The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-01-20

In LerfOr1Ze0 MODS through the Con-
gested ways and out into the inhos-
pitable country, the uneasiness Of
dread held them covering at their ac
customed tasks. They were afraid;
but they had had time to think, and
they realized what it would mean to
leave their beloved or accustomed or
necessary city, as the case might be.
And it must be remembered that the
definite knowledge of what might be
feared was not yet disseminated
among them.
But this attitude hurt business, and
business struck back. The subways
were practically deserted; the theatets
empty; the accumstomed careless life
of the Great White Way thinned; the
streams of life slackened. Further
more, the intelligent criminal imme-
diately discovered that ideal shields
were being provided him gratis behind
which to conduct his crimes. In the
silence a man could blow out the side
of bank building with impunity, pro-
vided only he kept out of sight. In
the darkness he could pilfer at will.
with only the proviso that he forget
not his gum shoes. The possibilities
of night crime when electricity lacks
have already been touched upon.
To meet unusual conditions the peo-
pie individually and collectively rose
to heights of forgotten ingenuity. The
physical life of a city is so well es
tablished that the average city dweller
nf Nil ry;rfnn nf
adaptability. Now once more these
people were forced to meet new and
untried conditions, to guard against
new dangers, new opposing forces. In
an incredibly short space Of time they
grew out of aimless panic. They learn
ed to sit tight; to guard adequately
their lives, their treasure, and even to
certain extent their time against I'M
due loss.
In the meantime the moneyed pow
ers had been prompt to act. They did
not intend to stand idly while their
pockets were being picked by unto
| ward circumstances; nor did they in
tend to continue indefinitely the un-
usual expenditures necessary to guard
AO0S-
AS there seemed to be two men to
find, they employed the best of de-
tectives to search for Mccarthy; and
Professor Eldridge, as the greatest
living expert, to hunt down the I'm
known. Thus unexpectedly Eldridge
found himself with definite backing in
his strange duel with Darrow.
1t is now desirable to place before
| the reader samples Of the messages
sent by Monsieur X and received in
the wireless Office of the Atlas Build
| ing, after which we can proceed once
more to follow out the sequence OF
! events.
''To the People: The sign has been sent
| you. You must now believe. The traitor
is among you, and you must hunt him
down This is your sacred duty. for 1.
your master, have laid it upon you"
That was one of the first. After a
round dozen of similar import, there
came this:
ITO the People: 1, your master. am dis
pleased with you. The visitations of dark
ness and of silence have been sent, but
you have needed little. I doubt not that
| We search, as I have commanded but you
| do not realize to the full your sacred OBJ
| legation. You go about your business and
you carry on your affairs. Your business
and your affairs are not SO important as
these my commands. Beware lest you
draw down the wrath of the Lords
Amounted. I am patient with your ignor-
ance: put give heed"
The last at present to which your
attention is called came just before
the events to be detailed:
ITO the People: Your time is drawing
short. You are a stubborn and stiff
| nec5ed generation. My patience is ebb-
ing away. You have been shown th'
| power of my right hand, and you havs
gone your accustomed ways. You have
defied the might of the Right Hand OF
God. Now I will lay on you my com
mands. You must seek out Apollyon ant
deliver him even into my hands, and thai
shortly. 1 shall be patient yet little
while longer. for I know that you grops
in darkness and have not the light tina
shines upon me. But soon shall strike
CTO BE CONTINUEDJ