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VoL. \'II ~lAY, 11)23
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No.3
Dr. J. Carter Branham had been working very hard, for ruany years, in his laboratories on a new lens to be set in his telescope for the purpose of seeing Mars. Dr. Branham had realized at a very early age what a wonderful thing it would be if he could invent a lens through which Mars could be seen more distinctly. This plan had become so set in his mind that he had devoted his entire life to its de,'clopment. As a result of his labors he had sacrificed his health to attain that one object which he had set his heart upon.
To-da,v we sec him a little short, bent-over man, not over five feet high. His little grey mustache and his shriveled up face mnde him look as if he were a drug addict. Dr. Branham Lad never associated with other men very much, for fear that they would try to copy his telescope and cheat him out of his long ho}X'd for goal. He had practically isolated himself from the rest of the world and was now living the life of a recluse on the edge of a small to'vn in Kew Jc1·sey. Occasionally we see him making short trips to town in order to buy the necessary provisions to main- tain lifr. He had always been very careful with the money that his ·uncle had left him and had been able to go this far in lifo without having to ·work for a living. Now, ho\\'C\'cr, his income was getting low and it was necessary that he complete his patent in order to obtuin money. So
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