The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-12

IN III e silence, broken now ana
then by some amateur, he mad
p1enty OF time to think OF Rutn-
IN gofte of himself his suspicious
carried him on to the Parr robbery
now known to have included the
taking Of valuable jewels as Wen
III looting tlof the PAR cellar
some of its choicest lHinLaees.
III fs thoug gifts ran beyond that 70
M radioSdan and the suspicious
sngifne from the tower Of the
Gerard house.
Is was the ringleader OF this
~ Mi serablss affair He thought OF
Brock, Of Georg es--and OF JACK
Curtis. Hes gritted his teeth. he
atedsSthe very name OF the de-
5onair3 dventurer
DICK started from his reverie:
rhe Telegraph waS1 working.
through the high resistance
dnieces he heard voices, al
most al If from one OF the Ole
s1I1onogra phs. He strained his ears
8 recognize the voices. 1t Was
Sira speaking To RUTH
Wei, ere we are again. For
second last night I though we
we're never going to get to the Ola
Inner Circle again cure SONG
sSdFtW er-S$a AHIpOuJSci9 0 a. - -. :,
d d de cad girls tell 70 taies-
AS Dicks keen ears focused AZ
ten ion he could recognize Rush 3
Iaugh
III q that sounds good-because
,,apr1 Won mean it: After what
i ~ an III through last night were
7nafs forever. 4 feel little shay
ssVe think I'll lie down for r
sSsMshfI e on this chaise Tongue. Son G,
d more COT our massag1ng would 60
nv poorSsback a lot of good. II
YOU ever go broke and have TO
open beauty shop or somethln.
4 coun ton me as your best patron
here was silence for few min
s#utes Then Ruth spoke again:
sswonde r when Jack Is coming ne
Becoming such rushing lover: l
feIt I$had to- do something to rise
m, tn same standard of energy he
shows. These boys aren't going to
pet ahead OF little Ruth
IRA chuckle ed. ''We ell, it would
not take much to. get ahead OF
Glenn these days. He looks worried
"a nd that makes me Worrle1
Have you noticed it, Ruth"
....Not through your eyes OF love
dear. Hdded Ruth.
Dick, at the other end, had been
a bit worried about the ethics OF
what Garrick's detective procl,v1-
ties had got him into. He tola
81 himself that he would stop II it
were not orwhat Guy would say.
4SIf he had stopped long enough ne
might have admitted that he WAS
lust like the other millions in stint
q iaTScircumst who would have
Liked an earful on the other TEL
low.
The fact was that Dick was al
IN ost beside himself with jealousy
as he heard Ruth discussing Jack.
The ONLY consolation to which he
could treat himself was the non
aIant and rather flippant way she
spoke Of him. He wondered. DID
hes imagine that, because he WISH
ased t? s
Then b Is heard another voice
over the wireless He recognized
it% a Brooks voice and Brock did
not seem in the best OF tempers
the girls.
gu oughtn't to butt in and try
fo stop anything, Ruth-not when
has gone as far. as that thing
lid last night. You'll get soma
body caught one OF these days
san d. -,
here was a thinly veiied threat
3SluSttnS4S51 AIL5 " SttkNAiAS -
remark.
usf because it was the PARIS
ome5friends Of
81 know interrupted Ruth. Put
when you all picked US up aF-er
the smash-up and took us to Vf-a.s
Why did you leave the bulky stuff
d at her house? Suppose someone
comes in there-and finds it. A
prettyslitt1e front-page scandal!
y, h q raj
STithout entering defense she hHd
shifted the subject until the other
rnan8was on the defensive.
$3.50 Don't worry. No one will t::;.d
anything jack will take care of
that Z,
ss5Fs $yira5made a little suppressed ex
IT can imagine my Ma
5taat erS it'll was caught in bootleg
ging clean out! That'd be the ;ast
NJ on the dromedary. Shed.
be Iooking for some new Sheik f2r
r1,e IN the shape of a grand old oc-
fogenarian husband 7 was straight
Sson road ito perdition when
went a into pictures. I shock tbs
folks a. d Oxen times a day But a
runn-runing scandal! Go, get tiiee
to anunnery, yira!''
Speaking Of mothers Ruth
4 paused nothing flippant in word or
tone.
Dick at the other end was aghast
IT. was all surprising news. this
ssclue to where Ruth had been the
ignt before. Also, it was some
rnitigated relief. She. had got back
4; To town shaken up by the accident
and had gone with ViTa to Vi-a's
empty town house. More than shat
thereswas something he did not get:
but somehow her smash-up had
been concerned with trying to
~ Tate something not perpet-ate
WON'T go back there ton .gnt.
lEira.'"'s she said at length. I'm go.
hi to stay at the Usonia. "A nice
N little lecture is coming to me for
being out two night and smashing