The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-10-31

such lspses in accuracy of statement
are not usual with me. bat may b.
considered as concomitant with un
usual circumstances"
"Righto!" agreed barrow cheerfully
We'll, what about the causes?"
That / will determine when I an
satisfied that all the elements Of Tho
problem are In my hands"
"Right-o!" repeated Darrow. well
I'll bet you new hat I'll land thu
cause before you do. Be SPORT"
II never indulge In wagers." replied
Eldridge.
WELL" said barrow to Jack and
Hallowell, come on!"
Without waiting to see II he was
followed, the young man again plung
ed into the black and clinging dark
ness.
Get hold OF my coat" his voice
came to the others. Were going to
climb"
Accordingly they climbed, In silence
up many flights OF stairs. through the
cloying darkness. At last barrow halt
ed. turned sharp to the left. fumbled
for door, and entered room.
"Simmons?" he said.
"Here!" came voice.
81 though you'd be on the job said
barrow, with satisfaction. "How's
your instrument? Going. Ell? We are
in the wireless Offices" he told the
others. "Sit down. II you can find
chairs. Well wait until the sun is
shining brightly. love. before we real.
ly try to get down to business. In the
meantime"
I'm the meantime" repeated both
Jack and Hallowell. In breath. Go
on. my son." conceded the latter. 81
bet we have the same idea"
well, was going to say that I'm
not in the grammer-school physics
| class, and i want to know what you
meant by your remark to Eldridge.
| said Jack.
That's my trouble" said Hallowen.
'It's simple enough" began barrow
I'VE have had, first, failure Of all
electricity; second, a failure Of all
sound; third, failure of all light. The
logical mind would therefore examine
these things to see what they have In
common. The answer simply jumps al
you: Vibration. Electricity and light
are vibrations in ether; sound is vibra'
ton in air or some solid. Therefore
whatever could absolutely stop vibra-
ton would necessarily stop electricity
light and sound"
But" objected Jack, "if vibration
were absolutely stopped, why wouldn't
they all three be blotted out at once?'
Because" explained barrow, "the
vibrations making these three phe-
nomena are different In character
Sound is made by horizontal waves
for example. while electricity and
light are made by transverse waves
Furthermore. the waves producing
electricity and light differ in length
Now. It is conceivable that condition
which would interfere with horizontal
waves would not interfere with trans
verse waves; or that a condition which
would absolutely deaden waves two
| hundred and seventy ten-millionths Of
an inch long would have absolutely nc
effect on those one hundred and fifty
five ten millionths of an inch long. Am
l clear?"
"Sure!" came the voices OF his au
dience.
THAT much Eldridge and any other
man trained in elementary science al
ready knows. 1t Is no secret"
"It hasn't been published" observed
Hallowell grimly.
well, go to it! The task Of the In
dependent Investigator. of which we
are some. is now to discover, first
what are those conditions, and. sec
ond, what causes them. With the ex
ception Of Mr.. Hallowell. we all know
what this guiding power is."
Don't get It," growled Simmons.
Now, look here, Simmons, you arc
very loyal to Mccarthy, for whatever
reason. but your loyalty is misplaced
For une thing. your man has disap
peared, and will not return. That las,
message scared him out For another
thing, we're going to need you in ouI
campaign. the worst way"
I'm from Copenhagen; you got tC
| show me-" said Simmons.
| barrow laughed softly.
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