Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-15
CONTINUED from our last issue
CHAPTER Y
BROADCASTING


MY Ruth-carried of-on the
Sea Vamp'!"
Mia Walden repeated her words
Historically over the telephone.
Garrick knew that there was no use
now to camoufage his fears.
"Ill be out Herewith you-in a
few minutes" he shouted.
Dick was still in a daze at the un-
expectedness of the blow. Mechan-
ica,ly he followed Garrick and
climbed into the car. As it started
and turned down the road to Mono
wantuc. the cool of the damp even
ing air seemed t. collect his facui-
ties. He noticed for the first time
where they were headed.
why this way, Guy? Why not
to New York;"
Il want to see Nita Walden first,
and reassure her. ] promised her."
BUTTS Ruth first"
well. the club isn't far"
"Yes-but the city-the police
wait. Dick. l know what l am
DOING
Nita Walden was overwhelmed by
her daughters peril. Ruth's other
escapades were nothing compared to
this. Up and down the room she
paced. choking back her sobs. wait
ing for Garrick's arrival. Some mo-
ments she would stand before
Ruth's picture wondering what was
happening to her. Other moments
she would try to calm herself and
relax in an easy chair in a vain eff
fort to concentrate or Ruth as If
that might bring her back.
She was frantic when Garrick ar
rived.
IF it's a ransom they want . g.. :.
I'll pay a Million"
PAY a million? ;" Pay nothing.
Yes . a million to catch thera
and save her . but not a cent
of ransom"
The room telephone rang. Dick
answered it.
Its Glenn downstairs, with DIR.
Darling of Stony Brook" Dick said
no more but Garrick understood and
excused himself.
At the desk stood the doctor
alone. I've got him out in my car.
I thought he'd better see you first
OF he did, rather"
whats the matter?"
The doctor did not answer but led
the way outside and a few feet down
the driveway.
There was Glenn, wrapped in a
heavy robe. his head bandaged, still
very shaky. 4.
"Garrick," he cried. did you
hear, yet? Someone's carried off
Ruth and Vira in the Sea Vamp.'
When the doctor got hold of me he
patched me up: l told him; he was
for ringing up the sheriff. but |
made him wait until l could see
you."
In the rapid fire of questions :,
appeared that Ruth had been get
ting more and more anxious to do
something. Vira had confessed to
her that she had seen Garrick and
when Glenn arrived he told of his
meeting on Main street and Gar
rick's message.
They had agreed that the first
thing to be done was to fix it so
that the sea Vamp" could not be
moved away and Ruth had insisted
that she be driven owe there that
evening so she could disable the en-
gines and make it impossible. They
had agreed.
but why?" asked Dick.
"Why? Don't you get it? The
Sea Vamp' was really the floating
storehouse for a lot of wet goods we
were dealing in for Georges and the
rest. That was Brooks real job"
"I see." encouraged Garrick. "An1
Ruth thought they might move the
boat away. So she started to pre-
vent that-and left me the note
about it."
YES" nodded Glenn, adjusting
the bandage more comfortably.
well, when we got over there ~
was dark. There wasn't even the
light on the boat. Ruth figured that
Brock and everybody were away and
it was a good time to do what she
wanted. We got a ano and pad
died out. There wasn't a sound. We
climbed aboard and went down to
the little engine room. 1t was beast
ly dark. 1 was fumbling about for
the switch-the next thing l knew /
heard a scream from Vira-then
something or somebody must have
hit me-" he put his hand up careful
ly but did not touch the bandage
back of his ear, land that's the last
thing / knew until I came to in the
water. half full of the harbor. Must
have Knocked me cold and over
board. l managed to get to the
other shore and some people in d
bungalow got the Doc"
"Who was it?" asked Dick. More
than one?"
II don't know. But I think SO. 1
had a vague feeling there were a
couple at least back of me-"
Dick stared at Garrick. Vira zone,
too! Georges, Brock. Jack Curtis
Rae. He uttered the names, suspi-
ciously. Was it in reality a final ad-
venture in the double triangle of
Ruth, himself and Jack. Vira, Rae
and Glenn?
80" Dick mumbled sarcastically
uitl =. sila o1anna OF r. rrick "RnTh
knew very well what she was doing,
eh?"
Garrick was too big to take Of
Tense. 'Dick," he replied merely.
Ruth confided in me that morning
at the Usonia. She's really clever.
You know it as well as l do. BIT
they had her-they had them all,
meshed, hooked. Why, Dick, all the
time she had meant just to lead
them on-and hand them over.
when she got them right. But she
couldn't tell Glenn. here. that. Nor
Vira. Not yet" He glanced up at
his OWL car. IF she had only stuck
to her promise-to<4et me know
first. But Ruth is so clever; n
thinks she's a match for anyone.
And mostly she is! Wait! She'll
prove it,"
1t was cold comfort to Dick.
"Weil, now, what good is it to be
here? If we had only gone to the
city we could have alarmed the
police there"
Garrick smiled patiently. You
forget the Radio Central at Rock
Ledge-and the telephone. l can
do all that here. l can call up and
get the police of the country here
by telephone. Besides, from Rock
Ledge 1 can alarm the police of the