SERIAL STORY
THE TERRIBLE EYE
BY EDWIN RUTT
COPYRISHT. IMS.
NBA RVICC. INC.
CHAPTER I
rpHE living-room In the convert-
ed bam was dark, av for art
occasional electric-blue upark that
crackled along a act of colls. The
colls were attached to a large
ominous-looking machine standing
against the far wall. Only the
mere outlines of this machine were
visible ,ln the gloom. And the
shadowy figures of Jonah Logan
and Mahoney, moving restlessly
about the room, lent sinister
touch. It was as though a couple
of the baser conspirators had fore
gathered In a chamber of horrors.
Jonah Logan stopped prowling
to light a cigaret The flare of
the match revealed an open,
slightly-humorous face, notable
for gray eyes and a wide mouth
that crinkled at the corners. The
sudden Illumination also revealed
an ordinary movie screen designed
for home use. ,
"You know, Mahoney," Jonah
said, in a kind of awed whisper,
"the possibilities of this thing are
so vast, so tremendous, that some
times it almost scares me."
"What's there to be scared of?"
Inquired Mahoney, an unimagina
tive man.
"The very thought of what I
could do with it And another
thing! Who'd ever have figured
that I'd go down in history as a
great inventor? Think of it, Ma
honey. Alexander Graham Bell,
Edison, Marconi and Logan. How's
that for a backfield?"
"You're travelin' in fast com
pany, Chief," Mahoney said.
. "I'll say so. I . . ." But, all at
once, Jonah stopped and his whole
body went rigid. '
Activity had begun in the ominous-looking
machine. A faint yel
low light glowed behind a huge
lens in the front of it The light
wavered a moment then deep
ened. "Ah," breathed Jonah. "She's
beginning to cook, all right"
"Think shell work here like she
did in New York?" asked Ma
honey. '
"Why not? Give her a touch
more juice." , 1
Mahoney complied. The blue
sparks striking off the coils in
creased in number and Intensity.
Inside the" machine, light seemed
jto'chum around. Then, sudden
ly images began to appear on the
movie screen.
At first they were meaningless
tlura, totally unrecognizable. But
Jonah Logan stepped over to the
' machine. He took a flashlight
from his pocket and the beam
' picked out a small dial. Jonah
'twisted the dial carefully.
And, presently,- the indistinct
jblurs on the screen resolved them
selves into outlines, then shapes.
,
rPHE scene was a valley. On
. either side of it ran a range
of low hills, somewhat parallel to
each other. On the far slope, there
was a building of foreign and an
tiquated architecture. Visible,
also, were a number of smaller
buildings. A little forest of beech
trees ringed these establishments.
"Looks like that's the farm they
(called Hougoumont" Jonah spoke
crisply. Jonah knew something
about the decisive engagements of
history.
"Hugo, who?" said Mahoney
mystified. Mahoney knew noth
ing about the decisive engage
ments of history.
I Before Jonah could reply myr
iads of tiny white puffs started
up from the low hills on each side
of the valley. And, with startling
abruptness, a great company of
horsemen, light gleaming off
drawn sabers, off epaulets, off
the metalwork of bridles, poured
down the slope in the foreground.
They charged in a swift-moving
mass across the uneven terrain of
the valley. And from the farm,
and the wood around it arose
other white puffs, like cotton balls
tossed into the air by unseen chil
dren. "Gosh," Mahoney exclaimed.
"That ain't a bad pitcher, Chief.
Lots of action." ,
"Not a bad picture?" There was
annoyance in Jonah's voice. "Why,
man, it's super-colossal."
"Okay," said Mahoney. "I says
it was swell."
"Yes, but I detected no sense of
the magnitude and er sweeping
consequences of this invention.
And yet Mahoney, you now enjoy
an odd distinction." ,
"Who, me?"
"You," said Jonah solemnly.
"You, Mahoney, are one of the
two men alive who can see the
Battle of Waterloo. Just as It was
fought"
.
'T'HERE was an Impressive sl-
lence.
"Well, what do you know?" Ma
honey said, at last.
Jonah, apparently satisfied, shut
off the machine. "No use wast
ing power. It's working perfectly.
But I sure wish that Henry L.
Channing was here tonight"
"Look, Chief," said Mahoney.
"I'm only your assistant But darn
if I can make sense out of us com
in' up here to Connecticut, lug
gin' nil our junk an' hirin this
this shakedown." He swept a dis
gusted hand over the converted
barn.
"I've told you," said Jonah ir
ritably, "that wo came because
I can't get an interview with
Henry L. Channing in New York.
I've written him about 25 letters.
And all I've gotten in reply are
formal notes, from secretaries. I
quote from one, typical of all: If
ou -will state your reasons for de
siring an Interview, Mr. Channing
will take the matter under advise
ment.' How do you like that?"
"Well, why didn't you state your
reasons?"
Jonah stared at him. "Do you
think I'd even hint about such an
Invention as mine in a letter to be
opened by a secretary? Well, I've
tried phoning Channing. Same
results. Snippety operators want
to know my business and when
I won't give it they ring off. I'm
fed up. Mahoney. Who does
Henry L. Channing think he is?"
"Maybe," said Mahoney, "he
thinks he's what the newspapers
call him: the multi-millionaire
camera king of America."
"Bah," Jonah said. "How long
do you think he'd be the camera
king if I were to put the Terrible
Eye on the market?" He indicated
the big machine.
"Honest Chief, I .wouldn't
know."
Jonah eyed his assistant severe-'
ly. "You should know. However, I
have no intention of marketing it
I merely want to sell the invention
to Channing. And since he won't
see me in the usual way unless I
let down my hair to a lot of secre
taries and telephone girls, ;I'ra
bearding him in his den."
: "Yeah? How do you work that?""
"By going straight to the Chan
ning estate," said Jonah decisive
ly. "Tomorrow. I know Chan
ning is there on vacation because
I've made inquiries. Well, we'll
barge in and give him a demon
stration on the working model.
And when he sees what that can
do, wild horses couldn't stop him
from rushine over here to get a
load of the real McCoy. You 1
leave it to me." !
"That" said Mahoney warmly'
"Is just what I'm doin'. Leavin' it
to you."
Jonah Logan planned his foray 1
into the Channin domain care- j
fully. Far Into ""the night he
plotted, and when he finished, he
smiled happily. If Jonah Logan
had learned anything in his work
as an inventor, he had learned
patience.
Henry L. Channing was simply'
another problem to be solved,'
scientifically, painstakingly, caro-
fully. Jonah Logan felt sura he
had reached a solution. He reck-l
oned, however, without Cupid,'
who at that innocent moment In.
Logan's lite was hard at vorkou;
a big surprise.
(To Be Continued) li'-i;
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