Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-25
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| barrow was extensively blamed. 1t
was universally conceded that his 20.
ton in permitting Monsieur x 70 con.
! tinue his activities up to the danger
! point was inexcusable. The public
/ mind should have been treasured long
before. Much terror and physical sui.
fering might thus have been avoided
not to speak of financial loss. Scien.
! tific men, furthermore, went frantic
over his unwarranted destruction Of
| the formulas. Percy barrow was Va,
! riously described a. heartless mon.
| ster and scientific vandal. To these
aspersions he paid no attention what.
! ever.
Helen Warford, however, became
vastly indignant and partisan. and In
; consequence Percy Darrow's course in
| the matter received from her it, full
credit for genuine altruism. Hal.
lowell. also. held persisten0y to this
point, as far as his editors would per.
NIT him, until at last. the public mind
was somewhat Gained, attention was
| more focused on the means by which
the man had reached his conclusions
rather than on the use ot them he
had made.
The story was told three times by
its chief actor: once to the newspa-
! pers. once to the capitalists from whom
he demanded the promised reward,
and once to the Warfords. This last
account was the more detailed and
interesting.
| 1t was Of late afternoon again.
The lamps were lighted. and tea was
| forward. Helen was manipulating the
cups, Jack was standing ready to pass
j them, Mr.. and Mrs. Warford sat In
! the background listening. and Darrow
lounged gracefully in front OF the fire.
From the beginning!" Helen was
commanding him, "and expect inter
/ ruptsons."
/ WELL" began Darrow. ITS little
difficult to get started. But let's be-
1 gin with the phenomena themselves.
I've told you before. how, when was
| In Jail, I worked out their nature and
the fact that they must draw their
power from some source that could be
exhausted or emptied. You have read
Eldridge's reasoning as to why he
thought Monsieur x was at distance
1 and on q height. He took - tho
basis Of his reasoning one fact In CON
nection with the wireless messages
we were receiving-that they were
! faint, and therefore presumably far
distant or sent by weak battery. He
1 neglected, or passed over as an i'm
portant item of tuning, the further
fact that the instrument in the Atlas
Building was the only instrument to
receive Monsieur KS messages.
"Now. that fact might be explained
either on the very probable SUPPOSE
ton that our receiving instrument
happened in what we may call its un.
dertones to be the only one tuned to
the sending instrument Of Monsieur
| X; or it might be because our instru.
ment was nearer Monsieur ks instra.
| ment than any other. This was un-
likely because of the quality of the
sound-it sounded to the expert op-
orator as though it came from q dis
lance. Nevertheless, 1t was posi-
bility. Taken by itself, 1t was not
nearly SO good a possibility az the
other. Therefore. Eldridge chose the
| other.
There were q number of other
strictly scientific considerations OF
| equal importance. do not hesitate to
say that il had been Influenced only
by the scientific considerations.
+, should have followed Eidridge's lead
without the slightest hesitation. But
as told him at the time, man must
have imagination and human sympa.
thy to get next to this sort of thing.
Leaving all science aside, for the
moment, what do we find in the mes
sages to Mccarthy? First, command
to leave within specified and brief
| period; second, a threat in case OF
disobedience. That threat was always
carried out"
barrow turned to Mrs. warford.
with your permission, should like
to SMOKE" said he. Il can follow my
thought better"
"By all means" accorded the lady.
Darrow lighted his cigarette, pufRed
q moment, and continued:
For instance, at three o'clock he
threatens to send Sign unless Nc
Carthy leaves town by six. Mccarthy
does not leave town. Promptly at si1
the sign comes. What do you make
of it,"
Nobody stirred.
why" resumed barrow, 'how, II
Monsieur x was hundred miles OF
so away, as Eldridge figured. did h<
know that Mccarthy had not obeyed
him? We must suppose. from the
probable fact Of that knowledge. thai
either Monsieur X had an accomplish
who was keeping him informed, Of
he must be near enough to get tho In
formation himself"
There is third possibility" broke
in Jack. Monsieur x might have sem
along his sign at six o'clock, any
how, Just for general results
I barrow nodded his approval.
| "Good boy. Jack" said he. "That Il
Just the point could not BE- sur,
about. But finally. at the time. yos
will remember, when predicted Ne
iCarthy's disappearance, Monsieur .
made q definite threat. He said" oh
served barrow, consulting one Of Ii,
bundle Of papers he held In his hand
my patience IL at IN end. You
last warning will be sent you ct mine