New Britain herald., 1922-06-07

With an early breakfast Garrick and Dick were speeding eastward. Gar rick deeply affected by the impul- sive devotion Of his friend the night before. Dick still living over the dance,
 She rides on an even keel-for a boat with such name!" exclaimed Garrick as they stood on dock in his friends shipyard observing the "Bacc chante."
 Splendid lines!" enthused Dick
 What I'm most interested in is what I believe must be a very efi- cient wireless on her." muttered Garrick.
 A small boat had put out from her and was rowing toward the ship yard. The shipbuilder himself joined them.
 Take that former submarine pa trol boat" winked Garrick to him. That's a fast craft. capable of go- Ing anywhere. What might a boat like that cost, If you could pick one up?"
 The builder caught the cue. They were deep In designs and prices when Dick suddenly interrupted at the ap- proach of two men from the street to the town. Professor Vario | and, by love, Jack"
 The four stood talking boats as the skiff with a sailor neared them Vario was thick-set man with a shock of hair and bushy eyebrows His manner was the manner of a scientist but his sun -bronzed skin showed intimate acquaintance with the outdoors.
 Dick, who had known him quite we'll, soon discovered that he was on a little vacation, his family hav- ] ing taken charge over on Shelter Island.
 Hes the best radio trouble finder 1 in the world" put in Curtis. There's | a friend of mine down east owns this boat. He had 'em put in and pick me up. But they told me their wire less was on the blink. So 1 thought of the Professor here and he agreed to come over and look it over. If there's anything wrong, he'll get it sight."
 |t The skiff had come alongside by this time. Say. partner" inquired the builder of Curtis. You seem to know my customers. here. If I row them out would you mind if they took a look at the boat?" Then. aside, T think I can make sale maybe get an order to build.'
 Dick nodded ungraciously and the two skiffs set out.
 It was perhaps an hour, or even the cabin. going over everything from aerial to headgear, testing vacuum tubes. getting a fine adjust ment on the variable condenser. The air fairly reeked with talk of tuning coils, transformers, variocouplers and variometers, rheostats and re- generative sets. the merits and de- merits of nearly every controversial piece of apparatus know to radio It was to be expected, thought Gar rick, with a practical man like Vario meeting up with Dick, of the in ventive mind. In fact he was pleased
 The second hour was lengthening when Vario had the apparatus work ing properly. Curtis. who had spent most of the time in the little pilot house going over some charts with the navigator, rejoined them.
 Suppose you're going back to your cottage. Professor. not to Rock Ledge yet?,' he asked, then turned unbending a bit, to Garrick and Dick. Like to take a little run
 
 back while we take the Professor hon1e?"
 The shipbuilder excused himself l and dropped down into his skiff and the "Bacchante" was cutting across soon at a great clip as if proud to show her paces.
 At Manhaset Curtis decided to land with Professor Vario, to he picked up later. and the scout boat swung about to land Garrick and Dick back at Greenport.
 It did not take Garrick long to find an excuse for one of his nasty surveys of the cabin. As usual as if by instinct he put his finger on the spot. It was a slip of paper tucked in what passed for a log book. He passed it to Dick:
 "5-22-22 250 cases s. S. ARROYO. CKGG,"
 Dick looked up and whispered quickly. Smuggling from Latin American ships?"
 Garrick did not even answer. His foreinger was travelling down list of calls pasted in the front of the book: .....-
 s'CKGGG The Inner Circle. INV. 18th St."
 "E-yah." growly thickly Norwe- sian voice as the navigator poked his head in. 'Snooping-eh? I show!" He 1 blew sharply on a whistle from his i pocket.
 Instantly it seemed as if the crew swarmed from every direction. It was a glorious, if ignoble. fight. In about the time that it might have ,aken to tell it Garrick and Dick ,ound themselves flung overheard in he open of Greenport Harbor with he tide running strong out of Pe- ( ,oncic Bay into Gardiner's Bay.
 Only couple of athletes would ,ver have found themselves again ( ,n shore. wet and dripping, strip ( ping off what was left of their clothes { md hanging them on the ribs of an ( ,ld wreck to dry in the blazing sun ' liter the tough battle in the water. s
 Well" chortled Garrick as they t