The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-07-24
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winnie the Two men covered the
party They seemed to know Just
what they wanted. what to expect"
What did they get2"
Why, those bandits went through
the party. They must have got away
with a hundred thousand dollars worth
OF jewelry oh, more than that.
The Walden pearls that they took
from Ruth were worth twenty thous.
and easily"
"A good haul. But WHAT this Cos.
sip l hear that it was an inside job?"
Mrs. Walden glanced about to make
sure that they were out of earshot.
That's what l want your help on,
Guy" she dropped her voice. Il think
Mckay can tell you better, at first hand
Mckay is our chauffeur" She leaned
over the rail Of the veranda. John
Mckay, down the driveway with the
car, touched his cap and sided up the
steps Of the club veranda.
John, will you tell Mr.. Garrick
what o saw last night over at Ger
ard's?"
We'll, sir" began Mckay, balanc-
ing accurately first on one foot, then
on the other, as he picked at his
visored cap. after it vas all over and
there was a general alarm, sir, old Mr..
Gerard came down to see what all
the shoo,in' was for and he asked me
a lot Of Cuestions-about the signal
and"
lust how did You happen to be there
McKay?" asked Garrick. II didn't
know Miss Ruth would let anybody
drive her car"
Mckay smiled. He had a touch of
humor, even though his keen Irish wit
saw the serious and suspicious side of
the incident.
"Oh, l had been out joy.riding, sir,
I'm sorry to have to say 1t, Ma'am-"
he bowed toward Mrs. Walden with
Lolita, one of the maids at Oldfield."
1t was evident that Mckay was striv-
ing to show that he had nothing to
conceal-and a lot to tell. Moreover,
IN the score that there had been a Sig
nal and the affair was an inside job,
he seemed ANXIOUS to clear Lolita, too.
$50 when Mr.. Garard asked me. l
sGys TITS darn funny. 1t must have
happened right after that light signal
ed down toward Cranes neck
Light? Signal? Tell me about
IT,"
well l saw It," returned Mckay, a
trifle CONTINUOUSLY. "A lot of us saw
it. That's what made the suspicion
that 1t was an inside job. You see, /
saw the storm coming up fast and /
beat it back to Bellevue in the car with
Lolita a mile a minute. You know
that tower or the corner Of the Gerard
house? I thought you'd know 1t.
Most everybody does and has seen the
s%earchlight in 1t. Well, when the
storm broke-I suppose that was some
time after their wireless went on the
blink The lightning was great. II
always is out there-lights up the
shore for miles and the sea and you
IAN see the waves breakin way down
on the rocks and the beach.
Between flashes of lightning I saw
the. searchlight moving up and down
the shore and l says to myself. That's
a queer stunt-mayhe a little dangerous
on a night like this up in that there
tower Blu the searchlight was just
like artificial lightning, only you could
see any part Of the shore you wanted
and the raves a.smashing over the
rocks, at any time you liked and as
long as YOU liked. From where l was
I seen that there was a fellow and a
girl up In the tower-a fellow that o
ed maybe, like Glenn Buckley
1.-THE light travelled along the shore.
up toward Cranes neck. 1t was beau
tiful. Just as it touched the cove, !
made out three figures. It seemed as II
they starred down the shore just as
the light hit 'em. The light Travelled
on, then turned back over the country
and whoever was flashing 1t swung 1t
about as far as he could in an arc.
Then II went out.
Five minutes later-just abou the
time It would have taken TO come down
the beach from the cove and climb the
steps OF the bluff, this robbery took
place. oh. 1t was q signal all right"
was the fellow in the tower Glenn
Buckley. you think?"
Looked like him, sir"
who was the girl?"
II can't say, sir"
THAT will do, john" motioned Mrs.
Walden.
There . as simething In her tone that
checked Carrick from insisting on the
pursuit Of the Identity OF the mystery
girl.
Mckay touched his hat and returned
TO h,s car quicker than he had left 1t.
Carrick turned keenly toward Mrs.
Walden. What does Ruth say? Who
was up there? Was she in the tower?'
Mrs. Walden looked away and mur-
INJURED. Ruth refuses to say anything"
WAS & Glenn In the tower?'
Mia was getting more nervous by the
second. she won't say" she replied
In a hoarse whisper.
"M'm,' considered Garrick. ut comes
down to whether II IL another crime
in the wave OF crime that has been hit
ting coun,ry places this summer-or
is II q Job pulled off with the assistance
someone at the dancer
Mia Walden shook off a restraint
IL IL had been a wrap. She had
come at hist TO u real point that had
her 20 seek Garrick's counsel and
stood trembling AZ II on u spring
board over the water.
This morning" she blurted out In
desperation, "a messenger boy deliver
ed a package to Ruth. In It were her
Jewels that had been taken from her
The Walden pearls!"
"whewl Have any OF the others
been returned7 Could It have been a
hoax7",
me- Nita sank back In q wicker
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