The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-09-07

| DO you remember" barrow asked
Jack, how the curtain Of darkness
hung about ten or twelve feet inside
the corridor OF the Atlas Building"
Sine" replied Jack.
And do you remember that while
the rest of you, including Eldridge,
were occupied rather childishly with
/ the spectacular side of it, | mad dis
I appeared inside the blackness?"
Certainly"
We'll, in that time / determined the
exact extent of the phenomena. /
found that it extended in a rough
circle. And when | went outside and
looked up-something every one else
was apparently too busy to dol saw
that this phenomenon of darkness also
extended above the building, out. into
open space. At the moment | noted
i the fact merely, and tried to fix in
my own mind approximately the di-
mansions. Then here is another point.
when the city-wida phenomena took
place, | again determined their extent.
To do so ! did not have to leave my
chair. The papers did it for ME. They
took pains to establish the farthest
points to which these modern plaques
of Manlt ttan reached"
barrow selected several clippings
from his bundle OF papers.
Here are reports indicating High
bridge, Corona, Flathush, Morrisania,
Fort Lee, Bay Ridge as the farthest
points at which the phenomena were
manifested. 1t occurred to nobody to
connect these points with q pencil
smG II. that line is made curved, in.
stead Of straight, . will be found to
constitute a complete circle whose
center is the Atlas Building!"
The audience broke into exclama-
tiOns.
Going back to my former impress
sions, | rememl red that the pail Of
blackness extended this far and that
far in the various directions, so that
1t required not much Imagination to
visualize 1t as a sphere of darkness,
And strangely enough the center Of
that sphere seemed to be located
somewhere near the floor on which was
installed the United Wireless instru-
ments. 1t at once became probable
that what We may call the multiplying
! impulses radiated in all directions
through the ether from their sending
instrument.
Next l called upon the janitor Of
the Atlas Building, representing my
self as locking for q suitable Office
from which TO conduct my investiga-
tons. In this manner | gained admis.
sion to all unrented Offices. All were
empty. | then asked after the one
next door, but was told it was rented
as storeroom by an eccentric gen
tlcman now away on his travels. That
was enough. now knew that we had
to do with q man next door. and not
miles distant as purely scientific rea-
soning would seem to prove"
But Professor Eldridge's expert
ments--" began Jack.
Il am csning to that" interrupted
barrow 'Whcn Eldridl-} began to
call up Monsieur X, that gentleman
answered without a thought of suspl.
aion; nor was he even aware of the
very ingenious successive weakenings
of the current. In fact. as merely the
thickness of a roof separated his re.
ceiving instrument from the wires
from which the messages were sent,
It Is probable that Eldrldge might
nave weakened his current down prac.
tically to nihil and still Monsieur K
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 a tremendous
ci~lsh, anyway. and he probably read it
by sound through the wall.
But at about the fftymile limit of
sending we 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 it in the paper" replied
Darrow, AT twelve the reporters
left. AT little before two our enter
prising friend, the Despatch issued
an extra in its usual praiseworthy ef-
fort to enlighten the late Broadway
jag. Monsieur X read it, and knew
exactly what was up"
How do you know"
Because / read the extract my
SELF
"But even then?"
"Thes he began TO pay more atten-
tion. 1t was easy enough to fake
when he knew what was doing. For
all l know he could hear Eldridge
giving his directions.
The company present ruminated
over the disclosures thus far made.
About the City Hall AFFAIR."" asked
Helen finally.
Il used to sit where | could com.
mand the hall" said barrow "and.
therefore, | was aware that Monsieur
X never left his room To make the
matter certain, | powdered the al
of the door with talcum which re-