Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-26
CHAPTER XVII.
Drawing the Net.


 The "zone of danger" as the Buile- tin named fl. was immediately the scene of swarning activities. Besides the expedition immediately despatched by the interests backing the irvesti- gatiol, several enterprising newspa- pers saw fine chance for big scoop, and sent out much-heralded parties of their own. The activities of these were well reported, you may be sure. Public interest was at once focused reassuringly on the chances of finding the annoying malefactor today or to- morrow; there no longer existed a doubt that he would be found. The weight of dread was lifted, and in the reaction people made light of the in conveniences and fun of the menacing messages that now came in~Sy the dozen.
 It was necessary to take extsaordi nary precautions against thieves and fire; the people took them. It was needful to slacken business in order that the congestion of the rush hour might not again prove tragic; business was slackened. People were willing to undergo many things, because. after | all, they were but temporary. The madman of the Catskills would sooner or later be found; his pernicious activ. 1 ities brought to a conclusion. The country to be searched was tremen- dous, of course, but the search was ! thorough.
 1 The public delivered itself joyously l to a debauch of rumors and of ''ex. | tras." The insistent alarms of danger ! trickliTgg in slowly from the outside ] world, dried up in the warmth oi { optimism. Only the more thoughtful to a few of whom these warnings ! came, coupled them with Monsieur Ks 1 repeated threats, and walked uncer. i tain and in humility.
 | Percy Darrow did not interest him, : self in the search, nor did he desert | his post in the wireless office. There | he did nothing whatever. Jack War i ford stayed with him, but immensely bored, IL must be confessed. Once he | suggested that if Darrow had nothing for him to do that afternoon, he thought he would like to % oat for g little exercise.
 [ Darrow shook his head. You may go, if you want to, Jack said he, but if you do I'll have tc get some one else. This isn't much oi a job, but I may need you any no f ment"
 "All right" agreed Jack cheerfully Only wish you'd let fellow know what to expect"
 Darrow shook his head. The twc now practically lived in the office. Net ther had taken his clothes of for sey eral days. They slept in their chairs or on the lounge. Darrow read tht various messages from the Unknown 1 glanced over the newspapers, ant dozed
 Thus there passed two days of th, search. On ths third day the intermIt tent phenomena and the messages sud
 denly ceased. This fact was hailed
 iubilantly by all the papers as indi eating that at last the quarry has become alarmed by the near-comin, search. From the contracted distric
 still remaining to be combed over, no
 body was permitted to depart; and s,
 closely was the cordon drawn by st
 large posse that it was physicall.
 impossible for any living being to slil
 by the line.
 Thus even if Monsieur X, convince,
 that at last his discovery was immi nent, should destroy his apparatus o attempt to move it and himself to
 place of safety. he would find his es , cape cut off. Thousands of men wer employed, and thousands more draftel in as volunteers to render this out
 come assured.