, 1922-06-21
ON WINGS Of
WIRELESS
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there's a natural ~depravity about il
But / think conditions are fine, Just
now"
Garrick turned. 1t was Professor
Vario who had Just heard he was
there n had hurried into the build
ing at the news. lit has worked
best when nobody was around 10 ap-
preciate 1t n not so good when it's
on parade The radiophone with its
delicate tubes and controls sometimes
lies down on the job at the WRONG
moment. But we don't have much or
that trouble here"
Hasty inquiries n a promise to
put the whole Of the Rock Ledge
equipment at their disposal foliowed
"Now. Dick exclaimed Garnck
energeticaily, outside. 1--WE got that
hrTt call off. Now you can have your
way. To the clty!r
AZ they whiried down the splendid
road Garrick could not get out Of hls
mind the similar impression he had
between h-roadcastlng and a picture
studio Il uppos in one case it's
one7sided pantomime, in the other
one-stded dialogue. Anyhow, the game
motto applies to both. Get it acrossp
It's n new art. not much more thar
-N-E o+AH - = 1A1@E An DIG EtQTN
to you; but full IL interest to me as a
detective. Broadcasung as a business
will settle down. 1 suppose. This Radio
Central seryico is really a public ser.
vice u now it's like the talking
machine companies selling you an in.
strument and giving away recordsl'
A surprise awaited them as they
drew up at Glenn's garage guarded By
the Astra agency men
Glad you came, sir, exclaimed the
agency manager himself. I've got
three men here. now"
Three menu queried Garrick.
why Is that7''
The manager. for answer took him
inside and closed the door. In the cor.
ner was a welldressed- expensively-
dressed man with n Greek cast OF
countenance, h~andcuffed-
This msr-his name, he says. is
Achiellor-came In here early tonight
and claimed this stuff, said he had a
bill OF sale or something for IL. and
wanted to arrange for a truck to a X
it out"
81 know cautioned Garrick. look.
ing at the handouts on tho restless
prisoner. But isn't this a bit high.
h~anded7'
The Astra manager smiled know
tngly. with ~contraband. sir, Tx
this-stolen goods? He's an accessory
after the fact-maybe-at least n re.
ceiver of stolen goods"
The prisoner seemed to regard Gar
rick as a savior. He showed signs OF
loosening up on his suriy reticence.
You see, sir. / buy the Inner Circle
-understand7-for fifty thousand
dollar. understand II ] get all the
goods, un~derstand2" He turned aside
and opened his coat for Garrick alone.
In his inside pocket was a long enve-
lope with fifty one-thousand dollar
bills. II make payment when 1 get
all stuff. here. too. understand"
Garrick did understand. 1t was n
matter of making a quick sell out and
getaway. where's your bill of sale
or whatever 1t is you nave for this?~
Achilleo pulled out a paper. 1t was
signed by Georges and Rae Larue
as agent in fact Let the buyer be-
ware." laughed Garrick as he return
ed 1t. Now. I understand that the
money is to pass tonight at the Inner
Circle when this is signed7" The man
nodded and grtnned with perfect ivor-
les. .Arhen. II you want to get free in
this Illegal transaction. Mr.. Achilleo,
and nave that fifty thousand yourself
instead of leaving it in court as ash
bail. take mo to h Inner Circle and
get the goodst"
The though of the ~hard-earned cash
settled Achieilo. 1.-THE man and the
girl are now there" he reported as
he left the telephone, with handouts
slipped
u n---gIA- 10 - --- --r-
was a noiseless, II not painless. affair.
full. The net close on Georges; Rae
Larue was nowhere about.
Georges shut up like a clam. II
was more than evident, however. that
he was not the ''man-at-the-top."
Thoroughly they searched. but there
was not a trace of Rae. Nor was
there a trace of Ruth or the others.
"So-the cellar is on the roofr'
laughed Garrick. as they uncovered
the little concrete room they had seen
when they installed the dictagraph
aerial. Here's a small fortune.
alone, in these cases. When I poked
my head out through the scuttle,
Dick. ] also saw your aerial all snaried
up and tangled. wrecked"
Dick did not appear to be Interested
'Naybe they had n secret exit over
the roofs in case of a raid. Anyway,
Rae got away Someone's out nifty
thousand in the cleanup"
This eliminates Georges" consid-
cred Garrick. except. of course, as an
understrapper."
"Brock-Curtis.- repeated Dick me
c~nanically. setting his teeth as the
names suggested Vira N Ruth.
Garrick shook his head ahsently.
IAN the wild horses in Hades wouldn't
get a word out of Georges now he
observed. Thank the Lord, Dick,
you're a expert at it; our only hope
lies in wireiess-in some form or
othery'
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