, 1922-06-15
tCozinued From Our Last ISsuel
CHAPTER V
MUSIC IN THE AIR

y ARRICK and Dick walked slow
" down F~orty-ninth Street and
across Sixth Avenue, laughing
at Ruth's ruse-and n bit sore
Il suppose you feel prt outr' pun.
ned GaUick.
Dick was too puzzled to get it. "She
certainly put US through the Inner
Circle with as much neatness and dis
patch as a sardine goes from the river
10 the tin in tho movies . Only.
] wonder why?'
Garrick was thinking Of the threat
message. could ii be tina she took
that way of keeping us out OF dan
Fer2"
He stopped short and looked hack.
a tough stranger was lurking back Of
them. Garrick moved ahead and stop
ped again. The stranger stopped and
slouched into a garage. Garrick walk
cd hack quickly and as he passed him
looked over and smiled. I'm on he
laughed and the mar dropped his eye
in sheepish sullenness.
They turned the corner and again
into Fiftieih Street. As they passed
tho other door Of the garage which
ran thoruEh the block Garrick hest
fated as IL to walk through it and
locate the shadower. As he did so
he saw another man stink into a door
way.
We've discovered mt another has
moved up to take his place. An old
and very effective device"
He hurried down the street with
Dick, plunged into the subway. wait
ed for a train. then walked on out
the other exit. No tall could hold
down Garrick IL he suspected he was
being Swallowed.
What did 1t mean? Stil speculat-
ing. they went on TO Garrick's city
APARTMENT at Bachelors Hall and turn
ed In.
The next morning was rainy. damp
and depressing. Garrick and Dick had
breakfasted and were discussing the
events of tho day before. Garrick's
mind was most active when his ply
steal being seemed LATEST Stretch
ing out in his chair. raising his arms
slowly above his head. he yawned and
was about to deliver himself Of some
sage observation on life in general n
the case in particular when the telc-
phone rang.
Hang it. what's this? Answer 1t,
Dick. old MANI"
Dicks mind and body were both
alert. He had breakfasted with a
couple of invisible companions, love
and anxiety. "Garrick." He held his
hand now over the transmitter. "My
world It's Mrs. Walden
''Nita Walden? Here? Tell her
there's a little reception room down
there. Wen be with her right away"
Nita Walden was distractedly wink
ing quick and halling the handkerchief
in her hand as she gazed out of the
window at her car in which Mckay
was biting with bulldog grip at his
pipe as IL contemplating something
distasteful.
Garrick closed the door as she
rushed excitedly to him and seized
his hand with fingers that clinched
unconsciously.
Guy 1 am desperate. It's
Ruth again-my little girl. You must
ind her for me. 1 can't take any
one into my confidence except you
and Dick. I don't know which way
10 turn. She didn't come home last
night. 1 have walked and walked
the floor waiting for her. ! haven't
even had a telephone call from her
or anyone else. What shall l do?
She never, never did this before. Ny
Ruthie-my little girl. Oh. Guy. 1
can't stand the worry n uncer-
tainty of 1t. Help me, please"
Garrick took Nita's arms n led
her quietly back to a big seat in one
end Of the room. Gently he cues
toned her until he had her quieted
by concentrating on her W
There was a knock at the door. Gar
ircR opened it. 1t was Mckay.
Please, sir. L was just talking to
a friend of mine, a chauffeur, who
drives for some people out on the
south shore. who live up the street.
Miss Ruth's car was wrecked out on
the Island-ran into a fence or some
thing on an approach to one of the
bridges on h Motor Parkway-over
the observation-disclosures Shutdown"
WAS she hurt? Where is she?"
Mrs. Walden's acute ears had caught
even the modulated words.
mo one knows. ma'am. There vas
no a trace of anyone around the car
Just the machine, left there"
.fOh, Guy, this is terrible, terrible.
What shal 1 do? III go wild with
fear if 1 don't hear something soon."
What has happened? Garrick tried
to be r~eassuring, but Nita Walden
would not be treasured.
This is another mad escapade of
Ruth and V1ra, I suppos .
and who else? What can Ruth
be thinking about?"
Garrick ook down the telephone
receiver and called a Bryant number.
Dick glanced over quickly. 1t was
a number he had seen in the hallway
of the Inner Circle and had made a
mental note of. Evidently Garrick
had done the same.
This is Glenn Buckley's brother
he prevaricated. "Is he there? Well,
do you know where / can call him?
You think he's at the Cecil: Thank
you"
Garrick turned, without betraying
where it was he had called. ''They're
some friends of his. 1 thought per-
haps Glenn might give us some in
formation. Suppose. Mia, you have
Mckay drive us over to the Cecil.