The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-07-31
Continued From Our Last Issuel
CHAPTER VII
INTER FERENCE


then by some amateur, he had plen-
~ of time 10 thinS of Ruth. In spite
of himself his suspicious carried him
on to the Parr robbery. now known
to have included the taking Of valu-
able Jewels as we'll as the looting of
the Parr cellar of some its choicest
vintages. His thoughts ran beyond
that. TO the radio dance and the
suspicious signaling from the tower
Of the Gerard house.
Who was the ringleader of this
miserable affah? He thought of
Brock. OF Georges-and Of Jack Cur
tis. He gritted his teeth. He hated
the very rame OF the debonair ad-
yenturer
Dick started from his roveyie The
dictagraph was working
Through the high resistance head
pieces he heard voices. almost as if
from one Of the old monographs. He
strained his ears TO recognize the
voices. II was Vira speaking To
Ruth.
We'll here We are again. For
second last night / thought we were
never going to get to the old Inner
Circle again. You're some driver
Anybody else at the wheel and--well
dead girls tell no talesN"
AS Dicks keen ears focused at
tentlon he could recognize Ruths
laugh.
Vira. that sounds good-because
! know you mean it. After what we
went through last night we're pals
forever. l feel a little shaky yet. |
think III lie down for while on
this chaise Tongue. Some more Of
your massaging would do my poor
back . loo OF good. If you ever go
broke and have to open a beauty
shop or something, count on me as
your best patron"
There was silence for a few min
utes. Then Ruth spoke again. Il
wonder when Jack is coming. He's
becoming such rushing lover, I felt
J had to do something to rise to the
same standard of energy he shows.
These boys aren't going to get ahead
of little Ruth
Vira laughed "Wen. it wouldn't
take much to get ahead of Glenn
these days He looks worried-and
that makes me worried. Have you
noticed it, Ruth"
Dick, at the other end. had been
bit worried about the ethics of what
Carrick's detective proclivities had
got him into. He told himself that
he would stop If It were not for what
Guy would say. If he had stopped
long enough he might have admitted
that he was just like the other mil !
Hons in similar circumstances who
would have liked an earful on the
other fellow.
The fact was that Dick was almost
beside himself with jealousy as he
heard Ruth discussing Jack. The
only consolation to which he could
treat himself was the nonchalant and
rather flippant way she spoke of him.
He wondered. Did he imagine that,
because he wished 1t?
Then he heard another voice over
the wireless He recognized 1t as
Brooks voice and Brock did not seem
in the best of tempers with the girls.
You oughtnt to butt in and try
10 stop anything. Ruth-not when it
has gone as far as that thing did
last night. YouW get somebody caught
one Of these days and"
There vas thinly veled threat |
in the gruff breaking off of Brooks |
remark
Just because 1t was the PARIS
some friends Of"
Il know" interrupted Ruth. But
when you all picked us up after the
smash.up and took us to Viras-why /.
did you leave the bulky stuff at her
house? Suppose someone comes in
there-and finds It, pretty little
frontpage scandal
Ruth had been characteristic With |
out entering q defense she had shift. |
ed the subject until the other man
was on the defensive.
Don't worry. No one Will find any.
thing. Jack will take care Of that"
Vlra made little suppressed ex-
clamation 81 can imagine my Mater
II was caught in a bootlegging clean
out Thatd be the last straw on the
dromedary. She'd be looking for some
new sheik for me in the shape OF a
grand old octogenarian husband l was
straight on the road 10 perditlon when
went into pictures shock the
folks dozen times a day But
rum.running scanda' Go. get 20 the
nunnery. Vira"
Speaking OF mothers " Ruth
paused, nothing fllppant In word or
tone.
Dick at the other end was aghast
1t was all surprising news. this clue
10 where Ruth had been the night
before Also, IL was some miugated
relief, She had got back 20 town
shaken up by the accident and had
gone with Vira to Vira's empty town
house. More than that, there was
something he did not get; but some.
ow her smash-up had been concerned
.dth trying to Illustrate something,
not perpetrate IL.
II won't go back there tonight.
Vlra." she said at length. I'm go
ing to stay AZ the Usonia. A nice
little lecture is coming TO me for be.
ing out two nights and smashing my
car. Think OF it--her getting out
there and getting II towed in herself
to the same garage we telephoned to
Tor a wrecking car-only first! That's
some OF Garrick's work. I'll bet &.
Well no rum.rumer arrest yet
It might dampen the ardor OF someone
know whose ardor | do not want
dampened Brock YOU said this
would be a lark. It's lark. all right
We wake up the larksl'
"Ruthie, old sore-bones. how do you
feel? heard YOU talking about 4
lark You look as II you had been on
one that took nose dive II
i. there Is any lark. let me In on It,"