The Master Key
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Baum Lyman Frank. The Master Key
WHO KNOWS?
CHAPTER ONE. ROB'S WORKSHOP
CHAPTER TWO. THE DEMON OF ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER THREE. THE THREE GIFTS
CHAPTER FOUR. TESTING THE INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER FIVE. THE CANNIBAL ISLAND
CHAPTER SIX. THE BUCCANEERS
CHAPTER SEVEN. THE DEMON BECOMES ANGRY
CHAPTER EIGHT. ROB ACQUIRES NEW POWERS
CHAPTER NINE. THE SECOND JOURNEY
CHAPTER TEN. HOW ROB SERVED A MIGHTY KING
CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE MAN OF SCIENCE
CHAPTER TWELVE. HOW ROB SAVED A REPUBLIC
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. ROB LOSES HIS TREASURES
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. TURK AND TATAR
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. A BATTLE WITH MONSTERS
CHAPTER SIXTEEN. SHIPWRECKED MARINERS
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. THE COAST OF OREGON
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. A NARROW ESCAPE
CHAPTER NINETEEN. ROB MAKES A RESOLUTION
CHAPTER TWENTY. THE UNHAPPY FATE OF THE DEMON
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When Rob became interested in electricity his clear-headed father considered the boy's fancy to be instructive as well as amusing; so he heartily encouraged his son, and Rob never lacked batteries, motors or supplies of any sort that his experiments might require.
He fitted up the little back room in the attic as his workshop, and from thence a net-work of wires soon ran throughout the house. Not only had every outside door its electric bell, but every window was fitted with a burglar alarm; moreover no one could cross the threshold of any interior room without registering the fact in Rob's workshop. The gas was lighted by an electric fob; a chime, connected with an erratic clock in the boy's room, woke the servants at all hours of the night and caused the cook to give warning; a bell rang whenever the postman dropped a letter into the box; there were bells, bells, bells everywhere, ringing at the right time, the wrong time and all the time. And there were telephones in the different rooms, too, through which Rob could call up the different members of the family just when they did not wish to be disturbed.
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"It is really astonishing," continued the Apparition, "how little you people have learned about electricity. It is an Earth element that has existed since the Earth itself was formed, and if you but understood its proper use humanity would be marvelously benefited in many ways."
"We are, already," protested Rob; "our discoveries in electricity have enabled us to live much more conveniently."
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