The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-23

To 40 40 | did not have TO leave my
chair. The papers did it for me. They
took pains to establish the farthest
points to which these modern plaques
of Manhattan reached"
barrow selected several clippings
from his bundle of papers
Here are reports indicating High
bridge, Corona, Flatbush, Morrisania,
Fort Lee, Bay Ridge as the farthest
points at which the phenomena we're
manifested. 1t occurred to nobody to
connect these points with a pencil
line. If that line is made curved, in
stead of straight, it will be found to
constitute a complete circle whose
center is the Atlas Building!"
The audience broke into exclama-
tons.
Going back to my former impress
sions, l remembered that the pail of
blackness extended this far and that
far in the various directions, so that
1t required not much Imagination to
visualize it as a sphere of darkness.
And strangely enough the center of
that sphere seemed to be located
somewhere near the floor on which was
installed the United Wireless instru-
ments. 1t at once became probable
that what We may call the multiplying
impulses radiated in all directions
through the ether from their sending
instrument.
Next l called upon the janitor of
the Atlas Building, representing my
self as looking for a suitable office
from which to conduct my investiga-
tons. In this manner l gained admis-
sion to all unrented Offices. All were
empty. | then asked after the one
next door, but was told 1t was rented
as storeroom by an eccentric gen.
tleman now away on his travels That
was enough. now knew that we had
to do with man next door, and not
miles distant, as purely scientific rea-
soning would seem to prove"
But Professor Eldridge's expert
ments-" began Jack.
81 am coming to that" interrupted
Darrow. When Eldridge began tc
call up Monsieur x, that gentleman
answered without a thought of suspi-
cion; nor was he even aware of the
very ingenious successive weakenings
of the current. In fact, as merely the
thickness of roof separated his re-
ceiving 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 it
by sound through the wall"
But at about the fifty-mile limit of
sending we lost him." objected Jack.
you mean at about two o'clock in
the morning." amended barrow.
"Eh? Yes, it was about two. But
how did he get on to what Eldridge
was doing?"
HE read it in the paper" replied
barrow. "At twelve the reporters
left. At little before two our enter
prising friend, the Despatch, issued
an extra in it's usual praiseworthy eff
fort to enlighten the late Broadway
jag. Monsieur X read it. and knew
exactly what was up"
How do you know"
Because l read the extract my
self"
But even them"
Then he began to pay more atten-
ton. 1t was easy enough to fake
when he knew what was doing For
all l know, he could hear Eldridge
giving his directions"
The company present ruminated
over the disclosures thus far made.
about the City Hall AFFAIR."" asked
Helen finally.
81 used to sit where l could COM
mand the hail." said barrow, "and,
therefore. was aware that Monsieur
X never left his room. To make the
matter certain, | powdered the sill
of the door with talcum, which re-
newed every day after> the cleaners.
You remember we got to talking very
earnestly in the hall, so earnestly that
l, for one. forgot to watch. When
realized my remissness, l saw that the
powder on the sill had been disturbed,
that Monsieur X had gone out.
"My first thought then was to warn
the people. To that end | was on my
way to the Despatch Office when sheer
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