The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-06-12

sides. I'D like nothing better than TO
set some Of these youngsters right"
NltA Walden glowcd her thanks
and was whiaked away.
Garrick took turn or two across
the deserted end Of tho veranda-
A couple OF years before the war
Carrick. just out Of college. OF fine
family and some fortune. had de-
cided 10 dilettantc his way into dc.
scctivc lifc.
There must be something new In
order to catch criminals nowadays"
he told a friend. The old methods
are all rlght--as far an they 30. But
criminals are keeping up with
science"
but what hobby hia friend
had returned. Never knew anyone
In cur set ever To take up THAR
ats just our ~ that needs Il
most We're m. sxy shaken down.
blaeirnailed. vic.rlixed. impoued on
until we. the wise ones. arc tho
easiest marks Of allr'
SO. In his casual way. Garrick had
travelled 20 London. Paris. Berlin.
Niensa. where he had studied the
amazing growth abroad Of the new
crifInal science. II was not merely
dnsultory. with his careless prcai-
lection. he had absorbed nearly
everything from such men an Gross.
I.acaasagne. Relsa. all The successors
Of the day Of the immortal Bertiilon-
Next strange thing happened
The war broke out. and before he
knew n. he was drawn into brilliant
service In the office Of naval intel
iigcnco. from which he emerged q
Lieutenant commander.
Then for four years he had settled
back into the life he had been born
into. until now he was virtually
rather cunfcswor Of all the troubles
Of the social leaders. sort Of un.
official adviser. with no profession
except having a good time and with
the Garriek fortune that WAS ample
to Indulge his hobbies
$50 here you are. Been
looking all over Suffolk county for
you. Guy" II was Dick Dcfoe- Sup
pose you've heard this new tale Of
Dame Rumor-~about the Radio
Dance last night7"
Garrfck nodded but did not commit
himself. This was an ideal chance.
lie wanted 10 see how much Dick
knew and whether he could add any.
thing. Perhaps some fresh angle
would offer new attack on the case.
Dick knew less than Mrs. Walden.
but felt as much.
Guy" he pleaded. you must
you must help me save Ruth from
herself and her friends"
Curiously, here was Defoe appeal
ing To him 20 do what he had already
agreed to do. Garrick was used TO
such condolences.
We'll. then. ten me something
about those friends what about the
radio kid. Glenn Buckley" Garrick
watched with concealed amusement
the reaction on Dicks faca
"oh. hes like a great many people
today. II isn't the scientific interest
in radio that Glenn feels. It's the
entertainment value In it---in any
thing--that appeals TO HIN. As n
scientific study. 1 suppose. motion
pictures were interesting TO people
who were following what Edison and
others we're doing. But when they
became a source OF entertainment,
pictures became the firth industry
That's the way II In with radio today
with Glenn. Besides, just now ra-
do il fashionable. It's smart. Like
the automobile was twenty years
ago, / imagine. Glenn wants to be
smart. SO ne has asked the advice
and assistance Of Prof. Vario over at
Rock Ledge. The rest Of the crowd,
guess you know-that Jack Curtis.
You've seen him around the club.
To me. though. Ruth Is the center
Of everything. But then,
there's vira Gerard and that
Larue girl. or course. Glenn has
taken quite a fancy in this wireless
craze OF his 70 Prof. Vario at the
Radio Central"
what about himy' reiterated Gar.
rick.
"Oh nothing guess I'm
thinking too much about Glenni
Anyhow. IT just shows how foolish.
ness radiates and hits everybody
like Hertzian waves"
The Radio Central Mt Rock Ledge
some 10 miles east along the Sound
aborc coyerof nm area NJ 10 oot1a 70