The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-17
Goutipued from our last issue)
CHAPTER XII.
rII. rELL TIE woRLD.

wide to intercept the "Bacchante.
Within few minutes he had the
Radio Central, the New York police
wireless. station, all the big private
brnadcasting stations, even Defoe's
appary tbs in the boathouse sending
out riodical signals OF alarm
He had turned the radio world
yeritably upside down in the
search.
Forenoon heightened into after
noon. Dick worked fevertshly tun-
ing up his Defoe telautomatic
hydroaeroplane.
. This is one Of the newest OF
s-telautomatics," he re-
marked as Garrick watched.
"TeIautomatics?
HYes. You probably know it by
another name. There is something
weird, fascinating about the very
idea / sit here safely, upstairs,
turning switches. pressing buttons,
depressing levers. Ten miles away
a vehicle, an auto, a ship, an aero
plane, a submarine obeys me.
"It may carry enough of the lat
est and most modern explosive that
after-war science can invent,
enough If exploded to rival the
worst of earthquakes. Yet it obeys
my will. 1t goes where 1 direct it.
II explodes where and when / want
it. And it wipes off the face of the
earth anything that | want an
initiated. That's telautomatics!"
Garrick regarded his friend with
genuine admiration. Il won't go
into my radio-combinator, my tele-
commutator, my audion relay and
all the rest" went on Dick. You
see, / have letters on the keys of
the radio combinator-forwa
back, start propeller motor. stop
propeller motor, rudder right, rud-
der left, the angles, light signals
forward and aft, and all the rest.
It's really delayed contact The
machinery is always ready, but it
delays until the right, selective i'm
pulse is given And ! take advant-
age of the delay to have the mes
sage-signal back to me, to check
up on it"
'Vira's back"
1t was Nita Walden in her car
with Mckay before the laboratory.
"She called me from Southold; l
went over and met her train on the
main line. And I've brought her
here first. Guy, telephone to
Glenn; l know how anxious the boy
is"
But how? What of Ruth %
queried Dick.
Ask Vira She has come to tell
You all she knows. | made her.
These youngsters are getting toned
down. Maybe Ruth will listen to
reason when she gets back Oh, if
l only had her!"
IN say that, too" chied Dick.
Tell us, Vira''
We'll, you see. we found a duck
boat in the hold, boat for one. One
of us could get off Ruth made the
-insisted-settled it 1t had
to be done in a second. She made
me go-even when l fought her to
stay"
Dick grasped Nita Walden's hand
in emotion. 1t was a splendid piece
II of heroism of Ruth.
" Don't you see?" explained Vira,
talking fast as she poured out what
she knew. THE jig was up for the
gang All they wanted was to make
clean getaway, take all the
jewelry and the money. They wait
ed until the last minute to get fifty
thousand for the Inner Circle and
the other stuff. But it failed. Then
the only thing that remained was to
get away-with Ruth-the ten
million dollar heiress, as they speak
of her
You know. the Bacchante' had
been taking the stuff off rum-run-
ners. 1t was sheer bluff, posing as
revenue enforcers. Ii was stored
on the Sea Vamp.' Every time
anyone drove into the city, thew
would take a couple of cases or
more to the Inner Circle or the
Garage. From the Inner Circle and
the Garage it was distributed. They
were wealthy bootleggers to the
wealthy Bootleg aristocracy,"
Mia sighed. up to a point, then,
perhaps Ruth didn't need saving
from herself as much as l thought.
She was on the trail of something
big-this conspiracy And she
almost landed her fish Only to
get into trouble from which it's TAX
ing all the skill of Guy and Dick
TO save her"
Vira's eyes were reStlessly glanc-
ing through the window down the
roa4. Suddenly her face beamed.
She forgot her rumplcd dress as it
had dried on her, her disordered
hair, "Glenn's coming! | hear his
engine, Oh, boy!" Out of the room
she few.
Nira and Glenn came up the road.
The story was repeated. Dick re-
turned TO his radioplane; Garrick to
sitting crank reports of the where
aeouts of the fats scout cruiser.
Nira," said Glenn ardently, the
moment they were alone, Il won't
take No this time-nor even
Wait"
Vira blushed. Just as soon as we
get Ruthie."
Here's the first report that II
place any confidence in" shouted
Garr1ck in a tone that could be
heard al lover the boathouse. IT'S
from freighter-just of Seayille-
sighted a boat answering the de-
scrlpion of the 'Bacchante' putting
into the Great South Bay"
That checks up with Ruth's Fire
island message," called Dick from
below. The 'Bacchante' must
nave rounded the Island. / guess
she could; she's fast enough"
How's the work coming on 1
Dick?" shouted Garrick, all energy
now with the first wireless clue. /