The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-07

never thought much of money That Is not my way. ..."
 "A great mistake. Everyone hal to think of money. How can you marry May If you have no money2'
 Suddenly Martins patience and self-control gave out. He struck the table and sprang to his feet
 There you are," he cried out to May. Didn't I tell you would moi go as a beggar to your Tat? And look at me now! What am I to say to him? Speak to Tat'-well, here's the result. A lot of use speaking to him! He does not believe in me- and I don't blame him!"
 Herr Lyssenhop calmly surveyed the excited Martin, who was gesti- culating with his large hands. Young people are a bit queer now adays he thought. But they have their merits. They're easily seen through. May has found herself a decent, straightforward fellow. '.
 Martin has forgotten the most important thing; Tat. said May from the door. "He has made an invention that has a great future. As soon as the necessary formal ities have gone through he is a made man. After all, I am >not an idiot and I know I couldn't expect you to accept anybody. It is only a matter of days or weeks, and Mar tin is on his feet. Isn't that so, Mar tin ?"
 Certainly. hope so," said Mar tin.
 "What sort of invention? And what are the formalities? Has it to do with machinery ?"
 ''Tat is a man of, one idea, you understand" May said, becoming more cheerful. "No, Tat. it has mo- thing to do with machinery. There are other things that have fu- ture, aren't there, Martin ?"
 "Yes. Of course there are. I am talking about non-inflammabi bie film that is quite cheap to produce. In fact I have discovered the non infiammable film," Martin said. making fresh start. Tat blew a puff of cigar smoke, and did not seem to be impressed.
 There's one already" was all he said.
 Martin began to go into details. He talked of formulas and techni- calities with great fluency and over- whelmed Tat with the intricacies of photo chemistry. A cheap non-in- flammable film was necessity. 1t had ocome. The world was crying out for 1t. Countless experiments were being made. It had been tried with acetylcellulose, with viscose film and with gelatine film. They were all too expensive. Not one of them was the right thing. But Martin had 1t. For tl.ree years he had worked at it, on a quite dif- ferent principle, from quite another direction.
 Professor Moller, the celebrated "Colloid' Mooler, his tutor. a won- derful fellow, had encouraged him in it. He had given him the use of a small experimental laboratory, as long as he had been a student, and afterward had allowed him to work in the experimental section of the institute until he had achieved his aim.
 So now he had it. He had in- vented the non-inflammable paper film. This was the cheap film that the world was waiting for. He de- scribed its appearance and its ad- vantages, said what it cost to. pro- duce and where it had ben tested, and who had authenticated its val ue and practicability. He laid hold of a newspaper and quickly wrote down columns of figures, formulas, and reckonings. He had it all in his head. He had been through it and worked it all out a thousand times.
 May was entirely forgotten, and Herr LyssenhOp was no longer Mays father, but colleague and a manufacturer. Though he looked so open and transparent this young Martin Hell had been for long bot tied up and pent within himself. Now for once he spoke of his own deepest and most intimate concerns. H ebrought to light all his hidden capacity for work. May did not un- derstand a word of the whole expo sition. She only wondered at it and was glad to do so.
 At first Tat looked at the time and crossed and uncrossed his legs and smiled and said pothing. As business man and man of the world he took 1t all with reserve. But then he too began to warm up. He began to take an interest. "The devil!" he thought. "This lads no fool. There may be something in it. r.
 (To Be Continucd)
 Copyright 1892, By Vicki Baum)