The Man Who Was Lost, Chapter 2

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​⁠When John Doane of Nowhere—to all practical purposes—left the home of The Thinking Machine he bore instructions of divers kinds. First he was to get a large map of the United States and study it closely, reading over and pronouncing aloud the name of every city, town and village he found. After an hour of this he was to take a city directory and read over the names, pronouncing them aloud as he di