The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-03

Now. Dick" exclaimed Garrick en-
ergetically, outside. i've got that first
call Off Now you can have your way.
To the city"
AS they whirled down the splendid
road Garrick could not get out of his
mind the similar impression he had be.
tween broadcasting and a picture stu
dlo. II suppose in one case it's one
sided pantomine, in the other one.sded
dialogue. Anyhow, the same motto
applies to both, Get it acrossr It's a
new art, not much more than year
old is it. Dick? An old story touyou;
but full Of interest to me as a de-
tective. Broadcasting as business
will settle down, ] suppose. This Ra-
do Central Service is really a public
service Just now It's like the talking
machine companies selling you an in
strument and giving away the records!'
A surprise awaited them as they drew
up at Glenns garage guarded by the
Astra gency men.
Glad you came sir. exclaimed the
agency manager himself. "I've got
three men here, now"
Three men, queried Garrick why
| Is that2"
The manager, for answer took him
| inside and closed the door In the cor
ner was a well.dressed. eXpensively-
dressed man with a Greek cast of coun.
tenance, handcuffed.
This man-his name, he says, Is
| Achilleo-came in here early tonight
and claimed this stuff, said he had a
bill of sale or something for 1t, and
wanted to arrange for truck to take
| II out"
81 know" cautioned Garrick, look.
| ing at the handouts on the restless
| prisoner But isn't this a bit high.
| handed?"
The Astra manager smiled know
ingly. with contraband, sir, like this
stolen goods? He's an accessory at
ter the fact-maybe-at least re
| ceiver of stolen goods
The prisoner seemed to regard Gar.
| rick as n savior. lie showed signs OF
loosenng up on his surly reticence.
you see. sir, | buy the Inner Circle
understand?-for fifty thousand dollars
understand? If | get all the goods, un-
dorstand?" He turned aside and open.
ed his coat for Garrick alone. In his
inside pocket was Il long envelope with
| 30 one thousand dollar bills Il make
payment when | get all stuff, here, too,
| understand
Garrick did understand II was n
matter of making n quick sell-out and
getaway. Where's your bill of sale or
whatever It is you have for thls?"
Achilleo pulled out a paper II was
signed by Georges and Rae Larue as
agent in fact Let the buyer bewarer
laughed GsrriCk as he returned IT, Nov
/ understand that the money is to pass
tonight at the Inner Circle when this
Is signed" The man nodded and grin
ned with perfect ivori~ Then. II
you want to get free In this little illegal
transaction, Mr. Achilleo, and have that
fifty thousand yourself instead OF leav
ing II in court as cash bail take me "a
the Inner Circle and get the goodsl''
Tho thought OF the hard.earned cast
settled Achilleo. "The man and tn,
girl are now there" he reported as h,
left the telephone. with handouts slip
ped
sGarrlcks raid of the Inner Circle was
a noiseless. II not painless. affair Blu,
II was only 90 per cent successful. The
net closed on Georges: Rae Larue wa,
nowhere about
Georges shut up like a clam II
was more than evident. however. that
he was not the "man.at.the.top
Thoroughly they searched, but there
was not trace OF Rae. Nor was there
a trace OF Ruth or the others
"So-the cellar is on the roof" laugh
cd Garriok. as they uncovered the MT
tie concrete room they had seen when
they installed the dictagraph aerial
Here's a small fortune. alone in these
out through the scuttle. Dick. also
saw your aerial all snarled up and
tangled. wrecked
Dick did not appear 10 be Interested
Maybe they had a secret exit over the
roofs In case of a raid Anyway. Rae
got away. someones out fifty thous
and In the cleanup"
This eliminates Georges" consider
cd Gsrriok, except. OF course. az an
understrapper."
"Brock-Curtis, repeated Dick me
chanically. setting his teeth as the
names suggested Vira and Ruth
Gsrrick shook his head absently. "All
the wild horses in Hades wouldn't ge,
a word out OF Georges. now" he oo
served. Thank the Lord. Dick. you're
an expert at g. out only hope lies in
wireless-in some form or otherw
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