Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 20, 1922, Page 7

Gam 3 RA Service, ina) Continued From Our Last Issue. CHAPTER Ix THE DIRECTION FINDER jURTIS—you were up to some- * thing deviish—I knew itr’ bi repested Vario as he faced Jack over the table at the Binnacle “When you sw me drive up here you puidenly-changel yourtune. You ran [o cover—to cover yourself!’ ‘The waiter,,Herman, sniveled. His finco was livid. He bowed and almost daaned.on Vario, took hold of him, for all the world lke a drowning man catching at a straw. “Furthermore, I believe you slipped that vial in this man's pocket—per- haps you palmed it—did a little sleight of hand. You inhuman cad! I could cane you!” Ruth was speechless. She lewmed over the table, half standing, an al- Juring little figure im blue. Her ex- citement had sent a blaze of color to der cheeks. Her golden hair framed hher face in a mass. of gold that shed a brightness over her whole counte- mance. Ruth was a very. desirable Uttle girl and her chief charm was that she did not seem to be thinking of it all the time. Jack had been working himeelf into mn almost apoplectic rag. as Vario fhurled the accusation at him. He took @ step forward in furious defense, then shot out his forefinger pointing at the ‘teacup that had been before him. “Would I—poison— myse! he men- 6 “We'll settle that,” came back Vario eharply. “I'll undertake to label this al] and seal it—in the presence of you as witness. Then I'll send it to some reputable chemical !uboratory for an- alysis. I could: do it myself—but— well, in other words, we'll impound this evidence until.someone else deter- ‘amines*what it is.” ‘The waiter scurried about flasks. Vario turned to Ruth with excessive. courtesy. “Miss Wailden— I must~-insist—for your own safety— IM drivevyou back to the Club. I'll telephonetand postpone the appoint- ment I.had-at-the Seaville Station. ,No . « « It can easily go over till tomorrow. Your mother cannot stand imuchsmore, She needs you .. . fRuth. She has been through so much anguish inrthe last two days.” Ruth lookéd from Vario at Jack, stil “sputtering impotentty. Was it true? The quickest way to ret out of idanger is often the most obvious. Thank-you, Professor. It’s very kind vof you to take such an interest.” They left Curtis still standing, still boiling with rage, beside his mother. As Vario's car disappeared, Jack sprang into his own and shot down the South Shore road toward a short cut to the cross island highway. Nita Walden’s surprise was great when sl saw Vario with Ruth. “Where’s Jack Curtis?” she exclaimed. ‘The moment of silence that followed was-eloquent. “Oh, Ruth, dear, any more trouble?” Ruth was out of the car, eager to give he> mother more confidence. ‘No, Mummsy, nothing much « . . | Jack -was-a littleoff in the head . . | but Professor Vario came along . . « yand . . Mrs.. Walden beamed her apprecia- tien of Vario'sthelp. Vario exchanged ‘@ keensglancerwith Ruth and under- stood ‘that she: chose to wait until there were'more facts:before she-made an open-accusation. He nodded and acquisced, “You'll let-me know the—result?” Ruth asked. Vario promised and with a@ forced light-hearted remark Ruth turned and ran up the ctairs to her room to dress for dinner. Meanwhile, on the opposite” porch of the Club which was otherwise de- serted, Vira, only a few moments. be- fore, had tucked her arm nervously under Garrick’s and drawn him into the privacy of the glassed-in, winter solarium. “You may come, too, Dick,” she nodded back to him. ‘“‘There—please shut the door. ‘“‘She glanced at Gar- rick, half confidingty, half fearful of him. “I’ve been so afraid—ever since I found out how’the walls might have ears!” Dick+closed it and; Garrick placed a chair for Vira who sank into it rigid- ly, turning and looking-up at«his face as he stuod withthis hands still on the back of the-chair. There was something seething in her mind and Garrick was just-about to make some‘reassuring remark that would relieve the tension and open the floodgates-of her heart. Vira, all animation, now that she kad taken this step, did not wait to give him a chance. “It's about Glenn,” she cried tense- ly, bringingther two hands together. “You know all about the Inner Circle + + + sud-Georges. Well, Glenn was our treasurer when we first started— js yet, in a way, I suppose. Oh, it may have been all right when we started. It was fi a all that. It was unique. “It-was fnnart. But. . rone- thing ‘led:to another 4 =>. and js e = Guy. Oh, get:him out of it all » + « getthim out of it clean!’ whair and was. standing with hands exterided, pleadingty before Garrick. As sho finished there was a jittle|‘® that place? ehead “Just going up to see Vira—with Ruth” “Say, Glenn—” confdentially— “there's no use keeping this under cover. I beard you say, in the Pink Room, you'd taken that Parr stuff to your own garage to protect Vira. Are you the only one that has a key Now, play straight, tremble in her woice and she turned |@!e"®. This is for your own good. quickly to dab away a tear that had| Did I ever do you @ dirty trick—or gathered in «ach eye. Garrick Dick? What do people at the Club ber arms and gently forced her back |**ink of me? Do they trust me?" into the chair. Vira prossed the tips of fingere of both hands on her flush- ea@ forehead. “But who's the head@ref it all—this Velvet Gang, as the police call it?’ Garrick exaggearted a bit for effect. Vira looked up quickly, a frishtened stare on her face. But she said noth- ing. “T don’: want to dragall you foolish young folks into anything. I want to Keep you out of it. I'm not half so much interested even in catching these bootlegging profiteers higher up as I am in getting you out of your foolishness—clean.” “I'm sick of it all. So are Glenn— ‘ana Ruth—only they're too proud to admit break. felt that I could—swallow my pride, Guy.” ~ Garrick patted the shoulder, Vira smiled up at gratefully and with confidence. “Whose was that gruff voice, 2 man, that I heard this morning over the dic- tagraph in the Pink Room? Brock?” Garrick had figured on betrayal by Surprise. He tn turn was not surpris- ed at the naive. stare in return nor by the firm silence. He had seen too may women on the witness stand. Vira had made up her mind to talk— but not too much. He decided it was best to let it go at that; not to try any any social third degrea. She would come around. They agreed not for the Present to be seen together. It was:not three minutes later when Dick recrived another shock. Mra. Walden -haad hastened to pour out the news «1 the Binnacle episode, as far as she i ew ft, to Garrick. “I'm sing to call up Ruth on the house phone,” exclaimed Dick vio- lently as he and Garrick paced down the parch alone. “No—don't. It won't do a bit of good. You'll do harm, in your present mood. Don't be so worried over Ruth, Dick. Take it‘from me. She'll come out all right. I think that little girl knows very well what she is doing.” “She does—eh? The deuce she does" Garrick was not disposed to argue. “This thing has gone just about far enough, Dick,” he considered energet- ically. “Now-is the moment to act in him “THE SEA VAMP HAS GONE,” HE SAID, AS THEY LOOKED OUT OVER THE EMPTY HARBOR. earnest. Take these robberies, first. Why .. . and by whom? What- ever her foolishness and love of adven- ture, Ruth just simply could not have een concerned in them. Now, start at the beginning. There's that girl's hat used in the Gerard robbery, the one I've got in the Clubsafe. Whose is that? I know what you're going to say. Rae Larue’s. Maybe. But can you prove-it? And if you can, that’s a long’ way from connecting her with the hold-up.” “That devil, Jack Curtis!” ground out Dick. “They're two-ofakind. I'll bet if we could raid his:room at the hotel, we'd get something—maybe a Picture of Rae—with the hat. I think that was his camera after all that you Pinched.” Garrick»-swung-on‘histheel. “Cur tis. Just-what I was thinking. Let's jump over there—get him right, quick.” At the hotel they learned:that»Cur- tis had cleaned out everything that forenoon, had checked out, and had disappeared. Over the telephone ~ Garrick called the Page place. Beth wasnot at home but her mother, with considerable re- lief, replied: “Miss Larue? Miss Larue left rather hurriedly for the city this afternoon. I believe-she expects her mother from the coast.” “Mrs. Walden said that Curtis had started down the South Shore road when Vario left. Ruth looked ~back and saw him.” Garrick was, climbingyim. under the wheel when a blue streak shot-along Main Street regardless+of local law. He jabbed at his scrtecher of a horn. “It's Glenn.” He waved and sig- naled. Glenn bore over to the curb a/ Someone must make the) ttle girl's} Glenn threw away an almost fresh cigarette, lighted another, threw it away and stood foolishly with the burnt match in his hand. ‘That's the way, I am, Guy,” he scowiled. “As nervous as hell. Half the time I don’t know what I’m doing. Bay you'll be on.the level, Guy. It's @ cinch no one else will. I might as well make a clean breast of it... no, just give me tonight to think it jover . . . Well, anyway . . yes, I guve a key to Rae Larue once. Sho begged it of me once to put her carup ... andthe. .. . “All right, Glenn. 7’ give you to- night. Going to see Ruth? Well, tell jher not to do a thing without seeing mo first.” . Glenn departod a bit relieved at pom | roning the evil day of confession. “Well, if Rae Larue had it, they had it, anyone who wanted it,” ly rensoned Garrick. “That place |is a cache for their stuff. I didn't jwant to ask for the key. I don't need it, We'll go there anyway. I'l get in. Come on to the city?’ Garrick and Dick were whirling down the turnpike, Dick with his eyes aived to the road back of them for moto. -vcle cops. Locks~.ere no impediment to Gar- rick. He ha* taken a course with his jfriend Houdini. While he couldn't get out of everything. he could get into nearly everything. Glenn's garage was easy. As they closed the door, they looked about in amazemi It was indeed an “un: bonded warehouse.” There were |cases enough to have meant a tidy little fortune.. In one corner where they had been hastily dumped lay the product of the looting of the Parr cellar. “Undisturbed. Too bulky,” mutter- jed Garrick. “But someone has been | here.” “How do yor know?” Garrick pointed toward a crack of light. On one side of the garage was an auto pit.for working on the under side of cars. A board covering was imperfectly pulled over it. Through the edge shone a light Garrick wrenched tive covering aside. “Thetr hiding place. Whoever was here must have been in a nervous He jumped down in the pit. A mo- ment later he hoisted himself up. Without a word he handed Dick a portable property.” “What shall we do? he police?” ot yet. I must get Glenn and the others come sort*of immunity for what they didn’t do. They don't de- serve it—but they're just wise young fools. “Garrick thought a moment. “You see, the net result of some of our new commandments has been to make various phases of lawbreaking fashionable, smart. Only this is a bit extreme."” He moved over-to the telephone. It was working and he called the Astra Agency of private detectives to fur- nish @ guard until the ringleader was caught and he was ready to make final disposition of the case. Dick's slert eyes, as they were waiting, discovered a wireless set on a worktable in the rear. Out of the back window hoe could see the an- tenna from the garage to the house. Hand it over t hurry . . . forgot to switch off!’ that garage light on the flexible cable. agha €be Casper Daily Cribune Hello, America! course. It was merely confirming his rapid deductions. At Dueck Harbor, abruptly, the di Feation of the messages changed to the northeast sharply jay Delleve you traced out the send-| ” erted Garrick. as they looked out a the empty harbor. “But we too late. The ‘Sea Vamp" has gone! |The birds are flown!” | From a cottage down the |Garrick called Nita Walden at | Nonowantus Club. “Where is Ruth?” he asked quickly. “She went out with Glenn and Vira. beach the e left a note for you, Guy, marked ‘Mr. Garrick. Personal. Hello? Walt, I'll open it then. Here. ‘You, |tela me never to do anything again without letting you know. | I've gone to the ‘Sea Vamp’ to destroy the en | Sine so they can't move it away until tomorrow. Ruth.” ” | _“But the ‘Sea Vamp" has sone!” One of the 13 baby elephants swung into port with block and tackle at New York. Jurgen Jo SSaneen spent 18 years catching fem. Mechanically he started tuning up.| The agency men «er a long time in coming. “Holy judas pr.est!” st@rtlied he was pale broadcasting what they It .. . it cant be | some crazy amateur. ‘Ruth Walden, | the heiress, has eloped with Joh Cur: tis!” Garrick seled the phones. “Ama. | teur—perhaps; crazy, no! Garrick | listened and continued, “Did you! ever stop to consider the radio as al means of slander? Tak about your) Polson pen wirters! Science has put | into the hands of blackmailers the | most dangerous of weapons, Your| story is spread to a million fare. And| there's not a chance of tracing it to| your slanderer!™ “phere isn't? The devi! there isn't. I can. I will!’ exclaimed Dick. “If he keeps it up.” Everything he needed seemed there on the workbench. It was compara- tively simple, a “loop” as it is known, copper wire wound eight, times around a frame four feet square. He hung it from the ceiling, free. He could turx: | it in any direction. He connected up the recetving set. Then he began turning the loop slowly. “A directional receiver,” explained Dick. “It must be orientated toward the hidden sender. Really it’s a ra- dio compass,” By the time the Astra men arrived Dick had it pointed. Every few min utes a new message came. They lett the men in charge and climbed in the car. The direction hhd been cast by a lttle south. Across the bridge Dick set up his finder again. This time it was east by a little north. Over well Known | roads they scurried, now and then, every few miles setting up the finder and modifying their course. 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