Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-22
THE TRL- WEEKLY JOURNALS
MYSTERY SERIAL
ION WINGS OF WIRELESS
By Arthur B. Reeve
ION WINGS OF WIRELE.
BY Arthur B. Reeve

break. "And it came in over Pin
keys wireless from. E" 1t was
lost. "It said, Watch out for Gar
rick and Dick. 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, too"
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 moment, quietly,
down the hall after her and around
heavy carved newell post 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 Ruth" exclaim-
ed Garrick, smiling.
what are you boys doing here?
Shopping again? It's a bad idea.
Shoppers never come to any good
endr' She laughed, but neither could
be SO obtuse as not to see that there
was kick in it.
She had her hand on the knob Of
a door at the end Of the hall. She
turned it, looked in, shut the door
again and faced them.
"Show us around, Ruth. I'm
crazy about this shack"
"Well, Guy, you might think I
was a megaphone man in a China
town-for- a-dollar rubberneck bus
or the guide in many museums. Just
what do you want to see this timer"
Her lightning mind seemed to tune
itself to a 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 any
body know you are here?
mo one but Georges"
She did not wait for more explana-
ton. but was out in the hall again.
closing the door softly.
Carrick, running true to form,
opeEed a cedar chest between two
closet doors. He beckoned Dick. "A
radio frequency amplifierw he NUT
tered to Dick. "All wired up" He
closed the chest upon the complete
paraphernalia, thought a moment,
then stood up on it, running his fin
ger along the picture moldlng that
circuited the room. He blew the
dust from his fingers and wiped them
on his handkerchief.
"About forty feet Of wire placed
behind the picture moldlng about
the room where it's out Of sight
The receiving outfit in cedar chest
where no one can see 1t. Humph!
Dick went over it, making a hasty
examination Of his own.
"a loop outfit Of this kind gives
pretty fair results over reasonable
distances, although it 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
lightning storms and static is at its
worst, the loop is an interesting
means of receiving. To begin with,
the loop is safe from lightning since
it can be used indoors. More than
that, it doesn't pick up static like
the usual antenna. 1t doesn't make
use Of a ground connection. 1t only
intercepts a small portion OF the
usual energy intercepted by a good
antenna. So the radio fire.
quercy amplifier."
That's all very interesting, but
just shut up that chest before we
have fifteen men dancing on two
dead mems chestsr' Garrick was
| locking keenly at the color scheme
of the lounge. "Pink-Pinkey. {.
81 was just up there gather
| that the threat . or warning :. {.
came over this wireless. From the
'Bacchante'? It's running through
my mind: 1922 $50 cases S. S.
Arroyo. CKGG.' This is CKGG. Do
you begin to get it?"
Dick nodded, half compromising.
AS they said about little WllIle'
What next? What next
Ruth opened the door quietly, mys'
teriously. She seemed to be labor
ing under high nervous tension.
"You saw the dance floor and din
| ing room downstairs. And you met
| Georges. 1 guess you can guess that
anything Georges has anything tc
do with will be at least aristo-
cratic?"
Everything is classy and in
TASTE" admitted Dick. 'It has at
mosphere, and all that" He 1onged
to go on with more personal ques
tions. But Garrick's presence re.
strained him.
Ruth beckoned them out in the
hall. 1t was noticeable that she was
discreetly quiet. "Of course, 1 CAM
show you around up here. You see
these are the lodgings Of about hall
a dozen members and, believe me
they pay. That was lounge, real