New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 10, 1922, Page 5

By ARTHUR B. REEVE 1922 NEA Service, Ine. Oontinued From Our Last Issue) CHAPTER VI THE WIRELESS DICTAGRAPH “Your wireless dictagraph? Bully!" exclaimed Garrick. "“We could use that little mechanical eavesdropper. Where is it?" “In my laboratory." Garrick's face fell, He glanced at his watch and then at the sun, “Yes * ¢ * 1 think we can make it * * ¢ We must.” Two hours later found them in Dick's own wireless workshop. It was the boathouse on his* estate where hé had done some remarkable things with wireless. It was true that Defoe had some wonderful equip- ment but all the equipment in the world would not have availed him if he had not had that spark of inventive genius from his famous father, Outside he had a big aerial from two steel towers. Garrick looked with 'admiratfon at the completeness of the workshop inside, the hack saws, mitre saws, cross-cut saws, frames, chisels, gouges, files, vises. There were drills, hands, breast, geared and twist, pliers with all sorts of noses. There was wire, copper, {ron, aluminum, plain and insulated, of all sizes, flexible insulated wire cord, enough for a supply store. Fibre board and bakelite, porcelain insulators, tuhing, sheet brass, sheet copper, everything at the very finger- tips the young inventor. Intérested though he would have been at any other time, Garrick urged haste. Dick led him proudly to a table on which was }is ap- paratus. *“So this is the Defoe Wireless Dicta- graph,”-complimented Garrick, pick- ing up the familiar little round trans- mitter like that which he had nsed so many times on the wired machine. As he packed the parts Dick hasti- ly enumerated them, his sending set, batteries, coils of wire, small portable antennae, and the receiving set. They at last had everything strap- ped in on the rear of Garrick's car and as they swung up toward the turnpike they stopped for a moment at the Nonowantue Club. As Dick hopped out, followed by Guy, there was a suspicious silence on the club porch as often happens when the friends of an interesting factor of the preceding conversation draw nigh. - Stlence is Freudian. Dick wink- el at Garrick. A buxom old lady, gossip was actnail to pet to Garrick tlappers, Ruth's him, “'Mr. rck—" Tie flapers won out. They near ly always do these days. “Hey—Dick! Where's Ruth? * * * Guy, have you heard how badly she was hurt? */* * For heaven's sake, get her back here. The place is dead without Ruth.” i The old lady plumped down in a nearby chair to listen, actually with mouth open. With a smile on his face, Professor Vario of the Radio Central at Rock Ledge, crossed over to them to make triendly inquiries. “Going into town?" inquired Vario wheén Garrick returned with a small handbag from his rooms. “‘Yes," observing how Vario dressed—*are you?" “1 was waliting for the club bus to take me. up to the station. Yes, to the Radio. Show at the Seventy-first Regi- ment Armory. I'm to give a lecture and demonstration tonight of my new wave meter.” “Well, jump in.” The professor was eager to assist them in every way as far as they chose ta take him into their confi- dence. Garrick had met him many times at the club and Dick and Vario had had much in common in their work. He seemed particularly interested in keeping Ruth out of further harm and very sympathetic toward Mrs. Walden in her trouble. However, Garrick did not propose to discuss much with even Vario and on the way he and Dick fell into a discussion of their hobby, especially on Vario's lecture on his new wave meter, “So many amateurs,” explained Vario, “have difficulty in finding the wave length of the broadcasting sta- tions that I have concluded that some simple method of tuning and calibrating the set would clear things up, especially for those who are some distance away from the sending stations. They have weak signals to begin with and must listen in on very nearly tne proper tune if they are to get any signals at all."” “1 see,” nodded Dick. “For that purpose a wave meter is needed. It's tothe radio what a pitch pipe is to a piano tuner.” ““Yes. Mine is simply a calibrated, oscillating circuit and is one of the simplest circuits to build.” The pro- fessor launched into a description of his small coil, variable condenser valvemeter phones, and general hook-up. In town Garrick called up Nita Walden at her apartments on Park trembling for short-brcathed fore a zroup of reached b friends, Garrick—~ah-h-h—Mr. Gar- was Universal MOUNTABLE - VENTILATOR Will keep your feet cool while driving your car these hot days. Invented and made in ‘New Britain. It will put the breeze where you need it in your car. Price $3.00. You can install it yourself. The Higbee-Orne Co. ‘Professional Building. Room 106. Tel. 2765 !caretaker and Avenue, one else and had towed to a garage. there a moment and Proféssor Vario's solicitude for Mrs. Walden seemed to offer Garrick the opportu- nity to get rid of him, for they cer- tainly did not want any strangers about in what they were going. to do. She had got ahead of any- had Ruth's* car They stopped THE MAN WENT BSPRAWLING BACKWARD., “But the show,” remonstrated Mrs. Walden as Vario offered to stay and do anything he could to relieve her anxiety. “T'll telephope them that I'm de- layed. They can postpone my stunt until later in the evening,” he in- sisted. “And, Mrs. Walden, don't you worry when you have two such good friends as Garrick and Dick helpidg. You should have seen the way they settled the porch crowd-—and you cah count on me as a third. T may be the last but I hope not the least' where Miss Ruth's welfare is concerned.” “I really appreciate your kindness deeply—but—of course, I want my little girl. 1 can't think of any- thing else. I can't talk over the telephone, right; 1 can't read; I am just 1incapacitated until Ruth gets back to me."” “Dick, I'll stay with Mrs. Walden for a little while, if I may. I know she needs some help. If you want me later I'll be at the Radio Show.” Garrick thanked him, then leaned over Nita Walden. “We'l] have some word tonight—sure. Ry tomorrow you'll have her back-——safe." Outside he found McKay and d livered Mrs. Walden's instructions. “You are to take Professor Vario down to the Armory to the Radio Show; then you may put the car up." Garrick had been thinking out a plan for the installing of the dicta- graph. Up the street from the Inner Circle were two houses turned into studio apartments. He found the the conversation was lucrative to her. Dick selected and carried up to the roof the apparatus and 'hey went as silently as possible across the inter- vening roofs until they came to the roof of the Inner Circle. It was a curious roof. In the cen- ter had been built a great concrete box as big as a room. There was no time to investigate that, however. Garrick flashed with a line down the chimney, by sounding, until he located the flue to the Pink Room. Then, dangling down, he lowered the dictagraph transmitter until it must have swung a foot from the floor of thé hearth back of the iron grill work under the mantel below in the Pink Room. Meanwhile, on the roof, Dick had been busy placing his sending set and Garrick helped him complete the set-up. As they left the studio house, two men were passing. One of them brushed suspiciously against Dick with enough force to knock the bag he was carrying out of his hand. Garrick controlled his temper, Here were the mysterious shadowers again. Were they emissaries of the gang? Garrick picked up the bag himself, looked significantly at the man and remarked, “Well, see? Nothing drip- ping!” As they had been at work on the roof, they had determined on plac- ing the receiving end up at Gar- rick's apartment which was only several blocks uptown. At Bachelors’ Hall Dick worked rapidly, for it was not getting dark in spite of the length of the days. He unpacked the receiving end of his wireless dictagraph in the room, then went up on the roof and erect- ed the portable aerial. 3 Carefully and “deftly he began to tune up, now that this second instal- N NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE i@, It was rather fine adjustment the right wave lation was complete, difcult to get the but at last he got length, v He looked up at Garrick, smiled and took the headgear off, handing it’to him, "Get that?" Y Garrick adjusted it, listened for a momeént in some perplexity, then ex- claimed, "Why, I can hear the whirr of a vacuurn cleaner in the room!" Dick smiled proudly. “I think I've made the transmitter about as sensi- tive a microphone as can he made, T only hope it isn't so sensitive that {t plcks up through the wall what hap- pens in the house next door.' They listened in for several min- utes but there was nothing more yet Whoever was cleaning the room fin- ished and left. The buzzer sounded. He Tt was McKay. “I just saw that Rae Larue, with a man, at the Park Garage on Six- tieth stret, where I put the car up.” “What sort of a looking man?" « “I didn't know him sir. Sort shaggy hair—" “Brock!" exclaimed Dick, who had come over, “Then Jack Curtis came in a car. He didn't stay long; went downtown, I think." Rae had been fussing with the in- terior . of one car in the long line in the garage. She was apparently very busy but McKay noticed that nothing escaped her, no matter how slight. He had continued to watch ,some time, Suddenly a very rakish roadster drew up and Rae looked out of the sedan in which she was. When,she saw Glenn Buckley in the roadster she jumped out to meet him. Glenn greeted her with a sickly smile. “Well, you poor fish!"” exclaimed Rae. “You must believe in ghosts. You look as though you!d seen one. What are you doing here?" “Just looking * * * to see if there's anyone about.” “Gee, Glenn, I'm thirsty. go down to the Inner Circle. you take me?" ‘“‘Surely, Rae. Always glad to re- lieve' a drought and be charitable to my own at the same time." Rae grabbed his arm and swung up behind the wheel. They were off. To himself Glenn had had to ad- mit that no one could be bored in Rae's society. No wonder Vira was jealous. But he wouldn't have taken a dozen: Raes for one Vira. He didn't like coarseness and some- times Rae did not suit his fastidious nature. Vira with all her modernity, vivacity and recklessness never was coarse. McKay had gone, propess=feward- ed, and Garrick was pondering over what he had just learned. “Were they the three at the Parr estate last night—Rae, Brock and Jack?" he speculated aloud at length. “But Jack could hardly have been back then,” hastened Dick. “He must have ben on the ‘Bacchante’.”” “How about Glenn?" “'Or Georges?" parried Dick. “'Peérhapsg* * * What of Ruth? * * * Say#Dick, I'm going to leave you here with that wireless dicta- 'gsraph. You can work it best any- how. I musg get a line on thdt garage and do it right away.” Down the street in a lunchroom Garrick caught sight of McKay again and beckoned him quietly out. “I was thinking about calling you up, sir, soon,” informed McKay. T was just talking to one of the polish- ers in there. He tells me that Jack ‘Curtis gave orders to some driver about the place, a stranger, to go after something at eleven o'clock. on Garrick's door opened it on a crack. of Let's Wil it was but he give him a key, sir."” McKay pointed the fellow, a stranger, out, and Garrick reached into his pocket for his ever-ready roll of bills. McKay seemed really offended. “Mr. Garrick—please. I didn't feel right when yon slipped me that other five spot. Mrs. Walden has been so fine to me—I've driyen her three years—and, as you might say, seen Miss Ruth grow up. Say, I belleve I'd lose an arm or a leg to get this thing settled straight.” Alone Garrick waited. It was now half past nine. He had an hour and a half to watch. As he did so he revolved the two robberies over and over iIn his mind. Each time his thought led him to the same path. Who was the “man higher up?" Was it Jack Curtis? Or Brock? Might it he know about Georges, since before the war and during the easy violation of selling service men that which is wet? It was nearly midnight when Gar- rick in what seemed like a reliable taxicab, concluded the trailing of the ‘man who had received instruc- tions from Curti i He had evidently been waiting until the streets were sufficiently deserted. Now He drew his car, a big sedan, up Ito the curb, leaving the engine run- ining, but well muffled, as silent as sleeve valves could make it. Garrick dismissed his taxi at the corner and began to reconnoitre. To his amazement he saw that he was on the block where - was the town house of Vira Gerard's family. It was an added®whock when He didn't know what it was or where of he meetings." 1922, — NOW IS THE TIME — To Buy a CLARK JEWEL GAS RANGE Equipped With the Wonderful LORAIN HEAT REGULATOR Moderate Prices saw that the car had stopped just in front of the Gerard house-and that the driver had entered the gate and was fumbling with a key at the door. Garrick quickened his steps. M was now or never to get let in on this mystery. As he turned in at the gate the man at the door heard him, looking quickly as if expecting him, then catching a better look uttered an oath and swung on him, Garriek parried and countered The man went sprawling backward on the bit of turf of the little front yard. \ At that moment Garrick heard th eclatter of feet from across !hel street and around the motor. Rut| before he could turn, the other man was on him, bearing him down with the momentum of the rush. He was a husky but Garrick felt he could outwrestle him. The fellow sprawling on the turf swore again as crouched up on his hands and ees waiting to get a hold. Two were more than Garrick could ‘handle as legs and arms and heads cut the turf, getting ever nearer the sharp pickets of the fence. (Continued in Our Next Issuc) Church Notices Children's Day exercises will be ob- served in The First, South and Stanley Memorial Congregational churches, the Trinity Methodist church and the People's church tomorrow. Emmanuel Gospel church will ob- serve a week of prayer next week. The Salvation Army is holding special services. Rev. F. W. Keese, former pastor the German Baptist church will tomorrow night. observe Children’s occupy the pulpit This church will Day next Sunday Rev. J. J. Genthner, former indus- trial secretary of the West Side Y. M. C. A, will preach in the Methodist church tomorrow night. This church will have no evening services during July and August. J. W. Conrow, of South Manchester will preach at the Second Advent church tomorrow. Tomorrow will be the last session in St. Mark's old church. First Congregational Church Children's Day services, at 10 a. m. Special music with Royal Heniecke, assisting. Singing by the primary department Presentation of Bibles will form a part of the services. Promotion services in the church school will be held Sunday, June 18§, not be Georges? What, after all didise 19:15 o'olock. Monday evening the Young Wom- en's Home Missionary society will hold a picnic on the lawn of Mrs. E J. Shjerden, at Berlin. Supper will be served at 7 o'clock. Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the English speaking class for Ar- menian women will meet At 3 o'clock the cradle roll party will be held. Thursday women's Bible class o'clock and the Girl o'clock. Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock the annual meeting of the Foreign Mis- sionary department of the Women's society will meet with Mrs. Samuel McCuteheon presiding. The topic will be “Impressions of this year's afternoon the Armenian will meet at 2 Scouts at 4:30 lowed by annual reports and elec- tion of officers. A gift of tea has been received from Mr. and Mrs. Al- fred B. Heininger, church missionar- ies, and this will be served during the social hour at the close of the meeting. At 2 o'clock Friday after- noon the Girl Scouts will meet at | the church for their last hike of the | summeér, At 7:20 p. m. the Boy Scouts will meet. St. Matthew's Lutheran. Services tomorrow at 9:15 in Eng- lish and at 10:45 in German. Ser- mons by the Rev. Carl Stoll, mission- ary to the negroes, of Philadelphia. | Sunday school in both languages. Monthly business meeting at 3 o'clock Sonth Congregationak Church. Tomorrow 9:30, Italian school; 10:30, Children's day service includ- ing processional of the church school; baptismal service; presentation of tes- taments; ~promotion exercises and presentation of diplomas to begin- ners, primary and Italian beginners and primary departments. The of- fering will be for the Visiting Nurse association. Address to the school b: the pastor, Rev. Dr. George W Hill; 2:30, Assyrian worship; Christian Endeavor meeting. By of the stereopticon, F. J. Fay will give a spiritual interpretation of a few of the world's famous -paintings. Tuesday, 7:30, meeting of Troop 2, Boy Scouts. Wednesday, 7:30, meeting of Rifle club for practice. Thursday, 3:30, Young Women de- partment at home to its friends. Tea served from 5:15 to 5:45; 4:30, Girl Scouts. Saturday, 9:30, Annual outing of the church school to be held at Lake Compounce. the German Baptist Churcnh Suday at 9:30 a. m., Sunday school; at 10:30 a. m. German Rible class for adults. Divine service in English at 10:30, in German at 11:30 Rev.' P, W. Keese, the former pastor of the church, will preach in both services Thursday evening mid-week service in German. Friday evening rehearsal choir. Next Sunday, June 18th, the Sunday school will have its annual Children's Day at 10 a. m. The regular services will be omitted and the members and friends are asked to meet with the Sunday school. of the Swedish Lutheran Church Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Sun- day morning service at 10:30 will be in English. Sermon by Dr. C. G. Erickson. svening service will be omitted as Dr. Erickson has been {n- vited to speak at the confirmation re- union in Hartford The Lutheran Brotherhood will meet Thursday eve- ning. Grace Memorial 68 West Main street, upper room Full gospel services Sunday, 4 p. m., for who is God save the Lord and who is a rock save our God. Sam. 2.-22 7:30—FEvangelistic services. Wed- nesday, 7:30—Praise meeting. Tri- day, cottage meeting. First Baptist Church. 10:45 a. m. morntng worship, ser- mon by the Rev. Willlam Ross, sub- ject: “A Child and A Warrior.” 12:10 p. m. Bible school and adult classes. 700 p. m. Young People’s meeting in the chapel. Monday, 7:30 p. m. Boy Scouts. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m The program will be fol- the young women's sewing guild will Easy Payments New Britain Gas Light Co. 25 West Main Street City Hall Building hold its last meeting for the season Thursday, 7:45 p. m., mid-week prayer service. Friday, 4:00 p. m. meeting of the heralds and crusaders. Emmanuel Gospel Church Sunday, 10 a. m., Prayer and praise service; 10:45 a. m., Preaching, topic, “The Grace of Giving."; 12:15 p. m., Bible school; 3 p. m., General church meeting; 5:45 p. m., Young People's meeting; 6:30 p. m., Open air meet- ing; 7 p. m., Preaching, topic, “The Wisdom of This World.” Next week, a week of prayer. Meet- ings every evening except Monday at 7:30 p. m. . Peoples Church Sunday, 10:15 — Prayer service 10:45—Children's day service. 6:00— Young People's meeting. 7:00 p. m —Evening service. Rev. Lyman 8. Johnson will speak. Thursday, 7:45 — Regular weekly prayer service. Calendar For The Week Sunday, 9:45 a. m.-—Church Sunday school. 10:30 a. m.—Children's day program 12:15 p. m. — Women's Lible class. Philathea class. 6:30 p m.—FEpworth League devotional serv- ice led by Miss Dorothy White. Sub- ject: “The Christian Adventure—Out to every place.” 7:30 p. m. — Ser- mon by Rev. J. J. Genthner, former- ly of the West Side New York, Y. M. C. A. Tuesday, 7:45 p. m.—Class meeting. Wednesday, 3:00 p. m.—Woman's Home Missionary society will meet at the church for election of officers. Thursday, 7:45 p. m.—Prayer meet- ing. The collection taken tomorrow morning will go towards building up the student loan fund. A similar col- lection will be taken by every Metho- dist church throughout the country. The money is loaned to needy Metho- dist boys and girls in securing a high- er education. More than 29,000 have been helped to date. Plans are being made to hold the annual Sunday school picnie, June 24th. Further announcements will be made next Sunday. A meeting of the Woman's Home \lissionary society will be held at the church Wednesday at 3 p. m All members are urged to be present as officers for the coming year will be elected. Stanley Memorial Church Raymond N. Gilman, rector. Tomorrow, 10:45 a. m.—Children's A program of recitations, songs, etc., will be given by the primary de- partment of the Sunday school. A number of children will receive bap- tism. There will be no regular ses- ston of the Sunday school at 12 o'clock. A special invitation to attend the Children's day exercises is extend- ed to the parents and friends of the children of the Sunday school. 7:30 p. m.—Rally meeting of the intermediate Christian Endeavor so- ciety. This society held its first busi- ness meeting last Tuesday evening and organized with a charter mem- bership of more than thirty. Tuesday, 7:00 p. m.—Regular meet- ing of the Girl Scouts. Thursday, 7:00 p. m.—Meeting of the Junior Christian society. Friday, 6 to 10—Strawberry festi. valg will be held in the basement of the church under the auspices of the Brotherhood. A cordial invitation is extended to all. ¥ St. Mark's Church. Trinity Sunday: 7:30 a. m., holy communion. Corporate communion of Knights of Washington and Girls’ Friendly society. 9:30 a. m., closing session of church school. At 11:00 a. m. closing service in the old church, At the closing service in the old church there will be holy communion. Rev. Harry I. Bodley, rector emeritus, and Rev. Samuel C. Sutcliffe will de- liver the sermons. On Monday even- ing at @30 o'clock Bishop Acheson will conduct a brief service for the re- moval of the consecration of the old church, Reformation Lutheran Church. Trinity Sunday: 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:30 a. m. confession. 10:45 a. m. holy communion. Christian Science Church. First Church of Christ Scientist, corner of West Main street and Park Place. Sunday service at 10:45 a. m. subject, God the Preserver of Man. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Wednes- day evening meeting at 8 o'clock. The reading room, 504 National Bank | building, is open to.the public from 12 noon until 4 o'clock, daylight saving time, except Sundays and holidays. Second Advent Church. Morning service at 10:45 o'clock. Sunday school and Bible class at 12:15 p. m. Evening service at 7:15 p. m., J. W. Conrow of South Manchester, will preach. Prayer meeting on Thursday at 8 p. m. Trinity Methodist Church 10:30—Children’s Day Exercises in charge of Sunday School. 7:30—Rev. J. J, Genthner, formerly of the West Side Y. M. C. 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