Controversial Issues

"I have a few thousand I can loan until we get an income," says Scherff.

"I appreciate that. We'll complete the therapeutic oscillator for the medical profession. Doctors and professors from all over the country have been reminding me of its importance. Also, let's put on a fireworks display from the tower to prove we've got what it takes."

A few nights later, reporters are rushing to the scene, but are turned away. The flashes from the tower are awesome, brightening up the night sky with the cracks that can be heard from a distance."

Headlines on the newsstand the next day, "Tesla's Flashes Startling, But He Won't Tell What He is Trying for at Wardenclyffe."

In the Johnson's living room, Katherine is reading from the newspaper to Robert, "For a time, the air was filled with blinding streaks of electricity which seems to shoot off into the darkness on some mysterious errand."

Robert said, "Good grief, Katherine, Nikky is really hitting the headlines."

"Let me send him a note to see if he'll join us at the Hawthorne's next month. I miss him so much."

Robert agreed, "I guess I do, too. We've been through so much together."

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J. P. Morgan's yacht was moored in New York Harbor. He often stayed there instead of returning to his Madison Avenue home. He sat in the cabin playing solitaire as Tesla entered.