The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-29

Sc mere was no apparent cause for
II don't think he was yer %yenthusi-
asctie ABOUT the mountain air idea"
nat your opinion / pressed
Craig ID you think she has run
Naturally. I'd rsther not attempt to
say yet Craig replied. cautiously.
Walden had evidently been turning
something over in his mind.
There was a wireless outnt aboard
the houseboat." he ventured at last.
what OF that" I asked. wondering
ruptly.
Why. only this he replied. Il have
zen reading about wireless a good deal
lately. and II the theories Of some sci
entists are correct. the wireless age ~
not without its dangers. as we'll as its
~w"hners- 1 recall reading not long axe
OF a German professor who says there IL
no essential difference between wireless
waves and the N-rRys. ana We know th.
terriblc physical effects OF N-rays. 1
pelieNe he estimated that only one three
hundred millionth part OF the electrical
energy generated by sending a message
from one station to another near by ls
actually used up in transmitting the
message. The rest rs dispersed in the
atmosphere. There must be- a good deal
OF such stray electrical energy about
Seavtlle. Isn't II possible that II might
M, some one somewhere h was sus-
kennedy said nothing waIdron.s way
AZ least a novel idea. whether n was
plausible or not. ~
II was sun early In the day and the
NA ~ AtA a. crow NHu "A they
would be later. Consequently our tour
ney was comfortable enough and we
round ourselves at last at the little
uncovered station at SeaVille.
We were met. as Waldron haa ar
RANGED by a a high-power ~runabout. the
tender To- his own yacht. "A slim little
cratt OF mahogany and harSS. driven
IKE an automobile. and capable OF p.r-
maps twrnty-fv" or thirty miles an hour
We jumped in and were soon Swimming
I ping stone.
The Lucie was perhaps seventy feet
iong and a most attractive craft. With a
type which could safely make long runs
along the coast. a staunch. eaworthy
poat. OF course. without the speed OF m.
regularly designed yacht. but more than
what was lost in that way. WaIdron
pointed out with obCIuu pride his own
I'm yaeht swinging gracefully at an
chor a half mile or so away.
As we approached the houseboat I
, looked her over carefully. one of the
first things l noticed was that there
rose from the roof the primitivT irv.rt
ed Y aerial Of a wireless telegraph. 4
thought Immediately of the unfinished
letter and itS contents, and shaded my
eyes as l took "A good took at the power
iul transatlantic station on the spit OF
SAND perhaps three or four miles dis
tant. with its tall steel maStS Of The
lHttsl inverted l. type and the cluster
OF little houses below. In which the
operators and the plant were.
No.4I'h notlced Whht l was looking
AZ ana remarked: It's a wonderful sta
tion-and well worm "a visit. ~ Won,
nave the time-onc OF the most Dover
ful ON the coast. I understand."
How did the Lucie come To- be eauip-
pea win wireless asked craig quickly
Its a little unusual for a private boat
Mr.. Edwards had IL done when -.
was built. explained Walden His idea
was 10 use II To keep In touch with the
stock market on trips
w no operates it,"
He used IN hive IA TH..-..4 -
although 1 believ. the mi ne-r pcd.r.
son understands the thing pretty VOL
ana would use u II necessary We had
/ ~ tils time swung around 10 the side 81
the houscboat.
The Lucille was built high in order 70
give plenty Of accommodation for the
lNlng quarters. The SfaterOoms dinipg
rooms and saloon were really rooms,
win seven or eight feet Of head room
ana furnished just AS one would find In
a tasteful p expensive house.
EDWARDS himself met u-Cn the deck
lie was a tall man. with a. red face. a
man OF action. Of outdoor lire. APPARENT
y a hard worker and a hard player. I
Wa quiet evident that Do. had been wait
AJAX Tor the return OF Maldon u~uNiousIy.
GU md u~ considerable unset. Pro
lessor Kennedy b" greeted craig. a.
MS hroig'r-in-law introduced us.
EDWARDS turned and lsd Tn. way tn
] ward the saloon. As D.. entered ana
Idue uS Ice seated in the costly cushfou.J
I wicker chairs noticed how SumptuousIv
u Was furnished. and particularly it,
mechanical piano. its phonograpb 90
the splendid hardwood noor which seem
81 To invite one TO dance In the cool
breeze that Heated across from one sci
oi open windows 90 the other.
You were not here last night nm
derstand," remarked Kennedy. taking In
the room at a glance. "