Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-21

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 The cause of these extraordinary phenomena is self-eyident," he stated. .
 You mean their nature. not their cause" replied Darrow. Tn nature | they refer back to the interference 1 with etheric and molecular vibrations | That" he added, "is fact that every | boy in the grammeT-school physics l class has figured out for himself. The cause is a different matter
 T stand corrected" said Eldridge. l Such lapses in accuracy of statement are not usual with me, but may be considered as concomitant with un usual circumstances"
 "Right-o!" agreed Darrow cheerfully Well. what about the causes2"
 That I will determine when am satisfied that all the elements of the problem are in my hands"
 "Right-ol" repeated Darrow. Well I'll bet you a new hat I'll land the cause before you do Be a sportl"
 T never indulge In wagers." replied EId-idge.
 Well" said Darrow to Jack and Hallowel, come on!'
 Without waiting to see if he was followed, the young man again plung ed into the black and clinging dark ness.
 Get hold of my coat" his voice came to the others. We're going to climb"
 Accordingly they climbed, in silence, up many flights of stairs. through the cloying darkness At last Darrow halt. ed, turned sharp to the left, fumbled for door, and entered a room l
 "Simmons?" he said.
 "Here!" came a voice.
 q though you'd be on the job" said Darrow, with satisfaction. Flows your instrument? Going, eh? We are in the wireless offices" he told the others. Sit down, if you can find chairs. We'll wait until the sun is shining brightly. love. before we real ly try to get down to business. In the meantime"
 Tn the meantime" repeated both Jack and Hallowell, in breath. Co on. my son." conceded the latter. "I bet we have the same idea"
 Well, I WAS going to 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 HalIowen "It's simple enough" began Darrow. we have had. first, Q failure of all electricity; second, a failure of all sound; third, failure of all light. The ! logical mind would therefore examine these things to see what they have ip common. The answer simply jumps at ! you: Vibration. Electricity and light are vibrations in ether; sound is vibra- | ton in air or some solid. Therefore. whatever could absolutely stop vibra- | ton would necessarily stop electricity, 1 light and sound"
 ] But" objected Jack, If vibration i were absolutely stopped, why wouldn't they all three be plotted out at once?" 1 Because explained Darrow. the | vibrations making these three phe. i nomena are different in character. Sound is made by horizontal waves, | for example, while electricity and light are made by transverse waves. | Furthermore, the waves producing i electricity and light differ in length. ! Now, it is conceivable that a condition | vhich would interfere with horizontal | waves would not interfere with trans | verse waves: or that a 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. five ten millionths of an inch long. Am I clear?'
 "Sure!" came the voices of his au- dience.
 That much Eldridge and any other man trained in elementary science al ready knows. It is no secret"
 Tt hasn't been published" observed HaIloweIl grimIy.
 Well. go to iti The task of the in- I dependent investigator, of which we are some, is now to discover. first. what are those conditions, and. sec ond, what causes them. With the ex- ception of Mir. HaIlowelI. we all know what this guiding power is."
 Don't get it," growled Simmons.
 Now, look here. Simmons. you are 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 lsst message scared him out. For another thing. we're going to need you in our campaign, the worst way"
 k I'm from Copenhagen; you got to show me-" said Simmons
 Darrov laughed softly.
 wen show you all right said he He sketehed briefly for Hallewell's benefit the reasoning already followed out, ahd.which it is therefore unneces- sary to repeat here. "So now" he con- cluded. I've will consider this hypothe- sis: that these phenomena are caused by one man in control of a force cap able of deadeninE vibrations iu ether