Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-04
Continued from Yesterday.)

Continued from Yesterday
Even a man totally deaf feels the
subtle influence of these latter ply
steal phenomena. And underneath
all sound, perceptible alike to those
who can hear and those who cannot,
are the vibrations that accompany
every activity of nature as the mani
festations of motion or of life. An
ordinary deep silence is not so much
an absence of sound as an absence
of accustomed or loud sound. And in
that unusual hush often for the first
time a man acutely becomes aware
of the singing of the blood in his
ears.
But this silence was absolute All
these minor sounds had been elimi-
mated.
For a moment Boss Mccarthy
stared; then showed back his chair
with a violent motion, and rose He
was like a shadow on a screen. The
filching from the world of one ele-
ment of its everyday life had unex-
pectedly rendered it all phantasma-
goric.
AS Mccarthy shouted, and no sound
came; as he moved from behind his
desk, and no jar accompanied his
heavy football, he appeared to lose
blood and substance, to become un-
real. AS no sound issued from his
contorted face, so it seemed that no
force would follow his blow, were he
to deliver one.
He stumbled forward, dazed and
dark. instead of merely in silence,
striking example of the uncertainty
of his movements of how closely our
senses depend on one another.
Jack spoke twice. then closed his
lips in a grim. straight line. He held
his elbows close to his sides and
looked ready for anything.
A look of mild triumph illuminated
Percy Darrow's usually languid coun-
tenance. He stepped quickly to the
wall and turned the button of an in
candescent globe. The light instantly
glowed. At this he nodded twice
more. From his pocket he drew a
notebook and pencil, wrote in it a
few words and handed it to the dazed
and uncertain boss.
II was right" barrow had scrawled.
This proves it. It's by no means the
end. Better be good"
McCarthy's bulldog courage had re-
covered from its first daze. He be-
gan to see that this visitation was
not entirely personal, but extended
also to his two companions. This re-.
lieved his mind, for he had suspected
some strange new apoplexy.
did you expect this?" he wrote.
Darrow nodded.
Together the three ghosts left the
| phantom office and glided down the
phantom halls. Other ghosts in va
rious stages of alarm were already
making their way down the stairs.
| Some of them spoke, but no sound
came One woman. her eyes fright
ened, reached out furtively to touch
her neighbor, apparently to assure
herself of his reality. Urged by
an uncomfortable impulse, a man
| thrust his hand through the
ground glass of an office door.
The glass shivered and crashed to the
tile floor. The pieces broke-silently.
1t was as though the man had
been the figure in cinemato-
grapt illusion. He stared at his cut
and bleeding hand. The woman who
had touched the man suddenly threw
back her head and screamed. They
could see her eyes roll back, her face
change color. could discern tht
straining of her throat. No souno
came.
At this a panic seized them. They
rushed down the stairs, clambering
over one another, pushing, scram
bling, falling A mob of hundred
men fought for precedence. Blow!
were struck No faintest murmur o.
tumult came from their futile heat
Tt might have been the riot of a wax
works in a vacuum.
They fell into the lower hallway
and fought their way to the street
and stood there dazed and staring, ;
strange, wild-eyed, white-faced
, bloody crew. The hurrying avenu
stopped to gaze on them curiously
gathering compact in a mob tina
blocked all traffic. Policemen pushe
their way in and began roughly t
uuestion-and to question in res
audible words.
But for the space of full minut
these people stood there staring UP
ward, drinking in the blessed SCUM
that poured in on them lavishly fror
the life of the street; drinking dee
: gulps of air, as though air ha
: lacked.
barrow, and with him Jack War
i ford, had descended more leisurel!
J Before leaving the building Darro'
placed the fiat of his hands over HI
ears, and motioned Jack to do tn
same. This they missed the stunnin
effect of receiving the world of nois
all at once; as man goes to
bright light from a dark room. Fun
| thermore, barrow returned severe
; times from the sound to the silence
trying to determine where the line c
demarcation was drawn. Then, me
/, tioning to Jack, he began methods
| cally to make his way through tn
{ crowd.
, This proved to be by no means a
easy task. Rumors of all sorts wer
! afoot. Some bold spirits were testin
: new sensation by venturin
| into the corridor of the building. TIL
: police were undecided as to wha
: should be done. One or two reporter
: were already at hand investigating
: Mccarthy, his assurance returned
: was conversing earnestly with a pc
lice captain
3 Percy Darrow, closely followed b
! Jack. managed to worm his wa