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CHAPTER N-Continued

I can never describe the magic
that hung IN her steady gaze. Be-
fore II, the rabble melted, the mob
dispersed, and my plight became
an adventure, which I was sharing
with her-a very insignificant BUSH
ness, because that we were together
was so much more important than
anything else.
tried my best to tell her that all
was well. And I think that she un-
derstood, for the rarest smile stole
into her lovely eyes +. And then
! came back to earth, ike giant
refreshed.
She was gagged and bound, as I
was. But her ankles were tied to-
gether, as well as her delicate
wrists. Cord had been used-to do
this sacriIege. She was clad in a
blue cloth dress that did not know
no doubt TO bear out the sugges-
ton of sudden fight. Her beautiful
hair was tumbled, but that was all.
Virgil was speaking again.
"You will have observed, Mr.. Ex-
on, perhaps with hope, that while
we have bound my cousins, we
have not bound your feet. will tell
you why. Because she is light to
carry, but you are not. And so you
viii waIk-to the car. Now, lest
you should abuse this freedom, I'm
going 10 put you on a lead" He
held I'D his cord. Zone end-this
end viii be fastened about your
waist: and the other about my cous-
ms most excellent neck. You see?
I have made a sIp-knot the
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ing a sedan with sliding panel In
the top of the car. improvements in
safety glass manufacture, increas-
ing even the present high ratio Of
safety, are in the immediate offing.
Flying Palaces Predicted.
Airplanes carrying $50 passengers
and tons of baggage viii zoom
through the air at a 500-mile-per-
hour clip, according to an engineer
of Lockheed Airplane company.
Passengers viii be carried In the
wings. Propelled by six 2, 5O0-horse-
power engines placed so that travel
ing mechanics may make repairs
at night, these flying palaces will
have recreational facilities, prone
made decks, and individual state
rooms.
Other developments in store for
the next decade, described by au-
thorities equally as prominent as
the ones already quoted are:
Window shades or blinds IN the
farmhouse of the next generation
may be placed outside instead OF
inside windows, because this is one
of the less intricate methods being
studied to cut the cost of home air
conditioning.
Water insulation will become
prominent. As insulation against
cold outdoors layer of water on
fiat roofs viii be allowed to freeze
in winter, while in summer the lay
er would connect with spray sys-
tenn cooling the air-conditioning
unit.
The farmers wife will have an
easier life with a host of mechani-
cal slaves at her beck and call,
such as washing machines with two
dials, one Of which will select the
proper temperature and the other
will regulate the timing of the wash.
These machines will give clothes
good soaking, scrub them, and then
apply a fresh-water rinse.
Telephone Answers Itself.
Telephone messages will be
parked on magnetized strip of
steel until the absent party arrives
to receive it, when the messages
will be relayed in chronological or
der through loudspeaker.
OF course, the rural areas Of
America will have the advantage
which television will bring. Along
with the growth of this marvel, how
ever, may occur breath-taking adj
vances in the field Of radio itself, so
that it may be possible to tele-
phone while touring IN your car.
So overwhelming to the mind are
the scientific accomplishments just
around the corner that DR.. z. Weld
lein, past president of the American
Chemical society recently declared
that, stacked up against the future,
the automobile is only 10 per cent
developed, the radio is only a day
old and television less than an hour
old. Transportation, DR.. Weidlein
said, has just begun to benefit from
science, and modernization of homes
presents a great industrial oppor-
tunity.
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seat, with Elizabeth Virgil beside
me, so far as I could hear, drawing
regular breath.
I suddenly realized that I was
streaming with sweat
The dressing-case was set at our
feet and Virgil and Elgar got In.
For a moment the self-starter
whirred Then all was silence
again, except for the purr of an en-
CINE in excellent trim. Virgil sat
back in his seat and let in his clutch.
It was as he did this, and we
moved, that my fingers encountered
something which did not belong to
the seat. In an instant, they had
it fast: and the moment I knew what
it was, the hope which Virgil had
murdered came back to life.
It was small screwdriver
which Elgar or some mechanic had
left IN the back of the car
some eight inches long, over all
with a fine enough blade. For all
I know, it may have been there for
weeks, for, the seat being tilted UP,
it had lodged between the seat and
the padding on the back of the car;
and I should never have found it
or known it was there, if my wrists
had not been fastened behind my
back.
Now, as have said, my wrists
were strapped together-not bound
with cord. And every strap has a
buckle, and every buckle a prong.
When a man or a beast is re-
strained by leather strap, it is
upon the prong of the buckle that
such restraint must depend. Dis
engage the prong from its hole, and
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The cow viii live at a dizzy
pace In the world of tomorrow
if a unique exhibit planned for
next summers New York fair
is any criterion. There, sup
ported by the Borden COM
pany, 80 outstanding cattle
from all over the North Amer
lean continent will live in
quarters fit for a king. But
when milking time rolls around
these pasture-trained cows must
Jump ON veritable merry-go-round
known as the trotolactor, there to
be MIXED mechanically while the
public looks on.
Designed to be one of the fairs
most unusual exhibits, the dairy
world of tomorrow will show out
standing specimens from Guernsey,
Jersey, Holstein, Ayrshire and
Brown-Swiss herds, each breed rep
resented by 80 cows and a herd
bull. Calves and some outstanding
champions will also be shown. Each
breed association viii select its own
cattle.
While living in comparatively
cramped quarters, the cattle are ex-
pected to thrive under these artifi-
cial conditions. A chief herdsman,
to be chosen by breeders, viii be
assisted by experts. Federal and
state veterinarians viii be in con-
slant attendance and rigid health
regulations viii be enforced. Cows
will be distributed through the barns
In units Of ten to a breed.
Purpose of the exhibit is to edu-
cate the public to consume more
milk, on the theory that visitors to
the fair will be impressed by the
favorable conditions under which
milk is produced IN the dairy world
of tomorrow. A second factor is the
popularizing Of good cattle breeds
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among domestic and foreign dairy
men attending the fair.
Among committeeman working on
the exhibit are Mark Keeney, man.
ager of the Holstein herd at Essex
county hospital, Cedargrove, N. J.;
Henry w. letters, president of the
Walker-Gordon farms at Plainsboro,
N. j.; and Matthew Suydam, owner
of an outstanding herd of Brown
Swiss cattle at New Brunswick,
N. j.
Sponsors viii pay all expenses of
the exhibit, including construction
of buildings, feeding and care of the
cattle, testing and Transporting the
animals to and from the farms of
the owners. Only expenses required
of breed associations viii be IN Sc
lecting animals. Owners viii be
asked to donate the services of their
cattle.
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the stoutest strap will be loosed
and all restraint be at an end.
My fingers were free. If could
contrive to thread the blade of the
screw driver over the frame of the
buckle and under the prong -.
It was a difficult business. I was
working blind and my fingers had
not fair play, and though I soon
found the buckle, I could not reach
this with my fingers and so could
not guide the blade, while the move
ment of the car was distracting the
aim which I tried TO make.
Again and again I was on the
edge of success, and then the car
would lurch and I would lose prong
and buckle and sometimes my bal
ance, too. And once the blade was
in place, but, before could drive it
home, wheel dropped into pot
hole and shook it out I could have
screamed with the rage of a thwart-
ed child
And then, at last, the blade slid
under the prong
What happened do not know, for
I never examined the strap, but
know was trying to lever the prong
from its place and the buckle was
turning with it and spelling my
game, when, all of a sudden, the
strap went slack on my wrists and
I knew was free.
Now my impulse was to do muir
der, and do it at once: break FL
gar's neck and then choke Virgil to
death: and but for Elizabet1's pres
ence, I think that I should have
done that-and as like as not lost
my own life, when the car, which
was travelling fast, crashed into a
tree. But Elizabeth had to be saved.
And so I did nothing at all but
shake the strap from my wrists and
keep my hands behind me and use
my brain.
At once I saw that the first thing
for me TO do was to free myself
from the cord which put my lady In
peril whenever I moved.
With my eyes upon Virgil and FL
gar, felt for the knot at my waist.
This I found and united Then I
made bow-knot in its stead, which
I could undo in a fash whenever
I pleased
Then I saw that, for better or
worse, must not launch my at
tack until the car was at rest, for
If, in the struggle, the car were to
leave the road, Elizabeth, bound
hand and foot, might fare very Ill.
And then I remembered that Per-
cy Virgil was armed.
This showed me that, come what
might, I must deal with him first:
else, whilst I was dealing with FL
gar, he might very wei put me out.
And there, without any warning,
our lights were dipped" and Vir-
gil reduced his speed
Till now had been too much en-
gagged to observe our way, and now
! could see next to nothing from
where sat: but the road was
rough and winding, and though
there were trees on the right, there
were none on the left. Whereso-
ever we might be bound for,
judged we were nearly there, and I
held myself all ready to strike the
instant we stopped.
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tilted, as good as fell on TO my back
and before I could rise again, Per-
cy Virgil was out of the car, on the
opposite side.
Not that I saw hin-the darkness
was far too dense. And so, at least,
knew that I had not been seen.
But I knew where he was, for I
heard him using my name.
''The, er, cemetery, Mr.. Exon
D.. it's better known as Palfrey.
Nobody ever comes here, because i.
IS said to be cursed. But, blessed or
cursed, it has magnificent well
t. !. Ninety feet deep, Mr.. Exon
And 50 feet of water-I measured it
yesterday And its parapet is
of white marble-at least, it used to
be white-and 1t has three statues
about it statues of men In arm
or, leaning upon their swords. How's
that for sepulchre? I wish you
could see it, Mr.. Exon. I'm stand
ing beside it now. Elgar, you see,
has gone to borrow some stones {. :.
to go into the dressing-case. As an
chors go, it wasn't quite heavy
enough
By now my door was open, and I
was half out of the car, with Eliza
beth Ii my arms.
"You see, we shall lower that
first: and that viii be attached to
my cousins feet. And then we shall
lower her: and as she's already at
tached, that viii bring us directly to
you"
was on the cobbles now and was
stealing the way we had come.
never found it so hard to turn my
back on man: but Elizabeth had
to be saved before anything else.
"And so, you see, Mr.. Exon ="
And there saw Elgar approach
ing, against the dusk prevailing
without the court.
For a second I hesitated. Then
laid Elizabeth down and twitched
the cord from my waist.
And then I went to meet EIgar.
who could not see me And.
as ! went, I ripped the gag from
my mouth.
He must have found the case
heavy, for when ! was almost upon
him, he laid it down for a moment.
to rest his arm.
As he Strengthened his back. I
took the man by the throat
It was a curious business and
seemed to belong to the stage or the
cinema's screen, for whilst we two
stood silent, Virgil, a little way off.
was addressing the empty car. I
could not hear all he said, but his
tone was as careless as ever and
once he laughed. But Elgar could
not laugh. He never struck me.
From first to last his hands were
tearing at mine. They might as
wei have torn at the cobbles be-
meath our feet. So for, perhaps. a
fun minute Then his knees
sagged, and his arms fell down bv
his sides.
Still gripping his throat, lowered
his weight to the ground. Then I
cracked his skull on the cobbles and
let him go.
The sound was slight enough, but
Percy Virgil heard it-and found il
strange
ITO BE CONTINUED
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have said that the night was
dark, and since we were sunk In
some valley which ran north and
south, we were denied the glow
which heralds the rising moon. Still,
I could see some six feet-and that
was more than needed to do what
had to be done.
And there, as though In reply, the
car passed over some rise and then
swept into surroundings of which I
shall always think as the mouth OF
Hell.
In a flash the world was trans
figured.
The air, which had been sweet,
became the breath of corruption
reeked of decay: the sudden chill
of morgue displaced the pleasant
cool of the summer night: the steady
purr of the engine changed to a
snarl: and the darkness became so
thick that could not have seen my
hand in front of my face. Then I
knew that we were on cobbles, and,
when lifted my head, I saw the
lines of three ridge-poles against the
sky. We were In the great court OF
some mansion, long uninhabited.
Now what possessed Elgar to do
it, I do not know; but, as the car
came to rest and I rose to my feet,
the man slowed round IN his seat
and dropped down hand for Eliz-
abeth's dressing-case. As he heaved
this up, it struck me under the
knees and, because I was rising
and was neither up nor down, the
blow made me lose my balance and
sent me backwards into the seat I
had left. Since this was low and
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lens which would have required 50,-
600 man-days of ordinary engineer
ing figuring.
by setting up on the board a
miniature equivalent of full-size
electrical network" said Mr.. Mon
teith, 1--WE were able to apply faults
to the system and study and meas
ure the resulting surges. This has
enabled us to analyze systems and
to secure data to allow the selec-
ton of the best methods"
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knot that they hang people with.
So that any irregular movement
which you may see fit to make will
put TO inconvenience your, er,
hearts desire. In fact, if I were
you, I should emulate Mary's lamb.
Not that it matters-if you Like to
choke her yourself. But I've really
made other arrangements-a shade
less exacting, I think. But I'll
leave it to you to Judge"
With that, he stepped across me
and set the loop he had made about
EIizabeth's neck. Before my horri-
fed eyes, he drew this tight-not
tight enough to choke her, but so
tight that the loop could not lie,
as a necklace does, but stayed
where he had put it against her
throat. Then he and Elgar, be-
tween them, got her on Cigars
back.
Somehow I got to my knees and
so TO my feet, and without a word
he fastened the end of the cord
about my waist.
I saw Elsa standing above, with
a dressing-case In her hand
Then Elgar began to go down, and
] turned In behind him, weakened
for fear of stumbling and coming
down and being unable to rise be-
cause my hands were tied.
Not that it mattered, perhaps. But
IL did not want to choke my dar-
ling myself
As we went down to the terrace,
! reflected on the truth of what Vir-
gil had said-The way to win this
world is to go all lengths. The man
was right. II was manifestly SIM
pier and swifter: direct action al
ways is. But it was safer, too-be-
cause 1t was the way of monster,
and we believe IN monsters no more
than we do in giants.
Virgil was playing the monster:
and that, as calmly as though he
were but playing bridge In other
words, he was doing the incredible
thing. If I had not seen and heard
what saw and heard that night,
would not have believed the truth
though one rose from the dead And
so no one else would believe it
that Elizabeth Virgil and Exon had
been hailed out of the castle and
put to death by man who, six
hours later, was taking his early
tea with cigarette.
I cannot clearly remember our
leaving the staircase turret and
passing into the air, for the cord
was none too long and I could think
of nothing but keeping it slack, but
] know that the moon was not up,
that Virgil was moving behind me,
that Elgar turned to the right and
stepped out for the entrance-drive.
Perhaps ten minutes went by-it
may have been less, but I know we
had passed the point from which
Herrick and I had surveyed the cas-
tie at dawn, when saw in the shad-
ows ahead the shape of a car.
This was open and low-it proved
70 be VirgiPs own car "now under
repair"-and Elgar discharged his
burden directly over its side. It
viii be understood that I did not
have TO be told to enter myself. and
an instant later I was upon the back
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opened or closed and some times
built UP to as high as six times
normal voltage In the system.
The report summed Up two years
research with an alternating cur
rent calculating board by R. D. Ev-
ans, A. c. Monteitfl, and R. L. Witz-
Ike, electrical engineers of the West
nghouse Electric & Manufacturing
company. One of the investigators
by operating this calculating board
solved intricate mathematical prob
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-02-02
MECHANICAL THINKER SOLVES TRANSIENT VOLTAGE PRoBIE

NEW YORK.-Using a mechani-
cal thinker" scientific detectives
have tackled down the specific
causes and effects of transient volt
ages on power systems. They re-
ported their clues and solutions be-
fore the annual nlid-winter conven-
ton of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers.
Transient voltages, they ex-
planned, are produced by arcs which
are formed when the circuit Is
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Our Need
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My neighbor is the man who
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is IN the end the same thing
Joseph Ernest McAfee.
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Personal Mastery

He that would govern others,
first should be master Of himself
Massinger.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-11
Mirow Air Service
 Activities

Tuesday morning Pilot Curly Martin left for Teller, Candle, Deering, and Kotzebue with Larry Stephanson for Teller and Aben Shallit for Kotzebue.
 Pilot Hans Mirow flew to Sol omon and Bluff with John Xiv ik for Solomon and Walter Slack for Bluff.
 Wednesday Pilot Mirow to Bluff and return with Walter Slack and Mrs. Emery Mahan.
 Wednesday, Pilot Martin will do some flying up in the north and will return to Nome Wednes day evening with Aben Shallit and Walter Kirklin.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-11

but we hereby cordially invite any one who may have been miss ed and all those who have not vet put in an appearance at our meetings, to come. We would like a one hundred percent member ship, including every one of el- igible age. The meetings begin at 9:30 every Friday night, and will probably henceforth be held in our new club house.
 Our aim, we feel, is a worthy one. We are working to give your sons and daughters a whole some, decent brand of fun, a club house open to them all the time, a place and social standing of their own. You have discussed and recognized this need for years. We are trying 10 do some thing about it. We urge every citizen of the town to put his shoulder to our wheel and give us his enthusiastic support.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-11
Wien AirIines
 Activities

Yesterday Norris Johnson made one trip to Taylor with freight. Don McKecknie was prot to Nome.
 Sig Wien left Nome yesterday afternoon with Sam Taggart for Teller, Coffee Creek, Taylor and Candle. Due to adverse weather conditions they were unable to return to Nome and spent the night at Coffee CT.
 Today Norris Johnson made three trips to Taylor with freight This morning Sig Wien left for Coffee CT. with load of freight. Immediately after returning to Nome he left for Pilgrim Springs with full load of emergency mail.
 Sig's third trip today was to Taylor and Noxapaga. Emma Da- wis was a passenger from Noxa paga to Nome.
 Another trip is scheduled for this evening to Bluff with Lena Bahnke. Freight will also be car ried. The trip will be made by Sig Wien.
The Nome nugget., 1939-08-11

Mrs. Mary K. Cauthorne, Ad- visory Maternal and Child health nurse, Territorial Department of Health is making her annual ad- visory visit to Mrs. Ida Sprenger Nome Public Health nurse.
 Mrs. Cauthorne states that there are 13 local public health nursing services under the dir ection of local committees and the Territorial Department o Health. These nursing services are to be found from Ketchikan to Nome.