Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-11
"Simmonsr' he sajd.
'Heroi" came q voice.

'Herol" came Q voice.
Il though yoa'd b on the 5o6." said
DaSrow. with satisfactio1. "How'S
your instrument Going, shf We are
in the wireless onaces." hs told tho
others. "Sit down. II you can and
chairs. Wen wait until the sun II
shining brightly. love. before We real
ly try to get down to business. In the
meantime
In the meantime" repeated both
Jack and Hallowell, In . breath. "Go
on. my SON" conceded the latter. n
bet W have the same idea"
We'll. was going 70 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 Eallowen.
ITS simple enough" began barrow.
I'VE have had. flrst, failure OF all
electricity; second. . failure Of all
sound; third. Q failure Of all light. The
logical mind would therefore examine
these things to sec what they have in
common. The answer simply jumps at
you: Vibration. Electricity and light
are vibrations in ether: sound II vibra.
ton in CIR OF 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 ut once7"
Because" explained Darrow. tho
vibrations making these three phe-
nomena are different In character.
Sound IL 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, 1t - conceivable that q condition
which would interfere with horizontal
waves would not interfere with trans.
verse waves; or that . condition which
would absolutely deaden waves two
hundred and seventy ten-millionths Of
an inch long would have absolutely no
effect on those one hundred and fifty
i've ten milljonths Of an inch long. Am
I clear?''
"sure," came the voices Of his a..
dience.
THAT much Mldridge and any other
man trained in elementary science a.
ready knows. It 10 no secret
1T hasn't been published" observed
Hslloweil grimly.
well. 30 to IL! The task Of the in.
dependent investigator, Of which we
are some, 10 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.
Nov, look here, Simmons, you arc
very loyal to Mccarthy. for whatever
reason. but your loyalty is misplaced.
For one thing. your man has disap-
peared, and will not return. That last
message scared hins out. For another
thing, we're going to need you in our
the worst way"
Pm from Copenhagen: yoa got 70
show me-" said Simmons.
Darrow laughed softly.
We'll show you all right" said hs.
He sketched briefly for Hallowell's
beneflt the reasoning already followed
out, and which 1t 10 therefore unneces-
sary to repeat here. $50 now" he con-
cluded, Eve will consider this hypothe-
sis: that these phenomena are caused
by ono man in control OF a force cap.
able Of deadenins vibrations in ether
and solids within certain definite linn
it's"
why do you limit it?'' cried Halo.
we'll.
Because We have had but one mani.
festation at time. II this Unknown
were out really to frighten-which
seems to be his intention-it would be
much more effective to visit US with
absolute darkness and absolute silence
combined. That would be really ter.
rify1ne. He has not done 80. There
fore. I conclude that his power is linn
tied in applicability
isn't that a little doubtful?" spoke
up Jack.
''Of course" said barrow cheerfully.
That's where we're going to win out
on this sporting proposition with our
dear Brother Eldridse. He won't ac-
cept any hypothesis unless it is abso-
lutely copper.riveted. We will"
Y think you underestimate FL
dridse." spoke up Hallowell. Hes
the only original think-tank in VII
lass Of horse troughs."
II don't underestimate him one Bit"