Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-09

finger-"the Atlas manifestation last.
ed about nine and half hours; and
(b)"-he folded his middle finger
"the city manifestation was q little
less than two hours"
eyes," cried Jack. ''but then this
second"
zone minute" interrupted Darrow;
''let me finish. Now, let us place our.
selves in the position Of man pos.
sessed Of new toy, or new power
which he has never tried out! What
would he do?"
"Try it out" said Jack.
Certainly; try It out to the limit,
to see just what It could do in differ
ent circumstances. Now, take the
lapses of time have mentioned. and
assume, for the sake Of argument. that
these powers are limited"
Just how do you mean|imited ?"
asked Helen.
81 mean exhaustible, like a water.
ing-pot. You can water just so much.
and then you have to go back and fill
up again. In that case, we can sup
pose this mans stream will last nine
hours and q half when he dribbles it
down on one spot, like the Atlas Build.
ing; but it will empty itself In about
two hours when he turns her upside
down over a whole city. There re-
mains only the length Of time neces-
sary to refill the waterproof to round
out our hypothesis. That is something
more than nine hours and sometimes
less than fifteen"
"How do you get those figures" de.
manded Jack.
1.-THE Unknown is anxious. after the
Atlas success, to try out his discovery
on the larger scale. He will naturally
do SO at the first opportunity after his
waterproof is reflled. But he wishes
to do 80 at the first effective oppor-
tunity. What Is the most effective
moment? The rush hours. What are
the rush hours? From eight to ten.
and at six. Since he did not pull on
his show in the morning. we are fairly
justified in concluding, tentatively.
that the waterproof was not full BY
then, and, as the Atlas phenomena
subsided at three Of the morning be-
fore, the inference Is obvious.
"But isn't the most effective time at
night, anyway, on account Of the,
ights?" asked Jack.
Good boy!" approved Dauow. He
might have waited for that But The
city-wide Phenomena ceased at eight
the night before; and the Atlas sound
phenomena did not occur until ten
the next neutrality-suspicious. hours.
Now. tho most effective time to scare
Mccarthy was any time after nine.
Mccarthy arrives az the clock strikeas
Jack shook his head.
''Oh, it's not proof: it's idle by.
pothesis," admitted Darrow. 1--WE shah
have to test it. But let's 60 on with
1t, anyway. and see how it works out
Whats Mccarthy got to do with
IT," demanded Helen.
That's 50, you aren't in touch
there" Darrow sketched briefly the
situation al it affected the boss. Hell
ems eyes were shining with interest.
"Now," continued Darrow, having
tried out his new power to the limit,
our friend would begin to use it only
as he needed it. There Is now no
reason to empty the waterproof entire
". All he wanted to do this morning
was to scare Mccarthy, and impress
the public. He did that in thirty.
eight minutes. On the basis of four.
teen hours to fill the waterproof. it 10
evident that he would be rehabihtated.
ready for business. in an hour. There
fore. all he is waiting for now is the
most effective moment to try out his
city-wide experiment Of silence. I
imagine that will be about six"
Sounds reasonable" admitted Jack.
Reasonable! It's certain!" cried
Helen.
barrow smiled. mo. only wild
hypothesis"
They're scared already; and they're
somewhat prepared by the perform
ance this morning. Besides, don't
see yet that human agency is sus
pected."
Don't you think you'd better warn
people what is going to happen, anc
tell them there's nothing to be fright
ened Off" pleaded Helen.
mo" said Darrow, 81 do not. II
would confuse the phenomena. and
they must be unconfused in order that
I can either prove or disprove my
hypothesis. II this lasts about two
hours. the fact will 90 far to prove
me right. II the next manifestation
comes 1T about ten the next morning
We. shall have established q period
lefty. ut least. But II the man realizes
that his existence 10 suspected. he VIII
'purposely vary in order to mix me
mp"
"The next manifestation" cried
Helen. Then you think they VII
continue"
why not" smiled barrow, until
he has scared Mccarthy out?"
(which will II be next time. do you
think"
whatever happens. don't be fright
lened." said Dazrow automatically.
1T seems to me there II something
absurd about all this" said Helen. "A
man with such discovery. such pow
err. using them In such . manner. fo'
such petty purpose!"
"He il, Of course, crazy" DarroV
said quietly; 1.-The methodfcal Logical
lunatic-the most dangerous sort"
WHIST il It he has discovered?" ask
I'd Jack.
Il do not know, yet.
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