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"Bitinwllntity they could be hm My.“ that Bire--for who be. 'ti7ihi. ftftrmtd.hmsdred mam, -". “In It in! the mm; in ' 'tdyemer,-stuiiGar'idii , "t1tteertqfttte-rriisri "Nrdon," warned the young mm. "tmt there. of course. ynu're ”king my secret. I will ny this, homer. They are alloy: of metals easitr pro- u7g,0,'. Tho alloy must be and and the distance between the plates must be and. I have . mieromrter screw to Idjust my plum.” Ae-r-heres-tara. AtqhyhebathssetgiruetGG. Miro-hula. ROSS GARDINER, Grimsteud’l P'seeortd in commnnd,“ I your: an of ability, whom Burton suspects, her {Idler is throwing in her wny. “You “v the metals m 1.5in pro- 'runble. How math do you minute it cost you to build such a battery?" ‘lim up to m hnre been CW- .enhl and hunt piecemeal by ex- periment? Davenport pointed out. Mn used this' battery'tn meiimy- ar eleven hundred.miles wi t my we" I can determine by looking at "Of course: there probably is." we}! Davenport, "I onlv said there in nob-rent” name, It mm! be very tsfiteht-like the Innate"! loss in radium. I stmpore--ror, u I my. I " am just'makinz it clear for Miss Burton. Go back to the wet cell. It is heavy and awkward and short lived. My battery is just like a wet cell without those disadvantages. Tho wet cell con<ists of two plates of differ- ent metal in a solution Mine cousins of two plans of different metal side hs side in air. The wet cons trans- forms or produces its electricity by or through. a chemical action that is limited in efreetiveness, and in dura- tion. My battery transform< the static from the air into kinetic with, out chemical atrtiorr-amrarentlr; and in much qreater quantity in propor» tion to the size of the plates." . 'hhere mus! be chemical action!” he cried. "You can't lift yourself by you? 'ootstrmi' Grimstead was sitting in now big interest. "Where does that electricity came from? You might say chemiu) ae- tion in the one case or mechanical action in the other, hut they are let- ually only a means to an end. The world lies in a great tieid of static or inert magnetism, The cell and the dynamo are mérely means by which this inert electricity is 1ivened up, made into kinetic or native electricity; they actually produce nothing in themselves. ls that dear?” "Perfectly," said-Burton. 1 "When we havé used this kinetic, electricity-, or it becomes 'erounded,' it returns to the reservoir of static. All I've done is to make a short cut between the static electricity in which we are immersed and the kinetic elec- tricity we can Irse." “It is not at a." complicated. Now you know if you pat a copper plate and a zine plate side by sale in an acid solution and connect them with wires you generate electricity. That is the simple wet battery. . "That is self-evident, young man," remarked Grimstead dryly. battery. A Marvelous Discovery - Grimstead put on his poker face to conceal his inner excitement. This offer was more than he had hoped, "All right, If you him 1 dynamo you also generate electricity, this time by induction. The stranger makes another bet withl rise, but paused IS he felt Grim- Gardiner, this time that his car will l stead‘s mstninins hand on his arm. run a vermin period of time on its l Th!" two your: P9991} stepped out “I should like to very much,” tie re- plied. 7 "So should I," spoke up Burton, "but I want to hear it in words of one syllable." WHO’S WHO IN THE STORY: GrastihTAD, ealied "the pirate," n millionaire, is stranded when his cu bunks down on a California mountain side. harbter, is with him. She its 'Upoiied" and not overly pleased be, taupe he's brought with them DAVENPORT, a youih, éomes by and astonishes them first by saying his small car runs on electricity so mums. the Grimstead'simriish butler-ehautreur, whose gay spirits It? repfe§segi by his dignity. he has no "tras" to give them.Vnnd next by winning a $10,000 bet trom Gardiner by predicting a rain storm. "What metals do you use?" BURTON GRIMSTEAD, his CHAPTER IX l "No. you're wrong. They should have the frills. The frills represent l the grace and beauty of life. We all ‘havo an instinct for frills; and fell irvstinets should be-gratified-h, pro- portion. But the point is. frilly In too hard try get. A living is too hard to get Heaven forbid we should ever ml numbing without working for it; ‘Ihxt is absolutely fatal. But there's ‘no sense in having to perform soul- ldendening‘ and grinding toil for it." 'ehttett-iutsitnriraiit',' "t'o't'_o1he.notitVritr,iei, ‘nlutterform. B.tmttmmermmhttrt-trea,,, - or "e-ttr for the "5. "er-tee - humble 05m. "ttrtertettte-rhmret-et,, “Wan-tun 'utioatatuvusm-,.amitut humming...” "In; ffn'A'PgMg.fle' with“... ”din- Wyn-h...“ "I". Mary 'hhor.' hut Ices;- rlishinr the Winn without the exhaustion of nan-lot. With vivid sentence: he tsketched the world as he a" it: a nominal world. free to put its energies into the with creation of than “than which men's true imtim- m": 'mr- ducing in Iblmdgm-e by homt. sin- It was no Monti“. Utopia; it mmlhaurddrundnn "amt. Ne “mm!” but it “a I world of “I was getting rather mucky. wasn't I? Well. the thing the world needs most is breathhar-time, time to play more and to sank up the things tha tnever come to n ma when he's in a hurry or surrounded by the burr-flies or detail. What the work-a-day world needs most is leis- ure. 1 little leisure." "The trouble is." said Burton, “peo- ple an never satisfied. If they'd be contented tn m without so mun! frills thev'd have leisure enouzh.” "Why drmt Wm see? Every inven. tion that reduce the labor necessary to produce things is a step toward that leisure for the rut, I!" a step toward supulying more kins. besides mm Ibundnnt necessities. with the nine “now-t of llhor." Hen-m: his head back and has!» ed boyishly. "But m. “a; wit h this ? " "rrGenport's batteries," she replied promptly. to face her. “Look hen." he do rammed. "what is the greatest ma- terial need. the very greatest need of the world?" "Yes. of course. IRI like to make something out of it. But that isn't the real point. Do you mind if I an: a little about it?" "Oh, please'." she begged. "Don't you see what it mill men! to the world," he said, "the poor struggling old world? What 1 bar- den it does carry. Lord, what a task it has assumed just in feeding itself and clothing itself and keeping itself warm. And it has to hustle imrt to do that." horsepower in production? Wink m the limits in capacity! _ " haven't the diam idea. There's no limit app-ready to the amount of static you an take by menus of dynamics; why should there be uny more limit to what you can take by other means? Ot course, I don’t know; thn just beginning to try it out." "Well, you. my hive scheming. though it sound: pretty rudicll," ynwned Grimstead, as though the sub- ject had ceased to interest him. "The moonlight is heavenly," she declared. N must see it through the big trees. Witt you go with me, Mr. Davenport, outside the firelight.'" Davenport jumped to his led. Gar, diner too stirred as though about to rise, but paused IS he felt Grim- "It, ought to be tremendouslr vul- uable. You'll probably make u mil- lion or so out of it, I hope you do," the girl said. Burton hopped from the log on which she at. "The" Larry Davenport They walked for 100 yards, feeling their way in the Mack and white con- trasts of moonlight; then sat side by side on a log, "it is almést too perfect," said But- ton. "it almost hurts. But I shall never forget it." They began to chat, to make dis, jointed remarks. swinging buck down the wide an: of ecstasy to the starting point of everyday things. In a little while Davenport was talking eagerly, cpenly. The subject was his battery. into the enchantment of the forest, CHAPTER X Hg twisted onfhe log more nearly "Witt u utter battery “on, more Stewart “in"! Wu ' W Mun. avg-1 Wu ’NATTIPTOE battery to do "Tell me about MP in. nil suddenly. ‘ ,rttsedmrtriiodswtseurh," “I'm the only one I know about. There my be others I know not of; but henatsured,Oudr.thatth- Inching but spurious mandala." "You relieve me. The car it: the cheapest I could get for 1 we ex- perimeut." "And the battery?" "Came to me just like a story. 1 little ttt a time. Ptrt 36 Mic. No one could be m fitted than I to be an ism. Bet I couldn’c help noticing hum time to time the incredible amount of me: every- pol-g1" she (and. “Long and patient may has not yet revealed to me the suitable - swer to one who chi-s she loves your books," sadly confessed [hm- 7 Burton begun to charm. then to laugh aloud. “I'm thinking of the joke on ms." she exphmed. "of Dad. We thought you were I W mechanic!" “Whig I've ind " your books and Ihre Just loved than!" "And me with such My manners," he mourned. “and my die- tion. faulty " it is, yet with. the rules of puma-r." "Your funny little cu milled as, I suppose," she explaind. "and then you were so handy about everything.” " wig born fd, pop: haw par: "Yodre not the "e,hf.i;"sliltteet,,,m, Doom:- IBauyittruErt HAS ALSO PROVED ITSELF . TI-IIE Ft,nest: "'llrri, E Fastest Foo IR.. IN AMERICA ~- 't-"'"--o-.rt---t-,ra.rsoaar- M.) II: in it Ami-mm” _ or I Davenport looking perm" no Marked his eye comically in her SiC don. ' ' ', “You're riee-uevr." aid she. - CHAPTER XI I tn the morning the famous knew. ' lashed to the running board. had ban 3 connected up with the self-stutter iwhieh in: no- tnrning over In the, iUborirms and vacuums mnner we» realm to the species. Grimsteod and tandem were inclined to stand “a? hatch it in Nseitsation: but Dunn-I {pan In: quite unimpressed. l t.hvartpr.t.uts- m.~-m an... i-‘hI-dc-t. hut-thinni- mum-I 'Yuudun'thwwh-lm your telling m " this, Mr. lbw.- poet,"thegsmidahe. -7- "-t'-'r-""-e"'N. Nee.. 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The evening meal that night was a jolly one. thanks to I hm tron. Grimstead's high good humor out it "I'm min: fishing this after-u" warned Grillueud. i "WeNeeottotget-ttg-gor,t (beror-odreae-uu.rtt," Lowland Gui-Ital "t "in if any- ‘lvndvlns? Remiehttretsedrear 'rvlulv." 1 "Mar hr." "eeed Gardiner.“ l "rlnn'kkhinkm “ismbhih innate-to! chum-w." Y "Wett. In an! tie him rm." a“ I Grimace“. i "ttpr an: '.hmtQe.r-6mi-tmeiqr 'm"_eevuuer-. “Naif-humm- "tr.-h.-dt.M.t-s. - -r."ttrm 1'... you)! --m.-t-eutit- Samba"? aim-angrwby FT, but“ 'NE-nh-tttr." awash-rum fhtaat'm-dthmrHaiseaetoar "mi-human“. ”WNW-hunk. haw-"whim " I!" th..-to6eeo'tgoee.'. a. ‘f-oin' to buy him out. thief? md gulf! 'yumur, M " My. coupon- til-ed.- “an I little about you}; _"Wttot do you mean?" ashd Gar, “I trather you that re meld drive n than hm'm with this yam Inn." “7" buy an"! nrith “may. J lug hurt his ml. n. toie tion. 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