Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-24


need it, Wen go there anyway. I'll
] get in. Come on to the city!''
Garrick and Dick were whirling
down the turnpike, Dick with his
ewes glued to the road back of them
for motorcycle cops.
Locks were no impediment to Gar
rick He had taken a course with his
| friend Houdini While he couldn't
get out of everything, he could get
into nearly anything.
Glenn's garage was easy. As they
| closed the door, they looked about IN
| amazement. 1t was indeed an Gun
| bonded warehouse. There were
| cases enough to have meant tidy
| little fortune. In one corner where
they had been hastily dumped lay the
product of the looting of the Parr
cellar
| "Undisturbed. Too bulky NUT
tered Garrick "But someone has
been here
| How do you know?'
| Garrick pointed toward crack OF
light. On one side of the garage was
an auto pit for working on the under
side of ears A board covering was
imperfectly pulled over it. Through
the edge shone a light. Garrick
wrenched the covering aside.
"Their hiding place. Whoever was
here must have been in a nervous
hurry forgot to switch off
that garage light on the flexible
| cable. -
He jumped down in the pit. A mo-
ment later he hoisted himself up.
Without a word he handed Dick a
little jewel case. Engraved on it
were the words, "Antoinette Parr. -
1t was empty.
Everything's gone-all the small
portable property"
"What shall we dos Hand it over
to the police?'
"Not yet. I must get Glenn and
the others some sort of immunity for
what they didn't do. They don It de-
serve it-but they re just wise young
fools.' Garrick thought "a moment.
"You see, the net results of some of
our new commandments has been to
make various phases of lawbreaking
fashionable, smart. Only this is a bit
extreme.
He moved over to the telephone.
1t was working and he called the
Astra Agency of private detectives
to furnish a guard until the ring
leader was caught and he was ready
to make final disposition of the case.
Dick s alert eyes, as they were
waiting, discovered wireless set on
a workable in the rear. Out of the
back window he could see the an
tenna from the garage to the house.
Mechanically he started tuning up.
The agency men were a long time i'll
coming.
"Holy judas priest!" Dick was so
startled he was pale. "Someonc s
broadcasting what they call news. 1t
|. it It be. t must be some crazy
amateur. Ruth Walden, the hcress,
has eloped with John Curtis, -
Garrick seized the phones CANA
teur-perhaps; crazy, MOI" Garrick
listened and continued, "Did you
ever stop to consider the radio as Il
means for slander? Talk about your
poison pen writer's! Science has put
into the hands of blackmalers the
most dangerous of weapons your
story is spread to million fans. And
tlrere's not chance of tracing it to
your slandererer!"
"There isn't9 The devil there 1sn {.
| can. / will!'' exclaimed Dick. elf
he keeps it up
Everything he needed seemed there
on the workbench. 1t was comparative
ly simple, "loop'' as it is known,
copper wire wound eight times around
a frame four feet square. He hung
it from the ceiling free. He could
turn it in any direction. He connected
up the receiving set. Then he began
turning the loop slowly.
ed Dick. cit must be orientated to-
T ward the hidden sender. Really it s
, a radio compass
. Dick had it pointed. Every few min
utes a new message came. They left
the men i'll charge and climbed in the
= car. The direction had been east by
! a little south.
Across the bridge Dick set up his
4 finder again. This time it was east
e by little north. Over well known
roads they scurried, now and then.
V every few miles setting up the finder
o and modifying their course. Who was
}, the hidden and persistent slanderer9
4 Looks as if it might be down
r Duck Harbor way!" exclaimed Dick
s finally, aghast.
pdIrlch tOoh IL dS matter or
{ course. 1t was merely confirming
v his rapid deductions.
s At Duck Harbor, abruptly, the di.
!, rection of the messages changed to
l. the northeast sharply.
d 81 believe you traced out the
scnder,'' cried Garrick, as they
G looked out over the empty harbor.
G "But we re too late. The Sea
? Vamp' has gone! The birds are
i flown!'
From a cottage down the beach
II Garrick called Mia Walden at the
q I.NonOwantuc Club.
"Where is Ruth?" he asked quick
b ly.
Il "She went out with Glenn and Vira
d She left a note for you, Guy, marked
e Mr.. Garrick. Personal Hello? Wait.
e III open it then. Here. 'You told me
never to do anything again without
e letting you know. I've gone to the
y. | Sea Namp' IN deStrnv tho