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•Buccaneer'

Ins etory. u

_ _* California red-

_ • • ^private craft" a Jfc-wwered car, when lu gaso-

Usr tank to broken,

■ Bsrton GrtanoteMl- bl* opolled danzftter. to with him against her v *tu. aspcctollv oo as sbe percofvpt her lather's object In Inalntfas on her going on the trip - I* to throw' her into the company

of

Boob Gardiner. GHmstead s slnis-

■ xir •Second in Command." a capa-

ble. good looking young man. Slmmins. chaoffeur and bon.-• min. o! toy epirits, repressed b<catuc of his ultra Engilsh-boUer dignity He to seiil after help and i^fahto with a young man in a ‘ Daren port, a youth comes by and' astonish** them first by saying hi* small car runs oi electricity so brf Jjos no “gas" to give / them and next by sinning a r, *je.00<i bet from Oaidiner by pre-

dicting a rain storm.

Th» stranger makes another bet ; with Gordiaer. this time that bi< • or will ran a certain period of

■.time on it* battery.

(.'ftiPTHI IX

A Hafeloss IHscerery

metal in-

sists of two plates oi

metals sid. by side in «' r . wet cell transforms or produces Its electricity by or through, a chemical action that to limited n efreelisenees and in duration My batU-y transforms the static from the air into kinetic without chemical .'ction apparently: and in

much greater quantity

lion to the sire of the piateGrimstcad wag sitting up now

in his internal.

-There must be chemical ac- •• lie cried. "You cant lift

vawned Grimstcad. subject bad ceased — Burton hopped from the log

which she sat

-The moonlight Is heaven I she declared. "1 must —“

through the big trees.

Will

Davenport.

proper- J firelight--Davenport Jumped 10 b ‘* .

Gardiner too stirred as though about to rise, but paused as H

i Grimstrad's restraining hand

'^r'iriirssE.ir u . •" pp "

“TTmt's why I'm up in this wild count r> bag and baggage. I'm going to get far enough away to find out. it seems to be all right, though."

Grimateafl put on his poker face Is coteeal UU inner excitement. 'This oKtr was more than he had

i very much.'

._.... be began . -You're not the l-»»'

There may be < * b ' r *A 1 k J 10 '" of: but be assured. 0 l^dy. they are nothing but spurious imi-

tations." .

-Why. I've reau aH y*>»f . *. ..... invtMl them.

study ha*

god I've Just loved them

“Dong and patient

not yet revealed to n

able answer to one

sbe loves your book*, sadly «*•

fessed Davenport.

Burton began to chuckle,

laugh aloud.

• I in thinking of the Joke oi re explained. of Dad." We thought you were a garage

Ch -And me with such gentelnsanly mannera." be mourned, “and mr diction. Unity a* it to. r**_ ©b-

the rules oi gi

Your fanny little ud. I ‘ ~ ~

„ quite — .

-That's *11 there

tor°to that S doernl rttn^dry

of lubrication

track of that-" # He bur-led awm} -Now we've got «• *»*£ ing's work In front of us. he nounced cheerfully. "I piekad a good place for ramp. brtorr bre-V fast We must uov# cangp. and then we must make a start cm our

road out."

-im going fishing thia after-

wonder tf aayhodr ^ • **• ; it up wUh mtTbe tied up alt—df-.

Tta evening me* that night was a Jollv one. thanks to a lar*s lre »l apture carried ail ten-

ncfianimeot of the

“The" Larry Davenport

They walked for 100 yards, feelik their way in the black and Lite contrasts of moonlight: then

agreed Davenport. “I only

there was apparently none. n

must be very slight—like the ap- < mni k X

parent loss in nullum. I supposefor. as I sa>. 1 have used thi» battery to drive my car eleven hundred mile* without any wear I can deten :ine by looking at it.”:

"What metals do you see*" . “Pardon." returned the young *al hy side on a log.

man. “but there, of course, you’re asking my secret. I will say this.

__ however. They are alloys of the simple metals easily procurable. The al-

' I cry must be exact and the distance between the plates must be exact.

I have n micrometer screw

just my plates."

"You say the metals are easily procurable. How much do you estimate it cost you to build such

r* I . should like

he repltoc

.-•’“ijo would I." fluke u. Burton. ‘■tM 1 -want to bear it in words

Of.tee syllable

- “It Is not at all lonpllrated.

Now vou know If you put a cup- . — ,

• ir plate and a line plate aide by man. "but there, of course, you're “It U almost too prrfeci. Mde In an acid solution and con- asking my secret, i will say this. Burton, "it almost hurts. But I abet them with Wires you generate however. They are alloys of shall never forget It.” •(jnglricttj' • That L the simple | metals easily procurable. The al- They began to chat, wet battery. loy must be cxaci and the distance disjointed remarks, swinging back • "All right- If you run a dyna- bctWMB the plates must be exact. d 0WD thf «idr arc of ecstasy to ' mo you also generate •lectricily. 1 have n micrometer screw to ad- starting point of every-day .tin, time in Indue*-on. just my plates." things. In a little white Darent. ;-yVhere does that electricity "You say the metals are easily wu talking eagerf. openly. come from? You might say cheni- procurable. How much do you call- The subject was his baitery. ' teal act ton in the one ca»e or; mate It cost you to build such a -|| ought to bn tremendously .nteebaeira! action in the other, battery*' valuable. You'll probably make a . h 1 * 1 - actually only aj Mint up to now have been ex- , n (|||on or so out of It. I hope means to an end. The world lie*jperimental and liulit piecemeal by ^ do.” ’he girl aid. la*a great Arid of static or Inert experiment.'’ Davenport iminted; ' -y^,' c cn-'nr. I'd like to make oa40rtlsm. The cell and the dy- out "But in quantity they coulJ ’ out of It. Bui that Isn't Bhmo art merely meam- by which . Is- built—of that sue—for som. -; lhp dq y 0U care if ' ftis inert electrtcil) to livened up. where between fi’ty and u hundred u ik ;i mtu about It

made into kihelic or active elec- and fifty dollars. It Isn't the nut- 1 -n trtcjl} : they actually produce tcrials; it's the accuracy, and . is ilhetnselvvt. Is that don't know just what workmen of

the necessary skill would cost " Grimsteod's poker fare was still

a I Ittte at a time No one ecu Id be ] to be an to vent

help noticing f»c_

the incredible amount of power

everywhere goiag

one day when 1 «M «HI** to* starting battery of my car—I have gM a car—It struck roc what a nuisance it was. and 1 wondered if we couldn't get « batten that

would work with air."

And then you figured it out. *1 did not.’ he disclaimed. merely kepi it In mind, the way I chi a story, and It worked out Hs own plot, bit by bit. tl some time to tumble to the fact that the plates had to be Jos exactly so far apart. ~ got it to work and to work bard for a long lime. One horrible thought occurred to me: that maybe it will only work trie plan's already in - operation under the old methods " -Stealing what's already been

made! I see!"

'That'a why I'm up in this wild country, bag ’ going to find out. It seems to be

alright, though "

“You don't know how 1 appreciate your telling me all this. Mr. Davenport." then said she. "I told you my friends call me Inrry." he pointed out; then at her slight withdrawal. "Now. really. look at me. Am I a Larrj looking person or a Davenport looking person"' He cocked his eye comically in her direction. “You're right—Larry.” she said.

( HAITLtt XI

bent to tell an

.. in the highes also, for sbe had what she

! red a very intriguing handy shoot which she intended to keep

for the time being at least, to the hope of extracting from the pltua-

tioti still further amusement. ‘ this she ’-as abetted by Larry upon himself Now that that - «■*" really understood the lc-1 ... ibe social structnre he

... supposed to fill, be Played up end became the Perfect Garage Mechanic When hi* performance drew Pimm In's pucrie spe lorry's

“Now." sighed Grimstcad corn forttbiy. »* he struggled to his thick legs alter supper. If you vouag people will excuse ua. Rosa and i have a little business to talk over." He lighted a cigar and followed by Gardiner, disappeared In the

“Now." be demanded of Gardiner, once they were settled on a Conran tent log. "How about ft?*' HU benign good humor bad fallen from him and his whole being h-vd tautened Into a hard alertm-u "It's been running without break, and without apyai

giving 1 it turns out to and we’ve made ahthyr he. or going to bock

we hare at the very start, before the thing u proved up at all. given him a full share, then when it turns out big hell stay with U ‘ *'*»* young man. said Grimstead when they returned .o the

ur battery seems to be

I jou have a big thing there, ml know Just bow Mg. but if.

that .

I don’t I

good enough to marked as It is. Ever thought of It*" "Ywa. of course, but I’ve never been sore enough it ’

i't Perfectly." said Burton. “When we have used t!

r'it become* 'ground-

it returns to the reservoir of . itic. AH , I’ve done is u> make ; a' abort cut between the static e"electricity in whlc'* we are Immersed'and ^the lint.:. '-tririty

we cap uk."

’T_v"Tb*t U . self-evident. young •.man." remarked Grinistcad drllv. : -T am Just making It clear for Migs BurtoB Go b«c' lo the wet AH. It li heavy and awkward

i kinetic-doing buslr'wa. but bis cigar butt

was chewed to a frazxie. "You say that battery there will run a brake test of forty horsepower?" he asked.

“About that.'

"Will a i-.v. battery develop more .ursepowir lu proportion? . .i»i are the limit* in capacity?" "I haven't the slightest Idea There's no limit apparently to the amount of static you can take by

. mean* of dynamos; why should 'Xm short- Uved My battery to 1 tbere be any more limit to what Rltt like awed cell without those-you ran take by other means' OI WmUlgf. The wet c<ll con- course. I dont know; I'm ‘jst bt-

"* " i plates of different! ginning lo try it ouL"

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'Oh. please!" she begged. Dont you see what It an to the world.” be said, "the

poor struggling old world? What burden it does carry. Lord, what

In the morning the 'amous battery lashed to tbe tunning board, had been connected op with the self-starter which was nsw turning over in the laborious and vociferous manner peculiar to the

feeding itself and clothing Itself and keeping itself warm. And It has to hustle to do that." isted on the log more nearly to face’her. "Look here." he demanded, “what is the greatmaterial need, the very greatneed of tbe world*" ’Dau-nporis batteries" sbe replied i>rompUy. He threw his bead back and laughed boyishly. “! wa* getting rather preachy, wasn't I? Well, the thing th; world needs most is breattnngtlnu. time to play more an 1 to aoak up the things that never come to n man when he's in a! hurry or surrounded by the bun-: flies of detail. What the work a day world needs most is leisure, a little leisure * "The (rouble to." said Burton. I "people are never satisfied. It, they'd be contented to go without 1 so many Trill* they'd have leisure

enough."

"No. you're wrong. They should have the frills. The frills represent the grace and lieauty of life. We all have an Instinct lor frills; and real instincts should be gratified—in proportion. Bui Ibe point to. frills are loo hard lo get. A living Is too hard to get. Heaven*, forbid we should ever gel any-; thing wiihoul working lor It: that' l* absolutely fatal But Inere's no sense In having to perform soul- 1 deadening and grinding toll for It - "But what has the brtterv to do wilL this*" "Why don't yon are? Every invention that reduev* the labor necesaary to produce things is a step toward that ielaure lor the rate. It's n step toward aupplyf more, frills, besides more •undant necessities, with the w.c amount of labor." •nces be sketched

tree to put positive creation oi which men's true Inpreducing its abund■»t sincere. necessary - ■mipllshlBf the prouw the exhaustion oi

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