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At headquarters, Renny and Long Tom continued their checking of the instruments.

"The blind spot," announced Long Tom, "is somewhere in the vicinity of Norway, in the North Sea."

"Remarkable!" commented Professor Callus.



Chapter IV. THE MYSTERY GROWS
"IтАЩVE lost Doc!" exclaimed Renny, suddenly. "Now whatтАЩs gone haywire with that radio?"

Long Tom, Professor Callus, Lora Krants and her brother pushed forward with eager interest. DocтАЩs plane was
already somewhere south of Baltimore, following the coast line. Renny had been keeping in touch with them
by short wave.

Doc had replied only briefly to RennyтАЩs inquiries. Renny had started to report an apparent change in the
locale of the ocean disturbance. Then the radio speaker had squealed and squawked. After sporadic bursts, it
functioned imperfectly.

"Funny!" ejaculated Long Tom. "Have a look at the light recorders!"

The needles in circles at the ends of long steel cylinders were oscillating rapidly. These were recording the
refraction and gyration of light atoms over a wide area of the ocean. Despite the absence of the sun, light
appeared to be increasing over a considerable section.

"Doc!" boomed Renny into the broadcasting mike. "Can you hear me?"

"Um-bum-bum-bul-um!"
hummed the speaker.
Undoubtedly, Doc had heard Renny. But likely his reception of the engineerтАЩs voice had been similarly
jumbled.

The light recorder showed rising luminance somewhere much closer than the hitherto located blind spot
somewhere in the North Sea.

"Do you think something might be happening to Mr. SavageтАЩs plane?" said Professor Callus.

"Oh, I hope not!" exclaimed the red-headed girl, breathlessly.

"Nothing to worry about," said Long Tom. "This ocean haunt hasnтАЩt been serious in any way."

Lora KrantsтАЩs expression showed she doubted his words.

The corridor buzzer whined. It was less strident than usual. Long Tom, with his keen electricianтАЩs sense,
noted this. When he applied the radio contact to work the electroscopic locks of the doors, it responded more
slowly than it should.

It was as if the available electrical current had been lessened.