The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-06
Continued from our last issue)
CHAPTER XII
y I'll Tell 1.-THE World.

Nu' station the New York police
station. al the big private broadcasting
stations. even Defoe's apparatus in the
boathouse sending out periodical sig.
nails of alarm. He had turned the ra-
dio world vertiably upside down in the
search.
Forenoon heightened into afternoon.
lG1k worked feverishly tuning UP his
Defoe telsutomatic hydroaeroplane
y This is one of the newest of
sciences-telautomatic ne remarked
as Garrck watched.
"Telautomatics?"
Yes. You probably know it by an
other name. There is something weird,
fascinating about the very idea. | sit
mere safely, upstairs. turning switches,
pressing buttons, depressing levers. Ten
miles away a vehicle, an auto, ship.
an aeroplane, a submarine obeys mel"
1t may carry enough of the latest
and most modern explosive that after
war science can invent, enough If ex-
ploded - rival the worst earthquakes.
Yet II obeys my will. 1t goes where |
direct II. And it wipes off the face
of the earth anything that l want an
initiated. That's telautomaticsr
Garrick REGARDED his friend with gen
uine 'admiration. az won't go into
radio-colnh.nator. my telecomutator, my
audion relap and all the rest" went on
Dick. you see | have letters on the
keys Of the radio combinator-forward
back start propeller motor, stop pro.
pellor motor, rudder right. rudder left,
the angels, light signals forward and
aft. and AL the rest. It's really delay
ell contact. The machinery Is always
ready, Dut II delays until the right,
Scicctive impulse Is gwen. And take
advantage OF the delay to have the
mcssage-signal reT Gated back TO me. TO
check up on it,"
"Njra's backr
1t was Nita Walden in her ear with
= Mckay from the laboratory "She
called ne from Southold: | went over
and met her train on the main line.
And I've brought her here first. Guy,
telephone to Glenn. | know how anx-
ious the boy is"
But how? What of RUTH" quered
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 | only mad her"
"I'll say that, too" cried Dick "Tell
us. Vira"
Well. you see. we found a duck
boat in the hold. boat for ono. One
of us could get Off. Ruth made the
choice-lnsisted-sett II. 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. II was a splendid piece 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 waited until the
last minute to get fifty thousand for
the Inner Circle and the other stuff.
But 1t failed. Then the only thing that
remained was TO get away-wth Ruth
the tcn-milloh dollar heiress. as they
speak of her E.
"You know, the 'Bacchante' had been
taking the stuff off rum-runners. 1t
: was sheer bluff. posing as revenue en-.
foroers II was stored on the Sea
Vamp Every time anyone drove in.
TO the city, they would take couple |
OF cases ore more to the Inner Circle |
or the garage. From the Inner Cir
Gle and the garage 1t was distributed. |
They ware wealthy booteggers to the
wealthy. Bootleg aristocracy!'
Nita sighed. "Cp to point, then,
perhaps Puth didn't need saving from
herself rs much as | thought. She |
was on The trail OF something big-this J
conspiracy .. And she almost land
ed her fish only to get into trouble
from which its taking all the skill OF
Guy and Dick to save her"
Vra's eyes were restlessly glancing |
through the window down the road
Suddenly her face beamed She for
got her rumpled dress as It had dried
on her. her disoredered hair. "Glenn's
comingl | hear his engine. Oh. boyl"
Out OF The room she flew.
Nira and Glenn came up the road
The story was repeated Dick return.
ed to his rgdoplane; Garrck to sitting
crank reports OF the whereabouts OF
the fast scout cruiser.
"Vira. said Glenn ardently. the mo.
ment thcy We're alone. II won't take
No this time--nor even Watt
Vira hlushed Just as soon as we
get Ruthe."
Here's the first report that place
any confidence in" shouted Garrick in
a tone that could be heard all over the
boathouso. ITS from u frelghter-just
OF seaville-sighted u boat answering
the description Of the Bacchante put.
ting into the Great South Bay"
That checks up with Ruth's Fire
Island messagev called Dick from be.
low. Tho Bacchante must have round.
ed the Island. guess she could. she's
fast enough"
"Hows the work coming on. Dck7"
shouted Gerrlck, all energy now with
the first wireless clue. "lt'll be twilight
IN an hour. Can you hurry IL up7"
"All ready now. I've been all dres.
sed up with nowhere to 40 for fifteen
minut.sl' called back Dick from be-
low.
They swung open the doors and ran
the radiopane down the skidway, cal.
ling back to Mckay TO drive Mrs. Wal.
den across the island to seav.ile The
radioplane struck the quiet water OF
the harhor. the staccato whirr OF the
two propellors rose to a screech. They
were of IN cloud OF spray. leaping
lightly from the surface to the air. and
waving a goodbye as Nita clasped her
hands rs II In prayer and vlra drew
close to Glenn.