The large auditorium of the theatre was full, every seat occupied, and
most all available standing room was filled with the small, but strong
spring seats that came up from the floor by a touch, when required to
help seat the great crowds that thronged to the auditorium whenever the
Governor was billed to address his people.
Applause after applause went up from the large audience when the person
for whom they waited in breathless silence appeared upon the stage.
Exclamations of surprise and admiration were heard on every side when
the people saw the pretty child. She sat facing them with the
complacency of a queen, throughout the entire lecture.
In the large private boxes sat the President of the United States and
the representatives from foreign countries which came with him.
It was an event of great annoyance to the Governor to find, in one of
the most conspicuous seats of the private box where the President and
family sat, Marriet Motuble.
On his way to the theatre he had called for a few moments at the Mexican
Annex, to pay his respects to the Chief Executive and the distinguished
representatives of foreign countries present.
Now he only bowed to them, and wondered how the aggressive señorita made
the acquaintance with the party; by whose invitation she had a seat in
the box.
He felt his mind wandering and it was with much effort he was able to
concentrate his thoughts upon the subject of his lecture. His discourse
led up in a modest way to “Memory Fluid,” by mentioning the many
discoveries they had made before they began to experiment to find a
fluid, directly from the source of light which would perpetuate Memory
through all time. That while working with the instrument which condensed
the moisture from the sun’s rays to a liquid, they discovered it had a
very strange effect upon whichever one of the three workers who always
conducted the experiments, when the fluid had reached a certain stage. A
generous sample of the fluid at that peculiar stage was put away for
future experiments. In the meantime they perfected their “Heat and
Light” fluid and put it into practical use.
At this point in the history of their discoveries, Guillermo Gonzales
stepped upon the stage. He was received with a storm of applause. He
returned the greeting with a smile and low bow. The Governor continued:
“My able coworker will show you one of the uses to which we have put
this fluid in our own city.”
Then while Guillermo Gonzales turned the light off and on, and made the
room very hot, then cool, the Governor pointed to the large picture of
the face of the sun in the center of the ceiling and told them that it
was the source of the artificial light which they saw in the room, and
the heat they felt.
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