The evening world., 1913-05-23
The Silent Bullet
An Absolutely NEW Type Of Detective Story
by Arthur B. Reeve
BY Arthur b. Reeve


~ side hs had TO repeat his rsnarE
twice 10 Norton. ..f '"'
Tea" called back Nosssn.
RsacAins hack Of hin ~ pelntsd su.
the way 70 detaoh the gysosceps end pri
2 sort ct orAae On y that ssoppsa IL
rsvoMtions alSUoet Instantly. ~1cs
tickiish Job to chaa0s In tie air." he
shouted. 1T can - Asns. bet irs safai
to land end % it."
The Aisht vas seoa over. and ~
eseod sdmartng the machine whils Nor
ton expatiatsd ea the compactnsss
bis littls dynamo.
what have you done with IN,
wrsehs Of the other maehiRssf' 3d.
aulrsd xsans1y ~ lsasth. 4e
They arS stored In Q shed Down nea"
the railroad statioa. They are Jus:
mass Of junk. thssUh thsrs ere SOM
Dasts that can uss. - TIT chip shsr
'vlscSs ! have s icss q shsur'
''surelS. r'ii siye you The bsy. Sorry
I cant 20 myself but want to be
SURE everything 10 slf nm for nv
di9A1 thu AS9eeuoo0." n, .4 Ftr
II Was . ieas waih Svss - the shsd
nsas he ssaaiea. ee1. ta0sthes WITH on
o9am1Aat1oo Of ~ vreo1od mAeh,ues
% took ~ the rese - ~ 0oSnias
CsAlS eAsefvAly tvsus1 eser ~ Vssel
aSA u 0eemeA hopeleso Queot " ms.
but taacisd thar 70 m u merely pr,
ssatsd nee prosleias for he asducsis
aad sc9eatiAc min1. '''''
These gysascspss ere, eVt q buslnO,
~ 0oed." hs ssmasae1 - ~ giencei
- the 1eatse An1 tastsfsA alUsslnona
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ana Hsrrlok hsA bsen killeA u wie /,
me m0so thoa tAAg1o1 unsDs 81 wires
aal s0liatsea Tve huDaa ljves, ~
bssa sauael cut IN Il
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begyn 20 colleeG .Aesesa ~ ~ ~.
could ~ The vasieoo uAeAioao in fyom,
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wssss1 earoes ~ ~ light ssaner
erseDe - u . thoeeeW4 c1eoAao he'd
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. little yellow DsmeiSo,ia, eguSry1ng
around closs 70 she earth iihs 8 fri9ht-
sned hsu. and . D1sriet. hioh ovesSoal.
@eaine clew aae G1aese>al tssas me
x:ansSs ami s.s,,,a s.eo,. "A.
little varsasss tslsgsaSA 'staGion ef SAs
siSnsf corps In front Oe ne aruS1-
stand and watched the opssatee work.
ing over his l.strumsats. -,
There u y assin." nuttsrsA ths
whats the mastsrr' sskss x.o.
nsdy. "Amstsurs ints1erinG Win
your ...
Tho man nodded . reply. shaking HI.
head With the tslsphoas.iiks rscsivsr
vic'ously He continued to adtast h.s
appAratuA =
'confound III" 10 exclaimed. I'VE,
that fellow has been jamming me sor
the past two days on and on. ever,
time ! get rsady 10 send or receive
message. Williams v coih6 up with
Wright machine equipped with wirelss
apparatus In . r1iDute. and this re-
low won't Set out Of he way. b.
Jove. though. those are powerful in,
pulses Of his! Hear that crachiint"
I've never besn intsrfsred with 90 !,
my experience. Touch that screen doo-
with your knife"
kennedy did 20. and s,ieissA ,asss
sparks with quite = tinsls OF . Shoch
Yesterday and the day before u va.
10 bad We had 10 give W sttsmptins
to communicate with Wtllisms." con-
tinued ths operator, 1T was worn,
than trying to work In . thunder
shower That's the time We est our
troubles, when the air 10 overcharesi
with electricity. - ty 10 now"
That's Interesting" said Kennedy,
"Interestinsf" nashsd back the oaer-
a,or. snsrily noting the condition IN
Ills log book" q.
Maybe It 10. out ! call Il darn d
mean. It's almost hks trying to work In
q power station"
"Indeed'" querisd Kennedy. 81 hex
your psrdon-I vas only looking ~ L
from the purely scientific point of view.
Who is II. do you suppossf'
How do I know Some amAterr,, I
guess. No professional would but; IN
this way"
Kennedy took q leaf out Of his .note-
hook and wrote a short msssase whseh
he rave 20 a hoy to deliver to Norton.
"Detach your Eyroscope and dynsn'o,"
II read. Leave them In the hshsas. F'y
~i.hcu, ,he,~ this afternoon. and 80
what happens. No use TO try for ~
prize TO dsv. kennedy" Hgsf
ia ConNiniaao -.