Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-04-10

such lapses in accuracy of statement
are not usual with me, but may be
considered as concomitant with I'M
usual circumstances"
"Right-o!" agreed Darrow cheerfully.
well, what about the causes?"
THAT l will determine when l am
satisfied that all the elements Of the
problem are in my hands"
"Right-o!" repeated barrow. well,
I'll bet you a new hat I'll land the
cause before you do. Be a SPORT"
81 never indulge in wagers." replied
Eldridge.
Well" said barrow to Jack and
Hallowell, come on!"
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. We're going to
climb"
Accordingly they climbed. in silence.
up many flights of stairs. through the
cloying darkness. At last barrow halt
ed, turned sharp to the left, fumbled
for a door, and entered a room.
"Simmons?" he said.
"Herei" came a voice.
! 81 though you'd be on the Job" said
barrow, with satisfaction. "How's
your instrument? Going, eh? We are
in the wireless Offices" he told the
others. "Sit down, II you can find
chairs. Well wait until the sun is
shining brightly, love. before we real
lev, 20 n
meantime"
I'm the meantime" repeated both
Jack and Hallowell. in breath. go
on, my son." conceded the latter. Il
bet we have the same idea"
well. I 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 Hallowell.
Its simple enough" began barrow.
I'VE have had, first. failure Of all
| electricity; second. 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-
tion would necessarily stop electricity,
light and sound"
But" objected Jack. "if vibration
were absolutely stopped. why wouldn't
they all three be blotted out at once?'
."Because," explained Darrow, the
| nha
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 a 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 -millionths of
an inch long would have absolutely no
effect on those one hundred and fifty
five ten millionths OF an inch long. Am
| clear?"
"Sure!" came the voices OF his au-
dience
That much Eldridge and any other
man trained in elementary science al
ready knows. II is no secret"
at hasn't been published" observed
Hallowell grimly.
well. go to it, 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
campaign, the worst way"
I'm from Copenhagen; you got to
show me-" said Simmons.
barrow laughed softly.
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