South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-15

detailed description OF Ruth and Nira
and his own suspicion that the Sea
Vamp' was now somewhere in the
/ Sound. probably on its way east
Garrick finished There was ST.
/ lence. He looked about stupidity. Not
/ that he could have expected any
/ thing else than silence Yet II was
weird, uncanny. He had spoken TO
mute and invisible audience Was
/ il one. a hundred, a thousand,
/ hundred thousand? No one could do
| other than guess.
Always the radio Is a tempera-
mental thing. that Is. II you can say
\ inanimate things are temperamental;
Shere's a natural depravity about It.
But l think conditions are fine, just
/ now"
/ Garrick turned. II was Professor
Vario who had just heard he was
| there and had hurried into the build
/ ing at the news. 1T has worked
! best when nobody was around 10 ap-
preciate il and not so good when it's
on parade The radiophone with its
/ delicate tubes and controls some
times lies down on the job at the
wrong moment. But we~don't have
much of that trouble here.N
Hasty inquiries and a promise to
put the whole OF the Rock Ledge
/ equipment at their disposal followed.
Now. Dick" exclaimed Garrick
energetically. 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 ne
/ had between broadcasting and a pic
/ ture studio Il suppose in one case
tits one-sided pantomine in the other
/ one-sided dialogue. Anyhow, the
same motto applies to both, Get It
/ across It's a new art. not much
more than a year Old is il, Dick? An
/ old story 10 you. but Full Of interest
\ TO me as n detective. Broadcasting as
business will settle down. | sup
pose This Radio Central service is
really a public service. Just now it's
like the talking machine companies
/ selling you an instrument and giving
away. the records"
A surprise awaited them as they
drew up at Glenn's garage guarded
by the Astra agency men.
Glad you came. sir. exclaimed the
/ agency manager himself. I've got
three men here. now"
Three men?" queried Garrick.
Why is that?"
The manager. for answer. took him
inside and closed the door In the
/ corner was a well-dressed, expensive
/ ly-ds essed man with a Greek cast OF
/ cOuntenance, handcuffed.
This man-his name. he says. IS
Achilleo-came in here early tonight
and claimed this stuff, said he had
bill OF sale or something for it, and
wantedr TO arrange for a truck to
take IT out"
/ Il 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 contra band. sir. like
this-stolen goods? He's an aces
sorry after the fact-maybe-at least
a receiver of stolen goods"
The prisoner seemed TO regard
Garrick as a savior He showed signs
OF loosening up on mis- surly reti-
cence.
you see. sir. I buy the Inner
! Circle-understand for fifty thou
sand dollar, understand? If I I
all the goods. understand ?" lie
turned aside and opened his coat tor
Garrick alone. In his inside pocket
was long envelope with fifty one
thousand dollar bills. 81 make pay
ment when get all stuff. here, too
understand ?"
Garrick did understand It was a
matter OF making a quick sell-out
sale or whatever it is you have for
this?"
Achilleo pulled out a paper. II
was signed by Georges and Rae La
rue as agent in fact. Let the buyer
beware," laughed Garrick as he re-
turned IT, Now. l understand that
the money is to pass tonight at the
Inner Circle when this is signed Pc
The man nodded and grinned with
perfect worries Then. If you want
TO get free in this little Illegal trans
action. Mr. Achilleo. and have that
fifty thousand yourself instead OF
leaving Il in court as cash bail. take
me TO the Inner Circle and get the
goOds!"
The thought OF the hard earned
cash settled Achilleo The man and
the girl are row there. - he reported
as he left the telephone. with hand
cuffs slipped
Garrick's raid OF the Inner Circle
was a noiseless. II not painless.
affair But II was fifty per cent
successful. The net closed on
! Georges; Rae Larue was nowhere
about.
Georges shut up like clam. 1t
was more than evident. however.
that he was not the man-at-the
top"
Thoroughly they searched. but
there was not a trace of Rae Nor
vas there a trace of Ruth or the
others.
"So-the cellar is on the roofi'
laughed Garrick. as they uncovered
the little concrete room they had
seen when they installed the dicta-
graph aerial. Here's a small for
tune alone, in these cases. When I
poked my head out through the
scuttle. Dick. I also say your aerial
all snarled up and tangled. wrecked -
Dick did not appear 20 be inter
ested Maybe they had a secret
exit over the roofs in case or a raid.
Anyway. Rae got away. Someone's
out fifty thousand in the cleanup"
This eliminates Georges" con-
sidered Garrick. except. OF course,