South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-12


10 begin again when I get homo and
quiet Mothers fears. I live on ex-
element"
We'll, I am coming over 10 the
house-maybe 1 can help you with
an alibi?-or meet you in some quiet
place where we can talk over, the
future the exciting future-if you
get what I mean"
Dick frowned. Unconsciously Jack
was stealing his stuff.
Always ready TO try anything
once. Jack"
I'm going to do it soon. OF
course, no one has told you how
beautiful you are. I'm going TO tell
you more things about yourself than
all the psycho-analysts in Greenwich
Village-or Greenwich, Connecticut
or Gretna Green, or some place!"
And he's some teller!" snapped
Rae pertly.
There was another tilt verging on
Ahen Georges voice interrupted
Wrelephone, Curtis"
Jack went out. apparently. and
Georges. by the sound, must have
shut the door.
Did you get the low-down? Mop
His laugh punctuated the remark
Yer good. The steamship. Car
royo," has wirelessed in that she wa:
held up by the government boat out
side the three-mile limit, and
searched, and that $50 cases were
taken off. That's the report. But
there was NJ government boat II
that vicinity at the time. Eli? Now
what do you make of that?"
There was a volley Of laughter
from everybody.
THAT was a call from the gar
age" came Jacks voice. "Tha'
| Garrick guy" there was a laugh
for they were all in a stage where &
/ pun is as high a form Of humor a:
any-"has been hanging around. Ny
man left. But someone saw Garricl
/ in a taxi
with Dick?" This quick query
was from Ruth and a bit anxious.
mo, alone"
oh" Her voice died off il
relief.
1--WE sent another fellow out
I Hope he's in time"
Where" This was from Vira.
Your place" Jack seemed tC
pound a table. They'll give hin
the beating of his life, confounC
him!-mash his face in-put him il
the sheets for week-maybe-"
Blatt!
Dick tinkered and tickled and ad
justed. All he got was some foo
amateur on the same wave length
! He swore. He tried 10 swear ovel
I the ether. but with i'll success. Tbs
| interference was there 10 stay. as il
always is when one is listening in or
something pretty good.
Dick was sore. But he was no
| surprised. When he first BEGAN,
/ greatly interested in wireless som,
| eighteen months before there haC
been perhaps $4,000 wireless tele
| phone receiving sets A year later
there had been 100000. Today HI
+ knew. one authority that estimated
a million. and the government had
I estimated a million and a half in the
papers that week. No. Dick wa.
sore, but not surprised In fact ht
would have been pleased at Amos
any other time Fer. even II hi.
| family were wealthy Dick haC
visions OF himself some day doins
7 better than the biggest OF the radio
! firms which was doing business a
the rate Of $5O.OOO.OO0 a year
Thoughts like this had no place II
his mind. nov. All he knew wa:
that he was the victim of interior
/ ence And he was sore-and wor
ried. too.
For the use OF the ether (beggins
the pardon Of E:nstein and III.
theory is not limitless. II VIII &C
commodate just so many wireless.
messages and no mOre-at least IN
I I'll such an invention as Dick wa.
working on was perfected. Wher
that limit is reached. the air be-
comes a boiler factory.
Dick cast the headgear in useles;
vexation on the table.
II seemed 10 him that he had beer
on the point of getting just the i'm
portant thing he wanted TO htar
He had been making notes as ne
went along. for somewhere he hat
, heard something about. the method.
OF detectives.
His mind was IN a whirl. as II g
dozen people were sending in hi:
mental ether at once. Then. sudden.
~. as II unconsciously. he had sharp
ened his thoughts 10 the exact wave
length. one idea seemed 20 swamp
all Others.
Dick felt that he must set TO thi:
place where Ruth had spent the
night and where Garrick was run
ming into danger. II he had not al
ready fallen into il. And he must
get there first.
He tore out OF the apartment
GRABBED the first taxi. rode only few
blocks. dismissed him at the dowr
the street.
AS he sped down the block he
could see a car in front Of Gerard