Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-26
Continued from Our Last Issue)
CHAPTER X
BROADCASTING

"My Ruth-carried off-on the Sea
Vamp!'
Nita Walden repeated her words hys-
knew that there was no use to camou-
flage his fears.
ON be out Herewith you-in q
few minutes" he shouted.
Dick was still in daze at the un-
expectedness of the blow. Mechanical
ly he followed Garrick and climbed
into the car. AS it started and turn
ed down the road to Nonowantuc, the
cool of. the damp evening air seemed
to collect his faculties. He noticed
for the first time where they were
headed.
"Why this way, Guy? Why not to
New York;"
81 want to see Nita Walden first,
and reassure her. l promised her.
"But it s Ruth first
"Well, the Club ism t far
"Yes-but the city-the police
"Wait, Dick. / know what | am
doing.
Nita Walden was overwhelmed by
her daughter s peril. Ruth s other es-
capades were nothing compared to
this. Up on and down the room she
paced, choking back her sobs, wait
ing for Garrick's arrival. Some mo.
ments she would stand before Ruth S
picture wondering what was happen
ing to her. Other moments she would
try to calm herself and relax in an
easy chair in a vain effort to concen
trate on Ruth as if that might bring
her back.
rived.
elf it s a ransom they want
III pay million!'
"Pay a milion9 Pay nothing Ye'
. million to catch them ant
save her but not cent O.
| ransom.
The room telephone rang. Dick an
swered it.
"It's Glenn downstairs, with DIR
| Darling of Stony Brook. - Dick sal
no more but Garrick understood ant
excused himself.
| At the desk stood the doctor alone
"I've got him out in my car. / though
he d better see you first-or he did
rather.'
| "What IS the matter?'
The doctor did not answer but lie,
the way outside and few feet dow
the driveway.
| There was Glenn, wrapped in heav,
robe, his head bandaged, still yer,
| shaky.
"Garrick," he cried. "Did yo,
hear, yet?" Someone's carried of
Ruth and Vira in the 'Sea Vamp.
When the doctor got hold of me h,
patched me up; [ told him
| he was for ringing up th
| sheriff, but 1 made him wait until
| could see you
| In the rapid fire of questions it ap
| peared that Ruth had been gettin;
more and more anxious to do some
| thing. Vira had confessed to her tina
she had seen Garrick and when Glenl
arrived he told of his meeting on Mail
street and Garrick s message.
| They had agreed that the first thin;
to be done was to fix it so that tn
Sea Vamp" could not be move,
away and Ruth had insisted that sh
be driven over there that evening s.
she could disable the engines and max
it impossible.
"But why?" asked Dick.
"Why9 Don't you get it? TIL
Sea Vamp' was really the floatin,
storehouse for a lot of wet goods W
were dealing in for Georges and tn
rest. That was Brock S real job"
"I see,' encouraged Garrick
"And Ruth thought they might NOV
the boat away. So she started to pre-
vent that-and left me the note abou
it," ~,
eyes" nodded Glenn, adjusting tn
bandage more comfortably. "Wel
when we got over there it was darl
There WASH even the light on tn
boat. Ruth figured that Brock an
everybody were away and it was
good time to do what she wanted. w
got canoe and padded out. Their
wasn't a sound. We climbed aboar
and went down to the little engin
room. 1t was beastly dark. | wa
fumbling about for the switch-th
next thing | knew ! heard sGreal