Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-18

tured beast.
Pm sorry" said Darrow to Jack.
Il should like to have talked with
him. Such a man is worth knowing;
he has delved deep"
He'll talk yet, when he gets over
his Crouch Jack surmised.
But barrow shook his head.
THE man is imbeeile.'' he said. HE
has been mentally unbalanced, and
his disorder has grown on him lately.
When / drove back his wrist just
| now the cord snapped in his BRAIN
Jack turned to stare at the captive.
by Jove, believe you're right!'
said he at last.
barrow was standing looking down
on the deal table.
Come here, jack said he. II
want you to look at the deadliest en-
CINE of destruction ever invented or
welded by mortal man. I suspect
that If you were to reach out your
hand and hold down the innocent
looking telegraph key there you
would instantly destroy every living
creature in this city,"
Jack turned a little pale, and put
both hands behind him.
Darrow laughed. Feel tempted?"
he inquired.
Makes me a little dizzy, like being
on a height" confessed Jack. Flows
the trick turned?"
Il don't know" said Darrow. I'm
going to find out If / can"
Without attempting to touch any,
thing, he proceeded to examine care
fully every detail of the apparatus.
The batteries are nothing extra
ordinary, except in strength" he told
Jack, "and as near as can make out
the instrument is like any other. 1t
must be some modification in the
sending apparatus. some system of
tuning perhaps-it's only a surmise.
Wen just disconnect the batteries, !"
he concluded, before we go to mon
keying."
He proceeded carefully and method
ically to carry out his expressed in
tention. When he had finished the
task he heaved a deep sigh of relief.
I'm glad you feel that way, too"
said Jack. II didn't know what
might not happen"
ME, either" confessed barrow.
But now I think we're afe."
He proceeded on a methodical
search through the intricacies of the
apparatus. For a time Jack followed
him about. but after a while wearied
of so profitless an occupation, and so
took to smoking on the window-ledge.
barrow extended his Investigations
to the bookcase, and to a drawer in
the deal table. For over two hours
he sorted notes. compared, and rumi-
mated, his brows knit in concentra-
ton. Jack did not try to interrupt
him. At the end of the time indi-
Gated, the scientist looked up and
made some trivial remark.
Got ito" asked Jack.
Eyes" replied Darrow soberly. He
reflected for several minutes longer;
then moved to the window and looked
out over the city. Absolutely notion
less there he stood while the night
fell, oblivious alike to the roar and
crash of the increasing panic and to
the silent figures in the darkened
room behind him. At last he gave a
sigh, walked quietly to the electric
light, and turned it on.
It's the biggest thing-and the
simplest-the world has ever known
in physics. Jack" said he, but it's
got to CO."
What" asked Jack. rousing from
the mood of waiting into which he
had Loyalty forced himself in spite of
the turmoil outside.
1.-The man has perfected a combined
system of special tuning and definite
al 4rta col 10
which through an ordinary wireless
sender he can send forth into the
ether what might be called deaden-
ing or multiplying waves. You are no
doubt familiar with the common ex-
pertinent by which two sounds will
produce a silence. This is just like
that BY means of this. within the
radius of his sending instrument and
for a period of time up to the capaci-
ty of his batteries, a man can abso-
lutely stop vibration of either heat,
sound, light, or electricity length. It
is entirely a question of simple for
mulas. Here they are
| He held out four closely written
pages bound together with manu-
script fasteners.
| mo man has ever before attained
this knowledge or this power" went
on Darrow, after a moment: "and
probably never again in the history
of the race will exactly this combina-
ton of luck and special talent occur.
These four pages are unique"
He laid them on the edge of the
table, produced a cigarette, lighted
| it, picked up the four pages of for
mules apd hold the burning match IN
their edges. The flames caught, fared
up the f1imsy paper. barrow dropped
the burning corners as 1t scorched his
| fingers 1t fell to the floor, fiickered
and was gone.
(To BE Continued Tomorrow
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