New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 6, 1922, Page 5

~~ By ARTHUR B. REEVE 1022 NEA Service, Inc, START HERE Guy Garrick and his wireless ex- pert friend, Dick Defoe, nseek the trail of two men and a girl who per- petrated a spectacular holdup at a fashionable radio dance near New York, They fear that beautiful Ruth Walden has innocently become & tool in the hands of crooks. Thelr quest leads them to the *‘Sea Vamp,” & yacht-llke houseboat frequented by Ruth and her questionable young friends. They know Ruth often goes ~here with Glenn Buckldy, ‘the demon lover,” who {s feared by Ruth's mother and distrusted by themselves, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER 1I THE SEA VAMP With a siren blast and a swish of dusty air a yellow racer shot past Garrick and Dick before they were a mile down the turnpike, leaving only a kaleldoscoplie Impression of a girl at the wheel and a fellow lolling back tensely in the other bucket seat. “Ruth!” exclaimed Dick as Gar- rick mechanically threw in more pow- er. ““Who was with her?"” “Glenn Buckley.” Barrick's motor leaped ahead as he stepped on it. Straight-away down the turnpike they raced. Garrick was just about holding his own. But Ruth had the jump and there was not a chance to pass her. She was too wise a driver. Having shot ahead of a car she did not slacken a fraction and she knew that that al- ways makes it nearly impossible to catch one. A bend in the turnpike toward the south and a dirt road forked off. Ruth slowed up just a bit, turned her head with a pearly smile. “I've a hunch,” she called back teasingly *you can't follow me, Dick!" With a wave of her hand suddenly Ruth shot away on the side road to the right, to the north, in a pillar of dust cloud. Garrick had no desire for a wild- goose quest. He stuck to the con- creted turnpike. “What's the matter, old man? Why so silent?” queried Dick a mile further on. “Suppose you're wonder- ing, like me, how Ruth could have got meshed in the wheels of this gang, if that's what it is, eh?" Dick gazed hopelessly off at the hill ahd forest north of them with their maze of side roads. “I wish, by gad, a girl was like a car or a boat something you could steer—right!" “Time enough to worry when we know more than we think we know.” returned Guy, negotiating a left turn that required some skill to make the succeeding hill on high. “After all, Ruth's just a stunning little flapper—facing a very cold and calculating world—with a thoroughly modern — ill-balanced equipment— that doesn't hug the road like this old car of mine. Except,” he paused, then added, “that she has the inherit- ed intelligence, the intuition, the in- stinct of woman in all the ages * * 'imkp charge of the ‘Sea Vamp's The real question is, What will she do with it?" They swung off at last on another concreted road and finally nosed down the middle of the sand neck that hooked about Duck Harbor. As they drew up, off the road, in a clump_ of stunted Long Island beach plums, they were astounded to see, a couple of yards ahead on the sort of corduroy road of boards to the beach, Ruth's racer. She had taken a short cut and beaten them by many minutes. Perhaps a thousand feet further they could see a houseboat at anchor and between them and the boat a knot, of young people in bathing suits ‘on the beach. As Garrick and Dick strolled down the shore, it proved to be Glenn and three or four other fellows in various stages of college careers past or present. They wore class numerals or other marks on their bathing shirts. Glenn was the only one with a college letter—for five minutes of play in a game lost to Princeton. Buckley was a rather handsome lad in spite of his evident satisfaction with himself, tall, slender, with a general impression, "I love the ladies and the ladles love m»." In spite of competition he waa monopolizing Vira Gerard. A jet shock of bobbed hair set off big liquid dark eyes, eyes that, if they were the windows of the soul, had a depth that was baffling even to the photographic lens, eyes that domi- nated her splendid features and gave her that today priceless ‘‘camera face.” “Suppose you know this is a pri- vate beach?” inquired one of the numeraled youngsters as the two ap- proached. Guy smiled and nodded toward Vira and Glenn. ‘Between the wa- ter and low water marks?" Down the shore could be seen a canoe coming from the houseboat with a girl, alone. As she beached it and stepped out, it was Ruth in a emart swimming suit of violet and white that set off daringly her per- fectly shaped slender limbs. The encounter had reached a dan- ger point much as if some upper- classmen had discovered a freshman violating some immemorial tradition of at least two college generations. All stopped, however, as Ruth drew near. She made a glorious pic- ture. She was one of them—but different. As she came down the beach hum- ming a scrap of a dance to herself, her body swayed with the rhythm and her feet scarcely seemed to touch the sand. Her goiden hair framed aer sensitive features in an aura of sunlight. Garrick saw with approval that Ruth had ben strong- minded enough to hold to her curls during th2 days of bobbed hair. Could those laughing, frank eyes know of crime, of anything coarse? “You here, Dick?” she danced up to him. “Were you afrald to come alone?”’ Then with a twinkling shaft at Garrick, “What do you think of us * * * Mr. Sherlocko?"” “Exclusively nifty!” smiled Gar- rick, then turned quickly as one of the youngsters muttered, “Snooping again! What does he want? You can just bet he's not here for a swim * * Come on, fellows. He's been here long enough. T move we put them off the beach. Hey, all ready * * * let's give them the bum's rush!" A general laugh followed. There was an uncertain motion., Ruth flared. “At least we can show Guy and Dick we're not so exclusive that we're rotters! 1 feel partiy respon- sible for their being here. I raced them on the road and dared them to follow—and here they are——eh, Glenn? Just this once, boys. They'll not bother us again. I'll sponsor them. Come on, Glenn, smile a lit- tle and be nice,"” Ruth capered over to Dick, took him by the arm and started up the beach. Guy folowed with Vira | while Glenn sulked. “I wish you had your bathing sult, on, Dick. I'd enjoy a swim across the harbor with you this hot fore- noon." She nodded vivaclously back at Garrick. Even if she were doing a bit of hasty figuring on the why of their presence, thought Guy, she was perfectly at ease., Her graceful limbs showed fascinating lines through the folds of the cape she had carelessly thrown over her. “No wonder Dick’s frantic over her,” he thought. “She's a danger combination!" Still chatting, Ruth and Vira stepped into the canoe with Dick and Guy, while the others plunged into the water and swam. They soon slipped alongside the houseboat with its gilt letters SEA VAMP. Garrick realized as they mounted the ladder that the marine engine had materially changed the old-time houseboat from _ mere scow or barge with a low flat house on it moored in a bay or river and only with difficulty and expense towed from oae place to another. Now the househoat like the ‘‘Sea Vamp" was really 2 fair-sized yacht. She was perhaps sixty feet long and a most attractive craft with a hull yachty in appearance and of a type which could safely make long runs along the coast, a staunch, sea- worthy boat—of course without the speed of a regularly designed yacht, but more than making up in com- fort for those on board what was lost in speed. As they approached he had looked her over carefully. One of the first things he noticed was that strung from two masts forward and astern was the aerial of a wireless. They clambered aboard and dragged up the canoe. At the stern they saw a stockily-built man in sea togs making fast a dory, and taking out a rather complete set of fishing tackle and other duffle. “H'ye, Cap'n,” said Glenn, shaking the water from his eyes as he bounded on deck. “Any luck?" “That's Captain Brock,” asided Ruth to Garrick. “We hire him to Got “Too early for snappers yet. ta couple of flat fish—and an eel.” He caught sight of Guy and Dick and glowed under bushy eyebrows. “Who are they?” he growled under his breath “They're with me, Captain," ex- plained Ruth. “Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Defoe, Captain Brock. Just a couple of friends who are interested in how I spend my time."” “Well, so long as it's ar eloking for, all right.” Garrick could not resist a startled second glance as, tucked away in the duffle with great care, he caught sight of an electron tube, with fila- ment and grids, precisely the latest type used in radio receiving. He nudged Dick, but Dick was equally quick. The fishing pole was equipped with a miniature aerial and he had noticed it. Neither betrayed either interest or the burning curiosity they felt as Brock clumped forward with his stuff. Why, when Brock was even fishing away from the *Sea Vamp' did he carry this compact wireless receiving set? What station must he be always in touch with, or what message did he expect that he must be listening in? “Excuse us. We'll go down below. Get the shaker and some ice and * ¢ * you know. I guess we can entertain,” thrilled Vira. Alone in the comfortably furnished saloon, Garrick glanced at Dick, who shrugged at the unconventiomality of it all, then made a hasty survey of the place. At one end was a sort of closet or clothes press. “Snooping,” he nod- ded as he opened the door. Inside hung a nondescript array of old clothes. In the back corner, on the floor where it had been thrown lay a girl's cloth hat. He picked it up, smoothed it out, then with a suppressed “Ouch!" drew his hand away and loosened a pin caught in its folds. time they “H'm-—a dlamond clasp-—initials V. G.—Vira Gerard?" “Diamond clasp * * * that's one of the pleces of missing jewelry, whis- pered Dick exeltedly, *“Say—hold that hat again as you had it, There, By Jove, it's not only a hat. It's a bag! Tomato color * * * they sald the girl at the Radio Dance put the stuff in a little tomato colored bag. By Jove!" “Here's a camera, too," was Garrick answered, He turned the camera over, saw the number "6, then deftly unloaded it and dropped the roll of ilm into his coat pocket, There was a step on the com- panionway. Softly he closed the door, rolled the hat tightly and stufféd it in his hip pocket under the tall of his coat. The party thawed a little bit as the ice in the shaker thawed. Final- 1y Garrick took advantage of a lvll in the conversation. “l may as w21 tell you just why we dropped In,” he remarked, cas- ually taking the dlamond clasp ‘rom his pocket. “Is that by any chanse sourg, Vira?" Vira looked at the clasp a moment, then gave a little scream. “My lingerie clasp—that they tore off my shoulder straps—at the dance! It was all—al- most all—that stood between me—and the board of censorship!" In the laugh that followed Ruth was the first to speak. ‘‘Whnere did you get it, Guy?" . Garrick assumed 'a knowing air, “One of the caddles at the ciub came up to me this morning and tried to sell it to me. I thought if you could identify it, I'd watch him." Garrick was unable to figure out whether or not there was any air of relief at the explanation. At least there was some connection be. tween the ‘‘Sea Vamp' and the rob- bery. “Was little Rae Larue at the dance?” he emboldened to ask after a proper interval. “No,” hastened Vira. at Beth's house.” “And Jack Curtis?" “Oh, yes. He was there. politely late.” - A buzzing interrupted, Vira turned quickly to Glenn, who was now seen on crossing swords with Garrick as a lady killer and had resumed his monopoly of Vira, “That radio Glenn.” Ever eager to show off and please, Glenn drew a curtain of a built-in sideboard, at the end of the saloon disclosing a very complete set, in- cluding the loud-speaking horn. He adjusted and turned and twirled knobs and dials until at last he had it. From the loud speaker came a girl's voice. “It's Rae!" exclaimed Ruth. ‘“Sig- nal back that you get her.” Glenn officiously played the radio operator. A few minutes later came the voice, much clearer, from the loud speaker. “Now—Glenn—get up closer to the loud speaker—no-—no—you—know— not your cheek, Glennie—" There was a suppressed laugh. Glenn smiled, rather sheepishly. But he turned his face full toward the little horn. Garrick had divined what was com- ing. ‘“Sort of Freudian, I guess,” he whispered to Ruth, recalling her mother's repetition of Ruth's psy- choanalysis. “Huh!"” laughed Ruth, taking no pains to modulate her tone. ‘‘More like the terrier—His Mistress' Voice!" “Come now—pout yéu lips, Glenn,"” came from the loud speaker followed by a laugh—then an unmistakable radio kiss. Disconcerted after his ardent atten- tion to Vira, Glenn for once looked as if he would have dropped through into the hold. Ruth glanced quickly from Glenn's chagrin to Vira's stony face, then saw the humor. “Never mind, Glenn. 8he kissed a couple of thousand on that wave length then!" all ‘“She was {11, He came (Continued in Our Next Issue) || VOICES IN THE AIR ]J Tuesday, June 6, 1022, (Westinghouse—E. Pittsburgh). KDKA 6:00 p. m—Weekly summary “The Iron Age. 7:00 p. m.—"Trees,” M. L. Davey. 8:00 p. m.-—Miss Gertrude Paine, “The Musical Humorist,” will enter- tain with readings and piano selec- tions. Hazel Falsom Allison, colora- tura soprano, will render several classital selections. WBZ (Westinghouse—Springfield). 7:30 p. m.—Baseball scores. 7:45 p. m.~—"Springfleld by Mayor dward F. Leonard. 8:00 p. m.—Baseball scores. Wiz (Westinghouse—Newark). 6:00 p. m.-—“Man in the Stories. of Moon 6:25 p. m.—"Quaker Relief in War- torn Europe. 6:35 p. m.— Money."” ‘Most Home for Least LD, TUES Building' a boy Here .is a more difficult and delicate task than rearing a sky-scraper— First comes the framework. the bony structure, which must be strong and of good material. Next come sturdy muscles, full of the resilience that gives grace, strength, ease of movement. Then firm, clean, solid flesh, through which rich, pure, red blood should course, furnishing splendid vitality and health. You judge your skyscraper by the materials from which it is made. Flimsy wood may give the appearance of stone, but storm or fire will quickly destroy it and all your labor is lost. You may rear your boy on improper diet, but the risk is great—too great. If some element in the diet is absent, sooner or later your child will suffer for the lack in his food. Do not let the realization of this come home to you when it is too late. Bread-and-Milk forms the perfect, balanced food that gives your boys and girls every food element for growth. It also supplies the energy for daily study and play. Bread-and-Milk provides which should make up 85% the carbohydrates of the normal diet The vitamines in Yeast and Milk add the ele- ment that controls nutrition. Give your boy or girl at least cne meal a day of Bread-and-Milk. 1f you do this you are building bones and flesh, making rich blood, providing energy to run the intricate, living, breathing machine, bread -and - milk at every: meal :45 p. m.—Health Talk. 7:00 to 10:16 p. m.—''The Messiah,” by the Oratorio society at Newark. WGI (American Radio & Research Corp., Medford Hillside, Mass.) 7:30 p. m.—Bedtime Story. 8:00 p. m.—“The Progress of X-Ray—It's Three Epochs,” Dr. T. R. Casellas. 8:15 p. m.—"Economics Home Circle.” 8:30 p. m.—D. J. Mulqueeney, tenor, in John McCormack's favor- ites. Gertrude Ash, dramatic soprano. 9:00 p. m.—Chester T. Cook, bari- tone. for the WGY (Gen. Elec. Co. Schenectady, N Y.) 7:00 p m.—Produce and stock mar- ket quotations; baseball results in National, American and Internation- al leagues; news bulletins. 9:00 p. m.—Address—"The Vacuum Tube Detector,” by A. F. Van Dyck, General Electric company radio en- gineer. 9:15 p. m.—Address “Fire Preven- tion,” by T. Alfred Fleming. 8:45 p. m.—Concert program BEQUEST T0 HOSPITAL Henry M. Burckhardt Leaves $200 to That Institution and Same to St John'’s Church. By the will of the late Henry M. Burckhardt, civil war veteran and prominent resident, who died on Me- morial Day, bequests of $200 each are made to the hospital and to 8t. John's German Evangelical Lutheran church. To a grandson, Kenneth E. Relyea, 80 shares of Union Manufacturing stock are left; also a watch chain and other jewelry. It is requested that the jewelry be held as a keepsake and not disposed of. The rest of the es- tate goes to Johanna Relyea, daugh- ter of the decease Mountain miners in the Andes do heavy labor in a rarified atmosphere that the slightest effort fatigueing to newcomers. RADIO AN AID T0 PATIENT AT SEA Doctor Saves Sailor's Lile by Means of Wireless New York, June 6.—Upon the arrival in port of the Steamship President Adams of the U. S. Lines, there were turned over to the officials of the company by Dr. W. 8. Irwin, ship's surgeon, coples of wireless messages sent and received which succinctly tell of the treatment by radio of a sailor in the throes o1 pneumonia. The Steamship President Adams was near mid ocean when the wire- less operator aroused Dr. Irwin with a message from the Captain of the freight Steamship Hickman, stating that he had a sailor apparently close to death from pneumonia, and ask- ing for aid. Dr. Irwin wirelessed asking details concerning the patient and as to the treatment he had been receiving. In reply he received this message: “Pneumonia patient, case started four days ago temperature 103.6 fluct- uating, diet of orange juice and bheef broth. Please advise if stronger diet can be given and how patient can proeure sleep.” Wireless Follows. In reply Dr. Irwin wirelessed as follows: “Keep ports open, give five grains ammonium chloride with Brown's mixture to stimulate; alcohol, strych- nine one-sixtieth grain, diet: milk, eggs, broth, plenty cold water. To procure sleep one-quarter grain mor- phine hypodermically, cold com- presses.” Following this message the com- mander of the steamship Hickman radioed to Dr. Irwin that he did aot have certain drugs called for in the prescription. In this connection it might be stated that small freight vessels only carry a small amount of drugs. This necessitated a request from Dr. Irwin by radio for a com- plete list of all drugs carried on board the steamship Hickman. He found that the supply was rather re- stricted, but was forced to prescribe according to the drugs on hand. Dur- ing the next three days Dr. Irwin re- ceived and sent messages almost hourly and finally came the cheer- ing message that the patient was re- sponding to the treatment and was gradually regaining his strength. Duties Enhanced. The improvement in wireless fis greatly enhancing the duties of ship surgeons. A few years ago ship sur- geons' activities were largely con- fined to the passengers and crew, but nowadays he is subject to call from vessels from all points of the com- pass. Dr. Irwin will be recalled as the first ship surgeon on record to have performed an amputation by wire- less. This occurred about ten ago when he was aboard a ve: the Caribbean, and on the recent ar- rival of his vessel in New York he was met at the pier by a one-legged man who greeted him with “You don’t know me, Doctor, but I am the man whose leg you cut off by wireless.” PLAN FURTHER FLIGHT Portuguese Naval Aviators Will Hop Oft From Pernambuco for Rio Janeiro Tomorrow. Pernambuco, Brazil, June 6—The Portuguese naval Captains Sacadura and Coutinho, whose arrival yesterday from the Island of Fernan- do Norinha, completed their trans- Atlantic flight from Lisbon, plan to hop off for Rio Janeiro tomorrow. Their arrival here was the cause of a great popular demonstration. A monster parade was formed, the fliers being drawn through the streets in a carriage from which the horses had been unhitched. aviators, Many persons were injured in the Crush. SUIT FOR §232,668.93 Estate of Late F. E. Reed, Through Executor, Asks Refund of Inheri- tance Tax Paid Under Protest. Claiming that former Internal Rev- enue Collector James J. Walsh, of Meriden, illegally collected $232,- 668.93 from the estate of the late; Frederick E. Reed, of Thompson, Charles T. Lamb, executor of the Reed will has brought suit to re- cover that sum. The suit is a growth of a dispute between the members of the Reed family and the government, dating back to a period prior to 1916, when Mr. Reed transferred to members of his family securities valued at more than $2,000,000, Although these se- curities were transferred legally, Mr. Reed continued to receive the inter- est and clip the coupons until the time of his death in February, 1917, The government, through Collector Walsh contended that the securities were transferred in contemplation of Reed's death and should be consid- ered a part of the estate. According to the executor the total assets of the estate were $1,391,000; but the government collected on 83,401,000, making a tax of $232,668.93, which was paid under protest. The government's case will be de- fended by United States District At- torney A. K. Smith. HARDING GREETS SHRINERS. Rickenbacker Will Bear Message to San Francisco Meeting. Washington, June 6.—Capt. Edward Rickenbacker, premier American fiy- ing ace in the world war, called on President Harding yesterday, accom- panied by Senator Townsend (Mich.), and got a personal message from the President to the annual convention of Shriners, to be held in San Francisco this month. Capt. Rickenbacker will leave New York by airplane tomorrow for a trans-continental flight and will de- liver the message on his arrival on the Pacific coast. POLLY AND HER PALS |ToLs M HE'D HAVE TO WHAT DD THE INGTRUMENT 2 To DEVELOPE HIS LUNES! Ashur Follows The Do;or’s Orders, Oh, My, Yes!- Covyrghe 1922 Newspaper b euture Service |ne_Great Britain BY CLIFF STERRETT A~" BELIEVE ME 1 FEEL BETTER A’QEADY'I' —1- % R S S5 i