Evening star., 1922-09-08

"rhs bed had not been slept In"
! Edwsrds SIw. ..,1.n' ss?'arksd' as We looked
Kennedy walked over quickly to
tho wide series Of windows. before
which was q leather. cushioned win
dow seat almost level with the win.
dow, several feet above the level OF
evid emily, that Juanita meant that
Mrs. Edwards often sat. 1t was .
delightful position, but I could read.
lily see that Il would be compare
lively easy for any one accidentally
or purposely to fall.
to Kennedy. "that It must have been
from the open window that she made
her way to the outside. 1t seems that
all agree that tho door was locked.
while the window was wide open"
There had been no sovnd-no cry
to alarm your" shot out Kennedy
suddenly to Juanita.
myself. and thought Of madame"
'You heard nothing" he asked Of
DR.. Jcrmyn.
Nothing until I heard the maid
CALL" he replied briefly.
Mentally I ran over again Ken
nedy's first list Of possibilities-taken
of BY another boat. accident. drugs
cient reason for suieidev The letter
seemed to me to show too proud .
spirit for that. In fact. the last
sentence seemed to show that she
was contemplating the surest method
As for accident. why should per-
son fail overheard from . large
houaeboat into a perfectly calm har.
Dor? Then. too. there had been no
outcry. Somehow. could not sseM
to At any OF the theories In with the
facts. Evidently Il was like many
another case. on which we. ss yet.
sion
Suddenly recalled the theory that
Walden himself had advanced re-.
garding the wireless. either from the
boat itself or from tho wireless sta.
ton. For the moment. At least, It
been seated at the window. that she
might have been. affected by escaped
wireless. or by electrolysia knew
that some physicians had described
a disease which they attributed to
wireless. \ sort Of Anemia with .
marked dtminution In the number Of
red corpuscles In the blood. due
air by reason Of the alternating cur
rents used to generate the waves.
II should like now to inspect the
little wireless plant you have here on
the Lucie." remarked Kennedy. Il
noticed the mast as we were ap.
preaching . few minutes ago"
had turned at the sound Of his
voice in time to catch Edwards and
DR.. Jermyn cycling each other fur
lively. Did they know about the let
ter. after all. wondered? Was each
in doubt about Just how much the
other knew?
There was NO time to pursue these
specula tions. Certainly" agreed Mr..
Edwards. promptly. leading the way.
in inspecting the little wireless plant.
which was OF a curious type and not
exactly like any that I had seen be-
fore.
wireless apparatus" he remarked.
as he looked 1t over. rs divided into
whether battery or dynamo: the max.
Ing and sending OF wireless waves.
including the key. spark. condenser
and tuning coil, and the receiving ap-
paratus. head telephones, antsnnae.
ground and detector."
Petersen. the engineer. came in
while we were looking the plant over.
but seemed uncommunicativs to ali
Kennedy's efforts to engage him in
II see." remarked Kennedy. that
1t IL very compact system. with ia
cilities for a quick change from one
wave length to another"
Yes" grunted Petersen. as averss
to talking. evidently. A. others on the
Lucie.
Spark gap. quenched type" heard
Kennedy mutter almost to himself.
with a view to showing Petersen that
he knew something about 1t. Break
Al - -
any interference while Transmitting
transformation by a single throw Of .
switch which tunes the
oscillating and open circuits to reso-
nance. Very clever-very encient. BY
the way. Petersen, are you the only
How should I know. he answered
You ought to know. II anybody"
Kennedy. unruf1ed. Il know
that 1t has been operated within the
past few days"
you might ask the others aboard" /"
was all he said. ''Mr. Edwards pays
me to operate it only for himself
when he has no other operator"
Kennedy did not pursue the subject,
evidently from fear of saying too
much just At present.
who would have operated It," said
waldon, ~ We mounted again to the
deck.
Il don't know" replied Kennedy.
pausing on the way up. You haven't
a wireless on the Nautilus, have your
waldon shook his head. Never had
any particular use for It my self" ne
you say that Miss verrall and her
mother have gone back to the city7"
pursued Kennedy. taking care that. a.
before. the others were out Of ear
shot.
"i'd like to stay with you tonight.
them" decided Kennedy. Might We
go over with you now? There doesn't
seem to be anything more ! can do
mere. unless We get some news about
Mrs. EdwArds."
agree. and no one on the Lucie in
sisted on our staying.
We arrived at, the Nautilus a few
minutes later. and while we were
lunchine Kennedy dispatched the
tender to the Marconi station with 4
note.
1t was early In the afternoon when
the tender returned with several
packages and coils Of wire. Kennedy
Immediately set to work on the Nau-
titus stretching out some OF the wire.
What is 1t you are planning
asked WAGON, 20 WnOm every action
Of Kennedy seemed to be . mystery
of the highest interest.
"Improvising my own wireless" he
replied, not avefse to talking to the
young man to whom he seemed TO
have taken . fancy. "For short dis
tances. you know. It isn't necessary
TO construct ~ aerial pole or even to
use outside wires to receive messag gss.
All that II needed 10 to use just . few
wires stretched inside d room. The
rest IL just the apparatus"
was quite ~ much interested as
waldon. TN wirslessf' he went on,
"the signals are not sent in one di.