Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-05-27

men up by the roots and flung them
in terrorized mobs through the con-
gested ways and out into the inhospit-
able country, the uneasiness Of dread
held them covering at their accustonn-
ed or necessary city, as the case might
be. And It must be remembered that
the definite knowledge OF what might
be feared was not yet disseminated
among them.
But this attitude hurt business, and
business struck back. The subways
were practically deserted; the theaters
empty; the accustomed careless life
Of the great white way thinned; the
streams of life slackened. Further
more, the intelligent criminal i'm.
discovered that ideal shields
were being provided him gratis be.
hind which to conduct his crimes. In
the silence q man could blow out the
side of q bank building with impunity,
provided only he kept out of sight. In
the darkness he could pilfer at will,
with only the proviso that he forget
not his gum shoes. The possibilities
of night crime when electricity lacks
have already been touched upon.
To meet unusual conditions the
people individually and collectively
rose to heights Of forgotten ingenuity,
The physical life of city is SO we'll
established that the average city dwell.
Ter grows out of the pioneer virtue Of
adaptability. Now once more these
people were forced to meet new and
untried conditions, to guard against
new dangers, new opposing forces, In
an incredibly short space of time they
grew out of aimless panic. They learn.
ed to sit tight; to guard adequately
their lives, their treasure, and even
to a certain extent their time against
undue loss
In the meantime the moneyed pow.
ers had been prompt to act. They did
not intend to stand idly while their
pockets were being picked by un.
toward circumstances; nor did they
intend to continue indefinitely the un.
usual expenditures necessary to guard
themselves against even greater
loss. AS there seemed to be two men
to find, they employed the best of de.
tectives to search for Mccarthy; and
Professor Eldridge, as the greatest
living expert, to hunt down the I'M.
known. Thus unexpectedly Eldridge
found himself with definite backing
in his strange duel with Darrow.
1t is now desirable to place before
the reader samples of the messages
sent by Monsieur x and received in
the wireless ONCE Of the Atlas build.
ing, after which we can proceed once
more to follow out the sequence of
events.
ITO the people: The sign has been
sent you. You must now believe. The
traitor is among you, and you must
hunt him down. This is your sacred
duty, for I. your master, have laid 1t
upon YOU"
That was one Of the first. After a
round dozen OF similar import, there
came this:
ITO the people: I, your master, am
displeased with you. The visitations
Of darkness and of silence have been
sent, but you have needed little.
doubt not that We search, as have
commanded, but you do not realize tt
the full your sacred obligation. You &c
about your business and you carry on
yOul ONl UuSIAC60 S9uu yVuA
affairs are not % important as these
my commands. Beware lest you draw
down the wrath of the Lords anoint
ed. am patient with your Ignorance;
but give heed"
The last at present to to which your
attention Is called came just before
the events to be detailed:
ITO the people: Your time Is draw.
ing short. You are a stubborn and
a stiff-necked generation. My pa
thence is ebbing away. You have been
shown the power of my right hand.
and you have gone your. accustomed
ways. You have defied the might OF
the right hand Of God. Now I will
lay on you my: commands. You must
seek out Apollyon and. deliver him
even into my hands, and that shortly.
shall be patient yet little while
longer, for I know that you 'grope In
darkness and have not the light that
shines upon me. But soon shall
strike" E,
The Professors Experiment.
Throughout all this excitement
Percy barrow did absolutely nothing.
He spent all his time, save that re.
quired for meals and the shortest
necessary sleep, in round-armed
wooden chair in the wireless station
of the Atlas building. Jack Warford
sat with him. Darrow rarely opened
his mouth for speech, but smoked
slowly few cigarettes, and rolled
many more, which he held unlighted
in the corner Of his mouth until they
dropped to pieces. He watched quiet
ly all that went on glanced through
such messages as came in from Mon
sieur X, read the papers, and dozed.
To reporters he was affable enough in
his drawing slow fashion, but had
nothing to say.
''Eldridge is doing this" he said to
them; I'm only in the position of an
interested spectator"
r Eldridge had taken hold in a
thoroughly competent way. Back OF
the cold precision of his undoubted
scientific attainments lurked, unex'
pected by most, a strong ambition and
less admirable hankering for the
limelight. His opportunity to crafty
all these appetites-science, advance
ment, and fame-was too good not to
cause him the deepest satisfaction.