The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-01-06

such lapses in accuracy OF statement
are not usual with me, but may be
considered as concomitant with un
usual circumstances"
"Righto!" agreed Darrow cheerfully.
well what about the causes?"
THAT l viii determine when am
satisfied that all the elements of the
problem are in my hands"
"Right-oi" repeated barrow. Well.
I'll bet you new hat III land the
cause before you do. Be SPORT"
Il never indulge in wagers." replied
Eldridge
We'll" said barrow to Jack and
Hallowell, come on"
Without waiting to see if he was
followed, the young man again rlung-
ed into the black ard clinging dark
ness.
Get hold of my coat" his voice
came to the others. We're going to
climb"
Accordingly they climbed, in silence.
up many fights of stairs, through the
cloying darkness At last Darrow halt
for door, and entered room.
"Simmons?" he said.
"Here!" came a voice.
81 though you'd be OH the job said
barrow, with satisfaction. 'How's
your instrument? Going, Ell? We are
in the wireless Offices" he told the
others. "Sit down, If you can find
chairs. Well wait until the sun is
shining brightly, love, before we real
ly try to get down to business. In the
meantime"
I'm the meantime" repeated both
Jack and Hallowell, in a breath. go
on, my son." conceded the latter Il
! bet we have the same idea"
We'll, 1 was going to say that I'm
not in the grammer-school physics
class, and I want to know what you
meant by your remark to Eldridge,
said Jack
That's my trouble" said Hallowell.
It's simple enough began barrow.
I'VE have had, first, g. failure Of all
electricity; second, failure of all
sound; third, g. 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, eff vibration
were absolutely stopped, why wouldn't
they all three be blotted out at once?'
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
electricity and light differ in length.
Now, it is conceivable that condition
which would interfere with horizontal
waves would not interfere with trans
verse waves; or that condition which
would absolutely deaden waves two
hundred and seventy ten-millionths OF
an inch long would have absolutely no
effect on those one hundred and fifty
I'VE lSu IHIIlOulIlo VI oil 1hCA AOhG- ALL
l clear?"
"Sure!" came the voices of his aW
dience.
That much Eldridge and any other
man trained in elementary science al
ready knows 1t is no secret"
/ SIT hasn't been published observed
SEefEerel. grimly.
wen, go to it! The task of the in
dependent investigator, of which we
are some, is now 60 discover, first
what are those conditions, and, SEQ
: ond. what causes. them. With the Ell
ception of Mr.. Hallowell, we all know
what this guiding power is"
Don't get it." growled Simmons.
Now, look here, SiTnGns, you ara
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 las
message scared him out. For anothe
thing, we're going to need you in ou
campaign, the worst way"
I'm from Copenhagen; you got t,
show me-" said Simmons
barrow laughed softly.
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