The Detroit times., 1913-04-26

were occupied rather chlidisniy Win
the spectacular side OF 1t, ! had dis-
appeared inside the blackness?
Certainly
We'll. In that. time / determined
| the exact extent OF the phenomena.
found that IL extended In rough
circle. And when | went outside ana
loked up-something every one else
| was apparently too busy to do saw
| that this phenomenon OF darkness also
extended above the building, out into
open space. At the moment / noted
the fact merely, and tried to fx IN
my own mind approximately the Ill
mansions. Then there Is another
noint: when the city-wide phenomena
! took place, again determined their
extent. To do SO | did not have to
/ leave my chair. The papers did II
for me- They took pains TO establish
| the farthest points to which these
modern plaques OF Manhattan reach
ed"
| barrow selected several clippings
from his bundle OF papers.
Here are reports indicating High
bridge. Corona, Flatbush, Morrisania,
Fort Lee. Bay Ridge as the farthest
points at which the phenomena were
manifested. Ii occurred to nobody TO
connect these points with pencil
| line. IF that line IL made curved, In
stead OF straight, 1t will be found to
constitute complete circle whose
center Is the Atlas building"
The audience broke into exciama-
lions.
| Going back to my former impress
| siOns, | remembered that the pail OF
| blackness extended this far and that
| far in the various directions. SO that
II required not much imagination TO
visualize IT as a sphere OF darkness.
And strangely enough the center OF
| that sphere seemed to be located
somewhere near the floor on which
Were installed the United Wireless in
struments. II ut once became prob
able that what We may call the nulli-
| flying impulses radiated in all direc-
tons through the ether from their
sending instrument.
Next | called upon the janitor or
the Atlas building. representing my
self as looking for a. suitable once
from which TO conduct my investiga-
tions. In this manner | gained ad-
mission TO all unrented Offices. All
were empty. then asked after the
one next dor. but was told 1t was
rented as a stOreroom by an eccentric
gentleman now away on his travels.
That was enough. l now knew that
we had to do with a man next door,
and not miles distant, as purely scien-.
tific reasoning would seem to prove"
But Professor Eldridges expert
ments--' began Jack.
Il am coming to that" interrupted
barrow when Eldiidge began to
call up Monsieur H. that gentleman
answered without thought Of sus-
picion; nor was he even aware OF the
very ingenious successive weakenings
OF the current. In fact, as merely the
thickness Of q roof separated his re-
ceiving instrument from the wires
from which the messages were sent,
it is probable that Eldridge might
have weakened his current down prac..
tically to nihil, and still Monsieur X
would have continued to get his mes
sage"
Wouldn't he have noticed the
sending getting weaker" asked Jack
shrewdly
Not until the very last Our send
ing must have made tremendous
, crash. anyway, and he probably read
It by sound through the wall"
But at about the ffty-mile limit OF
sending re lost him. objected Jack.
You mean at about two O'Clock In
the morning. amended Darrow.
Eth? Yes, It was about two But
how did he get on to what 'Eldridge
was doing?"
HE read 1t in the paper" replied
barrow AT twelve the reporters
left. At a little before two our en-
terprising friend, the Despatch. is
sued an extra in its usual praisewor-
thy effort to enlighten the late Broad
way jag. Monsieur X read 1t, and
knew exactly what was up"
How do you know
Because | read the extra myself
But even them"
Then he began to pay more atten-
ton. 1t was easy enough to fake
when he knew what was doing. For
all | know, he could hear Eldridge
giving his directions
| The company present ruminated
over the disclosures shus far made.
About the City Hall AFFAIR."" asked
Helen finally.
Il used to sit where I could com
mand the hail. sAd barrow, and,
therefore, | was aware that Monsieur
X never left his room. To make the
matter certain. powdered the sill
of the door with talcum, which re-
newed every day after the cleaners.
on remember we got to talking very
earnestly In the hall. so earnestly that
/ |, for one. forgot to watch. When
realized my remissness, l saw that the
powder on the sill had been disturbed,
that Monsieur X had gone out
My first thought then was to warn
the people. To that end was on my
way to the Despatch Office when sheer
chance switched me into the City Hall
tragedy. possessed myself of the
apparatus"
That was the square black bag!"
cried Jack
"Of course-and hustled back to the
Atlas building. You can bet I was re-
lieved when | found that Monsieur X
had returned to his lair"
"Talcum disturbed again." asked
Jack.
! Precisely"
And the black bag"
Contained merely model wire
less apparatus with clockwork ar
trangement set to close the circuit at
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