Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-16

lT1IE WOI1u6I GLidG SOhAAAAoAAPAN~S
things, like breaking and enter
ing and attempts to kill should
monentarily pale into inSignlt1-
canoe beside such a phenomenon.
But as Brainard had said, mems
minds adjust themselves to the mlracu-
Ious What appears supernatural TO-
dav hores us tomorrow whether we IN
6erstand it or not. After all, the phy-
steal appearance of things is enough
for most men-we do not have to I'M
derstand. Strange creatures we, VINO
will troop across world in CROWDS 10
see an apparent defiance OF natural
laws, of the very nature OF Wnlcn Jaws
we are ignorant. And mllilons Oh Us
contentedly snap on our electrlc Ieau-
ing lights at night WltnouI ever AiAo"-
ing what kilowatt is.
While Radley Brainard was explain
knc that LIQUID events" accommodate
themselves likewise to physical environ
nnent taking on size itself in proportion
IN the limits in which they may eX-
nand. trying to draw parallel between
This and the recognized fact that PIC
lures projected on a screen are OF
size in proportion to the lanterns olS-
lance, expounding properly OF "a
dunn particles which could 1urn!Sh
necessary light for miniature exnlpi-
tions, relating that he had orougn. thls
"nocket" scene, of which they had just
witnessed the escaping conclusion only,
Ioninr to solve the Van Wrinkle mystery
here tonight, describing how he had Sc
cured il after careful calcusatSSnS OF
time and place. from accounts van
Wrinkle could give of his last hours OF
a former consciousness, Phyllls us
tened. Confusion in her mind ehaced
ali clear impressions for her. she
watched the little group ABSORB ms
words with as little conception OF tne
forces behind them as one has OF tnoSe
behind the mere words on a printed
page! ,4 tho
atoIen bombs. They'll have to steal
Something besides my. liquid air before
they get my secret" he said. Be
sides, I'll recover them. And we'll all
sit in tomorrow at the studio on the
actual preparation of this robbery.
and have the police sitting on the
neruetrators!" murmured Carol. Rad
lev I'm glad I'm alive at the birth OF
This epoch-if I can only survive the
emotions it stirs in little mel"
PHYLLIS saw that Van Wrinkle mad
dropped into chair and now sat with
his hand shielding his eyes. She founo
herself thinking how natural ana nu-
man his attitude was-and then mar
yelling at the implied idea that ne
might seem anything else!
"Are YOU ill?" she asked him.
''No-only it rather takes it out OF
a man to see himself murdered, as 1t
were-and to feel in his hair and hnd
the scar"
His fingers ran up over his scalp. !.
"It,s there" he added, smiling up at
her. at discovered it when I first
combed my hair. Probably the under
side of it is pressing on my memory
string or somethingl Shall ! have
some surgeon take on the lid or snaH
we let Brainard go on taking on the
lid from my past career for the sake
of dear science?"
1t was all SO completely beyond her
that her mind let go OF the puzzle. 1t
must solve itself.
But the evenings dinner was sue
cessfully spoiled, the evenings enter
tainment evaporated from its bowl, as
Carol asserted, and nothing left but
mere talk" No one had patience for
it-and Radley himself seemed eager
to be away. Presently he begged his
hostess to excuse him and went, taking
Van Wrinkle with him The others were
to be at the studio by IL next day.
Phyllis. freShened by another, morn
ing's gallop, gave her horse to groom
and went to the studio in her riding
toys. The others were before her-her
staid father, her gentle mother, boyish
Carol, earnest John and eager Relief
Brainard-all intent now. And Rad
ley wasted no time in leading them into
his white room.
The man Van Wrinkle attached him
oelf to Phyllis. His doglike gentleness
helped to rob this fact of elements
that could annoy her. But she felt
distinct aversion to any contact with
him-a shivering sense that it would
be intolerable. Five minutes after she
had come in from the brilliantly
lighted beach. however, they were
plunged back into night and the Nor
man garden, and the girl was looking
In through a lighted window at din
ner table. at the farther side of which
sat herself!
The point of view was just outside
the edge of the porch. The fore
ground was completely dark to eyes
gazing toward the window. The fig
ures within the house stood out clear