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

ner. leaning back in his wooden arm
chair. '-
At near I o'clock In the mornine
Simmons raised his head after q Ions
bout of calling to announce that he
could get no reply from Monsieur a.
He's got tired Of your fool mes
sages," remarked the Register man
And don't wonder! Guess hei
gone to bed"
Edridge said nothing, but replaced
the Leyden jar he had but just 70
moved.
TRY one" said he.
Il get him." reported Simmons, afSea
a moment. s.
Send him anything plausible and 70
assuring" commanded Eldridge hast.
lily. He turned to his small and a&ten.
tive audience in triumph "Thus, rem.
tlemen," ,he announced, I'VE have prov.
en- conclusively that our man II Ia,
Gated between forty and hfty miles
from New York. II we draw two ar.
c!es, with this building as center, tho
circumference Of one OF which 10 fffty.
the other forty miles away, We define
the territory within which the male.
factor IN question 10 to be found.s
The people in the room crowded
close about the table TO examine the
map upon which Professor Eldridro
had drawn tho circles.
There's an awful lot OF Country
some Of It pretty Wild" objected the
Bulletin man. 1T will Be long 1ob
to hunt . man down In that territoYy."
"Even II It were a. extensive q task
as'a hasty review OF tho facts mixht
indicate" stated Ndridge, ~ venture
to assert that enough mon woaA be
forthcoming to expedite such 4 search.
But modifying circumstances Will
tighten tho task TT
"How's THAR asked the Banner
man, speaking for tho otherS' evident
interest
I'VE have no means Of sarniSins
tho method by which this man cue
ceeds In arresting vibratory motions az
certain wave-lengths," said Eldridxe al.
dactically, any more than We are able
to define the precise nature OF eleo.
tr1city. But, as In the case Of cleo
tricity, We can observe the action 81
Its phenomena. Two salient features
leap out at US: one ia that these phen-
omena are limited In time; tho other
-
last aspect We will examine, II you
please, gentlemen.
Tho phenomena have been directed
with great accuracy (a) 1t the Atlas
building; 90 at this city and some Of
it's immediate suburbs. The peculiar
ity OF this can not but strike an observ-
ant mind. How 10 this man able, ct
forty or nifty miles distance, to CON
centrate his efforts on one Compare
lively small objective? We can only
surmise some system of Insulating
screens or focal mirrors. might re-
mark In passing that the eoistence OF
this power to direct or focus the more
rapid ethereal vibrations would be
discovery Of considerable scientific
moment. But II this is the method en-
ployed, why do we not cut a band or
vibratory notifications, rather than
touch upon focal point?" IS,
Repeat softly" murmured the ire
pressible Register man.
why" explained Eldridge patient
", ARE not the people and buildings
between here and the unknown opera
tor affected? The only hypothesis we
are justified in working upon 10 that
the mans apparatus Is ut height suf-
ficient to carry over intervening OBJ
stacles. This hypothesis 10 strengthen
ed by the collateral fact that the terri
tory we have just determined - that
within which he must be found lies In
the highlands Of our own and neighbor-
ing states. We may, therefore, elm
mate the low-lying districts within our
radius.
Percy barrow opened one eye.
Perhaps he's up in balloon" be
drawled languidly; better take alons
an aeroplane.
Eldridge cast on him q look OF cold
scorn. Darrow closed the eye.
(To be Continued.)