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

The people in the streets were, for
the most part, either standing stock
still or moving slowly forward in
grooming sort of fashion. Darrow, for
the second time. noticed how anal
ogous to the deprivation of sight was
the total deprivation of nearing ana
feeling vibration.
Traffic was at standstill. Peoples
faces were bewildered for the most
part;p though here and there one
showed contorted with the hysteria
of fright, or exalted with some other,
probably religious, emotion. The
same impression of ghostliness came
to barrow here as in the Atlas build
ing. Visual causes were not produc-
ing their wonted aural effect.
on the street corner a peanut ven
der's little whistle sent aloft bravery
it's let of steam; the bells on rag
picker's cart swung merrily PACK
and forth on their strap; a big
truck, whose driver was either un-
daunted or drunk, banged and Cat
tered and ratified over the rough COD
bles of a side street-but no sound
came from any one of them.
This complete severance of one
cause and effect was sufficient to dis
credit all natural laws No othef
cause and effect was certain. Every
where 8eople were touching things TO
see If they were solid, or wet OF sou
or hard as the case might be. Even
barrow felt absurdly enough, tnat II
would not be greatly serious to jump
off the top of any building INTO the
street.
Darrow swung confidently enough
down the street. He was the only
person. with the exception OF the
drunken truck driver, who moved
forward at natural and easy sdi''
The effect was startling. Darro"
seemed to be the only real human pc
ing of the lot. All the rest were
phantasmagoric.
But as he proceeded downtown the
spell was beginning to break REQ
ple were communicating with one an
other by means of pencil and paper
barrow was amused, on crossing the
mark. to see against the lighted VIM
dows on Newspaper Row, the Sill
houetted forms of activity. Evident
". the newspaper men were already
at work on this fresh story.
Near the corner of the park DarroW
saw standing a policeman of his va
rled acquaintance. The scientls'
walked up to this man, who was
standing in the typical vacant un'
certainty, smiled agreeably, clappeo
him on the back, and shook his hand
The patrolman grasped barrow
hand, but the look of cropping uncer-
tainty deepened on his face,
barrow slipped his notebook IRON
his pocket, and scrubbed few lines
which he showed to the officer Tht
latter read, inwardly digested for
moment, and smiled.
Keep your hair on" ran barrow
screed. This will pass in a few min
utes. and it won't hurt you, anyway
Don't look like all these other dubs.'
He stood there companionably pA
the patrollnan. They looked abou
them. All at once, with this touch O.
normal, unafraid, human companion
ship. the weird horror of the situa
ton fell away. Darrow anC
his companion were seeing hu
manity disjointed from its &C
customed habit, as one looks on
stage full of men hypnotized into be
lief of an absurdity.
Where the plotting out of electriclt
had been tragic, this, as soon as 1t
utter harmlessness was realized, be
came comic. All about through tn
park men were meeting the situation
according to the limited ideas devel
oped by a crustacean life of absolut
dependence on the shell of artificial
environment. A considerable humble
of all sorts had fallen on their knee
and were praying. One fat man
evening dress, with a silk hat and
large diamond stud showing betwee
the lapels of a fur-lined coat, wa
particularly fervent. By force @
habit Darrow remarked on this in
dividual.
"I'n bet he hasn't been to churc
since he was kid" he observed, c
course inaudibly.
The policeman caught the directio
of his look, however, and CRIME
with understanding.