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Show The Fiction GREAT MAN ;wil Corner interview with the great man. He was constantly being pressed for interviews. in-terviews. What was it the American wanted to see him about? A problem? prob-lem? Ah, yes, Senor Indan was requested re-quested to solve so many problems. It was very, very doubtful if he would grant an interview for such a slight matter. However, if the American would care to take his chances, Senor Indan was to appear at a reception on Tuesday night. Possibly there would be an opportunity oppor-tunity to ask his question . . . Professor Cheswick attended the reception. He stood in line for hours, a quiet, unassuming, unimportant unim-portant looking little man, waiting for his chance to speak to the great Senor tyidan. It came at last. At last the Mapleridge school teacher and scientist stood before the man he respected more than anyone else in the world. 1 He was so overcome by awe that for a moment he just stared. Senor Indan frowned Impatiently and Professor Cheswick Ches-wick found his voice. He stated his question. The Senor's brows arched in surprise. "An unusual question, Senor," he said. "Frankly, I cannot answer it. There is only one man in the world with enough knowledge and learning to find the answer. He is one of your own countrymen. My good friend Mons. Davillier is at this moment in America seeking an interview with this wizard whom the whole scientific world respects and admires, yet who is so absorbed ab-sorbed in his work that it is difficult diffi-cult to persuade him to appear in public. I refer to Professor Aaron Cheswick of Mapleridge college." IF PROFESSOR AARON CHES-wick CHES-wick was famous he was not aware of this fact. He was too busy with his experiments in the field of chemistry, with teaching the undergraduates under-graduates of Mapleridge College the rudiments of I elementary 3 -Minute science, with Fiction writins PaPers , riciion and b00ks m which he let forth (in an almost apologetic stjle) the results of his experiments, and with reading avidly the works of such great scientists as Mons. Oliver Oli-ver Davillier and Senor Alfredo Valle Indan, both of whom had long ago won his respect and admiration. He was an unpretentious looking little man, this Professor Cheswick, with pale blue eyes and hornrimmed horn-rimmed glasses and a pasty complexion. com-plexion. He wasn't one to attract attention or to assert himself. He went aDout with a perpetual faraway far-away look in his eyes. There came a time when a problem prob-lem presented itself that challenged his skill and knowledge. He labored over it for days. The days became weeks and the weeks months. At last, worn and haggard, the little, man was ready to admit defeat. Time after time he returned to it, only to find himself defeated. de-feated. He visited every library within miles, read every book by Davillier and Indan, as well as other great scientists that was available, but without finding find-ing the answer. In the end Profesor Cheswick had an idea. It was summer. He needed a vacation. Why not take a month off, visit Europe and perhaps per-haps call on Davillier and Indan and ask them personally to clear up the matter that so burdened his mind? A week later Professor Cheswick sailed for France. The little school teacher was a lonely figure. He struck up a few acquaintances. He wasn't the type to attract people. But he enjoyed the trip. This was something he had never done before. be-fore. He was glad when the boat docked. Eagerly he looked ahead to his meeting with Mons. Davillier. But alas! The next day Professor Cheswick learned that Mons. Davillier Davil-lier had gone to America for his summer holiday and was not expected ex-pected to return for another month. The little scientist was depressed and disappointed. His time was short. Madrid, where lived Senor Indan was a long way off. Yet it could be reached, he thought suddenly sud-denly and excitedly, by plane in a very short while. HE WAS DELIGHTED to learn that Senor Indan was in Madrid. Yes, it was difficult to obtain an |