The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-03-04

scSA pains W NoAApllhn the AAINncsA /
points TO which these modern plaques
OF Manhattan reached"
barrow selected several clippings
from his bundle OF papers
Here are reports indicating High
bridge, Corona. Flatbush. Morrisanta,
Fort Lee. Bay Ridge as the fartheat
points at which the phenomena were
manifested 1t occurred to nobody to
connect these points with a pencil
line. II that line IL made curved. in
stead OF straight. Il will be found to
constitute q complete circle whose
center Ia the Atlas Buildingl"
The audience broke into exclama-
lions.
Going back to my former impres
sions. | remembered that the pail of
blackness extended this far and that
far in the various directions, so that
It required not much imagination to
visualize Il az a sphere OF darkness.
And strangely enough the center OF
that sphere seemed to be located
somewhere near the floor on which was
installed the United Wireless instru-
AAGhASs IL ~ buNR bNG&uC RioudbAb
that what we may call the multiplying
impulses radiated in all directions
through the ether from their sending
instrument
Next | called upon the janitor of
! the Atlas Building, representing my
self as looking for a suitable ONCE
| from which to conduct my investiga,
L In s. Z T..
sion to all unrented Offices. All were
| empty. then asked after the one
next door, but was told It was rented
as storeroom by an eccentric gen.
| tleman now away on his travels. That
was enough. now knew that we had
/ TO do with a man next door, and not
miles distant, as purely scientific rea-
soning would seem to prove"
But Professor Eldridge's expert
ments-" began Jack.
Il am coming to that" interrupted
barrow. When Eldridge began to
call up Monsieur X, that gentleman
answered without a thought OF suspi
cion; nor was he even aware OF the
very ingenious successive weakenings
OF the current In fact. as merely the
thickness OF a roof separated his re-
ceiving instrument from the wires
from which the messages were sent,
It Is probable that Eldridge might
have weakened his current down prac-
tically TO nihil. and still Monsieur X
would have continued to get his mes
sage"
Wouldn't he have noticed the
sending getting weaker?' asked Jack
shrewdly.
Not until the very last Our send.
ing must have made tremendous
crash. anyway, and he probably read II
by sound through the wall"
But at about the fifty-mile limit OF
sending we lost him." objected Jack.
you mean at about two o'clock In
the morning." amended barrow.
Eth? Yes, It was about two. But
how did he get on TO what Eldridge
was doing?"
He read 1t in the paper" replied
barrow. AT twelve the reporters
left. At little before two our enter
prising friend. the Despatch. issued
an extra in its usual praiseworthy ef
fort TO enlighten the late Broadway
jag. Monsieur X read II. and knew
exactly what was up"
How do you known
Because read the extract my
self"
But even them"
Then he began to pay more atten
ton. II was easy enough to fake
when he knew what was doing Fol
all know, he could hear Eldridgt
giving his directions"
The company present ruminatec
over the disclosures thus far made.
About the City Hall affAirf" asket
Helen finally.
Il used to sit where ! could com
mand the hall" said Darrow, "And
therefore. was aware that Monsieur
x never left his room. To make the
matter certain. / powdered the sill
Of the door with tAlcum, which re
neWed every day after the cleaners
You remember we got to talking yer!
earnestly In the hall. so earnestly tina
I. for one, forgot to watch. when
realized my remissness. | saw that thu
powder on the sill had been disturbed
that Monsieur X had gone out
MY first thought then was to war;
, the people. To that end ! was on m!
, way to the Despatch ONCE when shes