The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-08-27
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER 1-Percy barrow. 9 young
! nee Of Boss Mccarthy of New York.
7 Mccarthy has just been threatened by an
anonymous message ordering him to flee
20 Europe~ He does not take the mes
sage Seriously.
C~PTER Tr-Darrow goes up the
elevator TO visit DR., Knox. Suddenly the
electric apparatus In the Atlas building
TO locate the trouble
7 CHAPTER III-Au at once, without ap-
parent reason, electric connections are re-
stored The next evening Mccarthy 10
warned that unless he leaves at once for
Europe sign Will be sent him ct six.
Promptly at that hour the entire electric
apparatus OF New York Is cut on and the
city is thrown into q panio-
CHAPTER Iv-Psry barrow thinks be
has clue.
CHAPTER Vie 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
ness falls on the Atlas building, blotting
out all sound. Darrow Is arrested az he
!
CHAPTER WILLIS Is undisturbed be-
cause he believes he Is on the right track
and that another portent will appear at
six.
Unzr-=-=- --=-1T;s sme tue wnoIs
town Is thrown into darkness and alt
hearing suspended. Under cover OF the
confusion barrow escapes from jail.
CHAPTER x-The city Ia Frustrated
with fear.
CHAPTER xr-The next morning Oar
row and Warford go to McCarthy's office
Just as the latter gets another warning.
Darkness hits the Atlas building in broad
daylight,
CHAPTER xII-Prof. EIdrldge. the
noted scientist, becomes Interested In the
phenomena. Darrow's theory Is that the
man who Is sending the warnings has dis
covered some force by which he can cut
through the vibrations OF electricity light
ana sound. Mccarthy has disappeared.
Darrowi makes the boast that he will
solrs the secret before Eldridge does.
way size 1t up. Don't be- frightened;
don't get caught unprepared. | think
we've had the whole bag of tricks. At
almost any moment we're likely to be
cut of from all electricity, all sound,
or all light-never more than one at q
time. ! imagine We shall have ample
warning. but perhaps not, In any case,
don't be frightened Tt's harmless in
itself Better stay home nights. You
can reassure your friends II you want
/ to; but on no account get my name in
/ this. If l am quoted. it viii do In
calculable harm"
why not tell the public that It is
harmless?" demanded Helen. Think
of the anxiety, the accidents, the gen.
uine terror it would save"
Darrow rose slowly to go. He walk
ed quite deliberately over to Helen.
and faced her for q moment in ST.
lence.
Helen" he said impressively at last,
81 have talked freely with you be-
cause | felt | could trust you. Be-
lieve me, know the exigencies Of this
case better than you do; and you must
obey me In what say, am speaking
very seriously. II you allow your
sympathies to act on the very limited
huOA kSuEe y Ou pOSScooJ yOu VIA PASp
ably bring about incalculabie harm
We walk in safety only while we stick
to the path. If you try to act In any
case on what your judgment or your
sympathies may advise, and without
consulting me, you may cause the city
the people, and all that you know or
care for to be blotted out of existence
Do you understand? Do you believe
me?"
II understand; I believe you," re-
peated the girl trife family.
Darrow left without further cere-
mony. Helen stood where he had left
her on the rug. staring after him. a
new expression in her eyes. She had
known Percy barrow for many years
Always she had appreciated his intel
lect. but deprecated what she had con
sidered his Incidence, his softness OF
character, his tendency to let things
drift For the first time she realized
that not Invariably do manners make
the man.