"
"But," objected Jack, "if vibration were absolutely stopped, why wouldn't
they all three be blotted out at once?"
"Because," explained Darrow, "the vibrations making these three phenomena
are different in character. Sound is made by horizontal waves, for
example, while electricity and light are made by transverse waves.
Furthermore, the waves producing electricity and light differ in length.
Now, it is conceivable that a condition which would interfere with
horizontal waves would not interfere with transverse waves; or that a
condition which would absolutely deaden waves two hundred and seventy
ten-millionths of an inch long would have absolutely no effect on those
one hundred and fifty-five ten-millionths of an inch long. Am I clear?"
"Sure!" came the voices of his audience.
"That much Eldridge and any other man trained in elementary science
already knows. It is no secret."
"It hasn't been published," observed Hallowell grimly.
"Well, go to it! The task of the independent investigator, of which we are
some, is now to discover, first, what are those conditions, and, second,
what causes them. With the exception of Mr. Hallowell, we all know what
this guiding power is."
"Don't get it," growled Simmons.
"Now, look here, Simmons, you are very loyal to McCarthy, for whatever
reason, but your loyalty is misplaced. For one thing, your man has
disappeared, and will not return.
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