The Coolidge examiner., 1935-05-24
The Inventor
Bv James ]. Montague

d aEHAPs you have never lived
n"zt door tn a genius n such
IS the case you have m.s...d
-ralr,hius However. don't wurry
ais'ui fhat There are some expert
.ruc'-s 'n Hfs that one mas miss aith
faHrr proai than loss uue OF them
u heiuE awakened every morning
far week by explosions ike tii,.se
of small dynamite blasts Another
ls ihrIsilug your face out % the
front d""r to PICK up the morning
n~s si'aper from the porch and hav-
INK " completely covered with n.us-
guif"-s. and mosquitoes which have
n"vu ocwiy aroused 10 a high pitch
of fgry against the whole human
rac~. But. sal, . minute. and IN
Tell sou about Il.
uue autumn rented a small cor.
tax" lu New England TO escape hay
fever. which makes lie unbearahle
toward the close % the year for =
w~ut"r ~ my family. There were
g"lf courses In the neighbarbu,,d
uud trout stream close by. The
collage stood on the side % q maun
tain with range % higher noun.
fHins To view. II seemed an ideal
sIspt lt would have been except
rar fhe genius
tie Was a man of ideas. In fact.
.nafH - s-a~v fH.ma fhw. .~.a -..s.fa
u.f keep up with them. one Ass
H Theory that hay fever-from which
i~ aisu suffered--could be cured by
mosquitoes DO not mean to say
THAT he thought mosquitoes could
3" about treating hay fever pa.
rirnts as surgeons 20 about setting
t-'u~s The most ardent admirer of
the mosqulio-if the mosquito has
any ardent admlrers-wnuld NOT
credit him with any such powers
bui Il was bis conviction that II you
would treat mosquitoes with serum
made from the pollen that causes
hay fever. and send them forth 10
sting people. the pollen would be
transferred to the sufferer. and he
would thus. In time. become I'm
uune
! had observed this man from
time 20 time. after my arrival. bend.
INK over a little siagnant pond In
his back yard I was naturally curl.
-ous 20 know what he was doing. but
having been reared by careful par
eats. did not 20 over and ask him
impertinent questions II could
~ really nothing % me that be
liked this kind of a pastime. II such
a. was
But. one morning when there
was a breeze blowing across the
pond toward my porch. | went To
the door TO pick up the New York
newspaper which the Il. +. u. car.
rier had delivered. and was almost
stunned TO find a cloud ~ mnsqui.
toes attacking me from my wind.
ward side Amazed and taken
aback BY this unsupported assault.
I stood there for a minute trying "a
ught the creatures OF. and then
hacked In through the door. many
numbers of them following me and
biting savagely whenever they got a
chance.
Ten or fifteen minutes spent
With n newspaper swattlng the pests
Till the last of them was aattened
ont ! naturally wanted 10 20
forth again and find out from
whence they had come, and n pos
Slble. why. But there was a dark
buzElng mass OF them on the screen
So remained Indoors
After breakfast there was knock
on the door. and kindly faced old
gentleman was standing by it'when
I opened IL
Good morning." he said. Il hope
sou were not troubled by those In.
Sects. You see. never thought
they would get away. But, unfor.
rinately. lifted the screen over
them careieSSly and they escaped. |
assure you Il viii not happen
again"
~were those your mOsquitoesT" I
inquired, trying not to betray any
Indignation
In manner, yes. II any OF IA
lures creature can be said to be
Tong 20 a man. | was experiment
Ing with them. You don't. by any
chance. happen to be a hay fever
suffererE"
told him that | was not, and
was about to say that my wife was.
when I thought IL would hardly De
wise TO let this man know It
= VI can't say I'm sor-y for that.
said the visitor. ''and I can't say