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diff --git a/old/65185-0.txt b/old/65185-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 6fb3dc2..0000000 --- a/old/65185-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,644 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of Beyond the Ultra-Violet, by Frank M. -Robinson - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Beyond the Ultra-Violet - -Author: Frank M. Robinson - -Release Date: April 29, 2021 [eBook #65185] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BEYOND THE ULTRA-VIOLET *** - - - - - BEYOND THE ULTRA-VIOLET - - By Frank M. Robinson - - Experimenting with the eyes can be a very - dangerous thing. You can go blind--or maybe you'll - see something no man alive was meant to look upon! - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - June 1951 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -_You better take your money back, mister. Thanks a lot but--no thanks. -I wasn't panhandling, my hat fell off and I was trying to find it on -the sidewalk. Thanks again for finding it for me but I think I could -have managed. And, no offense, but I can find my way all right without -being led._ - -_You're surprised that I'm rather young, huh? Well, youth isn't a -crime and anyways, twenty-four can be either young or old, depending on -who you're talking to. But I know what you mean. I'm rather young for -being blind, isn't that it? Most blind people you see on the streets -are the old ones, the shabby ones with the pleading faces and the hat -with the lead pencils in it or maybe a tin cup and a violin. Sorry to -disappoint you but I guess I'm not the type._ - -_Sure, I know--you were only trying to help. You probably think I'm -bitter because I can't see your world and all the wonderful things in -it. Well, it's a long story but that's not the punch line. I might be -bitter but not for the reasons you might think. Up until two weeks -ago I could see as well as you. And you couldn't call what happened -"losing" my sight. Not exactly._ - -_So you're curious. You want to hear the rest of it. And you're sure -it's not just out of sympathy. Well, all right. There's a bar in the -next block where we can get a booth and a couple of beers._ - -_Now look, I don't need to be led! You don't need eyes to find your -way to a bar on a hot summer day like this. It's toward the end of the -block, just a few steps further.... Right here. There's a booth in the -back where nobody will bother us for a while._ - -_Okay, make mine the same and here's half a dollar to pay for them. -Don't worry, I've got money enough to keep me in beer and pretzels for -a long time. Nobody could accuse the professor of being stingy with the -university funds when he paid me off._ - - * * * * * - -It began about six months ago. I was in my third year at college, -studying physics under Professor Martin. Maybe you've seen Martin -around the campus--a rather thin guy with a face like the Rock of -Gibraltar. One of the few profs who can still sound enthusiastic about -their subject after twenty years of teaching it. - -The unit we were studying at the time was the one on light and physical -optics, primarily a study of the spectrum stretching from x-rays beyond -the ultra-violet to the visible spectrum, down to the infra-red and -radio waves and the short waves used in television and radar. I had -been absent from class a week and on my return the professor invited me -to dinner. After the dishes had been cleared away he leaned back in his -chair and lit what I took to be his usual after dinner cigar. - -"I like to meet my students informally, Charles," he began. "Sorry that -your wife couldn't come but I understand she's ... well...." He let the -sentence trail off. - -I sat there feeling rather sick. It's one of those things you hope -everybody has heard about so you don't have to explain, to sit and -take their looks of pity and sympathy. Apparently the professor hadn't -heard. "I'm sorry," I said. "I thought you knew. Both Alice and the -baby died." - -The hand he held his cigar in quivered a little. "I'm sorry," he said, -and mercifully dropped it there. Then he changed the subject to the one -he had in mind when he had asked me to dinner. - -"Light, Charles, is such a large subject--and, comparatively speaking, -so little is known about it. But perhaps--perhaps I know more than -most. And if you wish, you can too. Would you like to see the world you -live in, Charles? Not just the one tenth of one percent that they call -the visible spectrum, but all of it, the whole glorious universe of -light?" - -He took me into his confidence on his favorite research project, an -attempt to see wavelengths other than those in the visible spectrum. -His enthusiasm was catching and there wasn't much hesitation. I signed -the paper releasing the university from all responsibility in case -of an "accident." So easy to sign one's life away--though it wasn't -actually my life, only my eyesight. - - * * * * * - -The treatments began immediately. First, adaptation of vision to a -dark room, like those used for flyers during the war. Then the drops -of black liquid that the professor had invented, slowly spreading over -the eyes, subtly altering the rods and cones of the retina, the nerve -endings sensitive to light. - -And I began to live in a gradually fading world. Have you ever wondered -what it's like to go blind? The increasing dusk and darkness around the -edges of your vision, the little errors and mistakes that begin to crop -up in everyday life. Your blunder over a stool that you didn't quite -see, your snubbing someone on the street whom you didn't recognize in -time, the gradual awareness among your friends that something was -wrong with your eyes and their crude attempts to make it "easier" for -you. - -For to all intents and purposes I was going blind. My "range" of vision -remained the same but it was shifting down the scale. The first colors -to fade out of my vision were violet and blue and their tints. The sky -overhead gradually became colorless, magazine covers began to lose -their appeal and slip into a bleak blending of yellows and reds. Then -slowly, the other colors began to grow dim and less distinct until -finally even red had faded from my sight. - -But there were other colors that replaced them. Brilliant, -scintillating colors that made seeing an adventure. - -Describe them to you? How could you describe "red" and "green" to a -person who was blind from birth? How can I describe iridescent and -vliosheen to you? Do you think you could understand? Do you think you -could "see" what I mean? - -Oh, I could still get around in your world. I could still "see" people. -All objects radiate heat, even ice. As an object's temperature goes up, -the wavelength of the radiation given off goes up to the infra-red, -then into the visible. I could tell how hot water was by looking at it. -I could see people by the heat they gave off, glowing figures moving -down the street and around the lab! - -And still my range of vision shifted. Down to short waves and radio -waves, the language of international communication, the wavelengths -that continents and countries speak to each other in. Do you know how -beautiful the aerial of your radio is, the different waves running down -it like ripples across a pond? Have you ever seen the glorious pool -of light around a radio broadcasting station? Have you ever marveled -at the thin, trailing filaments of color tangling in the nest of -television antennas that the city carries on its rooftops? - - * * * * * - -The professor was worried, for along with losing my sight of this -world, I began to lose interest in it. A truly blind man wouldn't -for he has nothing to replace vision with, he's still bound to the -commonplace globe. He can improve his hearing or his sense of touch, -but nothing replaces his sight. It was different with me. I was seeing -something far more interesting than the dull, mundane world. - -They fixed a cot up for me in the laboratory; an experiment like myself -was far too important to risk on the streets. Even then, I'd bump into -tables or smash lab apparatus. I suppose an important experiment like I -was should have taken care of itself, sort of like a self-lubricating -motor. I'd cost the university lots of money and I suppose I should -have watched out for their investment--though I was probably the only -one who _didn't_ care what happened to me. - -There finally came a day when my eyes didn't change. I had reached a -sticking point. The end of the spectrum? The professor said he didn't -think so. - -I didn't think so either for just beyond my range of vision seemed a -hint of something else. I caught "glimpses" of something--I couldn't -make out exactly what. There seemed to be vague suggestions of form -and color and life, indistinct figures that capered and grimaced just -beyond my view. There was nothing definite, nothing that I could draw -a picture of and describe like you could an automobile or a building. -There were just suggestions, a feeling of something more. There was a -hint of life in the masses of winking light that beckoned and burned. - -The next day the professor brought my eyes back to normal. Familiar -objects had a sudden fascination that quickly faded when I had regained -normal vision for an hour or so. It was a prosaic world once again. -Radios and aerials were just--cabinets of wood and plastic and glass -tubes and strips of rusty wire and metal. - -I wasn't sure the experiment was over. I asked the professor if there -was anything that would take me further along the scale, beyond, -perhaps, even the spectrum as we knew it. - -He twisted his hands nervously behind his back and walked over and -looked out the laboratory window. "I could do it for you, Charles, but -I'm not sure that I could bring you back. Your eyes would be stranded -in that world of yours. You could never look at ours again." - -He turned from the window and faced me. - -"Why don't you forget it for a few weeks and then come back here and if -you still want to, we'll continue the experiment." - - * * * * * - -I agreed and left. I spent the next two weeks doing nothing but looking -at our world. Do you think you really appreciate your sight? If you -knew you had but a few weeks of sight left, what would you do with it? -Visit famous landmarks? See the country? If you thought about it, I -think you'd do the same as I did. I began to enjoy what was close at -hand, the surroundings I had lived in. Everyday sights held a certain -fascination for me. The stark black and white mosaic of a city at the -tag end of winter; the sheer, raucous color of the magazines at your -local newsstand; the smooth patterns of hues and tints in a department -store window display. - -And how much do you appreciate springtime? The few weeks of the year -when the city loses its look of drabness and little plots of grass and -flowers add color to it--like brilliant strips of cloth in a dirty -patchwork quilt. Then there were the kids roller skating down the -sidewalks, the girls' pigtails flying and the boys' knickers flapping -in the breeze. And later on, in the business blocks, the soft glow of -neon against the swirling fog of a warm spring night. - -That was the last spring I'll ever see. I'll be able to smell the -flowers and feel the warmth of the sun and run my fingers through the -green grass. But I'll never see it again. - -After the few weeks were up I returned to the professor--still curious -about what lay beyond the spectrum limits. There were the eye washes -and the drops and then the heavy strips of white cloth wrapped around -my head, keeping your world out and bounding mine with a rim of black. -My last look at the world was of some kids playing in the city streets, -and some bread crumbs spread out on the window sill for the birds. -After that a quick view of the lab--a jungle of glass retorts and vats -filled with oily chemicals--and a closeup of Professor Martin's gnarled -hands holding the bandages for my eyes. - -I lay on the cot in the lab for the next few days, listening to your -world and feeling it and remembering it; the good and the bad, the -adventuresome and the dull. I could hear the newsboy hawking his papers -and the shouts of the kids and the clatter of the main street trolley. -I could smell the factory smoke and the heavy, animal odor drifting up -from the stockyards. I could hear the people in the lab and Professor -Martin scurrying about, asking me how I felt, and toward the end, -telling me that in a few hours the bandages would come off. - -Two weeks ago the professor came into the lab and started tearing at -the adhesive, stripping away the layers of white cloth. Even when he -had the bandages all the way off, I kept my eyes closed, almost afraid -to open them. - -My eyes had to focus first. Everything was so damned brilliant and -indistinct. Then my sight cleared and suddenly everything was very -plain. - - * * * * * - -_Well, that's about it. There isn't much more to tell. It hasn't been -too boring to listen to me for fifteen minutes, has it? I can tell you -haven't been too bored because you haven't touched your beer, have you? -It's getting warm--and you know what they say about warm beer...._ - -_What did I see? You really want to know, don't you?_ - -_Well, I've tried to rationalize it and explain it and I suppose I -can, in a dim way. Put it this way: I'm totally blind now. What's -bright to you is black to me. But I'm not bitter because I can't see_ -your _world. And I can't describe to you what I saw because, you see, I -don't remember. Perhaps it's merciful, I don't know. I can only guess -from what the professor told me._ - -_Professor Martin had stripped the bandages from my eyes and he and a -few assistants saw my eyes blur and finally focus on something in a -different world from theirs. 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