Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

assuredly not superstitious; yet this
fear at the demonstration OF unknown
laws could be called nothing less: oIe
sat down, determined TO take hefSeiA
il hand. 4,,, =, +hair
ti,,,a than the discoveries Radley had
r,entioned-the ray by which camera
sess through things opaque to the
eve-the device which brings souno
across distance and through barriers
that otherwise deaden it to the ear!
And these had become commonplace
Sfiri here was something more. was
II then the fact that Radley assured
them they had looked back at lie tnat
was pastor was it the underlined IN
nlication against which her nature re-
heiIed? The sense of menace IN II
seemed inexplicable, as she listened 10
the voices of the others; but her ntne
Young muscles went weak before IL at
every glimpse her Imagination aiioWeo
itself. ~
But Radley was continuing. mo"
he was saying again, nobody actS tneSe
scenes; can't you grasp that? Inc gay
of actors is past" He laughed. Wnat
will our friends Of the colossal COM
plete Illusions say to that?" He
glanced at Phyllis, but his eyes again
were full of other things. mo, no
actor can compete with life; and no
audience, having once seen life revived
as here, will tolerate anything else. AS
for material-try to realize that every
thing man has done Is to be accessible
to us. That's a big order, isn't 1t?
can't grasp it myself, though I've been
spending sleeplesS nights over the con-
ception-and seeing it demonstrated
here every day for monthS!"
The white room was still again.
"You have seen enough so that you
will begin to place some credence IN
more startling things. Suppose I tell
you that have looked into the secret
sessions of the peace conference at
Versailles! Suppose I shock you by
asserting that can look into my
neighbours bedroom, across the street
Suppose I show you-yourself, as you
see yourself in the mirror in the
privacy of your own chamber-no, not
as you see yourself, but as you actually
were at a given moment, or during a
given hour, when you supposed you
were alone!"
He stopped, looked from one to an
other of them, the triumphant sense OF
power flaming in his face. Again his
gaze came to Phyllis and fingered on
her. But now it was with a strange
inquiry. 1t was as if he had asked her
to look at transformation in human
relations that might touch their own
1t was like a challenge. A challenge
to her. The sense of weakness fed
out Of Phyllis Norman; fierce resent
ment sprang up in her. The swift
crystallizing of vague apprehensions
which had come with his first sugges-
tons in this revealing speech formed
a substantial, concrete thing to face
Her character arrayed all its forces
mstinctively to meet that.
But he seemed to read things in her
face also. Don't dream that I have
outraged anybody's privacy" he said
rather hastily. Il am only asking you
"Radley Brainard, I'm ashamed of
you!" cried his aunt.
You needn't be-yet, Aunt Relief, -
he answered her. Besides" he added
with Slow grin, suppose we do all
get to looking at one another's private
livesl Who will have the, nerve to
throw the first stone?"
'Horrible!" exclaimed Aunt Relief
YOU'D find it unspeakable dear, II
you had anything to hide" said Carol
sapiently. II think, Rad, you're getting
chap called Frankenstein and the thing
he 6id?"
IT have distinctly shown you that
hold what have under key" said
Brainard.
But" said John quickly, you said
that what you did not show us escaped
from you"
well, I'm no male Pandora. either
But just reflect that all knowledge is g
dangerous thing unless controlled, like
all force"
IF 1 believed you have what vol
say you have, I'd be scared into con-
vulsions!" exclaimed Carol suddenly.
wait minute" put in Mr.. Norman
people have been known to get intt
trouble by combining forces"
"Ignorantly, yes" replied Brainard
with a touch of impatience again ting
ing his tone. But combining a force
doesn't mean controlling it,"
Exactly" assented Mr.. Norman
quietly 1.-THE two are easily confused
Don't you think man who caI
show you what I've shown you in thi
studio tonight has the forces he deal
with under control?"
Some Of them. undoubtedly. Rad