Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-14
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BY ARTHUR B REEVE
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| waiting for her. | haven t even had Il
\ telephone call from her or anyone else
! What shall L do9 She never, never did
| this before My Ruthie-my little
| girl Oh, Guy, 1 can t stand the worry
and uncertainty of it. Help me, please. -
| Garrick took Nita's arms and led
! her quietly back to a big seat in one
end of the room. Gently he questioned
-, her until he had her quieted by con-
centrating on her answers.
There was knock at the door, Gar
rick opened it. 1t was Mckay.
"Please, sir, l was just talking to
friend of mine, chauffeur, who drives
for some people out on the south shore,
who live up the street Miss Ruth s
car was wrecked out on the Island
ran into a fence or something on an
approach to one of the bridges on the
Motor Parkway--Over the embankment
near Smithtown.o
''Was she hurt? Where is she9'
Mrs. Walden s acute ears had caught
even the modulated words. .
"No one knows, ma am. There
was not trace of anyone around the
car-just the machine, left there. -
''Oh, Guy, this is terrible, terrible.
What shall 1 doe III go wild with fear
if | don t hear something soon."
What had happened9 Garrick tried
to be reassuring, but Nita Walden
would not be reassured.
''This is another mad escapade of
Ruth and Vira, l suppose. +,
and who else9 What can Ruth be
thinking about ~
Garrick took down the telephone re-
ceiver and called a Bryant number.
Dick glanced over quickly. 1t was a
number he had seen in the hallway of
the Inner Circle and had made a mem
tai note of it. Evidently Garrick had
done the same.
"This is Glenn Buckeyes brother,'
he prevaricated. els he there? Well,
do you know where 1 can call him!
You think he IS at the Cecil! Thank
you.
Garrick turned, without betraying
where it was he had called. "They re
some friends of his. l thought per-
haps Glenn might give us some informa-
tion. Suppose, Nita you have Mckay
drive us over to the Cecil. It's on
| Park avenue
They were rounding the. Grand Cen
tral and caught in traffic when Garrick
suddenly beckoned over newsboy and
bought a couple of evening papers.
"Another robbery on Long Island,'
he commented, as he glanced down
from the big headline. "Thc Parr es-
tate in Smithtown.'
"The Parrs?' commented Mrs. Wal
den. "Why, they re friends of mine.
They have a beautiful place, very
wealthy people.
"Strange circumstances, went on
reading Garrick. ga girl and two
men, Then he checked himself
"Why that's like the affair over at
Gerards the other night supplied
Mrs. Walden.
1t was easy to see what was running
through her mind, the similarity OF
the affairs, the coincidence of Ruth s
car on the Parkway near Snithtown,
and her intimacy with the family. She
did not say anything but ran through
the short news story feverishly without
finding anything further to feed her
fears. But it was evident that she sus-
pected the worst. Had Ruth been
mixed up in it9
They found Glenn at the Cecil, look
ing bit tagged.
Ruth, why, she's all right, Mrs.
Walden he hastened. eyes, heard
something about an accident. Just the
steering gear went wrong. But she
was quick enough to get from under
and the car took the fence instead Of
up the bridge and off-at least that s
what l heard.'
They harried young Buckley with
questions, but he was guarded. He pro-
tested that he knew nothing more,
winding up again with the assurance,
"She s all right, thought
''But how do you know she's all
right?' insisted Garrick.
Because | was talking to vira over
the wire when I made the appointment
to meet her at the tea rooms of the
Champs Elysces at three and she said
she was. That S all l know.''
| Continued Tomorrow
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