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> miWK %• -;.•** v< ' ' ,:r.-.- .A 6 (GOByssrGAzZJpaT' r̂7mAss(XZ42Zzf § SYNOPSIS. m >11 : ] -v % ?.*• ̂ ' - c „ . •-, « - -vrO - a~-~ j v JC * r«b S£/? ViAN WEDDING STRANGE CEREMONY WITNESSED ^IlilAil OUT-OF-THE-WAY SPOT. Luckless Traveler Gets Into Pirot on th« Servian Borderland, • and ' la <$• Unbidden Guest to the - Odd Ceremony. »a , 4fwhit might hi?#" happened," opens in Wash­ ington with the United States and Japan on the yerge of war. Guy Hillier, Sec­ retary of the British embassy, and Miss Morma Roberts, chief aide of Inventor cherts, are introduced as lovers. Japan ^.fciarea war and takes the Phili sjriiy *T-la»t.r starts for HSfigisncl. TCornm Roberta with military officers a5so leaves Washington on mysterious expedition for the Florida coast. Hawaii is captured by the Japs. All ports are closed. Tokyo learns of missing Japanese fleet and whcla world becomes convinced that United States has some powerful war agency. England decides to send a fleet te American waters as a Canadian pro­ tection against what the British suppose Is a terrible submarine flotilla. Hillier is also sent to Canada to attempt to force his way through American lines with a Message. British fleet departs amid mis- fivines of English. Fleet mysteriously tisappears. Hillier makes a failure of ef­ fort to deliver message to the president. War between Great Britain and Germany if threatened. The kaiser disappears. King Edward of England is confronted by Admiral Bevins of the United States, and upon promising to present the missing British admiral, the monarch agrees to accompany Bevins on tour, which the lat­ ter says will uncover the agent of war and end all conflicts. The Dreadnaught, biggest of England's warships, is dis­ covered at an impassable point in the I'names, much to the mystery of the kingdom. The story goes back to a time many months before the war breaksi out, and Inventor Roberts visits the president and cabinet, telling of and exhibiting a metal production. This overcomes fric­ tion when electrified and is to be applied to vessels to increase speed to over 60 miles an hour. A city for the manufacture of the mysterious discovery Is built up on the coast of Florida and Norma Roberta arrives on scene. . ^ CHAPTER XV. The Great Discovery! Ptom tiie shore came a dull, moan- tag sound, now rising, now falling, but iacessant, as if some gigantic animal, • stricken and suffering, wag shrieking the anguish of its death throe* to the solitudes of the keys and the waste of waters round them. The fright­ ened birds took flight to the north to escape the weird monotone, and the timid animals of th« forest cowered in fear; but the men of the island looked at one another exultantly, with mutual congratulations on the rapidity Of their work. The blast furnace •which was to cast the plates was be­ ing blown in. Days and nights of unremitting toil had followed that first landing; ma­ chine shops had been completely In­ stalled, power plants perfected, and buildings for the men erected; addi­ tional supplies had been received; and another gunboat, the Columbia, augmented the patrol which passed ceaselessly round the keys, guarding their secret and warning inquisitve fishermen to avoid the waters; corps of expert smelting men from the mines of the west had joined the colony--and all for this, the casting of the first plate, which ;vas to take place this day. In the assay rooms there had been the constant testing of crude metals, and apportioning them and discarding those which were inferior. Trained hands were those that worked over the bucking boards and manipulated the delicate scales which would register the tiniest mark of a lead pencil with as great accuracy as they would a pound weight. Everywhere about the plant were men who wrought with pre­ cision and interest, bound together in the great enterprise until differences In station were forgotten and all were as & family praying for success. "Old Bill" Roberts, assisted by his daughter, had permitted no foot but theirs to enter the room where his ap­ paratus was Installed, and no hand but theirs to touch its complicated mechanism. With the love of a cre­ ator he had spent the last hours fondling its cold, unresponsive parts and adjusting it, and then stood and ^watched, as a mother watches her Wstborn, the initial movements of the g^sat masterpiece which was a mys- t«ry to all the world but him and Ndrm*. Engineers and officers from all parts of the plant, warned that the crucial test was at hand, gathered round the door of the innermost room, until in­ vited In by the Inventor, and then slowly entered and found standing places at a safe distance from the in­ tricate mass, whose polished knobs, twisted bars and gleaming tubes seemed .to them a tangled riddle. Norma, garbed in the stained khaki wrapper which she wore in the lab­ oratory at home, hovered here and there round the apparatus, lightly try­ ing an adjustment or closely Inspect­ ing a joint, her face grave, calm, and self-possessed. Her father, his thin old face drawn into a scowl of con­ centration, busied himself likewise, and made the final connections. So careful was he that he even inspected the duplicate apparatus which stood as a reserve at the other end of a casting mold, but which it Was not his intention to use except in case of emergency. Satisfied that all was in readiness, he beckoned to two assis­ tants, who trundled in the first com­ posite plate and deposited it in its bed. He made the connection with the electrodes in a few minutes' deft work, and then straightened up and looked about the room, where all was still and expectant The wondering engineers saw him wave his daughter back a short dis­ tance as though fearing for her safety, watched him take a final look over his appliance, and then throw a switch. Brilliant streaks of purple, of unknown reds and glaring whites, raced each other in quick succession through the tubes, little indicators here and there sparked put malevolently, and the ma­ chine seemed to leap, strain and throb with » life of its own, uncanny and mysterious because of its silence. The stfoyp of men x>eej~dc<;il$c.usjSy $t "Gentlemen," She Said, "the First Experiment Is a Failure." the plate, saw it glow a dull red, pass the cherry stage to a dull pigeon blue, and then suddenly burst into gleaming mass of iridescent white. "Fusion?" one of the engineers whispered to a man beside him. "He has fused that plate In less time than It could be done by any means I ever heard of. That Is the way he meta­ morphoses his metal. The rays died out, the apparatus stopped its quivering, and the Inven­ tor with hands clasped behind him stood intently watching the now cool ing metal. Within the laboratory all was silence. From the adjoining buildings came the regular sound of hammers, and from somewhere off to­ ward the cabins a man's voice waB raised In a Bong of soldiery. The sheet of metal lost Its color and be­ came dark. "Old Bill" Roberts pressed a button above his head, and cooling sprays began dissipating them selves over the surface, sending up brief splutterlngs and clouds of rapid ly diminishing steam. "It's cool enough now to handle," he said in an oddly constrained tone of voice, turning to the engineers, "and if some of you will help me carry it to the testing 'tank you may see me prove the1 first plate on which hangs the fate of our country. In an awed hush of expectancy they all volunteered; but only three men were needed to hold it while It was attached to the great arms which were to revolve it in the water and demon strate its resistance. The inventor threw a switch, and the sheet began to move. Before him was a dial, and be­ neath it a scale of friction pulls showing the resistance offered by nor­ mal metal. He fastened his eyes on the indicator with a look of strained watchfulness. Slowly the needle point swung round as the arms gained the maximum of speed, and then it came to a standstill, while a look of doubt and perplexity crept over the scientist's face. "Norm," he called, huskily-- "Norm! Was everything all right? Is everything working true?" She took a step behind him, and with a look no less worried than his own stared at the dials indicating the speed of revolution and the scale of resistance. "Yes, father," she re­ plied, gently, "everything is all right. She put her arm over his shoulder as if to shield him. "But something must have gone wrong somewhere else. Come away now and let us thtnv it over.' She turned to the waiting officers behind and looked them calmly In their faces, while the inventor, dazed and uncomprehending, ran his fingers through his shock of white hair and gazed at the telltale dials as4" if hyp­ notized by two staring eyes. "Gentlemen," she said, "yie first ex­ periment is a failure!" Those among them who *»mf been slightly skeptical smiled at one an­ other, while those whose belief had beep more firm looked sympathetical­ ly at this slip of a girl, who faced them all in steady defiance, her trust in her father, herself and their invention un­ shaken and unfaltering. "You, Mr. Jenkins," she said, ad­ dressing one of the engineers, "are yourself a scientist and an experi­ mentalist You of all present know how easy it is for a tiny mistake to rob delicate work of definite result" There was a note of appeal in her voice that reached them all. As if with one accord they rushed forward, grasping her hand and sur­ rounding her father, giving them words of encouragement. it was the. gruff voic| of the ojd to re- That's We've admiral which aroused them newed action. "Pshaw, Bill! nothing," he growled. "Here! got more plates cast. Throw another on, and give it a try-out* Wake up, man! Wake up! We've got to make it go!" Jenkins and two others rushed to the adjoining room and brought in a sec­ ond slab of metal, and the old inven tor, giving himself a shake as If pull lng back from the very vortex of de­ spair, with trembling hands placed the sheet of insulation and made the new connections with the plate. "Norm," he almost whispered, "you look it over and turn the current on this time. Somehow my eyes seem to have gone back on me." Again they watched from a distance the steady movements of the assistant, who without a tremor threw on the current, held it in leash, and directed it as if within her hand she held the clutch of a friend. Once more they saw the metal cool, the sprays turned on, and then came a dull, grinding, riving sound, and a column of dust shot up into the air and bellowed out over the room. They saw her fall back unconscious as if from borne sudden shock, and Instinctively sprang to her aid. In mortal fear that some disaster had overtaken her, some unknown in­ jury from that apparatus whose voltage was as deadly as that which sweeps through a murderer's chair, they picked her up and carried her out into one of the draughting rooms and laid her limp form on a table. Her father in a burst of terrible anxiety tore open her corsage and ran his hand over her heart. "She's not dead!" he whispered, hoarsely. "She's been knocked out by a wild current or something I don't under­ stand." A long breath of relief encircled the room. Not until she recovered con­ sciousness and sat weakly up was the suspense mitigated. "Feel better, little girl?" the old ad­ miral asked, and fhe others pressed forward with solicitous inquiries. She looked at them for a moment, regained her mental control, and an­ swered: "Yes, I'm all right now; but don't mind me. What of the plate?" They smiled at one another as It dawned upon them that the plate had been forgotten. It was manifestly un­ fair that she of all others should not share with them the first knowledge of what had been accomplished; so as a guard of honor they supported her back to where the cruel agent stood, and then one and all started back with exclamations of amazement. The plate on which they were build­ ing their hopes had disappeared! Where the insulated tank which held it had reared its squatty length was now a ragged hole in the floor, bor­ dered by the slivered ends of twisted and shattered wood, and beneath this was a yawning hole several feet deep, broken electric wires, and the great slab of metal. Norma, as if the excitement of the discovery had acted as a tonic, re­ leased herself from the supporting arms, walked to the 3hining brass structure, and leaned against it. Brockton pulled off his cap and scratched his head in a puzzled way, and Jenkins removed the glasses from wires, a picture of perplexity or de» spair. He came, back and crowded through their midst, examining a con­ nection and tracing out one of the strands, and then stood in listless at­ titude, his brows drawn into a frown, fend his arms hanging loose and pendu­ lous from his shoulders. The time stretched Into minutes, and Jenkiqs and Norma began a discussion, to which the others listened, striving to understand the phraseology of elec­ trical science, of which many of them had little more than the layman's knowledge. Suddenly a sharp cry came from the inventor. They looked to the other side of the room, whither he had retreated, and beheld him jumping up and down like a madman. His fists were clenched and thrust into the air, where they opened clawlike and waved a tremolo of excitement. "I've got it!" he Bcreamed. "I've solved It!" * They drew back from him,' fearing that .failure had loosened his brain; but he rufehed through the group, ex­ citedly calling for men to repair the break. The admiral, unused to his periods of enthusiasm, stared at him blankly, his lower jaw unconsciously dropping until his mouth yawned in cavernous suspense. In his mind nothing but insanity could account tor this outburst. , Norma, on the other hand, laid a restraining hand on his arm and said: "Father, what's the matter? What is it?" "We've been working In the dark!" he answered vehemently, and then with the jubilation of a boy but in a calmer tone continued: "By an Ac­ cident we have discovered powers in our combination of electricity and metallurgy that we have not dreamed of, and which, if We can control them, make the resistant armor we came down here to manufacture as useless as a wooden hull!" The admiral suddenly dropped his bulk to a stool. "Good God!" he gasped, "are you mad?" Norma, like one from whose eyes a hoodwink has been suddenly removed, and appearing almost to have read her father's mind, put her hand out to his shoulder and looked at him searching- ly. A slow grin of great exultation swept over the lean old face Into which she peered, drove the wrinkles into the corners of the eyes, and a mass of radiating furrows round the mouth. \ | "You've guessed it," he said, and then turned -to the admiral. "Brockton, you don't know what that hole meant; but In an hour from now I'm going to show yoi|. That is, Norma, my as­ sistant, and I will." Then In a sudden frenzy for work he asked them all to leave until he sent for them, and they, wondering and speci lating on his next endeavor, obeyed. Only the workmen, who had descended Into the cavity and were preparing to holBt the plate and mold, and the admiral, by special invitation, remained. The clang of hammers re­ sounded hollowly through the room as the timbers beneath the floor were shored up by the carpenters; then came the setting of another and lar­ ger tank than the one which had been so unexpectedly driven into the earth. The smaller plates which had been in­ tended only for experimental purposes were exhausted, and therefore they had nothing on which to operate save two immense castings weighing many tons. Wide sliding doors rolled back, and workmen from the foundry, with straining musqles and clinging toes, slowly pushed in low-wheeled cars on which rested the huge pieces of metal. A steel crane projected its ungainly arm, reached slowly down, and in a Titanic grasp picked up one piece, moved it into position over the new bed, and deposited it in a great basin whose material indicated that it would be .able to withstand any heat. The admiral In boyish exuberance would have thrown wide the door; but the inventor, remembering the other contretemps, forbade. The latter busied himself for a few minutes in his storehouse, and returned with a sheet of peculiar insulation which was of his own invention, almost inde­ structible by heat, and a resistant to any form of radioactivity, which he placed with great care on top of the huge plate. The second plate was lowered squarely on top 6f this, clamped for additional security, and the workmen dismissed. The connec­ tions were made in identically the same way as in the previous test, ex­ cept that one electrical apparatus was attached to the upper plate above the insulation and the other to the one beneath, gfockton, seeing that the currents were about to be applied, backed off into the corner, until stopped by the farthermost partition. (TO BE CONTINUED.) A wedding in Pirot a borderland town of Servia, is not such a cere­ mony as one would find anywhere in the world, much less America.- Pirot is a wonderfully interesting place. It is there that they raise the goats that give the hair that produces the rugs which the -Turks make, and which then go forth the world about as genu­ ine Turkish rugs. The story of the rugs, or better the search of It, sent us Into Pirot and to jail. In Pirot strangers are rare. There Is a fort, and when one is seen taking notes in a fortified town, he is a spy, of course, passports to the contrary notwithstanding. So out of the story of the search for a rug came the story of a Serb ar­ rest, and out of that--when we got out of it at last--we came upon the wedding feast. In Servia the wedding feast is held out on the king's highway. In fact, it 1b just before the home of the groom that the greater part of the program is enacted. The house was of the usual Serb sort, the exterior coated with the adobe and this painted over in pink or blue. At the door, however, there was a white-satin garland, symbol of the marriage day. Then out in the garden th6re were set tables, with white cloths, and one could see the picturesque pottery, the dishes and the carafes holding each a liter of wine. Here sat the parents and the elderly friends of bride and bridegroom. Over yonder in the garden, too, in her garment of white, was the bride herself, a bouquet of white flowers upon her breast, her hair containing another such, and a white veil then shrouding this in. She was a rosy- cheeked lassie, this bride of Pirot, her features, however, somewhat coarse. It was evident she would be master, and not mistress, In the household. By her side, hanging well upon her arm, was the groom, in Prince Albert and wearing a soft black hat. A white tie and the fact of his being clean­ shaven, distinguished him, almost as greatly as did the coat, from the other men of* the town. Out on the street where they could see, there was gathered practically the whole village, one dense group of Struggling humanity. Through this crowd there wound the long chain of young folks, dancing the kola, the great dance 'of- " the Balkans. By and by, the bridal pair likewise wedged into the mass--she leading him, and he, looking shy, as befits a bridegroom. Little girls, their hair in braids, and these tied with tiny bits of colored string, or wearing brown caps to hide the head, would look on from some cornej. Now and then three or four men would lock hands TWO YEAR8 OF FREEDOM, *4 No Kidney Trouble at All Sine* Usfftg Ooan's Kidney PUta. Krs. 3". B. Johnson, 710 Wee St., Co­ lumbia, Mo., says: "I was in misery with kidney trouble^ and finally had to un­ dergo an operation. I did not rally well, and began to suffer smothering spells and dropsy. My leftside was badly swollen and the action of the kidneys much disor­ dered. My doctors said I would have tp be tapped, but I began using Doan's Kidney Pills in­ stead, and the swelling subsided and the kidneys began to act properly. Now my health is fine." 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In its center there is a square cavity, a sort of well, which was found carefully covered with tiles. When these were removed a bronze statue, evidently representing Chronos, a Mithraic divinity, was found. The figure or the divinity hat a serpent or dragon wound aroUnd it, and between its coils a large number of eggshells were found. Prof. Pasqui's theory Is that the tern pie is a Mitliraio sanctuary. The wor ship of Mithras, the god of the sun among the Persians was introduced at Rome secretly under Pompey and spread over all parts of the empire under Vespasian. Mithras besides be­ ing the god of the sun was Identified with fire, and the belief prevailed that he fecundated animal and vegetable life. The practices of his worship were secret and mysterious, and hu­ man sacrifices were supposed to have been connected with It. Several lodges or meeting places of the mysterious brotherhood of Mithras were discovered at Rome, mostly un­ derground, and through these it was possible to ascertain some particulars of the worship such, for instance, as the different degrees of Initiation of its followers. The present discovery is that of a sanctuary, not a lodge. The idol found InBlde the altar repre­ sents the god in a new aspect It Is a sexless figure, naked and with a two-headed serpent wound around it. The serpent's heads ace on each side of that of the figure. Prof. Pasqui identifies it with CbronoB. The idol id placed on sand with egg shells around it. The sand has the appearance of having been sprinkled with a liquid- milk or blood. The importance of the discovery centers in this idol. Prof. Gauchler's theory is quite dif­ ferent from that of his Italian col league. 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Enjoy the blessings of this day, If God sends them; and the evils of it bear patiently and sweetly; for this day his nose and began nervously polish- only is ours, we are dead to yesterday, ing them. The other engineers gaped and we are not yet born to the mop- at each other, at the inventor and then row. But if we look abroad and bring back to the hole wherein to all appear- into one day's thoughts the evil ol ances was buried the thing on which many, .^certain and uncertain, what they had built all their hope. "Old ; will be and what will never IW, our Bill" Roberts Stood by Its edges, look- j load will be as intolerable as U If' He had to help her up each step; he had to always lend an arm, So that her dainty frailness might not bring upon her any harm; He had to hold her little hand when from her cab ahe trembling came. For ^ad she fallen he, of course, would cruelly have been to blame. 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