, 1922-06-10
I
THE RADIO DANCE

Guv Garnck toward the
o,,et end OF the Nonovantue coun-
Try Club
c.-4ce dd not need to affect In
.--t for Ruth Walden was far and
.wav the most interesting problem
!, tha Ccuntry Club set OF late
~,- Garrick had grown 10 be coun-
s.,or and confidant in all the fb to
-h,ch North Shore society was heir
MIS-. Walden smiled abstractedly-
sne was one OF those stunning vo-
-, of-today whom one coufuses with
their daughters-
-she saws that I betray my Tn
,.-4oritv complex when I say 1t that
that 1 really mean Is that Ruth
-o75es me. but youth worries me
No., I DON'T understand young people
a. ,ha DAYS OF tho F1orodora sextette
INIT I don't understand them now
- ,t,at,a what really worries me-
-Ho ons would believe you could
have n daughter old enough 10 NorrS
scu Rita" declared Garrick In I'M
affected admiration. But Ten me
vh.t ~ was you couldn't say oTer
re t.,ephone when you got me at
last this morning
II suppose you've heard an aoout
the nrst Radio Dance last night oyer
At Bellevue Lodge-you know the
Gerards place at oldfieidT-
Garrick nodded
wen, you know how young Glenn
Rucksy got the Gerards TO put IN a
wireless outft-had Professor Var1o
fnm tho Radio Central Station at
Rock Ledge help him install It AZ
least that's what Glenn said The
truth WAS, of course. that Professor
yario had to do NIL h work Glenn
,,,-, messed around with It; has &C
au,red the nngo-but I guess that's
about ALL"
Garrick smiled ut he characterize
tion and Mrs walden hurried on
.rhen tho young folks got up a dance
IN Celebrate h Installation bo ana
behold. they had scarcely started when
that awful thunder showerSyou re
member last night7-swepf arounn'
as they often do. from the Connect-
cut shore That stopped tbs music
over the wireiess-
eyes 49, static go Nacaics
t,zz jazzed the radio tazzr
at was a spectacular storm. you
tnov. with tho lightning flashing
and crashes OF thunder. They were
debating whether to use b Vietrola
and canned music or inprovise an
orchestra of their own. AT the heieh.
az Tho storm came a voice from tine
French windows.
{" Hands up! -. And be quick
c,,t a., Limo up along that WALL
Ana keep your mouths shutF-
sTbcre SEEMED to be three of them.
u,-,red- two men and a girE reg
La devr-maycare hussy. She held
The bag and a gun and took the 1eweis
vb,lo the men covered the party -.
Tbey seemed to know Just what they
wanted. what to expect
what did they getr
.yyhv. those bandits ven through
the marty. They must have got away
with a hundred thousand dollars
worth of jewelry. -. Oh, moro than
that. The Walden pearls that they
took from Ruth were worth twenty
thousand easily
"a good haul. But what's this Cos
sin I hear that is W a an inside jobf'
Mrs. Walden glanced about to make
Eure thai they were out OF earshot-
That's what I want your help on,
Guy" She dropped her voice =
think Mckay car tell you better. at
first hand. Mckay is our chauffeur.
h leaned over tho rail of the We
randa. "Johnr"
mckay, down the driveway with
the car, touched his cap and sided
mn the steps of the club veranda-
..John, will you tell Mr.. Garrfck
what you saw last night over AZ
Gerard's?"
s<Well, SIR" began Mckay, balanc-
N g-a~ccurately first on N foot, then
on tho other. as he picked at ms
vfsore cap, after It was all over and
tbme was a general alarm, sir. old
Mr.. Gerard came down to see what
an the shootin' was for. and he asked
mo a lot of uuestious-about b signal
and"
..Just how did you happen to be
there. Mckay" asked Garrick- L
didn't know Miss Ruth would let any
body drive her car"
Mckay smiled. He had a touch OF
hrunor. even through his keen Irish
wit saw the serious and suspicious
side of the incident
= ooh, 1 had been out joy-riding, sir
I'm sorry to have to say 1t
ma'am--" he bowed toward Mrs. Wal
den with Lotta, one OF the maids at
oldfield.-
It was evident that Mckay was
striving to show that he had nothing
TO conceal-and a lot to tell. More
over. on the score hat there had been
a signal and the affair was an inside
lob. he seemed anxious to clear Iotta-
too.
s when Mr.. Gerard asks me. I
says It's darn funny. It must have
happened right after that light sag-
nal down toward Cranes neck"
Light Signal7 Tell me about
IT,"
wen I saw IT, returned Mckay.
a trine contentiorsly- "a lot Of us
saw IL. That's what made the u.s.
picion that IL was an inside Job. You
see. I saw the storm coming UP fast
and I beat It back to Bellevue in the
car with Lolita a mile a minute You
know that tower on the corner OF the
Gerard house? I thought you'd know
a. -~- ---vfl- lRo- and has gaaTf