. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. she hesitated, to laugh. Well, I dont mirid telling you, ifit will do you any good. I overheardall you said to that old party in theWindsor station, and saw a goodchance to make use of you. Later,on the train, you gave me the rest Ineeded to know to work the you think Id make a goodnurse for the children, Mr. Harris? I turned and left her without pro-longing the conversation. As thesecret-service man closed the door be-hind me I heard her last words: And thank you so much for thatnice supper, Mr. Harris. When we were well out of
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. she hesitated, to laugh. Well, I dont mirid telling you, ifit will do you any good. I overheardall you said to that old party in theWindsor station, and saw a goodchance to make use of you. Later,on the train, you gave me the rest Ineeded to know to work the you think Id make a goodnurse for the children, Mr. Harris? I turned and left her without pro-longing the conversation. As thesecret-service man closed the door be-hind me I heard her last words: And thank you so much for thatnice supper, Mr. Harris. When we were well out of thebuilding and bowling up-town in acab, I asked my wife where she hadleft the children. With the Richards, she answer-ed. And, Charles? What? said I crossly. Mary phoned yesterday that hercousin died suddenly; he was injuredinternally. She will come back tous if we want her. All right, said I, we need her,dont we? But what will Emma think? Youknow w^e agreed to— Drat Emma, and this whole con-founded nurse business, I A Revolution in Travel By Grandin Nevins in American Magazine A TRAIN of Pullman coaches mountedupon a single row of wheels beneaththe centre of each car, running upona single rail, now dashing up or downhill, now taking a bridge consistingof a mere thread of steel strung a hun-dred feet above the glistening surfaceof a river and all the time dashingonward at a speed of from 60 to 140miles an hour; this is the sort of atrain in which you may ride in thefuture. No announcement in the field ofmechanics ever produced a greatersensation. Not even the story of the X-rays penetrating solids or the wirelesstelegraph canonading etheric wavesacross the water seemed more improb-able. Yet the claim for the gyroscoperailway is made seriously by LouisBreiinan, , the inventor of thefamous dirigible Brennan torpedo pur-chased by the British Government for$550,000. Further, a six-foot modelof Mr. Brennans new car has beenoperated and put through rigid tes
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