Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-15
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! wondering what to do, had fallen into
a discussion of Ruth and Vira and Gar
rick was taking a cruel delight in
i sounding Dick.
To his serious mind, Dick confessed,
| it was Just this vivacious type of Ruth
| that had for him the greatest attrac-
| tion. AS he put it, an intellectual girl
| would have been merely intensifying
his own nature.
Garrick was urging him on and de-
| livering little scientific homily on
wise old nature that brought together
the dissimilar and averaged them.
There was no approval of the but
terfly and the candle in Dick, however,
and they were soon into discussion of
Rae and the evident dissipation she
showed.
Zone does not readily think of girls
sowing wild oats,' remarked Garrick.
"Yet they often do. This is one of
the strange anomalies of the new free
dom of womcn'
Dick frowned as he thought of the
glamor of the life they had seen at
| the Inner Circle. What >the end of it
| all might be- he evidently preferred not
to guess. At least he did not pursue
| the subject.
! "Do you know, We been worrying
good deal about the handwriting on
that autographic film Garrick chang
ed the subject us he brought out dup
licate prints he had made. "Whosc IS
it? Do you happen to have any note
or letter from Ruth?''
| Dick could not avoid the point blank
inquiry. lie pulled a little note from
his pocket. Inside the envelope WAS
dainty handkerchief. Garrick looked
up with n questioning smile. Dick
| flushed. GA note from Ruth several
weeks ago .',',Thcn he stopped. lie
did, need to explain the dainty little
bit of lace.
Garrick took the note and laid IL
down on the table beside the print.
Then with his pencil he began not
ing the formation of letters, the capi-
| tails, q score of little characteristics.
"'The writing is Ruth S, all right, "
he remarked, passing both over to Dick
| and at arm s length in silence pointing
| from one to the other with the pencil.
81 think IN getting a line on
| Ruth he said in a tone to reassuro
Dick "Shc S u game bird-but she
! flies funny
There was pause. The concert
number was now solo, Glove S Old
Sweet Song
Neither said word. Dick was
| mechanically folding up the letter, re-
storing the handkerchief i'll the cnvel-
| ope, and handing back the print to Guy.
| They sat for moment as the words,
clear, tender, dist tinct, transferred ucrt
liu nj N of
Suddenly - all kb Bizzzz-zz-zz
A shade of. annoyance passed over
Dick IS face as if Il thread of feeling
had been broken.
Bzzzzzzzz- dot t-dash dot dot dash.
Dick scowled Garrick tapped the
table absent mindediy with his finger.
Then suddenly each looked up and
caught the eyes of the other
Paging Miss Ruth Walden from the
Sea Vamp. Meet me in the Pink Room
tonight. jack
The dots and dashes ceased. Bzzzzz
Buzz-zz-zz. Then the solo started
again.
Garrick looked into the mirror which
gave him reflection of Glenn and
Vira They had got it, too. The dots
to most in the room. To two. .peoplc
they were a message; to two others
| they were Il mystery
A few moment S later, Glenn paid
! the check and the two rose to go. Gar
| rick hastily did the same.
"They will tell Ruth, he nodded to
Dick as they went out. 'She'n be
| there
In the press in the lobby they man
aged to get just back of the now
| earnestly conversing couple.
"Well, if Jacks here then
Rae is, too"
Glenn looked more troubled.
Garrick drew Dick over toward the
news stand just in time to prevent their
being seen following.
$50 Jack Curtis has conc in again, "
ground out Dick.
"We'v just simply got to hear
what is said in that Pink Room to-
night" considered Garrick, with a
glance at Dick as much as to ask, care
you game?'
Dick s face lighted up as if sun
ray are had been switched on.
"My wireless dictagraph!" he ex-
claimed.
Continued Tomorrow