Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-09
Continued from Saturday,

"Right-o!" agreed Darrow cheer
fully. wells what about the
causes?"
"That l will determine when | am
satisfied that all the elements of the
problem are in my hands"
"Right-o!" repeated Darrow. well,
I'll bet you a new hat I'll land the
cause before you do. Be SPORT"
81 never indulge in wagers," re-
Piled Eldridge.
We'll" said Darrow to Jack and
Hallowell, "come on!"
without waiting to see if he was
followed the young man again
plunged into the black and clinging
darkness.
"Get hold of my coat" his voice
came to the others. Were going to
climb"
Accordingly they climbed, in
silence, up many fights of stairs.
through the cloying darkness. At
last Darrow halted, turned sharp to
the left, fumbled for door and en-
tered a room.
simmons" he said.
"Here" came a voice.
IT thought you'd be on the job,"
/
Flows your instrument? Going, Ell?
We are in the wireless Offices" he
told the others. "Sit down, if you
can find chairs. Well wait until the
sun is shining brightly. love, before
we really try to get down to bust
ness. In the meantime
I'm the meantime" repeated
both Jack and Hallowell in breath.
Iff%x Id ftN LOT
ter 81 bet we have the same idea"
"Well, I was going to say that I'm
not in the grammar school physics
class, and I want to know what you
meant by your remark to Eldridge,"
said Jack.
"That's my trouble" said Hal
lowell
Its simple enough" began Oar
row. I'VE have had, first, a failure of
all electricity; second, failure of all
sound; third, a failure of all light.
THE logical mind would therefore ex-
anime these things to see what they
have in common. The answer simply
Jumps at you: Vibration. Electricity
and light are vibrations in ether;
sound is vibration in air or some
solid Therefore. whatever could alb
solutely stop vibration would neces-
sarily stop electricity, light and
sound"
But" objected Jack, IF vibra-
ton were absolutely stopped why
wouldn't they all three be blotted out
at once?"
Because" explained barrow, "the
vibrations making these three phe-
nomena are different in character.
Sound is made by horizontal waves.
for example, while electricity and
light are made by transverse waves.
Furthermore the waves producing
electricity and light differ in length
Now 1t is conceivable that a condi
ton which would interfere with hori-
zontal waves would not interfere
with transverse waves, or that j
condition which would absolutely
deaden waves two hundred and sew
enty -millionths of an inch Iona
would have absolutely no effect or
those one hundred and fifty-five ten.
millionth of an inch long. Am
clear?"
; 'Sure!" came the voices of his au
dience.
THAT much Eldridge and any othel
, man trained in elementary scienc'
: already knows. 1t is no secret
i, at hasn't been published" OBJ
served Hallowell grimly.
well, go to it, The task of TIL
independent investigator, of whicl
we are some, is now to discover, first
what are those conditions, and sec
ond. what causes them. With the eX
, ception of Mr.. 1allowell, we al
\ know what this guiding power is
Don't get it, growled Simmons.
! Now, look here. Simmons, yoi
are very loyal to Mccarthy. for What
5 ever reason, but your loyalty is mis-
I placed. For one thing. your man ha
disappeared, and will not return
E That last message scared him Out
For another thing, we're going [