Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-03

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thing about a sign being sent and
such talk"
you've been gettin' the dope your
self out of the air" returned Nc
Carthy sullenly.
LOOK here, my fat friend" drawled
barrow, his eyes half closing. I'm
getting nothing from anywhere ex-
cept in my own gray matter What
do your messages have to say?"
"Why should I tell your"
Because I interested-and because
I know who sent EN-"
so do l." snarled Mccarthy in q
gust of temper.
"And I'm beginning to suspect he's
a man to look out for. And l doubt
If you'll ever find him. OF course
| he's responsible for the row last night
-as we'll as for the trouble in the
Atlas building the night before"
! IT don't know whether he is OF
not
| "oh, yes, you do; and I do; and
the wireless man does. We're the
only three. The rest of them are still
figuring on comets
"Well?"
/
doubt left in your mind but thai this
man can turn the juice off again ii
he wants to-
Il don't know as he did -" persist
ed Mccarthy.
Now, how long do you suppose you
would last If the public should get
on to the fact that this hidden power
was going to assert itself again UNI
less you left town."
A slight moisture bedewed McCar-
| thy's forehead.
mot all your police nor all your
power could save you if the general
public once became thoroughly con-
WINGED that it was to go through an
other experience like last nights UNI
less it ousted you. Why. a mob of a
million men would gather against you
| in an hour. You see," drawled Percy
barrow, why you'd better look after
that wireless man OF yours--and
/ me-"
And YOU repeated Mccarthy
"What do you want?''
81 want to see thoss wireless mes
seges first of ALL" said Darrow. reach
ing out his hand.
Ait1di lily liCo4A-i'C d+ tliNh Fh4A III
thrust forward the flimsies. barrow
slight smile eurving his fun rec
lips, held them to the light. They
read as follows:
MCCARTHY: A sign was promised
you at O'Clock 1t has been sent
Repent and beware! Go while there
| is vet time. M"
There were four of these, couched il
almost identical language. The fifth
and last message was shorter:
"McCarthy-Flee from the wrath tt
come. M"
What" said Darrow. sis to pre-
vent the other operators who mus
have caught this message from Civ
ing 1t to the public? What, indeed
is to prevent MS appealing direc
to the public?"
81 don't know" confessed McCar
thy miserably DO your"
Not at this moment. Will yol
send for the operator who tool
these?"
Mccarthy snatched down the tele
phone receiver, through which pres
emily he spoke a message.
what have you got to do will
this?" he demanded, after he hac
hung up the hook.
II want something" said Percy, 90
course"
Sure" growled Mccarthy, once
more back on familiar ground, and
glad OF it. what is it,"
I'll tell you when I'm sure whether
can do anything for you in this
matter"
IF this fellow didn't leak, how die
you know about them wireless?" de
handed Mccarthy again. How de
you know who's doin' this?"
barrow smiled.
1.-THE man who can control the juice
as this man has is a scientific ex.
pert with a full scientific equipment
| If he communicated at all it woule
! be by wireless, as that is the easies
way to cover his trial. 1 remembered
your telephone message from thu
fanatic about sending a sign I'm
mediately after the Atlas building
experienced on a small scale wha
next day the city experienced on ;
| larger scale. 1t was legitimate in
| ference to connect one with the other
! OF course, if our telephone frient
was the man who had brought thes
things about he had done it to fore
you to do what he demanded: But HI
would lose the effect of his lessor
unless you understood his connection
with the matter. Hence l concluded
that you must have received mes
sages-by wireless-and that the,
must have repeated the warning al
to sign being sent. 1t was Yer,
| simple"
You're smart, all right conceded
Mccarthy.
After a moment the wireless op
| orator came in.
Simmons" said Mccarthy, ian
swer this mans questions"
"They will be in regard to thes
messages, said barrow. Where ar
they from?"
Somewhere in the 100 to 200-hun
dred-mile circles, depending on TIL
power of the sending instrument,
replied the operator promptly.
Are you sure?"