The Detroit times., 1913-04-26
THE STRANGEST MYSTERY ROMANCE
OF PRESENrMINUIE NEW YORK
THE SIG!NAT SIX
L BY
Il SIEMART EDWARDWflI
N"sS7oa THEBLAzED TRAIL. THE silent Place


commanding him. and expect in
terrupions,"
! "Wdl." began barrow, Its lit
tie difficult To get started. But let's
begin with the phenomena them
selves, I've told you before. how :.
when | was in Jail. worked out
their n,ture and the fact that they
must d'aw their power from some
source hat could be exhausted or
emptied. You have read Eldridge's
reasoning as to why he thought
Monsieui X was at a distance and
ON q heilht. He took as the basis OF
his reasoning one fact in connection
with the wireless messages we were
receiving-that they were faint, and
therefore presumably far distant or
sent by weak battery. He neg
lected. or.passed over as an import
ant item II tuning, the further fact
that the instrument in the Atlas
Building vas the only instrument to
- receive Monsieur KS messages.
Now. that fact might be explain
ed sither OF the very probable suppo-
siticn thatipur receiving instrument
happened ia what we may call its
=. ~ De tic OulN VIC tuhSN
10 the sending instrument OF Mon
sieur Y; or 1t might be because our
instrument vas nearer Monsieur KS
instrument lhan any other. This
was Unlikely because OF the quality
Of the sound lit sounded to the ex-
pert oterator as, though ii came from
distince. Nevertheless, it was a
possibility. Taken by itself. II was
not narly SO good a possibility as
the othr. Therefore. Eldridge chose
the, otter.
"Thre were a number OF other
strictly scientific considerations OF
equal Importance | do not hesitate
10 say hat II | had been Influenced
only by the scientific considerations.
sloud have followed EldridgeS
!, leadwiihout the slightest hesitation
Butas told him at the time, a man
NUT have imagination and human
Sympathy to get next to this sort OF
thig
Leaving all science aside, for the
mpnent. what do We find in the mes
sizes to Mccarthy? First. a COM
Etnd to leave within a specified and
lief period; second. threat in case
nat tuItdt was
sys>earried ont "
barrow turned TO Mrs. WarfOrd.
with your permission. | should
IL 10 smoke" said he. Il can fol-
~ my thought better"
by all MEANS accorded the lady.
barrow lighted his cigarette. puff
ca moment. and continued
For instance, at three O'clock he
thatens to send a Sign unless Nc
Cshy leaves town by six. Mccarthy
do not leave town. Promptly at
siNAe sign comes. What do you
? ma OF it?"
body stirred
Thy," resumed barrow, how, III
Moteur Y was hundred miles or
so Nay. as Eldridge figured, did he
knwthat Mccarthy had not obeyed
hill? We must suppose. from the
proalle fact OF that knowledge, that
eiier Monsieur X had an accomplice
WI was keeping him informed. or
hdnus be near enough to get the
Drmaion himself
Thea IL third possibility"
bike in Jack. Monsieur X might
he seit along his sign at six
olock. anyhow. just for general re-
SITS
barrow nodded his approval.
~ GOOD boy, Jack" said he. That
ijust the point ] could not be sure
put. But finally, at the time, you
vi remember, when I predicted Me-
Arthy's disappearance. Monsieur X
Jade definite threat. He said
deserved barrow, consulting one Of
se bundle Of papers he held In his
Ind:
my patience is at an end. Your
7st warning will be sent you at
ine-thirty this morning. IL you do
IT sail on the Celtic at noon, shall
rtke.' and so forth. The Celtic sail
Sat noon, without Mccarthy. At
telve-thirty cama the first message
tvhe people calling on them to de-
lkr up the traitor that is among
e.. yc' How did Monsieur X know that
M'arthy had not sailed on the Gel
tic, The answer isl now unavoida-
bleeither an accomplice must have
senhim word to that effect, or he
mu, have determined the fact for
himlf.
Eliminated the hypothesis Of an
accoplice on the arbitrary grounds
Of pm common sense. They don't
growwo such crazy men at once;
and e crazy man is naturally too
suspiNs to hire help. took 1t for
grant' Had to make a guess some
where but. contrary to our legal
ffiendI believe that enough CO.
iacidefs indicate a certainty. But
. Monsur < himself saw the Celtic
sail wibut Mccarthy, and got back
TO his i.rument within half-hour.
IL was tdent he could not be quite
so far aty as Eldridge and the rest
!. Of themhought."
One ing" spoke up Jack. 81
often woiered what you whispered
to Simm,s to induce him to pass
!, those imeeges over to you. Mind
= telling?"
"N9t Ait. Simmons is an ex-
ceptional nm. He has nerve and In
telligsnce. I Just pointed out to him
the possibility that Monsieur X
might have,ontrol over heat vibra-
tons. He .sw the public danger at
once. and ralized that McCarthy's
private right In those messages had
suddenly becne very small"
Jack noddek Go ahead said ne.
u had alrAdy." proceeded OAR