“Very well, I will. I’ll show you some of our literature. I am one of the principal instructors. In fact I may say that I am the whole school, for all the other instructors come to me for advice. Just to show you how up to date we are, I will mention that we have a small laboratory——”
“Oh, say,” interrupted Noddy eagerly. “Do you happen to know anything about radium?”
“Radium?” replied the visitor. “Of course I do—a great deal. Why, to show you how advanced my college course is, let me say that we have a small quantity of radium for experimental purposes.”
“You have!” exclaimed the bully, with increased eagerness. “The real article?”
“Radium, I do assure you, the genuine article,” said Dr. Belgrade. “I do not care to state just how I came into possession of it, but it is in our laboratory.”
“But I thought you said you had no school building,” said Noddy, suspiciously.
“Well, the laboratory is in my house, next to the bath room,” explained the instructor. “It is not a very large laboratory, but I hope to extend it soon. I need money, and I hope——”
“Radium!” interrupted Noddy. “Radium is worth money; isn’t it?”
“I should say it was, Mr. Nixon.”
“Would you like to know where to get some?”