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Show " By this time we had arrived at tho I top of a slight eminence from which the laboratory was distinctly visible. It wa.s a large, square building with a hemispherical hem-ispherical roof not unlike an astronomical astronom-ical observatory. An this strange, win-dowless win-dowless structure canio into view Herr Schwartz halted, and, turning his back upon it, solemnly addressed himself to me: , "Wait," he said. "It is not yet too late for you to withdraw. You have i known me long enough to be sure I am of sound mind, and to know whether you can rely upon iny good faith. I assure as-sure you that in the experiment I mn about to make no harm can come to you. I alone will take all risks and be responsible respon-sible for all the results. That is but right, since I alone shall reap whatever benefit may spring from the momentous trial. .Speak, then, and let me know whether I have rightly concluded that I his views to be even more downrightahct avowed thau I supposed. Outside of his lecture hours Herr Schwartz was believed to spend the greater part of his time in his laboratory a large and mysterious building situated situ-ated upon the outskirts of the town. Much curiosity existed among the stu. dents as to the nature of the researches he carried on in this gloomy building, but never, so far as we knew, had any student been admitted within its window-less window-less walls. Great, then, was my surprise one morning morn-ing when the learned lecturer was taking tak-ing a long walk with me a thing that he had done once or twice since ho discovered dis-covered my intense interest in his bold theories to receive an invitation to coma with him to inspect his laboratory. My astonishment must have been evident in my expression, for he said: "Come! is it so strange that I should ask a student to my laboratory?" , rat us which had Ixrti at rent, during thn preceding preparations) agaiu In motion. OraUimlly I lidded to tho epc! tit rotation, ro-tation, keeping my )" upon ttiili..l Hild indicator. My grmt HUiK'tj wa t keep the npned ut just thn point which llnrr 1 hwrU hd jaw ri bud. There, in no uom) to dwell upon tlm toilouR 1 1 inn that followed, nor to I. 'I 'he thoiinand thouiflit and fears that pressed upon my Lhretiliing brain. Afu r what mviiied an fndlww timo tlia Ml , nounded the signal -I rtmhed to tint! l ain hull, torn the wliol" f Iimifi fp'in ' lis pitted, and made my way to tlm outr air. . J U wan a still, moonlight n t k ' ' 1; ,iluced the bit of rnrth gently iioii I Im ' ground, and from it them arown a figure! 1 lint what waa it that slowly t'mk (.hapi lirforo m? Was it thn nolil lijfur .( man, grown to wiue grander, iiot.l.T I shai"? Alun! no. On tho contrary it was a dirnluutivo and far from attractive, iiumkey. I sftw at (jiico twr wan iKimi-lhlng I wrong, and my trained scientific inti l-Jirt l-Jirt at once solvml tli mysl'-ry. I Imd turned the npparatna backward. Tudor Juuka ill the lru!i'T).tidi)lit. itarion by electricity; have made an artificial arti-ficial solar liody, have produced artiflciiil temperatures, and, in sh6rt, have created creat-ed a world in miniature; but a world that is, save for some few inferior forms of life, uninhabited. You aeo upon this tiny (for tiny it ia compared to the world whereon we dwell) upon this tiny world an oceun rolls, continent exist, vegetation vegeta-tion fior islies and thn rcamng pursue their woi ..ed round. The animul life is restricted for a purpose to a few forma to such as are necessary to sustain life in the human being. The purpose of this great invention for modesty over such an achievement wonld be absurd will soon be revealed to you." "It is truly almost superhuman," I said. "It seems to move as I look upon it." "It does," he answered prondly. "It is essentially a new world. But let ns not waste time in boyish wonder. All this is not a toy, bnt a piece of scientific apparatus." "But what purpose can it serve?" I asked, after a few moments of bewilderment. bewilder-ment. "After years of investigation," said Herr Schwartz slowly, "I have learned; the history of tho development of man. j I have slowly unraveled tho links of the chain extending from man as hn exists today to the mere potential nouiad. Yon, too, have surveyed a part of that wondrous won-drous story literally wrung from the i heart of tho rocks." ' "Yes," I said hesitatingly, "but the i 'misning linkJ"' "I have several skeletons of the 'mi-ing 'mi-ing link,' " said Herr Schwartz, "That j is the very least of my discoveries. Jly thoughts for yearn hav not beenbmyj with the paat of evolution. My dreams, j nay. rather my reasoning, my inventions inven-tions and my discoveries, have dealt with its future. But enough. The experiment ex-periment will make all clear to yon where words piled upon words would fail to effect a beginning. A few short explanations expla-nations and we will proceed to deeds, and you will sej for yourself whatever now seems obscure. Hit down." We entered a small side rooni, from which conld bedistinguished a slight vibration vi-bration caused by the revolution of tho great globe in tho onter room, and et- j tied down into two easy chair. j "Listen," said Herr Schwartz, "and j uiiIitss it. be necessary do not interrupt 1 me. You have seen tlm apparatus. It only remains for you to know that I have discovered a method of redwing my own size to such dimension ut tit me to dwell upon the miniature earth you have already examined. This method is tin)- pie, effective ami entirely harml' M. Bui for the present I fchiil! not reveal it. Suffice Suf-fice it to say that 1 shall utilize this method, meth-od, and shall then allow you to place me npon that glol. selecting that part of India, whi' h i. the cradle of the human racp. Previously I s-hail have taught you j to control ami operate the mechanism' whereby the little wurld is actuated. Hiving placed me, tnen. in the proper spot, yon will by gradual degrees increase the ?peed of the earth' rotation. The effect, as I know from oin minor experiment ex-periment upon inf'.tior animaln, will be to greatly iude.'i, tuimea-urably increase in-crease the rapidity with which evolution operates. .Meanwhile the tiny being whi"h I have bf i.n.e will devote himself him-self with all hi power to develop all his ; higher and nobler attribute. The m- ' suit, as I am sure, will I the production of an uv.imagiriod typ f man. 1 will , become an individc.,1 so highly evolu- j tionized, ft mipreiaery developed, that' ; what 1 am now, compared to an ape, will la) then, compared to iny former elf!" "And then" I began. "Silence!- for it Moment longer," said Herr Schwartz impressively. "I am not done. Then you must stop tho revolutions. rev-olutions. A bell will strike for a signal, i Take, then, the portion of that, earth' 1 cniat upon which yon know m to be in fact, you might take all of India, as it is but a light burdeuund carry it ; into thn open air. There you will sen : the result of this pxperinicnr. What It will bo I know almost licynnd thn jmis-; jmis-; tiibility of error. But you shall not have the supreme happiness of that moment destroyed by anticipation." "But have you counted thn risks, tho possibility of some tin foreseen result'f" I i asked, with uno;minee nt thn great responsibility re-sponsibility I was called nii to assume without preparation. "I have," aaid the experimenter, with noble confidence. "The riidiH and tho 1 result are alike mine. If you will not aid nm another must. But 1 1 you I oiler this unparalleled experience." "1 accept it," I replied; for after some few moment of reflection I could nee no j reason why an American should not lie ' the lnimbloinstrtiinni.of bringing alsiut i this marvelou triunipfi fif M-ietice over nature. It was now alxmt noon, and wo partook par-took of a light, luncheon. AfU-r the meal was llniidied Herr Schwartz. took me into thn oM-rating room und explained to me the use of the electric liiittoiis, thn regulators, regu-lators, the governors, the switches mid brakes, tho dials and indicators which set in motion and controlled tho complicated compli-cated and heautifid mechanism by w Inch his whirling glolx wan operated. .Mechanical matters had never offer d any puzzle to me, and in a hhort time he pronounced tun capable of Jierfonnltig the role he had intruxtcd to me. Then we proceeded to another apartment; ho entered a small calumet, after supplying me with a powerful magnifier, and told me when 1 i-honld J.ear the stroke of a tiny bell to enter thn room and lake from over an alcohol lamp it small retort. "By examining with llm gla."caid Herr Schwartz, "you will that I have become a mere atom of hnm iiilty, too Mnall to ) w en s e by a powerful lens, J'lacn the mouth of the retort over thn spot in India which you will find indicated indi-cated b atiejal pointer, and then retire to the operating room mid wt. thn machinery ma-chinery in motion. Tiie pn - oiiifht not to take oer a few hours, and may be much shorter." "(ood:by." r-jnil theexp.-rini liter with a smile, "and reiuemW-r, whatever happens, hap-pens, the rij-k and rwult ai mine dlone." With a hand f hake we mrii d, and Ih-ir tit hwartz i-ntered the train-forriiing caU iliet. 1 do not know how long I waited. My intereft and ciin-aiity w.-re w, tnt'-nan that I was hardly aware all through the exi-riliieiit of tlm time which rA The bell sounded. I enU r"d tim little rjWnct, found the retort over the tiny amp. xamiued tiie content with the icn. Ld found the r!t to what Herr JVhwurtz had pre.l:ct.-l. There was a micro-y oj :.: imanof tlte ieniiCc Jri'-n 1 to wjfyve lecture I hwl so long livtene-l! , Kealizingthe rp'UHility which now rwted tipfti me. I liat:nel to carry out Herr Schwartz' insfrurlion to the letter. let-ter. I placed the mite of humanity upon theartifi'-ial globe, retrirnel to the operating oper-ating rtu and set the wonderful tpy-' can rely upon your nationality and your intellect. Are you willing to assist me in this purely scientific experiment?" "Herr Schwartz," I replied, after a moment's reflection, "only assure me that you will call upon me to do nothing derogatory to my status as tin American citizen, a man of science and a a gentleman, gen-tleman, and I will consent gladly to aid you in any way within my power." "I give you my word as an evolutionist evolution-ist and as a scholar that you can safely assist me upon those conditions," said Herr Schwartz. "Very well," I answered, "I consent." "There is no time to be lost, then," ho answered. Wo set out for the laboratory, and after a few minutes stood before tho heavy oak door. It was secured by a combination lock. Herr Schwartz gave the handle a few revolutions, the bolt flew back and we entered tho building, and when the door was shut found ourselves our-selves in perfect darkness. In a moment, however, I heard a slight click, and the interior of the laboratory lab-oratory was flooded with the radiance of tm enormous incandescent light. I do not know how I can most clearly convey tho impression made upon me by the wondrous sight which was revealed to me. Perhaps the plainest and simplest method is the best. I must trust for the rest to the imagination of my readers. I Haw that the enormous hemispherical dome that roofed tho edifice had r-en raised to accommodate a model of the globe-a terrestrial globe. Its dimensions dimen-sions I cannot give, but perhaps U w;:i liio feet in diameter. The electric: li;,'nt was so placed as to bo a representation of the sun. A largo parabolic mirror seemed to take the place of our (satellite the moon. -More distant were other celestial Iwxlies, while tiny lamps were frrouned like constellations. I' "tber "Indeed, no," I answered, with some hesitation; "but I imagined" - 'Yes," he interrupted, "you thought because I hail never thrown open my working room to the general rabble of students that there was some mystery about it something I wished to conceal. Ah. no. Y'ou are, different: you have a trulv scientific mind. To the ordinary intellect what I am doing would seem but nonsense. Incapable of comprehending compre-hending me, they would see in my experiments ex-periments but the vagaries of a lunatic. But once I have shown you tho plan, tho reason, the theory upon which I work, you will see the logical basis for each wheel and each cog in the whole appar- flt"I am proud, indeed, Herr Schwartz," I began, but, ho did not wait for the end of my sentence. "There is no reason for pride, he Raid, waving his baud disdainfully. "You cannot help it. You are from the L mted States. You judge all things without prejudice and upon their merits. It is the result of your environment, nothing more. Will yen come?" Most willingly." I answered. "When fchallmyvisitbemade? -"Todav," he said promptly. "But "it is vonr lecture day, I said, locking at my watch; "and in fact you will have no more time than is neeessarj even if you should go now to the lecture Bah'" he answered, with a curl of the Ijp "What care I for the gaping faces "f those boobies now? It is true I haw "nent two years iu pelting their dough fas with crumbs of science which not Jrf them can receive. But now aU tb!t is nvt. My apparatus is at lart rady Tod-y it will be put in opera- ti0"Will it not be better, then, for me to AX EXPERIMENT, f'erlhad received a diploma from f the oldest American universities, t that I could not do better than to 'plete iny education abroad. As I M to perfect my already exccl- knowledge of modern languages, I ,:'M that a residence in some conti-;1 conti-;1 town would enable me to accom-!' accom-!' wth purposes. I j'tther I ch0Se the uuiversity of Got-:'n Got-:'n or Heidelberg I do not care to '-'! and if the ingenious reader can "from internal evidence that I pur- II Hy studies at neither of these great :tions of learning let him not bo I1''!- I prefer not to indicate pre-y pre-y the scene of the strange hr.ppeni ng which I am going to tell, for rea-s rea-s which will be readily understood one who attentively peruses this t be enough, then, to say that I "ted a foreign xmiversitv, was prop-' prop-' matriculated, joined "one of tha !,efniis student clubs, learned to corn-wit corn-wit hits foolish customs, and became ; ."ighly identified with the btudents. ;Cwfrt' instructed principally by lert-',. lert-',. ( ymu uf us took notes, some drew shires or scrawled verses upon the ' n' ise blank pages of our books, and a Very few became thoroughly im-Vth im-Vth the enthusiasm for learning 011 animated many of the learned ,' ' wno expounded to us the accuniu- , ' wisdom of the ages and propounded ,J 'theories of their own. " e I w as not equally interested in the lecturers, there were one or two 'ia who deeply impressed me none (l"pPly than Herr Schwartz. He I' short, thick sot man, with tightly i word.-, I saw an orrery, but snc h au orrery as man had never ta foro made. -io nearer," saidllerr Schwartz, "and examine the machinery. It is purely artificial I make no pretensions to tho black art. But do not interfere with any of the mechanism; it is the result of months of careful adjustment." I was speechless with admiration, for a3 I came nearer I saw that I was gazing on a dwarfil world. I paid sol thing of the sort when I had recovered from hit first stupefaction. ""Ye," said thetnaker of these marvels, ! "you liavft comprehended it. As the ' Chinese and Japanese dwarf oak tree, I have dwarfed a world, or, to rpeak more ! accurately, I have reproduced the world in miniature. I have made some won- j I derful discoveries. I have replaced grav- postpone iny visit muui -1 asked, not wishm3 to inconvenience tho T understand," safd Herr ! Schwartz, turning to me witli a smile. 5 do not V you to come into the place so long sacred to my deepest musings. my most i-Port-L'norTs I as a spectator to be amused, nor as a student to be instructed. I need help. FoVriong time I have been on the look-SamSthe look-SamSthe young men in the um- ! are he. I ot rform 5 "Z I I nr which I have passed years in r hiack hair and beard. His na-"t.v na-"t.v I am not certain about, but I urM 3 Genr'an or Austrian. He iiph UIK'n "CoTarativa Anatomy nysiology," anj was an advanced "n"jnipromising evolutionist. By thp i do not mean an evolutionist se latter days one of the men of chtT10 aJlnit awav or explain so -n that they state nothing definitely one of the old and imperfect dis- i 'sli l nrin- Herr Schwartz had not ; " l onbt of man's descent from - muukey or from some allied form. So 'l Jl 60011 leaed from his lectures; ! t tcy r i y cl08e attention in the lect- I Jfii had drawn his attention to me e became better acquainted I found j |
