The Detroit times., 1913-04-24
5{iR SIRAN0EST MYSTERY ROMANCE
On REPRESENTATIVES, NEW YORK
TIE''SIG!N n SIX
|ISTFWART EDWARD WHITE
Avu5oa ri AzRD TRAIL. THE SILENT pr .ACEDt
CRATER XXI.
In fhA Eace of SternitN.

M IN the race OF GtSf"'sy.
Hell popred just as soon rs the
newspapers could get out their extras
Monsieur X had at last struck, anc
both interest and belief urged the man
aging editors at last To give pubiicit,
Is 10 all the theories, yne facts. and th'
i latest message from the fanatic un
y known
The latter came about three o'clock
"Tu the People. You have def1ed me
and you have doubted my power
4, There Is no good in You. l. who woul'
4 have saved you. now must bring abou
your death az stubborn and stin
necked generation. In humanity is M
I more good. and OF this World desir'
nothing more. Prep1'e within TN
next three hours TO appear before
mightier throne than mine
Percy barrow, readingt this. said u
4 Jack Warford, 1T is time%to act, ana
accompanied by the yninger man
quietly left the room.
The reader OF imagirrtion-and nc
u other will read this talt-must fgure
r. himself the island of Manhattan
\ during the next two hours. The en-
fire population. nearly. tried TO leave
n nj once. When only the suburban
4 dwellers, urged simply by the desire
for a hot dinner. attepnpt 10 return
\ homo between Ave and six. the ways
are congested enough. Now. stricken
4 With the fear of death .,the human cat
Tie fought frantically to reach the IN
\ Adequate exits OF the great theater or
/. tragedy.
There was fighting Tin the streets
and panic, and stark runor. OF course;
I. and there was heroisnI and cooiness,
and the taking OF thought To the III
tie group of men In the top floor OF the
Z, Atlas building the roar OF riot came up
y Ike the thunder OF tis, orchestra pe-
h fore the rise OF the curtain. Most or
the people In the streets fed from a
n danger they did not understand. This
i little group In the wireless ONCE real
4 lsed clearly what still and frozen dis
4 nolution the rising OF the curtain
4 would disclose. Thevrwere not many
v and they did not know what they were
e do. If anything; but they had not
\ run away
Eldridge was there, looking some
what hustered for the first time In his
life, and four of the large committee
that had employed him Simmons sat
N calmly ct his post, and of all the re-
4 p0rters Hallowell alone had stood by.
He had faith In barrow, and he knew
\ that In the Despatch bffice little
Z handful Of men stood in the shadow OF
death on the off chance of the biggest
scoop since Nuah's food
The four solid citizens looked at one
\ another. The Oldest tur~ed TO Ed
a ridge
Then you're opiniontis that the city
v q doomed"
Fl can ofrer no. other solution. sir"
i o0ad the scientist 'ft is at last evi-
/. oent that this pans power over eth
eroal vibrationss extends TO those FORM
4 iqS h@Atrays. II this is SO, 1t follows
THAT he can clf. OF all life by stopping
an heat. If his threat Is carried out,
800 can but Took forward TO repeti-
TN on q ls-rge scale OF the'city hall
olAir."
The agsd financier now spoke to
Il G1mmonS
sAnd the last report from the
4 eearchers?" he asked formally.
Ths, search is being pushed, sir
zrop1ied the operator, by twenty thou
nd men. There remain some nifty
4 u11lfs of country to go over. Mr..
IONS"
n. Lyons turned his shaggy head to-
ward a younger. slim, keen-eyed man
lot nifty.
~And the city will, in your Judgment.
1(I. Perkins. take how long to empty"
"Days-in the present confusion"
onid Perkins shortly. I'VE can move
only limited percentage. Thank God.
4 most of our men are standing by.
I, think oil our rolling stock Is moving"
Lyons nodded twice.
"And YOU" he asked the third or
the party. q stout young man OF
4 thirty-eight or 80.
"How many stations are on the job,
\ simmons" asked this man.
"Ail but two, sir" replied the oper-
atOr. I'D and p don't answer. ! guess
they beat it,
"How do they report the bulletin
men,"
"Oa the job" replied the wireless
man.
The stout young man turned to
Lyons.
swell. sir" said he, 81 don't know
whether we or the hand OF death WIN
he called on to quiet them'-he paused
for an instant with uplifted hand: .he
roar and crash and wal Of the city
VIDE riot surged into the ga, OF his
BlS0Ct- Dut II II ~ We ne WpJt on,
"our little arrangements are made. Ny
men know what 20 do, and my men
y are on the Job" re concluded proudly
Lyons nodded again.
"We have all done our best" sad
he. Nov, gentlemen. ! do NOT sce
how We can possibly accomplish any
thing more by remaining here. wv
automobile IL Ia colcoa.iacn; ia ;he
old stable ia the rear o. ~ Ny
yacht Is standing on ;he Battery
awaiting signal 20 Gene IT, We have -
he glanced at his watch. "over an iour
before the threatened catastrophe
He looked M expectaEily. lhe nen
all glanced uneasily a. one another
y except Simmons wis stared az ais
batteries stolidly.
~Come. gentlemen" urged Lyons
& after a. moment There is really not
much time to lose. for you know the
:. yacht must steam beyond the danger
zone"
"Beat f." spoke mp Simmons. at last
There Amt any good OF you here /
anything comes in, can handle II
ts It's just q case OF send out orders Il
your bulletin men"
II think Id better say" observed
Paige, the stout young man. with al
air of apology. II know I'm not mucl
y use: but I've placed men. and they'l
! stick; and II this freeze.ou, prSposit;or
4 goes through-why. they're in 3,