The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-24
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Over the diophone
By FRANK II. WILLIAMS

1.-THE heart and hand OF his old
time schooImate. Mary Johnson.
shesnevertEeless listened in on her
concerts every eye
ming.
Ted and Mary had together be-
come greatly interested in radio
while attending college and Ted
had at first been delighted When
upon their return to their home
town Mary had been given con
sstract to sing three times 3 week
ssefora the local bsoadcasting station
managed by Wilkens:
s@Butsthis delight had soon changed
toEiealolus rage when. he saw tho
sapparentsinter with which Mary
Wilkens' advances.
Ofs1at Ted hadn't seen mucn
sssofsaMaryshe had been so busy
wit err concert work and Wild
18th attentions which W1lkens
ssshowered upon her that there mad
not been time in which to see her
sold eschoo. friend. 4
ssss So that evening Ted sulked In
his DO arding house room and al
sssmost determined not to listen N
sonEMary's' concert, in spite @. the
s4fact Ethatsshe had sent him a little
snsrson al note|telling him that she
gsaasE going to sing some new sonsS
& khis evening and making specla'
REQUEST that he listen to her.
stared gIumly at his receiv-
d set what in the world could
she see In Wilkins? Wilkins was
hard, brutal. Ted
;sfelt that he could read character,
ISand lit was his opinion that, II
@pressed, there was almost nothing
satwhich Wilkens would stop. For
sins1ance, Ted in his bitterness told
%himsel e that If {Wilkens knew about
now had in his room
gthere,d be nothing Wilkens wouldn't
do sgto get it, This thought rather
worried Ted It was a big sum OF
$1,000, and it wasn't his.
stf was all in the shape Of unresis-
ssfsTed Liberty bonds and Ted was
sforced to keep it over night in his
;sToonl. He had received it that day
::filsS g. business transaction for the
firm of which he was treasurer and
gthe#big vault the local bank had
sjamme ed shut that afternoon and
would have to be opened on the
morrow by experts.
Ted felt that he didn't really
sneedsto worry and yet he did worry.
HE worried about the money and
siheSworried about Mary, with whom
shes8was very deeply in love. But
there was nothing to be $s gained
from simply worrying, SO Ted tuned
ahissreceiying apparatus and started
Sto#1istenin on the evenings enter
gtainm entfrom the broadcasting sta
sstion where Mary was employed.
sabout mile from Ted's boarding
house
sssss airy was singing when the
r r q ma fC Tod the
He clenched his
fists at the words.
81 love you truly, truly, dear
lame Mary's sweet, thrilling voice.
~ So this was why she wanted
him to listen in. This was her
way of notifying him that she had
definitely decided to take VIII.
Skens. All the world went black
StoETed at this thou ght. He want
8to%hear no more. He reached up
stoHtake the receivers from his
Gears.
But now the song broke or
suddenly
sound of commotion in the
sbroadcasting station came to Ted
SoNer the radiophone- Then high
2sss s.tfHelp! Help!' screamed a
slvoice. a voice that was surely
yet SO changed by terror
EthatSs was entirely different.
airy in danger.
Tied dashed the receivers from
This ears and leaped to his feet.
HHe% must reach her as quickly as
posi- be And even then he might
MbeTtoo late!
sssifs Ted's room was on the top
shoor%of the boarding house. Down
foir h RI m
sofS Dick Thompson. on the first
Quick, get your cart" Ted
Scried to Dick. dashing in on the
S1atter. I'll tell you why as we
go along N
xafDick was an eager young fell
$7GW, always ready for excitement
korS adventure, SO he needed no
Soon they were scurrying down
the street in Dicks speedy little
Aroadster.
on know where the broadcast
ing st1tion is?" queried Ted, fol-
Slowing his recital OF Just what had
Ahappened.
fasSs II il IN that tall building near
sthe far end OF Calhoun street, ism t
Sit 2e, .'f said Dick in response
es,' said Ted We ought III
see it in a minute now.
sES For a moment there was silence
Sin the car as they. forged onward.
Then a little exclamation came
from Ted as they turned a corner.
That's it," he exclaimed, in
sssvoIuntari1y extending his hand to-
sssssv:..rd a tall building visible aheau.
ss4 5rsA Eswer Dick put on more
speed
another queer exclamation
Ted as he placed his
Shea2rmdsnpe1iingly on Dicks shout ll-l-
With
see that light-top of
So atpuuding?', cried Ted There
ST III nov it's gone again!"
IsE ss;ssss.s.S sure I see it.''' Dick replied.
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