The evening world., 1913-05-22
The Silent Bullet
An Absolutely NEW Type Of Detective Story
BY Arthur B. Reeve


thing" ne said quietly. ~ his invsn.
tion 10 . failure he 10 . ruined man.
All his money 10 IN II. he 10 suing .
man for Infringing on his Satent. au1
he n liable for damages to the heirs.
according to his Agreement With browne
and Hssrics. I have known Merton
IDEAS At the university physical iabora-
tory. I have flown IN his machine. and
Il 10 the most marvellous biplans ever
saw. Waiter. I want you to get . BEL
moro Par9s Assignment from the 0eae
ana 70 out to the aviation meet with
me tomorrow.
"rn take you o. the Geld, around Ne
machinss-yoa can set enough local
color 70 DO . dossn star specials later
on, I may add that dsvising . flying
naehiss capable Of remainiDe station
AIRY IN tAe cir nssAns Q rsveivtiea that
viii rslsgkts ell ether machines 10 the
view u 70 she oao thing accessory 90
make the asreplaAe che Superior N
every essDeet - tAe l1sigihiA"s'
TIE ssgulas ssoesseD did ~ 1egin
until The aftsssesa. ut Ksons1y ana
dsoidsA - ma,ks Aay ee Il end early
the Aa9t morning ~ Woeo seeding out
to the parh where The nights we're bslns
hsid.
We ssuna 0Aassss NssssA ne Inventor.
aaxieusly q Wes2 With Ais 0eshaaiolaas
In the biG Temporary shed tAat haA been
aseosdel ~. aaA Was Nmtasd WIZ
the aas1o 81 . hAnOoI.
II hssv ~ wevM coma essfDser."
hs explained. running forward - mee4
"
"os esurss." ssAssl xsaasAy. I'm
too muah interested n tbs iuventien Of
yours not - help yeu, Horesa. You
know what I've always thought % H.
I've told yeu sftsn thas 70 y Ne nost
important aAvaace since he eslglnAl
dtscovsry BY the WHghts thak tAe $50.
plane couM b sslsnesA ~ ~asSaas
the plansA"
Tn Just axias ~ ~ thira ~
chine" said Merton. III enythin9 ~
pens TO II shall lee the esisA e isast
~ far - this msSt y eoooasae1. ~
] DON'T bsnsvs shaA set ~ fsuseA
and newest model from the mAhesD =
time. Anyhow. if I ~ J ssu,Aa't ~
$4,000 Brooks Prise And. oestAaa Q
couple Of Army men are coming - -
spect my asroplane and recon- - tAe
War Department On T. "a AaWo 0ooo1
. GOOD chanco Of sel1lng Il. ! thinh. %
my lights here bed bssa IKE ~ tz1aas
you saw.
''But. Kennedy" he slasA. "a -
face was drawn and tragic, 'TA ~
the whole thing " didn't kDeW Z w.
rtght. Two men dsad-shink of H. WY.
even the nswspapsrs are teglnA1n9 -
call me . cold. hssrtlass. ssisatias ssaah
20 keep on. But III shsw thsm-eAb
not afraid to 20 anywhere ! end ~
men. I'll die before IN aA4lt n
beaten"
II was easy 20 go WY 3oAaeou ~
fascinated by . man OF Noreeafs va
Any one would have bsan. Z WoA aes
sOolhardiness. II was doOgsd 1etassal-
nation. faith In himself and IN his 0Wn
ability to triumph over every ehstanlA
We now slowly sntsrsd me GAeA Wosse
two men were WORKING over NoGeoofe
bapisnS. oos Of the men W. . XeeAaA-
man. Jsnrstte. who had werssd ~
FArnan. Q Gbenk. daFk-hr0Wo1. voaAA-
poitbsness.
The othsr man vss q AnsgscaA NSy
0innlair. . tali. kthA w1ry ehnp wteh .
scanned and fsrs0Wsd faoe 81 . toess-
jotntsA bot very 6sft mnnoae VAloh
marked him Q born b1Fd-anAA Norten's
third aviatoe. HvmphrsyA ~ was net
to ~ that Day. much b his rs1Isf. W.
reading . PAPER N the bank Of ~ she'd.
We were tnfroduced 10 I'm. and ne
seemed TO Be . very oompan1ooanes sort
Of fellow. thoush not gwen 70 TALKING.
''Mr. Norton" he said. aftsr ne ~
PRODUCTION. there's auite an account Of
PAGER. II deeenv oss1 70 ~ very
friendly" he sAdsd. Indicating The AZ
ucls.
Norton r,aA n - srovnsd.
''Humphi I'll show thsa yst that my
applicatton q ne GyrooooDe 10 patent
able. Dslanns win put ne into inter
ference in the Patent Offlos. - the law
ysrs call H. win her Well. Aisd .
'cavsat over year and . half ago
II I'm wrong. he's wrong. md all gyro-
scope patents ere wrong. and II I'm
right. by 0eoFy~ I'm arst In the held,
That's 10. tnt NJ" he appsalsd TO
Kennedy.
Kennedy shrusssd his sheuldsss non
eommittaly. as II he had never heard Of
the Patent Office or the gyroscops In
his life. The men vera listening. wheth-
er or not from loyalty could not tell.
Let Us see your gyroplans. mes n
ssroscope-whatsvsr II 10 you call IT,
asked Kennedy.
Norton took ne cue. Nov you
Newspaper men arc the hrst that I've
your word Of honor not TO publinh .
line except such ~ o. X. after YOU
write itr'
We vvowtsaA.
A. Norton directed. TIE 0ssaanis1ans
wheeled the asSopaane cut - the Ael1
In front Of tAs shea No enc ~
about u
0fs S'.a.''ls N
q . +. .