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The
Sign at Six
Stewart Edward White
Author of
The Blaxi Trail.
The Conjuror' Home, Etc, Eli.
Eluitraiesi by Edgar Beit Saii'i
The consequences on a mixed popu
lation like that of New York wero
very peculiar. The people naturally
divided themselves Into three clatsea.
In the first were those who hud re
ceived their warning from logic,
friends, or the outside world; and
who either promptly left town or, be
ing unable to do so, lived in fear. la
the second were all that numerous
body who, neurastbeulcally unbal
anced or near the overbalance, shut
Instinctively the eyes of their reason
and glowed with a devasting and fa
natical religious zeal. Among these,
so extraordinarily are wo constituted,
almost immediately grew up various
sects, uniting only in the belief that
the wrath of God was upon an iniqui
tous people.
By far the largest class of all. com
prising the every-day busy bulk of tho
people, were those who accepted th
thing at Its face value, read its own
papers, went about its business, and
spared time to laugh at the absurdi
ties or growl at the inconveniences of
the phenomena. With true American
adaptability. It speedily accustomed
itself to both the expectation of, and
the coping with, unusual conditions.
It went forth about its dally affairs;
U started for home a little early lc. '
order to get there in season: it es
chewed subways and theaters; It learn
ed to wait patiently, when one of the
three blights struck its world, as a
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ifliu WErGrTJUneTJny lor a'subtfer to
pass.
This class, as has been said, was
preponderantly in the majority, but Its
mass was being constantly diminished
as a little knowledge of danger seeped
Into Its fcubatance. News of the pos
sible catastrophe passed from mouth ,
to mouth, a world outside, waiting
aghast at such fatuity, began to get
In its messages. Street-corner alarm
ists talked to such as would listen.
i Thousands upon thousands left the
city. Hundreds of thousands more,
tied hard and fast by the strings of
necessity, waited in an hourly growing
dread.
"The "sign had teen sent promptly
at six o'clock, as promised. It proved
Oarrows prediction by turning out to
be a stoppage of the electrical sys
tems. This time It lasted only half J
an hour long enough to throw the
traffic and transportation into confu
sion. It was followed at short inter
vals by demonstrations In light and
sound, none was of long duration.
After the first few, their occurrence
came freakishly. In flashes, as though
the hidden antagonist delighted In con
fusing his Immense audience. The
messages he sent over the wireless in
.Se Atlas Building grew more and
more threatening and grandiose. They
demanded invariably that McCarthy
should bo sought out and delivered up
to a rather vaguely described ven
geance; and threatened with dire ca
lamities all the Inhabitants of Man
hattan if the Unknown's desires were
not fulfilled. These threats grew more
definite in character as time went on
The effect of all this In the long
run was, of course, confusion and In
stability. People laughed or cursed;
but they also listened and reasoned.
Gradually, throughout the city, dread
was extending the blackness of its ter
ror. A knowledge that would have
caused a tremendous panic if it had
been divulged suddenly now gave
birth to a deep-seated uneasiness.
Where the panic would have torn
men up by the roots and flung them
In terrorized mobs through the con
gested ways and out into the Inhos
pitable country, the uneasiness of
dread held them cowering at their ac-
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Thousands Upon Thousands Left the
City.
customed Tasks. They "were 'aTra'u;
but they had had time to think, and
they realized what it would mean to
leave their beloved or accustomed or
necessary city, as the case might be.
And it must be remembered that the
definite knowledge of what might be
feared was not yet disseminated
among them.
But this attitude hurt business, and
business struck back. The subways
were practically deserted; thethcator
empty; the accumstomed careless life
of the Great White Way thinned; tho
streams of life slackened. Further
more, the intelligent criminal lmme
diately discovered that Ideal shields
were being provided him gratis behind
which to cqnduct his crimes. In the
silence a man could blow out the side
of a bank building with Impunity, pro
vided only he kept out of sight. In
tho darkness be could pilfer at will,
with only the proviso that he forget
not hU gum shoes. The possibilities
of night crime when electricity lacks
have already been touched upon.
To meet unusual conditions the peo
ple Individually and collectively rose
to heights of forgotten ingenuity. The
physical life of a city is so well es
tablished that the average city dweller
grows out of the pioneer virtue of
adaptability. Now once more these
people were forced to meet new and
untried conditions, to guard against
new dangers, new opposing forces. In
an incredibly shoTt space of time they
grew out of aimless panic. They learn
ed to sit tight; to guard adequately
their lives, their treasure, and even to
a .certain extent their time against un
due loss.
In the .meantime the moneyed pow
ers had been prompt to act- They did
not intend to stand idly whil their
pockets we're being picked by unto
ward circumstances; nor did they in
tend to continue indefinitely the un
usual expenditures necessary to guard
themselves arrainst even a creater loss.
As there seemed to be two men to
find, they employed the best of de
tectives to search for McCarthy; and
Professor Eldrldge, as the greatest
living expert, to hunt down the Un
known. Thus unexpectedly Eldrldge
found himself with definite backing in
his strange duel with Darrow.
It is now desirable to place before j
the reader samples of the messages
sent by Monsieur X and received in
the wireless office of the Atlas Build
ing, after which we can proceed ence
more to follow out the sequence of
events.
"To the People: The atcn has been sent
you. Too must now believe. The traitor
Is anions ou. and you must hunt him
down. This I your sacred duty, for I,
your matter, have laid it upon you."
That wan one of tho first. After a
round dozen of similar import, there
came this:
"To the People: I. your master, am dls
pleaaed with you. The visitations of dark
ness and of silence have been sent, but
you have heeded little. I doubt not that
ye search, as I have commanded, but you
do no: realize to the full your aacred ob
llcatlon. You co about your business and
you carry on your affairs. Tour business
and jour affairs are not so Important as
these, my commands. Beware lest you
draw dorn the wrath of the Lord's
Anointed. I am patient with your Ignor
ance; but give heed."
The last at present to which your
attention is called came just before
the events to be detailed:
"To the People: Tour time la drawlnr
short. You are a stubborn and a stiff
necked feneration. My patience Is ebb
lne away. You have been shown the
power of my right hand, and you bar
sone your accustomed ways. You have
defied the might of the Itleht Hand of
Ood. Now I will lay on you my com
mands. You must seek out Apollyon and
deliver Wm even into my hands, and thai
shortly. I shall be patient yet a little
while longer, for I know that you prope
In darkness and have not the light that
shines upon me. But soon I shall strike."
CHAPTER XVI.
The Professor's Experiment,
Throughout all this excitement
Percy Darrow did absolutely nothing.
He spent all his time, save that re
quired for meals and the shortest nec
essary sleep, In a round-armed wood
en chair In the wireless station of the
Atlas Building. Jack Warford sat
with him. Darrow rarely opened his
mouth for speech, but smoked slowly
a few cigarettes, and rolled many
more, which he held unlighted In the
corner of his mouth until they dropped
to pieces. He watched quietly all
that went on; glanced through such
messages as came in from Monsieur
X, read the papers, and dozed To re
porters he was affable enough In his
drawling slow fashion, but had nothf
Ing to say. ,
"Eldrldge is doing this," he said to
them: "I'm only in the position of an
Interested spectator." , " "
Eldrldge had taken hold In a thor-j
oughly competent way. Hack of thof
cold precision of bis undoubted scien
tific attainments lurked, unexpected
by most, a strong ambition and a less,
admirable hankering for the lime-light.
His opportunity to gratify all these ap
petites science, advancement, and
fame was too good not to cause hlm
the deepest satisfaction. '
"I have determined," he told the re- j
porters, "that this particular lnstru-i
ment alone receives the messages I
from the unknown perpetrator. Our
Investigations must be Initiated, there
fore, in this apartment"
"How do you explain it?" asked one
of tho reporters.
"I can not explain it scientifically." ,
admitted Eldrldge, "but I can surmise .
that the fact either purposely or ac-j
cldentally has to do either with thtsj
instrument's location or with some
slight and undetermined peculiarity j
of Its tuning." I
"You could easily tell which byj
moving the Instrument to another sta-1
tlon where they aren't getting the mes-,
sages now," suggested Darrow lazily, j
"Certainly." snapped Eldrldge, "any 1
child could deduce that. But J fail to
see. the use or necessity for the deter
mination at all unless in a spirit of
frivolous play. Our task is not to dis
cover where the messages can be re
ceived, but whence they are sent."
He gazed frostily at the man who
had Interrupted him- Darrow smiled
softly back. '
"How far will your Instrument car
ry Jn sending?" Eldrldge asked Sim
mons. "Its extreme Is about two hundred
miles."
"Then we can safely assume that a
circle drawn with a two-hundred-mile
radius would contain this man you
call Monsieur X" the newspapers had
adopted Darrow's nickname for the Un
known "since you have succeeded In
communicating with him."
"Marvelous," said Darrow to Jack
but under his breath.
"As the sending of Monsieur X is
faint, it follows that he is somewhere
near the periphery of this circle, or
that he is possessed of a primitive or
weak Instrument. By the doctrine of
probabilities we would be justified in
concluding against tho latter suppo
sition." "How's that, Professor?" asked the
Morning Register man. "It doesn't
get to me."
"He is evidently a man not only of
scientific attainments, but of immense
scientific possessions as Is evidenced
by these phenomenal results he is able
to accomplish. But we are not justi
fied in reasoning according to the doc
trine of probabilities. Therefore, we
shall proceed methodically. I have
already made m7 preparations."
Eldrldge looked about him with an '
air of triumph. i
"I am fortunate enough to have. In
the present crisis, unlimited financial i
backing," he said. "Thorefore, I am
In a position to' carry out tho most ex
haustive of experiments." I
Ho stretched his hand out for a long
roll, which he laid flat upon the table,
pinning down the corners.
"Here Is a map of the Eastern
States," said he. "I have drawn a cir
cle on it with a two-hundred-miles
radius. At this moment a private in-,
strument with a full crew to string
sending and receiving wires Is two
hundred mile3 from here on a railroad.
It has for Its transportation a private
train, and it will be given a clear right i
of way." He turned to Simmons, i
"Have you found yourself able to com-1
munlcate with this Monsieur X at any '
timer ;
"Communicate!" echoed Slmmon3.
"Why, he's easier to talk to than a girl
who wants an Ice-cream soda!"
"Then send this: 'Your messages
have been communicated to the people.
Bo patient."
"What do you get?" asked Eldrldge,
alter a moment.
"Oh, a lot of the same sort of dope,"
answered Simmons wearily. "Do you
want It?"
"No, It Is not necessary," replied El
drldge. "But listen for another mes
sage from about tho samo distance
when he has finished."
Silence fell on the room. At the
end of ten minutes Simmons raised
his head.
"I get 'O K Q' over and over," said
he. "Want that?"
"That," replied Eldrldge with satis
faction, "Indicates that my crew on
the special train In the Adirondacks
two hundred miles away has heard
your message to Monsieur X." He
glanced at his watch. "Now, if you
would be sb good as to afford me a
moment's assistance," ho requested
Simmons, "I wish to disconnect from
your battery one of your powerful Ley
den jars, and to substitute for it one
of weaker voltage. 1 ventured to In
struct mr delivery man to leave a few
in the outer hall." I
"That will weaken tho sending
power of my instrument," objected
Simmons.
"Exactly what I wish to do," replied
Eldrldge.
"He's clever all right," Darrow mur
mured admiringly to Jack. "Sco what
he's up to?"
"Not yet," muttered Jack.
The substitution completed, El
drldge again glanced at his watch.
"Now," ho Instructed Simmons,
'"send the letters 'Q E D,' and continue
to do so until you again bear the let
ters 'O K Q. "
Simmons set himself to the task. It
was a long one. At last he reported ;
his answer.
"H sends 0 K Q ten " he said,
j Eldrldge turned to the reporters.
"That means that tho substitution!
of the smaller Leyden jar for one of:
'toe larger reduced the sending power
'of this Instrument just ten miles," said
Ihe. "My crew has quite simply moved
,slow!y forward until It caught our
isendlng here." . ,.
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"NexVno Instructed Simmons, "see
It you can communicate with Monsieur
X."
The operator speedily reported his
success at that. Eldrldge removed his
glasses and polished their lenses.
"Thus, gentlemen," said he, "from
our circle of two-hundred-mile radius
we have eliminated, a strip ten miles
wide. Naturally if this weakened send
ing reaches only one hundred and
ninety miles, and our antagonist re-1
celves our message, he must be nearer
than one hundred and ninety miles.
We will now further reduce the
strength of our sending and try again."
The younger men present broke into
a shout.
"Good work!" 6omebody cried. They
crowded about, keenly Interested in
thla new method of man-hunting. Only
Darrow, tipped back In his chair
against tho wall, seemed unexcited.
To Jack's whispered question he
shook his bead.
"It's ingenious," he acknowledged,
"but he's on the wrong tack." That
was as far as he would explain, and
soon dropped Into a slight doze.
Throughout the greater part of the
night the experiment continued. Bat
tery by battery the sending power of
tho Instrument was weakened. Mile
by mile the special train drew nearer
until, by catching tho prearranged sig
nal, it determined just how far tho
new sending reached. Then Simmons
tried Monsieur X As the latter in
variably answered. It was, of course,
evident that he remained still In the
narrowing zone of communication. It
was fascinating work, liko the draw
ing of a huge invisible net.
The reporters on the morning pa
pers mastered only with difficulty tthelr
Inclination to stay. They had to
leave before their papers went ta
press, but were back again in an
hour, unwilling to lose a moment of
the game. A tension vibrated the
little office Only Percy Darrow dozed
alcne In the corner, leaning back in
his wooden armchair.
At near four o'clock In the morning
Simmons raised bis head after a long
bout of calling to announce that he
could get no reply from Monsieur X.
"HeVi got tired of your fool me
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Eldrldge said nothing, but replaced
the leyden Jar he had but just re
moved. "Try one," said he.
"I get him," reported Simmons, after
a moment.
"Send him anything plausible and
reassuring," commanded EMridge has
tily. He turned to his small and at
tentive audience in triumph. "Thus,
Crowded Close About the Table tc
Examine the Map.
gentlemen," he announced, "wo have
proven conclusively that our man Is
located between forty and fifty milea
from New York. If we draw two
circles, with this building as center,
tho circumference of ono of which la
fifty, the other forty miles away, we
define the territory within which the
malefactor In question Is to be
found." i
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map upon which Professor Eldrldge
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