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Updated: June 16, 2025
Didn't you tell him to work with small quantities?" "I did. He said not to worry, that he was taking no chances, that he would never have more than a gram of copper on hand at once in the whole laboratory." "Well ... I'll ... be ... damned!" Slowly turning to the telephone, Brookings called a number and asked for Doctor DuQuesne, then called another. "Brookings speaking.
In one of his attempts to get it into the metallic state, a little of its solution fizzed out and over a copper steam bath or tank, which instantly flew out of the window like a bullet. It went clear out of sight, out of range of his binoculars, just that quick." He snapped his fingers under Brookings' nose. "Now that discovery means such power as the world never dreamed of.
"Absolutely," answered DuQuesne. "They have everything worked out to the queen's taste." "That's all right, then. I'll take the trip. Also," turning to Brookings, "it will help in another little thing we are doing the Spencer affair." "Haven't you got that stuff away from her yet, after having had her locked up in that hell-hole for two months?" asked Brookings. "No. She's stubborn as a mule.
Even that may not be enough I am carrying supplies for ten years, and that box of mine in the vault is not to be opened until ten years from today." "But surely we shall be able to remove the obstructions ourselves in a few weeks. We always have." "Oh, quit kidding yourself, Brookings! This is no time for idiocy! You stand just as much chance of killing Seaton "
I went out there myself and looked them over, without being seen. There isn't a man there with a record, and I haven't been able so far to get anything on any one of them that we can use as a handle." "No, Prescott's men are hard to do anything with. But can't you...?" Brookings paused significantly. "I was coming to that.
As Perkins slid out, Brookings spoke into his telephone, and soon Chambers, his chief chemist, appeared. "Doctor Chambers," Brookings began, showing him the bottle, "I have here a solution which in some way is capable of liberating the intra-atomic energy of matter, about which I asked you yesterday. It works on copper. I would like to have you work out the process for us, if you will."
An examination of the plane, which had been moved many feet and almost overturned by the force of the explosion, revealed no damage that they could not repair on the spot, and dusk saw them speeding through the air toward the distant city. In response to a summons from his chief, Perkins silently appeared in Brookings' office, without his usual complacent smile.
As soon as he does that, he's our meat. But that raises the question of who is going to drive the car?" "I am," replied DuQuesne. "I will need some help, though, as at least one man must stay with the girl while I bring the car back." "We don't want to let anybody else in on this if we can help it," cautioned Brookings. "You could go along, couldn't you, Perkins?" "Is it safe?"
Keep on holding it until I get back, no matter how long that may be," DuQuesne shot out in an icy tone. "I am very much surprised at your change of front, Doctor. You are the last man I would have expected to be scared off after one engagement." "Don't be any more of a fool than you have to, Brookings. There's a lot of difference between scared and knowing when you are simply wasting effort.
Perkins was a huddled heap under the instrument-board. The other captive, Brookings' ex-secretary, was in somewhat better case, as her bonds had snapped like string and she was lying at full length in one of the side-seats forced into that position and held there, as the design of the seats was adapted for the most comfortable position possible under such conditions.
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