ped the sergeant and cried frantically:

"That's Dr. Wesley! Why don't you do something? Why don't--"

"Who are you?" the officer asked, with some return of an authoritative
manner.

"I work for him. I'm his janitor. But--can't you do anything? Look at
him! Look!"

The crowd pressed closer. "What do you know about this?" went on the
sergeant.

The man gulped and stared around wildly. "He's been working on
something--many years--I don't know what, for he kept it a close secret.
All I knew is that an hour ago I was in my room upstairs, when I heard
some disturbance in his laboratory, on the ground floor. I came down and
knocked on the door, and he answered from inside and said that
everything was all right--"

"You didn't go in?"

"No. I went back up, and everything was quiet for a long time. Then I
heard a lot of noise down below--a smashing--as if things were being
broken. But I thought he was just destroying something he didn't need,
and I didn't investigate: he hated to be disturbed. And then, a little
later, I heard them shouting out here in the Square, and I looked out
and saw. I saw him--just as I knew him--but a giant! Look at his face!
Why, he has the face of--of a god! He's--as if he were looking down on
us--and--pitying us...."

For a moment all were silent as they gazed, transfixed, at the vast form
that towered two hundred feet above them. Almost as awe-inspiring as the
astounding growth was the fine, dignified calmness of the face. The
sergeant broke in:

"The explanation of this must be in his laboratory. We've got to have a
look. You lead us there."

* * * * *

The other man nodded; but just then the giant moved again, and they
waited and watched.

With the utmost caution the titanic shape changed position. Gradually,
one great foot, over thirty feet in length, soared up from the street
and lowered farther away, and then the other distant foot changed its
position; and the leviathan came gently to rest against the tallest
building bordering the Square, and once more folded his arms and stood
quiet. The enormous body appeared to waver slightly as a breath of wind
washed against it: obviously it was not gaining weight as it grew.
Almost, now, it appeared to float in the air. Swiftly it grew another
twenty-five feet, and the gray expanse of its clothes shimmered
strangely as a ripple ran over its colossal bulk.

A change of feeling came gradually over the watch