The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-10-08


such lapses In accuracy OF statemsnt
are not usual with me, but may be
considered as concomitant with un-
usual circumstances"
"Right-ol" agreed Darrow chcerfully.
well. what .,bout the causes?"
"That ! will determine when ] am
satisfied that all the elements OF ths
problem are in my hands"
"Right-o!" repeated Darrow. We'll.
I'll bet you new hat I'll land the
cause before you do. BE n SPORT"
Il never indulge in wagers." replied
Eldridge
WELL" said Darrow to Jack and
Hallowell, come onl"
without waiting to see II he was
followed, the young man again plung-
ed into the black and clinging dark
ness.
Get hold OF my coat" his voice
came to the others. Were 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 room.
simmons" he said.
"Herei" came voice.
81 though you'd be on the job" said
Darrow. with satisfaction. "How's
your instrument? Going. ehY We are
In the wireless Offices" he told the
others. "Sit down. II you can fint
chairs. Wen walt until the sun II
shining brightly, love. before we real
ly try to get down to business. In th'
meantime"
"In the meantime" repeated boil
Jack and Hallowell. in a breath. Ct
on, my son." conceded the latter. e
bet we have the same idea"
We'll. was going to say that IT
not in the gramner-school physic
class, and I want to know what yo
meant by your remark to Eldridge,
said Jack.
That's my trouble" said Hallowel
ITS simple enough" began Darrov
I'VE have had, first. a failure OF a
electricity: second. a failure OF a
sound; third, failure OF all light. Tn
logical mind would therefore examin
these things to see what they have 4
common. The answer simply jumps a
you: Vibration. Electricity and ligh
are vibrations in ether; sound Is vibrt
ton in air or some solid. Therefore
whatever could absolutely stop vibri
ton would necessarily stop electricit.
light and sound"
But" objected Jack. "if vibratio
were absolutely stopped, why wouldn
they all three be blotted out at once
because" explained Darrow. I'll
vibrations making these three ph
nomena are different in characte
Sound is made by horizontal wave
for example, while electricity al
light are made by transverse wave
Furthermore. the waves producil
electricity ard light differ In lengt
. Now, It Is conceivable that conditi'
c which would interfere with horizont
c waves would not interfere with trar
y verse waves, or that a condition Will
g would absolutely deaden waves "
D. hundred and seventy ten-millionths
o an inch long would have absolutely
u effect on those one hundred and ffi
c fve ten millionths of an inch long. A
70 | clear?"
y "Sure!" came the voices OF his .
dience.
'That much Eldridge and any 9th
man trained In elementary science
70 ready knows. II is no secret"
"It hasn't been published" observ
10 Hallowell grimly.
; We'll. go to It! The task OF the
ie dependent investigator. Of which
are some. is now to discover. fir
lg what are those conditions. and. 81
o ond, what causes them. With the
ception OF Mr.. Hallowell. we all KIN
~ what this guiding power is"
Is Don't get It," growled Simmons
Nov, look here, Simmons. you {
y very loyal to Mccarthy. for whate'
o. reason. but your loyalty is misplac
III For one thing. your man has dis
g. peared. and win not return. That i
CO message scared him out For anotl
ls' thing, we're going to need you In {
ry campaign, the worst way"
cs I'm from Copenhagen; you got
ne show me-" said Simmons.
Darrow laughed softly.
'e. tTo BE CoNTINUED)