South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-05

cricket a -I1io or acting or reia-
tivity or banking--he Lalws thrm
all Another Is that zach Curtis.
Z YER az the Heel. Tney call him
'WOrcesters ll-e'-he's the sauce %
anything tAey arrange. makes i;
suappy. In uy henibis 0Qiri'n,
though, he's hing more nor less
tnan another cabaret product"
I know him .... what I call a
ditto boy" oung IS 40 with n big
splash and svirs with the tide"
"Oh. why can't Ruth accept Dick
Defce o" imoi1red Mia.
Richard Defoe was a friend OF
Gsrricl. graduate OF a great en-
gineering school. son OF a famous
engineer and already an !nvertcr
cf no mean fame. OF ate he had
turned all his attention 70 4 radio
invention in which he seemed 20
have a strange aptitude His work
in wireless photo transmission. his
perfection OF a wireless distaSraph
and wireless telautograph had won
him wide recognition. Just now he
vas at work on a radio airplane.
The meer mention OF Dick consti-
tuted an added reason why Garrick
felt impelled 20 come 10 the assist
ance Of Mia IN distress
Tell me something about the
girls" he suggested.
Wen, there's Vira Gerard. You
know her. the blonde vamp' they've
1icknamed her, ever since she weni
into that amateur motion picture
the girls made at the school or the
/ Misses Place. She thinks she Is a
new Talmadge or Pickford &C.,.
really . wants 10 be the society
girl with a career on the screen
Then. there's the Rae Larue
/ who has been the guest Of one o.
another OF the girls all summer
Just between you and me and tn,
I listening post, I think she's an ad
! ventures. I've heard il whispered
! that she used 10 be a cabaret singer
I or a dancer or something. VIII
ambitions. Anyway. she's been takel
/ up by the girls OF the younger sc
and it's not for the likes Of US. Guy
TO tell the young idea how It shall
shoot away its time any more"
These dance palaces and caba
rets." pondered Garrick. consider
ing. have given a new twist Z
crime"
And the pace How do they &
IL " on their allowances? Gu
them off to next 70 nothing The,
seem 10 go right on. There's some
thing mighty queer about It all. Yol
| Will 49,. look into II for me?"
Indeed I will Mia. Glad OF tn
| opportunity. I'm rather fed up ol
country life just now, anyhow. Be
sides. I'd like nothing better than Z
set some of these youngsters right.
Nita Walden glowed her thank
and was whisked away.
Garrick took a turn or two acros
the deserted end Of the veranda.
A couple of years before the war
Garrick. just out or college. OF fin
family and some fortune, had de
cided 10 dilettante his way into de
tective life.
There must be something ne7
in order TO catch criminals nova
days, he told a friend. The oil
eohods are all right as far a
they go. But criminals are keepin
up with science"
But what a hobby" his frien
had returned. Never knew any
one in our set ever TO take UP that!
It's jus. out set that needs It mos
We're always shaken down, black
mailed, victimized. imposed on-un
til we, the wise ones, are the easies
marks OF ALL"
SO, in his casual way. Garrick Ia,
travelled to London, Paris. Berlin
Vienna, where he had studied tn
amazing growth abroad Of the new
criminal science. 1t was not merei
desultory. With his careless predi
! lection, he had absorbed nearl
everything from such men as Gross
Lacassa gne, Reiss. all the success
sors Of the day OF the immorta
Bertillon.
Next a strange thing happened
The war broke out. and before h
knew 1t, he was drawn into brillian
service in the Office Of Naval Intel
| ligence. from which he emerbed
! Lieutenant Commander
Then for four years he had set
tied back into the life he had beer
born into, until now he was virtual
| " father confesSor of all the trou
bles Of the social leaders. a sort o
unofficial adviser with no profes
sion except having a good time anC
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