pause ~ am going to
tell you now. l may say that up to
the moment of his retirement we have
never had physicist who gave such
promise as he. 1t is to the honor of
great university in this state that he
was elected professor of etheric
physics and asked to erect the most
superb laboratory for his work that
could be built. 1t was to exceed in
equipment that of Cambridge univer-
slty. He was allowed to design it.
think such q chance has rarely been
given to one so young"
Bradney nodded his head. 1T was
the greatest opportunity ever offered
q man."
"And he lost It," Milman's quiet,
precise voice went on. "He lost it,
and with 1t the chance of making q
career Of supreme service to mankind.
l wonder If Mr.. Bradney would mind
telling us how"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)