The citizen., 1913-11-28
an DO anything for you in this mat,

NAAJ hbl4lis llON uO
you Know who's doin' this?"
Darrow smiled.
ne man who can control the Juice
as this man has is a scientific ex.
pert with full scientific equipment.
IL ne communicated at all. it would be
" wireless, as that is the easiest
way to cover his trail. remembered
your telephone message from the fa-
matte about sending a sign Immedi
ately after, the Atlas Building ex-
perlenced ON small scale what next
day the city experienced on a larger
scale. 1t was legitimate inference to
connect one with the other. OF course
Il our telephone friend was the man
VINO mad brought these thing about. he
nad done it TO force you to do what
he demanded. But he would lose the
effect OF his lesson unless YOU under
stood his connection with the matter.
Hence, ! concluded that you must have
received messages-by wireless-and
that they must have repeated the
warning as to sign being sent. 1t
was very simple"
You're smart. all right" conceded
Mccarthy.
After a moment the wireless opera.
tor came in.
Simmons, said Mccarthy, answer
this mans questions"
They will be in regard to these
messages, y said Darrow. Where are
they from?"
Somewhere in the one-hundred to
two-hundred mile circles. depending on
the power of the sending instrument" !"
replied the operator promptly.
Are you sure?"
Il know my instruments pretty we'll;
and I've had experience enough so
can tell by the sound of the sending
about how far off they come from"
And this was from somewhere
about one to two hundred miles away,
you think"
Yes, sir"
DO you know whether any other
caught this?"
No, only mine He was very posi-
tive.
How do you know?"
Mr. Mccarthy had me inquire"
How do you account for it?"
Il don't know, except that maybe
my instrument happened to be just
tuned to catch it. That's another
reason ! know it was from far off. The
farther away the sending instrument,
the nearer exactly it has to be tuned
to the receiving instrument. If it was
nearer, most anybody'd get it."
Percy Darrow nodded.
That's all. | guess. No. hold on.
Did any of these come between six
and eight last evening""
For the first time the operator
smiled
No, sir; my instrument was dead"
He went out,
"Well?" growled. Mccarthy
Il don't know; but | can see more
trouble"
Let him turn off his juice" blus-
tered the boss; well be ready, next
time"
Percy Darrow smiled.
"Will you?" he contented himself
by saying. Then, after a moments
pause, he added, "I'll agree to stop this
fellow if you'll give me an absolutely
free hand I'll even agree to find
him
What do you want?"
Il want a job a good engineering
Job. for a friend of mine"
What can he do?"
He can learn. want a good hon
est place where he can learn under a
good man
who is he?"
III bring him in
A moment later Jack, in answer to
a summons, entered the office.
Mccarthy stared at him. What
kind Of a iob?" he growled.
Something active and out of doors '
Darrow answered for him; streets,
water, engineering.
It's a holdup," said Mccarthy sui
lenly drawing tablet toward himself
and thrusting the stub of pencil into
his mouth.
"A benefcent and just holdup," add
ed Darrow; the first of its kind in
this city"
Mccarthy glared at him malevo-
lently.
1t don't go unless you deliver the
goods" he threatened.
Understood" agreed Darrow.
What's his name?" demanded Nc
Carthy, Withdrawing the pencil stub,
and preparing to write.
His name" answered Darrow, lis
John Warford, Junior"
Mccarthy started to his feet with
, below of rage. his face turning pur-
Pile
"Of all the Internal" he roared.
and stopped. as though stricken dumb.
For two or three words further his
mouth and throat went through the
motions of speech. Then an express
sion of mingled fear and astonishment
,verspread his countenance. He sank
back into his chair. Percy Darrow
nodded twice and smiled.
CHAPTER VII.