The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18

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CHAPTER I
A wed ~ xhat he knew now
to be true, DR.. Robert Hale
backed .slowly away from his
observation chair, moving % II
under . hypnotic spell. The
sheer potency Of what had oc-
Cured here seemed to have
numbed HIM even though II was
expected and planned.
He glanced once at Miss Sormi.
She knewl She looked ghostly,
her eyes wide Is she waited
there by the door. gazing back
spell-bound at the great unit
In fun realization Of what it
contained.
Neither spoke until they were
outside.
Robert" She whispered it
tremulously, n d repeated,
Robert"
Faces strained, they were still
staring back in.
whit here" said he. "rll 60
back and" a
"No! No, mol"
"Just to throw the switch, Lee
ana. You know that must be
done!"
The switch was q massive
bar; Miss Sormi stood transfixed
while he put both hands to it
and pulled. The weird hum
that had dominated their labora-
tory stopped instantly, as if
genuinely glad of its own re-
lease, but the silence that follow
ed was almost q tangible thing.
Robert glanced at the win
dows, verifying for the hundred
the time that they were both
high and barred. The steel door
across the room he knew to be
doubly locked. Back near Leana
Sormi, he paused only to push
a button that controlled the
lights, then moved outside and
locked the door. They walked
a hundred yards toward the
Offices before either spoke again.
Don't be uneasy" he labored
to say it easily himself. go
about your personal routine"
eyes, Robert"
"Say nothing, of course. IL
shall shall take the precaution of
setting an armed guard. A man,
several men, with rifles"
"Rifles!" She spoke con-
temptuously. :.
DR.. Hale nodded, looking afar
of II know. Impotent now.
Leana. But-only you and
know! You and II, The only
two people in the world who do
know! The only two people since
since Creation"
He was literally shaking un-
der the power of his thoughts.
"You and L." murmured Lea
ma. Two people. You and l."
For an eternity they stood there
a dark-haired, hatless young
man and q blond woman in
white, just thinking, trying to
grasp 1t, striving to be sensible
in the face of their achievement.
A factual two minutes passed
and he turned toward the office
door. He inhaled deeply.
There is no hurry" said he.
mo hurry at all, Leana. We
absolutely must be calm at this
stage. The armed guard will
serve as q precaution. It may be
several days before we-before
we can-well, everything must
be recorded Hrst, Leana! The
records must be brought absolu-
tely up to date and copies sent
to the principal universities and
commercial laboratories just as
a safeguard. ] told you I had
advertised for q secretary. Steno-
graphic help which I knew
would be needed"
Eyes, Robert"
'They were to call at 4. It is
past 8 now.
"They?"
The applicants. ! advertised
in the newspapers for applica-
tions by mail. A few wrote ex-
cellent letters with good refer
ences. will 60 in now"
His study was down q hall and
through I'm inner glass door with
his name lettered on il, and as
he approached the door, up four
low steps, he gradually became
conscious of q girl standing
there. He paused and looked
owl-eyed at her.
She was an extraordinarily
pretty person. That much was
instantly clear. She had q stature
somewhat shorter than his own,
and hair rs dark as his. The hair
fell to her shoulders and bound
ed part way up again in an Or
derby IL oddly intricate set of
curves and curls. Her eyes
most surprisingly-were as vio-
LET as Leana Sormi's, and her