New Britain herald., 1922-06-17
(Continued From Our Last Issue)
 CHAPTER XII

traI, tne New fork police wireless station, all the big private broadcast ing stations, even Defoe's apparatus In the boathouse sending out period ical signals of alarm. He had turned the radio world vertically upside down in the search. .. |.
 Forenoon heightened into after noon. Dick worked feverishly tuning up his Defoe telautomatic hydroaero- plane.
 This is one of the newest of sciences-telautomatic he re- marked as Garrick watched.
 "Telautomatics?"
 Yes. You probably know it by another name. There is something weird. fascinating about the very idea. l sit here safely. upstairs, turning switches. pressing buttons, depressing levers. Ten miles away vehicle. an auto, ship, an aeroplane, submarine obeys me!
 Tt may carry enough of the latest and most modern explosive that after war science can invent, enough If ex- ploded to rival the worst of earth quakes. Yet it obeys my will. It goes where direct it. It explodes where and when l want it. And it wipes off the face of the earth anything that want annihilated. That's telauto- matics!"
 Garrick regarded his friend with genuine admiration 'I won't go into my radio -combinator, my telecommut- ator. my audion relay and all the rest" went on Dick. You see, I have letters on the keys of the radio combinator forward, back, start propeller motor rudder right, rudder left, the angles the rest. It's really delayed contact The machinery is always ready, but it delays until the right selective inn pulse is given. And l take advantage of the delay to have the messa ge- signal repeated back to me, to check up on it.
 'Vira's back"
 It was Nita Walden in her car with Mckay before the laboratory. "she called me from the Southold; I went over and met her train on the main line.' And I've brought her here first Guy, telephone to Glenn: I know how anxious the boy is.''
 But = how? What of Ruth ?"l queried Dick
 Ask Vera. She has come to tell you all she knows. I made her. These youngsters are getting toned 1 down. Maybe Ruth will listen to | reason when she gets back Oh, if I l only had herb
 "IIl say that tool" cried Dick "Tell us, Vira." .1'WeH, you see, we found duck boat in the hold, boat for one One of us could get off Ruth made the choice-insisted-se it. It had l to be done in a second. She made me go--even when fought her to stay"
 Dick grasped Nita Walden's hand in | emotion. It was splendid piece of l heroism of Ruth.
 Don't you see?" explained vira, | talking fast as she poured out what she knew. "The jig was up for the gang. All they wanted was to make a clean getaway, take all the jewelry and the money They waited until the last minute to get fifty thousand for the Inner Circle and the other stuff. But it failed. Then the only thing that remained was to get away with Ruth-the ten million dollar heiress, as they speak of her
 You know, the 'Bacchante' had been taking the stuff off rum-runners It was sheer bluff. posing as revenue enforcers. It was stored on the Sea Vamp.' Every time anyone drove in- to the city, they would take a couple of cases or more to the Inner Circle or the Garage. From the Inner Circle nd 10 a oe | cf, Thou were wealthy bootleggers to the wealthy. Bootleg aristocracy!"
 Nita sighed. Up to a point then, perhaps Ruth didn't need saving from herself as much as I thought She was on the trail of something big-this conspiracy And she almost landed her fish -. Only to get into trouble from which it's taking all the skill of Guy and Dick to save her"
 Vira's eyes were restlessly glancing through the window down the road. Suddenly her face beamed. She for got her rumpled dress as it had dried on her, her disordered hair. Glenn's coming. I hear his engine. Oh. boy" Out of the room she flew.
 Vira and Glenn came up the road. The. story was repeated. Dick re- turned to his radioplane; Garrick to sitting crank reports of the where abouts of the fast scout cruiser.
 "Vira," said Glenn ardenty, the, moment they were alone, T won't take No this time-nor event. Wait"
 Vira blushed. Just as soon as we get Ruthie."
 Here's the first report that I rlaceD any confidence in," shouted Garrick in tone that could be heard all over .he boathouse. Its from a freighter just off Seaville-sighted boat answering the description of the 'Bacchante' putting into the Great South Bay"
 That checks up with Ruth's Fire Island message!" called Dick from be- low. The 'Bacchante' must have rounded the Island. I guess she could; she's fast enough"
 Flows the work coming on. Dick?"i shouted Garrick. all energy now with the first wireless clue. It'll be twi- light in an hour. Can you hurry it. up?"
 "All ready now. I've been all, dressed up with nowhere to go for fifteen minutes' called back Dick from below.
 They swung open the doors and
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