The Glenwood post., 1913-12-27

INA II t00e No. - mA1o cosvo1, ~
stsaA q stEaishl 4 vin - sssAA -
ooostitnts . eo0Dasts circle Whoos
esotse = tAs AxaAs DailAing!"
IT, anAAsoes broke iats sselnna,
tioas.
'OsAas haek 70 ny former inprss-
sions, ! Feaeabered that the pail a
blscknass sxtsaAeA this far and that
far in ths various directions. 70 that
1t required not much Imagination -
visaalise II - . spAees Of laFkAaas.
And strangely sooagh the eeatsr q
that sDAeeo oos0ed = - Ioeatol
somewhsrs Aear the Aoor o. which vas
installed the United Wireless instru-
ments. 1t At once became probable
that what ve may call the nullifying
impulses radiated In all directions
through the etAsr from their sending
instrument.
Next I called upon the janitor of
the Atlas Building, representing my
self n looking for q suitable once
from which to conduct my invest,ga-
tions- In this manner I gained admis-
sion to all unrented Offices. All were
CLhPtys thCh Achtu AItcI tuo Ouo
next door. but was told it was rented
as a storeroom by an eccentric gen.
tleman now away on his travels That
was enough. l now knew that we had
to do with . man next door, and not
miles distant, as purely scientific req
soning would seem to prove"
But Professor Eldridge's expert
nents-" began Jack.
! am coming to that" interrupted
Darrow. When Eldridge began to
call up Monsieur X, that gentleman
answered without a thought of suspi.
cion; nor was he even aware of the
,ery ingenious successive weakenings
)f the current. In fact. as merely the
thickness OF . roof separated his re-
,eiving instrument from the wires
from which the messages were sent,
it is probable that Eldridge might
have weakened his current down prac.
tically to nihil. and still Monsieur x
would have continued to get his mes
sage"
Wouldn't he have noticed the
sending getting weaker!" asked Jack
shrewdly
MOT until the very last. Our send
ing must have made . tremendous
crash. anyway. and he probably read 1t
BY sound through the wall"
But at about the hfty-nile limit Of
sending We lost him." objected Jack.
J. You mean at abo1t two O'Clock in
the morning." amended Darrow.
- I1n.h
how ~ hs gst o. - wAak E,As3Age
pwas Aoinsf"
"He rsaA It in the papsr." rspaisd
0aSfow. AT twelve ths rsportsss
teft At little before tvo sss estes-
DRising friend. the Despatch, fsssed
N extra in its usual psaiseworthy e.
fort to enlishten the late Broadway
jaE. Monsieur x read 4, and knew
exactly what was up"
"How do you know-
Because I read the extract ny
self"
''But even them"
Then he began to pay more attea-
tion. It was easy enough to fake
when he knew what was doing. For
all know. he could hear ElArsase
giving his directions"
The company present vDtnatsd
over the disclosures thus far na1s.
About the City Han AFFAIR." sskeA
Helen finally.
Il uoed to sit whers I esaj1 co..
maaA the hail." said Darrov, -and,
therefore, was aware that Moasisur
x Dsvef left his room- To make the
natter certain. powdered The sill
Of the Aoor With taIc10. which ] 70
aswoA every day aftss IL clea.ers.
earnestly in the hall. - earnestly that
I. for one. forgot to watch. when
realised my remissness, saw that the
powder on the sill had been disturbed.
that Monsieur X had eoae est
MY frst thought then was to warn
the people. To that end was On my
way to the Despatch olkee when sheer
chance switched me into the City Han
tragedy. l possessed myself Of the
apparatus-"
THAT was the square black bas!"
cried Jack.
'.Of course-and hustled back to the
Atlas Building. You can bet l was
relieved when I found that Monsieur X
had returned to his lair
"ralcum disturbed agAin?" asked
Jack.
"Piecisely."'
'sAnd the black bagr
"Contained merely = model wireless
apparatus with q clockwork arrange
ment set to close the circuit at a Ger.
tain time. That is why Monsieur X
was not involved In his own catas.
trophe."
Il see!"
Then all had to do was to sit still
and wait for him to become danger.
GUS"
How did you dare to take such