Chapter 13—News for the Professor
Max Bruckmann, to Professor Schultz, of Steeltown.
Frankville, September 14th.
I consider it proper to inform the King of Steel, that on the evening of the day before yesterday. I succeeded in passing beyond the frontier of his dominion, preferring my own safety to that of the model in the blazing workshop.
While taking leave, I should fail in my bounden duty were I not in turn to reveal my secrets. Do not, however, be uneasy on that account, I shall not require you to pay for the knowledge with your life.
My real name is not Schwartz, and I am not a Swiss. Alsace is my country, and I am called Max Bruckmann. I am a tolerable engineer, if one may take your word for it; but first and foremost, I am a Frenchman. You have shown yourself the implacable en
