The Washington herald., 1915-03-07

, ing eye on every face.
Garrick watched furtively7 More than
| half those he saw were women-p"rhaps
| with dOting husbands downtown tOiling
| hard for the pin money-herc rlsklnS
| everyt hing. oven honor As he watched
i h" could feel that Tracy seemed I" exert
a surprising influence Owe Mrs. IIinck-
| ley. What did it all mean:
| Some so to the bad. in spitc of his own
| skill GarriCk suddenly looked at his
| watch. remembered An important en-
! SaS"nent and rose to eaCuse himself.
| Mrs. liinckley accompanied him to tn"
| door. lie could not quite account for
| it. but as ne hade her Cnod-by he asked
| her to meet him again At the Gastron at
the same time the mex. day, and she
! seemed eager to do so.
| For the present. at lest. GarrCk had
| settled on his plan of campaign. He had
| noted the position of the telephone on the
wall in Tracys and it had given him an
| idea. As he left the apartment h" no
! tiCed gilt sign before that next door
! announcing that several suites were for
! rent. Inquiry showed that one of them
! was on the NTH floor and, after quick
! inspection. GarriCk made ARRANGEMENTS
/ for its use for an indefinite time. 1t was
separated by party wall from that in
| tn" next housr to which Mrs. IIinckley
! had taken him.
That night Garrick took possession Of
the Nacanr apartment in tho building
! He had brought with him A large oaken
/ box. some wire ana number of tools
| Carefully n" calculated the approx innate
| Position Of the telephone next door then
J hogan slowly and Is n"iscl"Ssly pos
| >Ihle chipping away at the wall Several
attempts We're necessary. nut At last n"
WAS rewarded. There was rho telephone
u-frH -.i utt bn met o.,
Tracy's.
He cut in as though he wcr" making an
extension. then attached TO Il tho ma
chin" which h. had brought In the
front fac" Of tn" oak box WAS q dial.
and as h" lifted the lid one ni-hf have
s""n what looked Iik" the covers. p"r-
haPs. Of two large, wide cylinders. H."
lifted tn" covers TO inspect tn" maChiu"
and beneath disclosed und"r ono a large
spool Of bright steel piano wire" very
fine. while the other spool was empty.
4 Clockw"rk system slowly unwound tho
wiz" from one spool and wound it m an
another. after passing through a small
! covered arrInCcmcnt between tn" Two
He replaced the covers shut III" box
and started III" clOckwork So that when
occasion demanded tho Wiro would move
freely from ono to tho other Then he
left IL.
do that night. nor indeed the next
morning. except make such inquiries
as he WAS able about tho Lehou vvom-
an She had just taken furnished
apart mcnt ny the week downtown and
there little was known of her-at
least he could find out little without
coming out into what he called his
open inVeStiCaIioas'' and he was not
Yet prepared for that II was not un-
I &c.
TO the empty apartment which he had
hired
Eagerly he onened the oak box. and
aftor running the wir" back on its
original spool. started II forward
again. through another contrivancc
this time detachinc the thing from the
improvised telephone extension
Then he listened intently.
From the box came a sound-words.
Hello. hello. operator: give me Main
422I-hello. this is Tracy. How are
Won. Kahn" Is that roulette vince! fixed
up Cool Send it up this morning.
Will YOU like a good fellow. Thanks.
BY by"
The machine, was actually repeating
all that had TRANSFERRED over the Ira
Cy telephone since GarrIck had cor
neC'ed II up II vas an elActro-ma"-
neJic wizard. the telegraphorc. which
when properly attached to 4 telephone
or extension. as he had fixed 1t. took
down and canned whatever VS. said
over the wire.
Quickly GarrIck passed from one
r"utiu" osll to another. interesting orlr
a. showing how Tracy conducted his
"huSIness.
~ last came AN incoming call which
caused Garrirh to prick up his cars:
"Hello' +Sll2 on. is that you. King
Yes. Belle. ! recognize the voice
I. How are YOU How are things going"
Pretty well. | guess I've got the
old guy going They tell me he has
employed a detective. hut | can't see
any evidence Of one. although I'm TAX
ing no chances and am keeping out
of the way III uncover the hest
shadow that ever Iived-helieve me-
Huh, What good does he think
that'll do him suppose he does Try. to
pinch us all We hav" 10 do is 10 give
ont long. Juicy interview to tn"
wSpapcrs and good night for him"
'nh. I'm not Worrying Tell me.
kIup. how arc YOU getting along with
Mrs. Ihn"kICy -
GarrIrk caught has breath ~ sur
prise. stopped the machine. ran 1t hack
and hogan over again to he sure n~
had made no mistake II went ON:
oh. Eve Cor her lust where
want h"r. Relle-just tho same as YOU
have with tho old man. Pretty soft
Rcll". pretty soft. II doesn't make any
dif"r"nc" >" MS now how things GO
with them VOL got en- now going
and coming. If he doesn't come across
we can get her hic alimony and then
hold her UP. II he does come across
we'll he'll have to keep it up. that's
al ba' Io