The Glenwood post., 1913-11-08

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problem are in my hanAs."
"Right-o!" repeated Darrow. WELL
I'll bet yoa . new hat Ill land the
cause before you do Be . SPORT"
Il never indulge in wagers." replied
Eldridge.
WELL" said Darrow to Jack and
Hallowell, come on!"
Without waiting to see IL he was
followed, the young man again plung.
ed into the black and clinging dark.
ness.
Get hold of my coat" his voice
came to the others. We're going to
climb"
Accordingly they climbed, in silence.
up many flights Of stairs. through the
cloying darkness. At last Darrow halt
ed, turned sharp to the left, fumbled
for a door, and entered a room.
"Simmons?" he said.
'Here," came a voice.
Il though you'd be on the job" said
Darrow, with satisfaction. "How's
your instrument! Going. eh? We are
in the wireless Offices" he told the
others. "Sit down. il you can find
chairs. Well wait until the sun is
shining brightly. love, before we real
ly try to get down to business. In the
meantime"
In the meantime" repeated both
Jack and Hallowell, in a breath. go
on. my son." conceded the latter. 81
bet We have the same idea"
Well. was going to say that I'm
not in the grammer-school physics
class. and want to know what you
meant by your remark to Eldridge"
said Jack.
That's my trouble" said Hallowell.
ITS simple enough" began Darrow
We have had, first. . failure Of all
electricity: second. . failure Of all
sound: third. failure Of all light. The
logical mind would therefore examine
these things to see what they have in
common. The answer simply Jumps at
you: Vibration. Electricity and light
are vibrations in ether: sound 10 vibra-
tion In air or some solid. Therefore.
whatever could absolutely stop vibra-
tion would necessarily stop electricity.
light and sound
But" objected Jack. "if vibration
were absolutely stopped. why wouldn't
they all three be blotted out at once?"
Because" explained Darrow, the
vibrations making these three phe.
nomena are different In character.
Sound 10 made by horizontal waves.
for example. while electricity and
light arc made BY transverse waves.
Furthermore. the waves producing
electricity and light differ in length.
Now. II 10 conceivable that q condition
which would interfsre with horizontal
waves would not interfere with trans
verse waves; or that . condition which
would absolutely deaden waves two
hundred and seventy ten-millionths Of
IN inch long would have absolutely no
effect on those one hundred and nifty
i've ten millio0ths Of an inch long. Am
I clear!"
"sure!" came the voices Of his au-
dience.
That much Eldridse and any other
man trained in elementary science al
re ady knows. 1t is no secret
! 1T hasn't been published" observed
Hallowell grimly.
We'll, go to it! The task of the in
dependent Investigator, of which we
are some, is now to discover, first.
what are those conditions, and. Sec
ond. what causes them. With the ex-
ception Of Mr.. Hallowell. we all know
what this guiding power is."
Don't get it," growled Simmons.
Nov. look here. Simmons. you are
very loyal to Mccarthy. for whatever
! reason. but your loyalty 10 misplaced.
For one thing, your naA has disap-
peared. and win not rstsrn. That last
message ooarsd hin oak. Fur anotAse
thing. we're Oot1g 70 nssA you in our
campaign. tie worst way"
I'm from CoDsahagsn: yoa ct b
show ms," saja 0lmAoas.
DafFow laughed softly.
We'll show yoa all right" said ~.
He sketched briefly for Hallowell's
benefit the reasoning already followed
out, and which 1t 10 therefore unneceo-
sary to repeat here. 80 now" he con-
cluded, I'VE will consider this hypothe-
] sis: that these phenomena are caused
BY one man in control of = force cap
able Of deadening vibrations in ether
! and solids within certain definite lin
I it's"
! why do you limit it," cried Halo