Roy Norton

“ Jimmy was with me when it was received.
"Well," he said, "the old chap means well, and maybe we shall want a friend or two after it's all over. Now, of course, we must go to Washington with the plan for the light. It will be invaluable to our country. We must make it a gift; our contribution. Everything else is off." ”

“ We were at the safety deposit vaults when they opened, and took therefrom the precious plans. We guarded them as if our lives depended upon their security all the way to Washington, and up to the Naval Building, where I was confident I could gain a hearing. ”

“ He did so, and we spread out on his table drawing after drawing, which Jimmy explained in his slow, methodical way.
"We have also the formulæ and close calculations on a separate sheet which no one but I could understand," he said in conclusion. "They, of course, are the key to the entire set of plans. One without the other would be so incomplete as to be almost useless. They were purposely compiled in that manner. Let me see. Those sheets are—"
He began to move the plans about, sheet by sheet. ”