Evening star., 1932-04-02
MARTINS SUMNER
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knew, that his interest was aroused.
And now he sank into reflection.
Listen, Herr Heill," he said. You
must not mind what l am going to say.
l am going to be perfectly frank. l
should have preferred my girls to choose
men of means. Girls like mine. the
daughters of old Lyssenhop, naturally
run the risk Of being married for their
money And the risk is less when the
man himself has means ana has no
need to marry for money. 1t is less,
say, but 1t is not excluded. You see, my
dear Herr He'll, a man in my position
must be a little on his guard. He
would be fool otherwise. have been
always too little on my guard, much
too little. II l were to tell you
all that can happen-even to one Of
US case-hardened men of the world and
among the best sort of people-but I
won't talk of all that" He glanced
uneasily at May, who glanced back
with a twinkle in her eyes as they both
thought Of the count and countess, and
he flushed red beneath his smooth gray
hair. Then he said hurriedly and with
a slight irritability: so l ask myself,
Must this young DR.. He'll be accepted
right away? Is he to have May at once
and be old Lyssenhop's son-in-laW?
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he were given some subordinate post,
an appointment that might eventually
lead on to something better-within
limits, of course"
Tat, think you ought to be
ashamed of yourself" said May from
the door. Martin, who did not immedi-
ately see the snag in Herr LysSenhop' S
| proposition, opened his mouth too soon.
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to be given a post" he said. I'm not
unreasonable. I have never thought
much Of money. That is not my way. :"
"A great mistake. Everyone has TO
think of money. How can you marry
May If you have no money!"
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 l tell you I would not go as q
begsar to your Tat? And look at me
now What am I to say to him?
result A lot Of use speaking to him
He does not believe in me-and 1 don t
blame him!"
Herr LySsenhop calmly surveyed the
excited Martin, who was gesticulating
with his large hands. Young people
are a bit queer nowadays. he thought.
But they have their merits. They're
easily seen through. May has found
herself 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 formalities have gone
through he is a made man. After all,
1 am not an idiot and know I couldn't
expect you to accept anybody 1t is
only a matter Of days or weeks, and
Martin is on his feet. Isn't that so,
Martini"
Certainly. I hope so" said Martin.
What sort Of invention? And what
are the formalities? Has it to do with
machinery"
Tat is a man of one idea, you un-
derStand" May said. becoming more
cheerful. mo Tat, 1t has nothing to
do with machinery. There are other
things that have a future, aren't there
MARTINI"
Yes. OF course there are. I am
talking about a non-inf1ammable film
that is quite cheap to produce. In fact.
I have discovered the non-infiammable
flm." 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 technicalities
with great f1uency and overwhelmed Tat
A cheap non-infiammable film was a
necessity. 1t had to come. The world
was crying out for it. Countless expert
ments were being made. 1t had been
tried with acetylcellulose, with viscose
film and with gelatin Aim. They were
all too expensive. Not one Of them was
the right thing. But Martin had it.
For three years he had worked at 1t,
on a quite different principle, from
quite another direction.
Professor Moller. the celebrated
"Colloid" Moller his tutor. wonder
full 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 expert
mental section of the institution until
he had achieved his aim.
So now he had it. He had invented
the non -inflammable paper MIN. This
was q cheap Aim that the world was
waiting for. He described its appear
ance and its advantages, said what 1t
cost to produce and where 1t had been
tested, and who had authenticated its
value and practicability. He laid hold
of newspaper and quickly wrote down
columns Of figures, formulas, and
reckonings. He had 1t all in his head.
He had been through 1t and worked
1t all out a thousand times.
May was entirely forgotten. and
Herr Lyssenhop was no longer Mays
father but a colleague and q manu-
facturer Though he looked so open
and transparent, this young Martin He'll
had been for long bottled up and pent
within himself Now for once he spoke
of his own deepest and most Ultimate
concerns. He brought to light all his
hidden capacity for work. May did not
understand a word of the whole expoSi-
ton. She only wondered at 1t and was
glad to do 50.
At first Tat looked at the time and
crossed and uncrossed his legs and
smiled and said nothing. AZ o busi-
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