, 1922-06-21
Continued from Our Last Issue.
CHAPTER Y
BROADCASTING.

V Sea vampE
Mia Walden repeated her
words Historically over the telephone.
Carrick knew that there was no use
now to camouflage his fears
an be out there-w1th you-In a
few minutes" 10 shouted.
Dick was still in a daze at the un-
c~xpectedness of the blow. Mechanic
ally he followed Garrick and climbed
into the car. As it started and turned
| down the road TO Nonowantuc. the
cool Of the damp evening air seemed
to collect his faculties. He noticed for
the first time where they were headed
New York;"
ct want to see Mia Walden nrs:,
and reassure her. I promised her"
BUTTS Ruth first"
Well. the Club isn't far"
'Yes-but the city-the police"
Wait. Dick 1 know what 1 AN
doing"
Mia Walden was overwhelmed by
her daughters peril. Ruth's other
.scapades 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 happen
ing to her. Other moments h would
try to calm herself and relax in an
easy chair in a vain effort TO concen-
trate on Ruth as II that might bring
her back
she Wa frantic when Garriek ar.
rived.
IF IT'S a ransom they want
I'll pay a mi1lion'"
"Pay a minion7 Pay nothing. Yes
a million to catch them and
save her but not n cent OF
ransom"
The room telephone rang. Dick
answered it
"It's Glenn downstairs, with DR..
Darling of Stony Brook" Dick said
no more but Garrick understood and
excused himself.
At the desk stood the doctor alone
thought he'd better see you first-or
he did rather"
whats the natter"
The doctor did not answer but led
the way outside and a few feet down
the driveway.
There was Glenn. wrapped in n
heavy robe, his head bandaged. still
very shaky.
"Garrick," he cried. Ibid you hear.
yeti Someone's carried off Ruth and
vira in the SEA vamp.' When the
doctor got hold of me he patched me
up; I told him; he was for ringing
I'D the sheriff, but I made him wait
until I could see you"
In the rapid fire of questions 1t ar-
penred that Ruth had been getting
more and more anxious to do some
thing. vira had confessed to her that
she a seen Garrick and when Glenn
arrived he told of his meeting on Main
Street and Garrick's message.
They had agreed that the first thing
to be done was to fix it so hat the
Sea vemp- could not be moved away
and Ruth had insisted that she be
driven over there that evening so h
could disable the engines and make it
Impossible They had agreed.
but why7" asked Dick.
srwhy? Don't you get 1T The
Sea vamp' was really the floating
-storehouse for a lot of wet goods we
were dealing in for Georges and h
rest That was Brooks "a job"
Ct see," encouraged Garrick- And
Ruth thought they might move the
boat wary. So n started to prevent
that-and left me the note about It"
YES" nodded Glenn, adjusting the
bandage more comfortably. We'll,
when we got over there it was dark.
There wasn't even the light OF h
boat. Ruth figured that Brock and
everybody were away and 1t was a
good time to do what she wanted. We
got a canoe and padded u There
wasn't a-sound- We climbed aboard
and went down to the little engine
room. It was beastly dark. 1 was
fumbling about for the switch-the
next thing I knew I heard a scream
from vira-then something or some
body must hav hit me-" he put his
hand UP carefully but did not QUO
the bandage back of his ear. land
that's the last thing I knew until I
came Il in the water. half full Of
the harbor. Must nave knocked me
old and overheard I managed to
get to the Other shore and some peo-
Pile in a bungalow got h Doc"
''who was it7"' asked Dick More
thar one7"
ct don't know. But I think so. I
had a vague feeling there were a
couple at least back of me-"
Dick started at Garrick- Vira gone,
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?
49," Dick murnbled sarcasticaIly
with q. sid glance at Garrick. Ruth
knew very well what she was doing.
eh?"
Garrick was too big to take offense.
Dick" he replied merely. ruth on
fided In me. that morning at the
Usonia- She's really clever. You
know # as wen as I do. But they
had her-they had them all, meshed.
hooked Why. Dick. all the time she
has meant just to e. 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 own car.
'Tf she had only stuck to her promise
to let me know-firsti But Ruth is
SO clever. she thinks she's a match
for anyone And mostly she isl Waiti