Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-14
Continued from Yesterday

| mo- querled barrow, with one OF
his slow and exasperating smiles.
perhaps not But you'd better get
to thinking. You won't be able al
ways to take things easy. You may
have to hustle before long"
There has been, / admit" said
Eldridge stifiiy, repeating in sub
stance the interview he had already
given out, some flaw in our chain of
reasoning. This it will be necessary
to review with the object of revision.
Every physical manifestation must
have some physical and definite
| cause; and this can be found if time
enough is bestowed on it, Often the
process of elimination is the only
method by which the truth can be de-
termined."
Darrow chuekled.
Look out the process of elimina-
ton doesn't overtake you," he re-
marked.
Eldridge detailed the same reason
ing, at greater length. to the men who
had employed him. These were very
impatient Business was being not
merely impeded, but destroyed. Their
'
their employees were in many cases
leaving their jobs. They called in all
the help they could to assist
Eldridge's speculations, but in the
end they had to fall back on the sci
enlist as the best on the market. The
case was not left in his hands alone,
however. After a meeting they
offered a reward to any one discov-
ering and putting to an end the dis
concerning phenomena.
Here's where we make money,
Jack, big money" observed Darrow
when hesread this offer. It'll be big
ger before we get through. You and
can have the little expedition tc
Volcano Island"
Nothing suits me BETTER said
Jack. Are you sure Wen get ito"
Sure" said barrow
Monsieur X had, of course, honored
the waiting world with message. II
followed the fifteen minutes of dark.
ness.
"To the People: | have been patient
and have stayed my hand in order
| that you may learn the vanity OF
your endeavor. Who are we that "
shall strive to take me? Vanity ant
foolishness is your portion. Now y,
know my power and We will lister
unto my words as to the words o.
/ the Master. Ye must hunt down thi.
man Mccarthy and deliver him ovei
unto me. If every one of you give!
himself to the task, 10! it is quickl!
done, Bestir yourselves against tn,
wrath to GOMEZ"
These events occupied the tire,
days of the ordered exodus The tim,
was further filed with rumor tina
ever grew more dire. Gradually bust
ness was suspended entirely. Thos,
who could not or would not go away
stood about, talking matters over
and, as is always the case, matter!
did not improve in the telling. TIL,
only activity in the city was tina
bent on seeking out the abiding plac,
of Monsieur X.
Eldridge had now come to the con
clusion that he had perhaps beer
mistaken IN combining his efforts t.
so small an area. In fact, furthel
experiments rendered hazy the arbi
trary outlines formerly determined
for the zone of danger. At time
Monsieur X answered well within tn
forty five-mile mark; at times some
what beyond the end of the fifty-nil
radius. Eldridge Immediately under
| took a series of more delicate expert
| ments by means of indicator
especially designed by him for tn
| occasion. Once more the little wire
| less office became the focus of re
.. portorial attention.
Our major premises we find sti
to be correct" announced Eldridg
in the coldIy didactic manner char
acteristic of the man. This un
known operator is at distance, an
probably at height One indicatio
we did not take sufficiently into cor
sideration-the fact that this instrr
ment alone is capable of communities
ton with the instrument of this In
dividual."
Percy Darrow for the first tim
began to show signs of attention
He dropped the legs of his chair
the floor and leaned forward.
THAT would indicate, gentlemen
that the instrument whose locatio
we are DESTROYS of determining is {
peculiar nature. What that natur
is we have no means of determinin
accurately; but in conjunction wit
the fact that our previous exper
ments failed to locate Monsieur ,
we may adopt the hypothesis tht
the wireless apparatus of that II
dividual is not so delicately respoI
sive as the average. In other word
the zone within which he may
found is in fact wider than we hs
supposed"