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Beneath was a crude sphere of heavy lead  a retort, it might be  and from this there passed two massive, insulated cables. The understanding eyes of the Professor followed them, one to a terminal on a great insulating block upon the floor, the other to a similarly protected terminal of carbon some feet above it in the air. BENEATH WAS A CRUDE SPHERE OF HEAVY LEAD A RETORT IT MIGHT BE AND FROM THIS THERE PASSED TWO MASSIVE INSULATED CABLES THE UNDERSTANDING EYES OF THE PROFESSOR FOLLOWED THEM ONE TO A TERMINAL ON A GREAT INSULATING BLOCK UPON THE FLOOR THE OTHER TO A SIMILARLY PROTECTED TERMINAL OF CARBONS SOME FEET ABOVE IT IN THE AIR
broken glassware where trembling hands had fumbled in heedless excitement. "Glad to see you again, Avery." The gentle voice of Professor Eddinger had lost its tired tone. "It's been two years you've been working, I judge. Now what is this great discovery, boy? What have you found?" The younger man, in whose face the color came and went, and whose eyes were shining from dark hollows that marked long days and sleepless nights, still clung to the other's arm. "It's real," he said; "it's great! It means fortune and fame, and you're in on that, Professor. The old master," he said and clapped a hand affectionately upon a thin shoulder; "I owe it all to you. And now I have--I have learned.... No, you shall see for yourself. Wait--" * * * * * He crossed quickly to a table. On it was an apparatus; the eyes of the older man widened as he saw it. It was intricate--a maze of tubing. There was a glass bulb above--the generator of a cathode ray, obviously--and electro-magnets below and on each side. UT THE TABLES WERE A LITTER OF MISPLACED INSTRUMENTS AND BROKEN GLASSWARE WHERE TREMBLING HANDS HAD FUMBLED IN HEEDLESS EXCITEMENT GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AVERY THE GENTLE VOICE OF PROFESSOR EDINGER HAD LOST ITS TIRED TONE IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING I JUDGE NOW WHAT IS THIS GREAT DISCOVERY BOY WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND THE YOUNGER MAN IN WHOSE FACE THE COLOUR CAME AND WENT AND WHOSE EYES WERE SHINING FROM DARK HOLLOWS THAT MARKED LONG DAYS AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS STILL CLUNG TO THE OTHER'S ARM IT'S REAL HE SAID IT'S GREAT IT MEANS FORTUNE AND FAME AND YOU'RE IN ON THAT PROFESSOR THE OLD MASTER HE SAID AND CLAPPED A HAND AFFECTIONATELY UPON A THIN SHOULDER I OWE IT ALL TO YOU AND NOW I HAVE I HAVE LEARNED NOT NO YOU SHALL SEE FOR YOURSELF WAIT HE CROSSED QUICKLY TO A TABLE ON IT WAS AN APPARATUS THE EYES OF THE OLDER MAN WIDENED AS HE SAW IT IT WAS INTRICATE A MAZE OF TUBING THERE WAS A GLASS BULB ABOVE THE GENERATOR OF A CATHODE RAY OBVIOUSLY AND ELECTROMAGNETS BELOW AND ON EACH SIDE
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