New Britain herald., 1922-06-10
Continued From Our Last Issue)
CHAPTER VI
THE WIRELESS DIcTAGRAPH

THE WIRELESS DlCIAGHAPH
 Your wireless dictagraph? Bully!'
 exclaimed Garrick. We could us
 that little mechanical eavesdropper
 Where is it?"
 Tn my laboratory"
 Garrick's face fell He glanced a
 his watch and then at the sun. "Ye
 think we can make 1t :
 We must"
 Two hours later found them ir Dicks own wireless workshop. l was the boathouse on hiss estat where he had done some remarkable things with, wireless. It was true that Defoe had some wonderful equip ment but all the equipment in the world would not have availed him fl he had not had that spark Of inventive genius from his famous father.
 Outside he had biz aerial from two steel towers Garrick looked with admiration at the completeness Of the workshop inside. the hack Aws. mitre saws. cross-cut saws There were drills. hands, breast, geared and twist. pliers with all sorts of noses. There was wire. copper, iron, aluminium. plain and insulated, of all sizes. flexible insulated wire cord, enough for a supply store. Fibre board and bakeite. porcelain insulators, tubing. sheet brass, sheet copper everything at the very finger tips q the young inventor.
 Interested though he would have been at any other time. Garrick urged haste Dick led him proudly to a table on which was lis ap. paratus.
 ''so this is the Defoe Wireless Dicta- graph,"~ ~complimented Garrick, pick ing up the familiar little round trans hitter like that which he had used so many times on the wired machine.
 As he packed the parts Dick f1asti- ly enumerated them, his sending set. batteries, coils of wire, small portable antennae, and the receiving set
 They at last had everything strap ped in on tho rear of Garrick's car and as they swung up toward the turnpike they stopped for a moment at the Nonowantuc Club.
 As Dick hopped out, followed by Guy, there was a suspicious silence on the club porch as often happens when the friends of an interesting factor Of the preceding conversation draw nigh. / Silence is Freudian. Dick wink e1 at Garrick.
 Luxom old lady. trembling for gossip was actually short -brcatbed soII of llappers, Ruths erie nds, reached him
 MT. rrick-ah-h-h-Mr. Gar
 The napers won out. They near ly always do these days. "Hey-Dick, Where's Ruth /" Guy, have you heard how badly she was hurt? - For heavens sake, get her back here. The place is dead without Ruth
 The old lady pumped down in a i nearby chair to listen. actually with l mouth open. With a smile on his face. Professor | Vario of the Radio Central at Rock | Ledge, crossed over to them to make | friendly inquiries
 Going into town?" inquired Vario when Garrick returned with small handbag from his rooms.
 Yes" observing how Vario was dressed-"are you?"
 T was waiting for the club bus to take me up to the station Yes to the Radio Show at the Seventy-first Regi- ment Armory, I'm to give lecture and demonstration tonight of my new wave meter"
 Well, jump in."
 The professor was eager to assist them in every way as far as they chose tn take him into their confl- dence. Garrick had met him many times at the club and Dick and Vario had had much in common in their work. He seemed particularly interested in keeping Ruth out of further harm and very sympathetic toward Mrs. Walden in her trouble.
 However, Garrick did not propose to discuss much with even Vario and on the way he and Dick fell into a discussion of their hobby. especially on varios lecture on his new wave meter. "So many amateurs" explained vario, have difficulty in finding the wave length of the broadcasting sta tions that I have concluded that some simple method of tuning and the set would clear things up, especially for those who are some distance away from the sending stations. They have weak signals to begin with and must listen in on very nearly the proper tune if they are to get any signals at all" "I see," nodded Dick For that purpose a wave meter is needed It's to .the radio what pitch pipe Is to a piano tuner" Yes Mine is simply a calibrated, oscilating circuit and is one of the simplest circuits to build" The pro- lessor launched into description of his small coil, variable condenser o1I rn1