Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-15

dear?" With a shrug Of her shoulders
and her arms akimbo, she threw her
head back and laughed silvery. Quickly
leaning her beautiful Lody forward she
waved a hooking finger toward Glenn.
with three cocktails, Yira, he would
say the same things to me. Don't be-
Heye a word he says"
Somehow, Raes ocular remarks bred
distrust IN both lovers. They glOwered
at her for the interruption. But they
both fell for II. Love claims all or none,
is just as true among the sophisticated
as among the simple.
Suddenly sitting down Rae beckoned q
boy. Three soothing sirups In a hur-
ryl" Then, turning to her companions,
she said, lower, 81 have some important
news for you. I've been hunting all over
70 ryou."
Her voice dropped to a "bzz- BIZ BIZ. :"
Georges had been called away from Gar
rick and Dick TO some of his multi
tudinous business in pleasing the ultra
particular. They strained their ears.
Il was just up there" Then break.
And it came in over Pinkey's wireless
from :" It was lost. 1t said. Watch
out for Garrick and Dick 80" They got
ashore ." = To New York -" Get them
out of the way for good"
Garrick and Dick exchanged glances.
"Forewarned. forearmed," whispered
Dick.
Our forearms are about all we've got,
toor'
There was a swish Of someone passing
their door and along the hall. Dick
started. It was Ruth herself! Both he
and Garrick were on their feet in a mo-
ment quietly, down the hall after her and
around a heavy carved newell pots up
the stairs TO the second floor.
She turned as she heard their steps in
the wide hall on the second floor.
And along came Ruthv' exclaimed
Garrick, smiling.
what are you boys doing here: snoop-
ing again? It's a bad idea. Shoppers
never come to any good end" She
laughed, but neither could be so obtuse
as not TO see that there was a kick in It.
She had her hand on the knob OF a
door at the end Of the hall. She turned
1t, looked In, shut the door again and
faced them.
"show US around, Ruth. I'm crazy
about this shack"
well, Guy, you might think was a
megaphone man in a Chinatown fora dol
lar rubberneck bus - or the guide in
many museums. Just what do you want
TO see this timer"
Her lightning mind seemed to tune it.
self to q fine adjustment. She did not
wait for a reply. Instead. she opened the
door and admitted them into a very pink
room.
wait here a minute Does anybody
kow you are herel"
mo one but Georges"
y9s7
but was out in the hall again, closing the
door softly.
Garrick. running true to form, opened
q cedar chest between two closet doors.
He beckoned Dick "a radio frequency
amplifer" he muttered 10 Dick. "All
wired up" He closed the chest upon
the complete paraphernalia, thought a
moment, then stood up on It. running
his finger along the picture mOlding that
circuited the room. He blew the dust
from his fingers and wiped them on his
handkerchief.
About forty feet Of wire placed be-
hind the picture molding about the
room where It's out of sight. The re-
csiving outfit in a cedar chest where no
one can see II. Humphw
Dick went over It, making a hasty ex-
animation or his own.
a loop outfit Of this kind gives pretty
fair results over reasonable distances, al
though II doesn't cover the same distance
that the same equipment would If it were
used with q good antenna. Still, during
the summer when there are many light
ming storms and static is at its worst
the loop is an interesting means Of re-
ceiving. To begin with, the loop is safe
from lightning, since 1t can be used in
doors. More than that. It doesn't pick
up static ike the usual antenna. It
doesn't make use Of a ground connection.
II only intercepts a small portion Of the
usual energy Intercepted by a good an
tenna. So then radio frequency ampli-
fer"
That's all very interesting, but just
shut up that chest before we have if
teen men dancing on two dead mems
chests" Garrick was looking keenly at
the color scheme of the lounge. pink
Pinkey-I was just up there-I gather
that the threat-or warning-came over
his wireless. From the 'Bachante" It's
running through my mind: '5-22-22 25O
cases s S. Arroyo CKGG.' This is CKGG
DO you begin to get it,"
Dick nodded. half compromising. "As
they said about little Willie, What next?
What next:'"
Ruth opened the door quietly, mys-
teriously. She seemed to be laboring
under high nervous tension.
You saw the dance floor and dining
room downstands And you met Georges.
I guess you can guess that anything that
Georges has anything to do with viii be
at least aristocraticf"
"Everything is classy and in taste -
ho Of m nd
all that" He longed to go on with more
personal questions. But Garrick's pres
ence restrained him.
Ruth beckoned them out in the hall. It
was noticeable that she was discreetly
quiet "Of course, l can't show you
around up here. You see, these are the
lodgings Of about half a dozen members
and, believe me. they pay. That was a
lounge, really for ladies'" She was lead
ing them back down the thick-carpeted
hall. She came TO a door. There's one
thing you might be interested IN" She
opened the door and 1t appeared to be a
back fight Of steps for the servants in
the old days when It had been a resi-
dence.
Ruth started down the stairs and they
followed, past q door that evidently
opened on the parlor floor, then down
another flight that led to the former
basement.
Luscious odOrs of cooking smote the
nostrils. They emerged back of the re-
ception hall through which they bluffed
the butler at the door. Here was the
kitchen. beautiful. gem OF a place. 1t
did Georges credit.
Ruth turned, opened another door and
disclosed a stairway down into the Gel
lar. in which a light was burning. She
started down and the door closed benin
them.