The Glenwood post., 1913-11-01


Wrath to Come.
marked that young man. "I1l tsse1fy
he was a solid spook.'
The reporter WAS methodically strik-
ing match after match, but without 70
| suit. After 4 moment .Le acrid smell
| of burning woolen rose in the air.
Are you dropping those matches!'
| asked Darrow.
Sure; they're no good"
Well. they're good enough to burn
holes in McCarthy's rugs. Stamp
| around a little to put them out; and
quit it"
What next; and how long!" asked
Jack. What is It? Have we gone
| blind. or is it total eclipse, or what?"
Il don't know how long" came back
Darrow's voice calmly. Next We will
get out of the building. Iwant to make
some observations. Get hold OF my
hand; we'll have to grope our way
out"
IF we could only get q light" mutt
tered Hallowell.
You can't" stated Darrow.
| They felt their way down the ten
flights of stairs like blind men. A few
inmates Of the building they jostled.
or passed. or picked up on the way.
In the lower corridors DarroW halt
ed them.
Here's another thing" said he: III
I'm right, we should run out of tAia
Just eleven feet beyond the last 80.
vator cage"
He felt his way along the grill. na1s
four PAGES forward, and uttered Q m
tie cry of satisfaction. The two mes
followed him blindly. A though step
ping from one room to another they
emerged into glaring daylight!
Both involuntarily looked back. The
darkness hung there like = curtain
Just inside the outer walls of the build
ing. Already 4 crowd had gathered tc
observe this new and strange phe
nomenon Of the now celebrated Atlaa
Building. It was q curious and . 70
eetious crowd, but not awestricken. u
It had been At the first Manifestation
Of this freakish upset Of natural forces
A man observing the flight Of a
aeroplane for the FIRST times loses hil
sense Of strangeness inside Of . few
minutes; and yet flying has been sincs
the days oe Icarus considered one a
the impossible achievemsnts- So tn
general publie Of Manhattan were b
coming accustomed to reversals d
eeen in tAs a1airs Of the physical
world. The frivolous majority. haviaa
discovered nothing to Be Appreciated
from the phenomena save few hours
helplessness Of . sort. and much to b
gained through the SAVIOR Of novelty
were inclined to an amused or ir
Htated attitude. depending on the ex
tent to which its occupations were in
terfered with. The minority took tt
religious meetings and interpretations
Darrow's exit and that of his CON
panions. were greeted uproariously.
please go way an let me sleep!'
sang one, at the blinking men.
Here's another" shrilled Q Exmin
Get up! The porter wants to max,
up your BERTH"
Several Of the crowd. pending tn,
usual arrival Of the police to clear tn,
corridor, had ventured through tn,
wide portals. and were experimenting
with this strange palpable quality q
darkness. One or two popped insiA<
the eartatn. bat emerged quickly, look
ing . little scared.
4 bright yoatA made The discover,
that II one NoAted . match and step
ped within Tie baacknsss, the mattel
was immediately extinguished, b.
that upon sDerging into daylight u
fame came uD again. Some one hap
pensd along with plumbers sasosin,
torch. Immediately this was lighte<
and the experiment repeated. Th'
bearer Of the torch, astonished at tn,
instant extinguishment Of the flame
felt with his hand to see what coul,
be the matter. Instantly he uttered ,
yelp Of pain, and leaped outside. dis
playing . badly burned palm.
There wasn't no fame; swear 1t!
he explained excitedly, but she burn
ed. just the same" He rushed abou
from one to another displaying his in
jured palm to whoever would look.
Dsrrow paid little attention to thi
gathering crowd. First of all h
i 7s,:.s-s.l.tl d PAPER ne held in his hand
then plunged back again into th'
blackness.
Jack Warford and Hallowell, left to