Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-12
CHAPTER /.
The Radio Dance.

Garrick did not need to affect interest,
for Ruth Walden was far and away the
most interesting problem of the coun-
try club set OF late years Garrick had
grown to be counselor and coufidant In
all the ills to which North Shore society
was heir.
Mrs Walden smiled ahstractedly- She
was one OF those stunning women Of to-
day whom one eonfuses with their daugh-
tiers.
"She says that hetray my inferioriry
complex when ] say it--that what /
really mean is not that Ruth worries
me, but youth worries he that / don't
understand young people toa,y. I may
have understood souag peep.e III the
days Of the Flaredera sextetfe-but I
don't understand them Eow-aad that's
what really worries ne"
No one wonid believe Won could have
q daughter OIL enough ta worry yen.
Nita." declared Garriek il unaffected ad-
mira.on But tell me what it was YOU
couldn't sas over the telephone when you
got me at last this morning"
Il SUPPOSE you've heard all about ths
first radio ,.anee last night OYER 1t Bel
levue Lodge-yau know. the Gerard
place, at oidfesd:"
Garriek nodded
Well. yen know hnw young Glenn
uckley got the tieza-,is - put IN wire
less oItEt-had Professor Ysrio from
the big radio ceatra, station At Rock
Ledge help him install 1t. At least that's
what Glenn ssia. The tTuht was. az
course, that Professor Earo Fad 10 DO
all the work. Glenn inst nesses around
with it; has acquired The lingo--but 1
guess that's aboGi 81
,Garriek smiled at The characterization
and Mrs. Walden hurried on. Then the
Young folks got up u dance to celebrate
had scarcely started WHEN -h&' ar.Gs
thunder shaver-rou rmeratter last
night sseat around. NJ lney ofraR as.
fr0Ra ,he Tanraette.ss shore Iaa,
stopped The music over thu wir,sieSs'
Yes ssatie s. Tatnre's
Jazz iaxzet the raa,5 iazz:'
1T was q spectacular storm rar
know, with the lightning flashing and
crashes of thunder TAev wsse depar ny
whether te use the Sictrola and caDhea
music or inprostse ST o,rnestra uf issir
own At the height nj The sto-n came Z
voice from the Freuch windows:
".Hands up. -. Ana be qutcr
about it! Line Up along that
wall. -. And keep your mou;ls
shut
There seen,es, to ie th-as OF tlle,.
masked. two men and giri-a Regular
reyil-may care hussy. She held the bag
and a gun and took the jewels waile tie
two men covered the paitg
They seemed 70 knew just what they
wanted, what to exreet"
What did they get
"Why. those bandits went through the
party They must haze get sway with
a hundred thonsasi dollars worth %
ieweIry on mere IaAh 5has
The Walden pearls that they took fs"Fn
Ruth were worth twenty Thousand
easily
"A good haul. But what's this Eoa-
sip hear that il was an inside job
Mrs Walden glanced about g make
sure that they were out of earsAot.
That's what / want your help on Guy
She dropped her voice. Il thind Mckay
can tell you better, at first hand Me-
KAY is our chauffeur" She leaned over
the rail of the veranda. John
Mckay. down the driveway with the
car, touched his cap and sided UP the
steps OF the club varanda.
John. will you tell Mr. Garrick what
you saw last night over at Gerard's:'
well. sir" began Mckay. balancing
accurately first on one foot. then on tho
other. as he picke,, at his visered cap,
"after It vas al over and there Yves a
general aIarla, sir old Mr.. Gerard came
down 10 see what all the shootin' was
for and he asked me LOT Of questions
about the signat--sad-"
Just how Id yoa happen 10 be there,
Mckay asked Garrik. II didn't
know Miss Ruth wouid let anybody drive
her ear
Mckay smiled He hai a touch III
humor. even though his keen Irish Wit
saw the serious and suspicious side o.
the incident
.oh. I had been ont joy riding sir
I'm sorry To have 10 say it. aa an
he bowed toward Mrs. Wahlen with
Lolita, one Of the maids ar oldfei9.'
It was evident that Mckay was striv
ing to show that h. had nothing to con,
ceal-and a lot TO tall Moreover. on the
score that there had been siSnal AMI
the affair was an inside job, ne seemed
anxious to clear Lolita, too.
$50 when Mr.. Gerard asks me, says
IT'S darn funny. 1t must have hap
pened right after that light signaied
down toward Cranes neck
Light signals Tell me about It"
We'll / saw IT,. returned Mckay. n
trife contentionsiy a lot Of Us saw
it, That's what made the suspicion that
il was an Inside joss. Ven see, saw the
storm coming mp fast ard | bcat II back
to Bellevue III the ear with Lolita q mile
a minute. Y5u know that tuwer nm tile
corner OF the Gerard house: I thought
you'd know il. Most everybody DOES
and has seen the searchlisht In K. WeiH.
when the storm hrolie-i suppose that
was some time after their wireless went
nm the blink - The lightning was
great. 1t always is ont there-lghss
eboro for no and
you can see the waves breaking way
down on the rocks and the beach.
Between flashes of lightning 1 saw
the searchii.kt moving up and down the
shore end ] says to myself. That's Il
queer stunt-n,asbe little dangerous on
a night like this up in that there tower
But the Sea rehiight was just like ar
tificiaI lightning. only You could see any
part Of the shore vnI wanted ana the
waves smashing ever the rocks. AZ any
time you liked and as long as yan liked.
From where l was I seen that there was
a fellow and a girl up In the towcr--a
fellow that looked, maybe, ike Glenn
Buckley
1.-THE light travelled along the shore
MP toward Cranes Neck. Ii was beauti-
full Just as it touched the cove I made
out three figures. 1t seemed as il they
started down the shore Just as the light
hit EN-. The light travelled on. teen
turned back over the country and who
ever was flashing it swung il about as
far as he could IN an arc. Then it went
out.
Five minutes 1ater-just about the
time it would have taken to come down
the beach from tie cove and climb the
steps up the blum, this robbery took
place Oh. it was a signal, all Fight"
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