The authorities attempted to calm the capitals populace. "THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL Dear Citizens: We recommend calm before the to be attempted hoax by this "auteur", the identity of who we shall soon discover. The burning of an apartment building in the 15th Arrondissement was nothing but an accident -- a matter of pure coincidence." -- Act! The mysterious power is shaken. The thus derided invention will take its revenge. -- Full fire! A strange rain of fire, attracted by the metal casing... It was the revenge of a man once scorned, at present the infernal master of lightening. See the end in No. 6.