Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-31
4T EDWARD WHITE
Copyright, 1912, The Bobbs-Merrin Company

wen satisfied with his story--untn
he saw what it had meant elsewhere.
For in the subways and tubes the
stoppage of the trains had automafi
cally discontinued the suction venti-
lation. The underground thousands,
n mortal terror of the non-existenf
third-rail danger, CROPPED their way
painfully to the stations With In
conceivable swiftness the mephitio
vapors gathered Strong men stag
gered fainting into the streets When
revived they told dreadful tales of
stumbling over windrows of bodies
there below.
Through the gathering twilight Of
the streets. dusky and shadowy.
filtered bat-like the criminals Of the
underworld. What they saw. that
they took. Growing holder. they pre-
crossed from pocket-picking to hold
ups, from holdups TO looting The
police reserves were all out: they
could do little. Favored by obscurity.
the thieves plundered. 1t would have
needed a solid Gordon of officers to
have protected adequately the retail
district. Swiftly a guerrilla war
fare sprang up. Bullets whistie6
Anarchy raised its snaky locks aud
peered red-eyed through the darkened
streets Of the city. Here ana there
fire broke out Men on bicycles
brought in the alarms; then, as twi-
light thiekened, men on foot Chief
Croker promptly established look
outs in all the tail towers, as watch
men used a hundred years ago 70
watch the night.
And. uptown, Smith cursed the
necessity OF reading his evening Pc
per by candle-light; and Mary. the
cook, grumbled because she could moi
telephone the grocery for some for
gotten ingredient; and Jones's dinner
party was very hilarious over the
joke on their host; and men swore
and their wives worried because they
had perforce TO be very late TO ain.
aer.
At O'Clock, two hours after the N.
ception OF the curious phenomena
the condition suddenly passed The
IN timation came to the various parts
of the city in different ways. Strange
" enough, only gradually did the
lights and transportation facilities
resume their functions Most Of
the dynamos were being Inspected
by puzzled experts. Here and there
the blazing of q group Of lights, the
ringing of a bell, the response OF z
volt or ammeter 70 lest, limited to thu
masters of 1ightnings that their re-
bellious steeds again answered the
bit
Within a half hour the city's ilIn-
rzainations again reflected softly from
the haze of the autumn sky; the
cIang Of the merry trolley. the wall
of the motors siren again smote tho
air.
Malachi Mccarthy, having caught .
ride on a friendly dray. arrived home
At $40 his telephone bell for the first
time tangled its summons. McCart4
answered it.
I'm Simmons, the wireless operz-
tor" the small voice told him Say
there's a lot of these fool messages
in the air again. You know what thes
said last night about 6 o'clock aud
what happened"
Lets have 'em. growled Mccar-
thy.
s-Here she is: Mccarthy. VIII yoa
do as tell you? Answer. Remember
the sign at o'clock It's signed
M"
.where did that come FROM asked
the boss.
Cant tell. but somewhere's long
ways off,
ssHow do you know that21
by the sound
How far--about2f
Might be anywhere
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