South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-10

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As they left the studio house. two
men were passing. One OF them
brushed suspiciously against Dick
with enough force 70 knock the bag
he was carrying out OF his hand
Garrick controlled his temper. Here
We're the mysterious shadOwers
again. Were they emlssaries OF the
gangT
Garrick picked up the bag him
self. looked significantly al the man,
and remarked. Wen. see? Nothing
dripping"
As they had been at work on The
roof, they had determined on piac-
ing the receiving end up at Gar
rick's apartment which was only
several blocks uptown.
At Bachelors Hall Dick worked
rapidly for Il was now getting OAR,
IN spite OF the length OF the days.
He unpacked the receiving end OF
his wireless dictagraph IN the room.
then went up on the roof and erect
ed the portable aerial.
Carefully and deftly he began 10
tune up. now that this second install
lation was complete. II was rather
difficult 20 get the fine adjustment.
but at last he got the right wave
length
He looked up at Garrick, smiled,
and took the headgear of. handing
IL TO him. Get that?"
Garrick adjusted II. listened for a
moment IN some perplexity. then ex.
claimed. why. 1 can hear the whirr
OF a vacuum cleaner in the room
Dick smiled proudly. Il think I've
made the transmitrer about as sensi-
tive a microphone as can be made.
only hope II isn't too sensitive that IL
picks up through the wall what hap
pens in the house next door"
They listened in for several min
utes but there was nothing more yet.
/ Whoever was cleaning the rom I'm
/ ished and left.
The buzzer on Garrick's door
sounded. He opened It on a crack.
II was Mckay.
Il just saw that Rae Larue, with
a man, at the Park Garage on Six
tieth Street, where I put the car
up"
What sortof looking man7"
: Il didn't know him, sir. Sort OF
shaggy hair"
Brock" exclaimed Dick. who had
come over.
Then Jack Curtis came IN a car
/ He didn't stay long; went downtown;
I think"
Rae had been fussing with the in
| terror Of one car in the long line In
the garage She was apparently
very busy but Mckay noticed that
/ nothing escaped her. no matter how
/ slight. He had continued TO watch
/ some time.
Suddenly a very rakish roadster
! drew up and Rae looked out Of the
sedan in which she was. When she
saw Glenn Buckley in the roadster
she jumped out to meet him.
Glenn greeted her with a sickly
smile
We'll. you poor fish," exclaimed
Rae. You must believe in ghosts
| You look as though you'd seen one
/ What are you doing here?"
Just looking to see II
there's anyone about"
/ 1
go down to the Inner Circle. VIII
you take me?"
Surely Rae. Always glad 10 re
lieve drought and be charitable tc
my own at the same time"
Rae grabbed his arm and swuns
! up behind the wheel. They were off
To himself Glenn had had 10 ad'
NIT that no one could be bored In
/ RAGS society. No wonder Vira was
! Jealous. But he wouldn't have taker
\ a dozen Raes for one Nira. He
didn't like coarseness and some
times Rae did not suit his fastidiou:
nature. Vira with all her modernity
vivacity and recklessness never va:
/ coarse.
Mckay had gone, properly reward.
ed. and Garrick was bordering ovel
what he had just learned.
Were they the three at the Par
estate last night-Rae. Brock and
Jack ?" He speculated aloud a
length.
But Jack could hardly have beer
back then" fastened Dick. "H'
must have been on the "Bacchante',
How about GLENN"
cor Georges?" parted Dick
perhaps What OF Ruth
Say, Dick, I'm going 10 leave
YOU here with that wireless dicta.
! graph. You can work it best any
how. : must get a line on tina
/ garage and do Il right away"
Down the street in a lunchroon
Garrick caught sight OF Mckay agar
| and beckoned him quietly out.
II was thinking about calling yOJ
up. sir. soon" informed Mckay. ."
was just talking 10 one OF the polish
ers in there He tells me that Jacl
Curtis gave orders TO some drive
about the place. a stranger, to e
after something at eleven o'clock
! He didn't know what IL was or wher,