The Elbert County tribune., 1914-05-22

are not usual with me. but may be
considered as concomitant with un-
usual circumstances"
"Right-ol" agreed Darrow cheerfully.
well, what ..bout the causes?"
That l will determine when I am
satisfied that all the elements of the
problem are in my hands"
''Right-o!" repeated Darrow. We'll,
III bet you a new hat I'll land the
cause before you do Be sportl"
'T never indulge in wagers." replied
Eldridge.
Well" said DaIrow to Jack and
Hallowell, come onl"
Without waiting to see II he was
followed, the young man again pluns-
ed into the black and clinging dark.
pess.
Get hold of my coat" his voics
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 a door, and entered a room
"Simmonsf" he said
"Here!" came a voice.
'I though you'd be on the job" said
Darrow. with satisfaction. "How's
your Instrument Going. eh7 We are
in the wireless ofices," he told the
others. sit down, II you can find
chairs. Wen wait until the sun is
shining brightly. love. before we real
ly try to get down to business. In the
meantime"
In the meantime" repeated both
Jack and Hallowell, in breath. 60
on, my son." conceded the latter. Il
bet we have the same idea"
We'll. was going to say that I'm
not In the grammer-school physics
class, and want to know what you
meant by your remark to Eldridge."
said Jack.
That's my trouble" said Hallowen
TITS simple enough" began Darrow.
I'VE have had, first, failure of all
electricity; second. a failure OF all
sound; third, a failure of all light. The
logical mind would therefore examine
these things to see what they have in
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,
light and sound
But" objected Jack, '1f vibration
were absolutely stopped. why wouldn't
they all three be blotted out at onceT
Because" explained Darrow. ''the
vibrations making these three phe-
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
and light differ In length.
Now. 1t Is conceivable that condition
which would interfere with horizontal
waves would not interfere with trans
verse waves; OF that a condition which
would absolutely deaden waves two
and seventy ten-millionths of
an inch long would have absolutely no
effect on those ODD hundred and fifty
FIVE ten millionths Of an inch long. Am
T clear?"
"Sure,- came the voices of his au-
dience
That much Eldridge and any other
man trained In elementary science al
ready knows. 1t Is no secret"
"It hasn't been published" observed
FfalloweiT grimly.
well. go to 1t! The task of the IN
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 Mr.. Hallowell. 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 last
message scared him out For another
thing. we're going to need you in our
the worst way"
I'm from Copenhagen; you got TO
show me-" said Simmons.
Darrow laughed softly.
tTo BE CoNTINUED)