Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-19


 men were already at work on This fresh story.
 Near the corner of the park Darrow | saw standing a policeman of his varied acquaintance. The scientist walked up to this man, who was standing in | the typical vacant uncertainty, smiled agreeably. clapped him on the back and shook his hand The patrolman | grasped parrow's hand, but the look of groping uncertainty deepened on ! his face.
 Dsrrow slipped his notebook from his pocket, and scrubbed few lines, which he showed to the officer. The latter read, inwardly digested for 8 moment, and smiled.
 Keep your hair one" ran DarTow's screed. This will pass in a few min utes. and 1t won't hurt you, anyway, Don't look Ike all these other dubs. " He stood there compRnionRbly by the patrolman. They looked about them. All at once, with this touch of normal. unafraid. human companion ship, the weird terror of the situation fell away. Darrow and his compan- ion were seeing humanity disjointe6 from it's accustomed habit, as one looks on a stage full of men hypno. tized into belief of an absurdity. Where the plotting out of electricity had been tragic. this, as soon as its utter harmlessness was realized. be came comic. All about through the ku according to the limited ideas de veioped by a crustacean life of abso- Iuts dependence on the shell of arti. ficial environment A considerable number of all sorts had fallen on their knees and were praying. One fat man in evening dress, with 8 silk hat and a large diamond stud showing be tween the lapels of fur-llned coat, was particularly feryent. By force of habit Darrow remarked on this indi- EiduaI
 'Pll bet he hasn't been to church since he was a kid" he observed, of course iuaudibly.
 The policeman caught the direction of his look. however, and grinned with understanding.
 Some stood frozen to one spot. their faces agonized, as man would stand still were the earth likely to yawD anywhere. Darrow would have liked 10 reassure these, for their eyes as- pressed a frantic terror. One red. faced individual with white side-whisk. CTS, looking exactly like the comic. paper caricatures of the trusts, had evidently refused to accept any ar bitrary dictates of natural forces. Probably he had never accepted any dictates of any kind. He was going . from one taxicSb to another, trying 10 command driver to take him some. where, talking vehemently and author itatively, his face getting more and more purple with anger. The taxi cab drivers merely stared at him stu pidly.
 -'@ThA> old boys kept his nerve Darrow remarked, of course maud ibly. Ito his companion. But hell die of apopleTy If be doesn't watch out
 Again the policeman caught the d. rection of Darrow's glance, and grin ned in understanding. He reached his huge gloved hand for the young mans pencil and paper, on which he wrote the name of man high in railroad cir: cles, and grinned again with evident relish.
 At that moment an entirely self possessed young man swung across the street. He surveyed the two men sharply a moment, then approached, producing a sheaf of yellow paper as he did SO.
 Professor Darrow?" be wrote.
 Darrow nodded. ...
 The young man pointed to himself, then to the Despatch Building.
 "Cause?" he wrote, and waved his hand.
 Darrow shook his head.
 'Dangerous?"
 Darrow shook his head again,
 The reporter was about to add an- other question, when Dsrrow reached for the paper. It was thrust eagerly into his hand. Darrow consulted his watch
 @If," he wrote, "you will wait here four minutes, I'll give you an inter view"
 The reporter read this, and nodded
 You're oni" he added to the writ ten dialogue. Then he produced a cig- arctic. lighted it, and joined the other two men in their amused survey of the public's performances.
 During the four minutes that ensued Darrow examined the reporter specu- latively. Finally his eye lighted up with recollection.