The Glenwood post., 1913-12-27
Continued from last week.
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oAge seriously.
CHAPTER u-Darrov goes up the
elevator to visit Dr. Knox suddenly the
electric apparatus in the Atlas building
70 locate the trouble
parent reason. electric connections are re-
stored The next evening Mccarthy il
Earned that unless he leaves at once for
Promptly at that hour the entire electric
apparatus of New York is cut OF and the
city IL thrown into panic
CHAPTER Iv-Percy Darrow thinks he
has . clue.
CHAPTER Vile engages the help of
Jack Warford. . college athlete.
CHAPTER vI-They visit Mccarthy
and offer to run down the cause OF his
mysterious trouble. Mccarthy has Just
received another warning by wireless.
CHAPTER What six a deathly still
nees falls on the Atlas building. blotting
out all sound. Darrow Is arrested as he
leaves the building.
CHAPTER Willie is undisturbed be-
cause he believes he is on the right track
and that another portent will appear at
six.
CHAPTER iN-This time the whole
town is thrown into darkness and all
hearing suspended. Under cover of the
confusion Darrow escapes from jail.
CHAPTER x-The city is prostrated
with fear.
CHAPTER xI-The next morning Dar-
row and Warford go to McCarthy's office
Just as the latter gets another warning
Darkness hits the Atlas building in broad
daylight
CHAPTER xTr-Prof. Eldridge the
noted scientist. becomes interested in the
phenomena. Ibnrrow's theory ia that 10
man who In sending the warnings has dis
covered some force by which he can cut
and sound. Mccarthy has disappeared
Darrow makes the boast that he will
solve the secret before EldridEe does.
CHAPTER xIII-Darrow places FL
dridge In possession Of all the facts in
ton thereto and ehsIien.es him to an sov:
the mystery.
sases come. Darrow. through the news
papers. reAs0oees the people. He fears
the Unknown will stor the vibrations Of
hilation OF An Me. animal and vegetable.
CHAPTER xv-The Unknown threatens
TO wipe out the city. Thousands OF peo-
pie nee.
CHAPTER XVI = Eldrdee receives
terests to help In solving the mystery
barrow sits aonchalantlv receiving wire
less messages In McCarthy's office while
E1dridge experiments with the purpose of
locating the Unknown.
nents fail.
CHAPTER xvIII-The city is thrown
again into a panic and everyone Is try
Ing to escape.
CHAPTER xIX-Darrow continues to
IN hut In
nothing.
Of his cohorts are found frozen to death
N the city hall. while in the midst Of .
crooked deal
CHAPTER XxI--A message from tho
hours. Darrow declares the time to act
the city Eldridee admits to the commit
Zee Of capitalists that he has failed. Dor
sow bIinks into the office an an. insane 20
CHAPTER xxII-when. three hour
time TO act ne had gone into the offsce
next to McCarthy's and after desperate
struGEle had e~ercome the maniac. whom
his apparatus.
THE man has perfected a com bined
system Of special tuning and definite
electrical energy" said Darrow. by
which through an ordinary wireless
sender he can send forth into the
ether what might be called deadening
or nullifying waves. You are no doubt
familiar with the common experiment
by which two sounds will produce q
silence. This is just like that. BY
means of this within the radius of his
sending instrument and for a period
of time up to the capacity of his bat
teries, man can absolutely stop vi
hration of either heat. sound, light. or
electricity length. II is entirely a aues-
ton Of simple formulas. Here they
are"
He held out four closely written
pages bound together with manuscript
fasteners
NO man has ever before attained
this knowledge or this power" went
on Darrow, after moment; 'and
probably never again in the history of
the race will exactly this. combination
of luck and special talent occur. These
four pages are unique"
He laid them on the edge of the
table, produced a cigarette. lighted it,
picked up the four pages of formulas,
and held the burning match 10 their
edges. The fame caught, hared up
the himsy paper. Darrow dropped the
llrning corners as it scorched his fin
gers. II fell to the floor, flickered.
ar d was goae.
Jack leaped forward with an excla-
p,atioa u dAsnay. The old nan bound
TO the cAa1B did not wink. bat stared
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