Van Emmon!"
Smith also shook his head. "Neither of you has the right idea. The
easiest way, under the circumstances, would be an electrical one."
He paused, frowning hard; then vetoed his own plan. "Thunder; I'm always
speaking first and thinking afterward. I never used to do it,"
accusingly, "until I got in with you folks. Anyhow, electricity won't
do; you've got to have practically pure elements for that, too."
"Guess it's up to you, doc," said Billie. And they all looked
respectfully toward their host.
He laughed. "You three will never learn anything. You'll continue to
think that I'm a regular wonder about these things, but you never notice
that I merely stay still and let you commit yourselves first before I
say anything. All I have to do is select the one idea remaining after
you've disproved the rest. Nothing to it!"
He paused. "I'm afraid we're reduced to the spark method. It would take
too long to procure materials pure enough for any other plan. Friction
is out of the question for such people; they haven't the patience.
Suppose we go ahead on the flint-and-spark basis."
They went at once into the familiar trance state. Nightfall was
approaching on the part of Sanus in which they were interested.
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