The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
sECRET or x.@o CIIAPTER III

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 THE STORY; pr. Hale puts
 Carolyn Co work immediately, dlc-
 tases scientific report of his exc
 pertinent. Carolyn calls Ken
 Palmer, . boy in love with her, to
 hire guards, buy rifles. Ken brings
 a dOson applicants for police jobs.
 There ls more work.
 ETslzE ofice clock Showed e;02, but \ pr, Hale was unaware the thing existed. He was still dictate anR, walking slowly beside the windows where he could glance out ct the night.
 More often, though, he glanced at Carolyn Tyler; somehow her presence here was exaltlng. A sub- tile, delicate presence. A fragrance.
 His thoughts snapped back again to the business at hand. He resumed dictatlng.
 "-wherefore it seemed advls. able to interrupt the actual lab. oratory work and make this detail- cd report, lest some qulrk of fate Ell1nknhVG pVbkA MASo sSVtHA AAAO AAAS from this earth tonight. We are the only two human beings who hold this priceless secret. Moreover, the public itself is entitled to know what has been accomplished. AS to what may ba expected from this isotope, which l have tentatively designated x-eoo, but which may also be known As U-2SS, I will venture this much:
 "OnO--sort of tabuiate 1t, please, Miss Tyier- One: A flve-pound Jump of x-9ee, in only 10 to 30 per cent purity, would drive oil Of Americas ocean liners and naval vessels for months without refuels ing, If the power were properly har. messed. one pound Of the substance 6 equivalent to S,o0o,000 pounds of coal or S,000.000 pounds of gasoline, Two, in ex-uh-explosivO power it,"
 Did you SAy Sxplosivs'" caro.
 "YeS. Tn sxplosivs power, . single pound of x.eeo equals Ap. proximateiy lO.Ooo tons of trinitro- toluene, and"
 "TonsS pr, HalsS One pound to i6,000 tons7"
 "Yes, Miss Tyleri It's unbe- lisvable but truel one pound to 16,O00 tons of TNTl I know 1t stag gers c person to think of 1t, but well, the language hasen adequate words for thisl History has no pre-. cedentS. With x-oo0 available, the human race must revise its entire concept Of energy and power, as applied to daily living. That L why I don't dare take chances on letting this precious secret be lost now that Leana and have chanced to-but must not digreSs, Put down that the quantity production of xseee h this laboratory has made pos- Gible the--"
 TT was past o'clock before he A paused again.
 Carolyn sGt back wearily in her chair.
 'T wouldn't want to be inquisi- tive," she began, laconicaliy -.- pr. Robert Hale was 90 young lock- ingl--"Dut I'm sort Of. curious to know how scientists get along with- out eating. My own lunch was 10 hours ago."
 1Ee turned to her, Astonishment paainly showing.
 For gosh Sakes, Miss Tylerl r. ok coursel Of coursel ! am SO sorry. Please forgive me. And please lot mo take you to dinner at onceI Ny cor b-"
 ''You aren't through the dic- tatlng," she countered.
 T may work all night. Couldn't possibly sleep this night in any event. Come on, let's 90 eat"
 The oyer-employe attitude was, by unBpoken agreement, left behind and within G quarter hour Fob Hale found himself relaxing. Carolyn Saw that he was really Q man who had driven himself tin- Faercifuliy. She coaxed him to listen to music in the restaurant, and discuss the manner in which dish of seq food was prepared. Once he slipped.
 Next move H to get this stun