Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-14

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the porch alone.
"No-don't. 1t won't do a bit OF
good. You'll do harm, in your pres
ent mood. Don't be 70 worried over
Ruth, Dick. Take il from me. She'll
come out all right. l think that
little girl knows very well what she
Is doing"
"she does-eh? The deuce she
does!"
Garrick was not disposed 20
argue. This thing has gone Just
about far enough, Dick" he consid-
cred energetically. Now is the
moment to act in earnest. Take
these robberies. FIRST. Why . and
by whom? Whatever her foolish
ness and love of adventure. Ruth
just simply could not have beer
concerned in them. Now. start az
the beginning. There's hat girls
hat used in the Gerard robbery. the
one I've got in the club safe. Whose
is that? / know what you're going
TO say. Rae Larue's. Maybe. But
can you prove it? And IL you can.
that's a long way from connecting
her with the hold-up."
That devil. Jack Curtis!" ground
out Dick. They're two of a kind.
I'll bet IL we could raid his room at
the hotel we'd get something-may-
be a picture OF Rae-with the hat.
/ think that was his camera after all
that you pinched."
Garrick swung on his heel. Cur
tbs. Just what I was thinking. Let's
jump over there-get him right.
quick"
At the hotel they learned that
Curtis had cleaned out everything
that forenoon. had checked out, and
had disappeared.
Over the telephone Garrick called
the Page place. Beth was not at
home but her mother, with consid-
cradle relief. replied: Miss Larue?
Miss Larue left rather h%urriedly for
the city this afternoon. I believe
h expects her mother from the
coast"
Mrs. Walden said that Curtis
had started down the South Shore
road when Vario left. Ruth looked
back and saw him."
Garrick was climbing in under the
wheel when a blue streak shot along
Main street regardless of local law.
He jabbed at his screecher of n
horn.
ITS Glenn" He waved and sig
nailed. Glenn bore over to the curb
a couple of hundred yards ahead.
Jump in, Dick"
where's the fire?" joked Garrick.
Just going up to see Vira-with
Ruth"
Say. Glenn conidentially-
there's no use keeping this under
cover. l heard you say, in the Pink
Room, you'd taken that Parr stuff
to your own garage to protect Vira.
Are you the only one that has a key
to that place? Now. play straight.
Glenn. This is for your own good.
Did l ever do you a dirty trick-o-
think of me? DO they trust me?"
Glenn threw away an almost fresh
cigarette, lighted another, threw 1t
away and stood foolishly with the
burnt match in his hand. That's
the way I am, Guy" he scowle,3.
las nervous as hell. Half the time
l don't know what I'm doing. Say
. g.. . you'll be on the level, Guy. It's
. cinch no one else will. / might as
well make a clean breast of it . .
no, just give me tonight to think Vt
over Well. anyway . . yes.
1 gave a key to Rae Larue once She
begged it Of me once t put her car
UP . and then :"
IAN right. Glenn. I'll give you to-
night. Going to see Ruth? Well.
tell her not to do a thing without
seeing me first"
Glenn departed a bit relieved at
postponing the evil day of confess
sion.
"Well. If Rae Larue had it. they
all had it. anyone who wanted it,"
hastily reasoned Garrick. THAT
place is a cache for their stuff. I
didn't want to ask for the key. 1
don't need it. Well go there NY
way. III get in. Come on to the
city!"
Garrick and Dick were whirling
down the turnpike, Dick with his
eyes glued to the road back of them
for motorcycle cops.
Locks were no impeachment 70
Garrick. He had taken a course
with his friend Houdini. While he
couldn't get out of everything, he
could get into nearly anything.
Glenn's garage was easy. AS they
closed the door they looked about
in amazement. 1t was indeed an
"unbonded warehouse" There were
cases enough to have meant a tidy
little fortune. In m corner where
they had been hastily dumped lay
the product of the looting Of the
Parr cellar.
"Undisturbed. Too bulky" NUT
tered Garrick. But someone has
been here"
How do you know"
Garrick pointed toward a crack
of light. On one side of the garage
was an auto pit for working or the
under side of cars. A board cover
ing was imperfectly pulled over it.
Through the edge shone a light.
Garrick wrenched the covering
aside.
Their hiding place. Whoever was
here must have been in a nervous
hurry . forgot to switch off that
garage light on the flexible cable"
He jumped down in the pit. A
moment later he hoisted himself up.
Without a word he handed Dick a
little Jewel case. Engraved on it
were the words, "Antoinette Parr."
1t was empty.
"Everything's gone-all the small
portable property"
What shall we do? Hand 1t over
to the police?"
mot yet. I must get Glenn and
the others some sort of immunity
for what they didn't do. They don't
deserve it-but they're just wise
young fools" Garrick thought a
moment. You see. the net result
of some Of our new commandments
has been to make various phases of
lawbreaking fashionable, smart.
Only this is a bit extreme"
He moved over to the telephone.
1t was working and he called the
Astra Agency of private detectives
to furnish a guard until the ring
leader was caught and he was ready
to make final disposition OF the case.
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