The evening world., 1916-09-15

yes, ne grlhncd lh'To not
much use In keeping me here since
they took all the stun down 10 head
quarters. Now and then m Of the
FOUNDERS who has been IA OF town
and hasn't heard OF tho raid comes In.
You should see his face change at
The sight OF my uniform. They never
stop to ask questions"
kennedy was calling me from the
back room. and ! excused myself. The
man went back TO his post at tho
front door. and Kennedy closed the
door into the room.
While l had been busy fixing UP
the faxed edition of the Star. which
had so alarmed the owner OF the gar
age and set thinsr moving rapidly.
Kennedy had also been busy in an
other direction. He had explored not
only the raided gambling den. but the
little back yard which ran all the
way to An extension on the back OF
q house 10 the x street, In which
was situated the woman's pool room.
He had explored the caved-in tunnel
enough to make absolutely certain
that his suspecions had been correct
IN the first place. and that II al to
this other Joint. from Hhich the
gamblers had made their escape. That
had satisfied him, however, and he
had not unearthed the remains OF the
tunnel or taken any action In the
matter yet. Something else appeared
to interest him just now
II found" he said, that the feed
wire Of the arc light that burns all
the time In that main room over there
In the place IN Forty-seventy Street
passes In through the back Of the
house,"
He was examining two wires which.
from his manner. l inferred were at
tached to this fe, | wire. leading to II
from the room In which we now were.
What the purpose of the connection
WIS I had no idca.
whats that?" I asked. as Ken
needy produced a package from a
closet where no had left It earlier In
the day.
saw after ne lad unwrspped It
that II was q very powerful micro
phone and . couple OF storage cells.
lie attached II to the wire leading
out to the electric light wire.
ThSee followed a most anna zinS
series Of groanings and mutterings
from Craig. | could not imagine
what he was up to. The whole pro-
ceeding seemed so insane that for the
moment l was speeches..
Kennedy caught the puzzled look
on my face.
know as well as | do what sort OF
people those gamblers are-super-
stitious as the deuce. ! did this once
before to-day. This is a good time to
do II again before they persuade
themselves that there Is nothing In
that story which we printed in the
Star. That fellow is In there now
probably in hat where VIZ
were, and II Is possible that they may
settle his fears. Now, just suppose
n murder had been committed in q
room, and you knew II, and heard
groanings and mutterings-from no
where. Just In tho air, about you
overhead-what would you do, II you
were superstitious?"
Before / could answer he had re-
sumed.
cut out and run. I suppose" I re-
Piled. but what has that to do viii
II? The groanings are here, moi
there. You haven't been able to ge'
In over there to attach anything
What do You mean?"
mo-" he admitted. "But did yol
ever hear what you could do with
~m!crophone. IA rheostat. and n small
transformer coil II you attached then
properly to a dircct-currcnt electric
lighting circuit? No? Well, an anna
teur with a little knowledge OF cleo
tricity could do It; the thing Is easil'
constructed, and the result Is a mos
complicated matter"
"Well?" l quericd.
"Thc electric arc" he continued
Isn't always just a silent electro
light. You know that. You've hear
them make noises. Cnde the righ
conditions It can be made to speak
the speaking are. as Professor bud
dell calls II. In other words. an ar
light can be made 10 act as q tele
phone receiver"
lie had cut out the microphon
while he was talking, He switchet
|, II in again nov with the words
! "Now, get ready, Walter. Just on
more; then wa must hurry around 4
that car OF ours and watch the fun
Again he was talking into IN
microphone. In q most solemn. SO
pulchral voice he repeated: Let tn
slayer OF Rena Taylor beware. Sh
! will be avenged. She Will protec
Violet Winslow. Beware-a life for
!, life!"
Three times he repeated IL to MAX